Cannes Lions has announced the presidents for the Film Craft, Design and Radio categories at this year’s International Festival of Creativity. The jury presidents will come to Cannes to preside over their juries for the 2012 Festival, taking place from June 17-23.
Director Ivan Zacharias of Stink, U.K., and Smuggler in the U.S., will lead this year’s Film Craft Lions Jury. Zacharias’ most notable work includes “Impossible Dream” for Honda, “Born Free” for Land Rover, “Smile” for Volkswagen Beetle, and “Doctor” for Stella Artois. He has also directed Hollywood actors Gael Garcia Bernal for Levi’s out of BBH NY as well as Harvey Keitel and Jude Law in pieces for the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Zacharias’ commercials have won more than 100 awards over the years, including seven Gold Lions.
Leading the Design Lions Jury will be Bruce Duckworth, creative director, Turner Duckworth, U.K. After working as a designer at Michael Peters, Minale Tattersfield and Lewis Moberly, Duckworth started the brand design agency Turner Duckworth in 1992 with his friend and fellow designer David Turner. With agencies based in San Francisco and London, Duckworth runs the London office and is jointly responsible for Turner Duckworth’s creative output with Turner. Both studios work collaboratively on all projects, which gives a unique design viewpoint. He has won over 200 design awards including D&AD, DBA Design Effectiveness, Design Week and a Cannes Lions Grand Prix for Coca-Cola. His work has been published in many design books and magazines all over the world and he is an in demand speaker for design and marketing conferences as well as design education.
Rob McLennan, executive creative director, Net#work BBDO, South Africa, will take the helm of the Radio Lions Jury. Winning a multitude of awards over the years, Rob has been responsible for many memorable campaigns including Dulux’s “Any Colour you can Think of”, Axe’s “Get a Girlfriend,” Virgin Atlantic’s “Plain Insanity” and Mercedes-Benzs’ “Accident Avoidance.” Net#work BBDO is one of South Africa’s leading agencies and has won three of South Africa’s six Cannes Lions Grands Prix honors, including two Radio Grands Prix (2009 and 2001), with McLennan amassing an impressive collection of 35 Lions.
Gene Hackman Died Of Heart Disease; Hantavirus Claimed His Wife’s Life About One Week Prior
Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from hantavirus in their New Mexico hillside home, likely unaware that she was dead because he was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, authorities revealed Friday. Both deaths were ruled to be from natural causes, chief medical examiner Dr. Heather Jarrell said alongside state fire and health officials at a news conference. "Mr. Hackman showed evidence of advanced Alzheimer's disease," Jarrell said. "He was in a very poor state of health. He had significant heart disease, and I think ultimately that's what resulted in his death." Authorities didn't suspect foul play after the bodies of Hackman, 95, and Betsy Arakawa, 65, were discovered Feb 26. Immediate tests for carbon monoxide poisoning were negative. Investigators found that the last known communication and activity from Arakawa was Feb. 11 when she visited a pharmacy, pet store and grocery before returning to their gated neighborhood that afternoon, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said Friday. Hackman's pacemaker last showed signs of activity a week later and that he had an abnormal heart rhythm Feb. 18, the day he likely died, Jarrell said. Although there was no reliable way to determine the date and time when both died, all signs point to their deaths coming a week apart, Jarrell said. "It's quite possible he was not aware she was deceased," Jarrell said. Dr. Michael Baden, a former New York City medical examiner, said he believes Hackman was severely impaired due to Alzheimer's disease and unable to deal with his wife's death in the last week of his life. "You are talking about very severe Alzheimer's disease that normal people would be in a nursing home or have a nurse, but she was taking care... Read More