Finalists for the 2016 AICE Awards have been announced, and work from editors Sam Ostrove of Cut + Run, last year’s Best in Show winner at the AICE Awards, and editor Michael Reuter of EditBar has topped the list, earning four nominations each. On a company level, entries from Rock Paper Scissors’ editors and artists led the way the second year in a row, combining for seven nominations in the Comedy, Digital Content, Docu-Style, Fashion/Beauty, Public Service and Best of Los Angeles categories.
The 2016 AICE Awards will take place on Thursday, May 12, at Navy Pier in Chicago.
Entries from editors and artists at Arcade Edit and Cut + Run earned six Finalist nominations each. For Arcade, the nominations were in the categories of Comedy, Digital Content, Music Video, National Campaign, Online Campaign and Spec Spot. At Cut + Run, nominations were earned in the Automotive, Broadcast Promotion, Digital Content: Over :90 and Best of New York Categories. In addition, Cut + Run was represented with two finalists in the Montage Category.
Earning five nominations was work entered by the artists and editors of Optimus, which placed two finalists in the Regional Campaign category as well as nominations in Design, Under 50K and Best of Chicago.
Four companies earned four nominations each for their editors and artists’ work. These were Beast, nominated in categories for Dialogue/Monologue/Spoken Word, Best of Chicago, Best of Detroit and Best of San Francisco; EditBar, which swept the Best of Boston category with three nominations as well as earning a nomination in the Comedy category; The Mill, which was nominated in the Design and Visual Effects category and earned two nominations in the Color Grading category; and Work Editorial, which earned nominations in categories for Automotive, Montage, Music Video and Storytelling,
A number of AICE companies saw work from their editors and artists collect three total finalist nominations. This included Cosmo Street, Cutters, Little Moving Pictures, Lucky Post, Married to Giants and Yessian Music.
Finalists in the AICE Awards’ new Docu-Style category were Editor Ryan J. Hunt of School Editing for work for Brands of Santa and KBS+; Ted Guard of Rock Paper Scissors for work for YMCA and Droga5; and Sam Rice-Edwards of The Assembly Rooms for work for Mumsnet and Grey.
Editor/artist rundown
Cut + Run editor Sam Ostrove, winner of the AICE Awards Best in Show in 2015 for his work on Volvo for Forsman & Bodenfors, tied for the most finalist nominations this year. He was nominated in the Best of New York and Montage categories for his “Made By You” piece for Converse and Anomaly, and was nominated, along with Cut + Run Editor Sean Stender, in the Montage and Digital Content – Over :90 for “Witness Greatness” for Kendrick Lamar and the 2015 Grammy Awards, out of TBWAChiatDay.
Another four-time nominee was editor Reuter of EditBar in Boston, who took all three finalist nominations in the Best of Boston category for work for join.me via MMB, Subway via MMB and Jack Daniels via Arnold. In addition, his spot for join.me was also a finalist in the Comedy category.
Editor Logan Hefflefinger of Lucky Post received three nominations: two in the Best of Texas category for Ram Trucks and The Richards Group and for Timberland via YardNYC, while the Timberland spot was also nominated in Fashion/Beauty.
Also receiving three nominations was editor Nathan Petty of Little Moving Pictures in San Francisco, who was nominated in the Best of San Francisco category for work for 19 Crimes from Kayser & Co and Amazfit out of Diko Creative. He was also nominated in the Sound Design category, along with mixer Joaby Deal of One Union Recording, for a video for the Advocacy for the Deaf.
Editors or artists earning two nominations included Tim Cahill of Optimus in the Under 50K and Best of Chicago categories; Graham Chisholm of Married to Giants in Toronto in the Best of Toronto category for work for Land Rover via Oryx and Sport Chek via Sid Lee; Joaby Deal in Sound Design for Advocacy for the Deaf, shared with Nathan Petty, and in Audio Mix for NVIDIA and AKQA; Ted Guard of Rock Paper Scissors in the Docu-Style category for YMCA and Droga 5 and in Fashion/Beauty for Gap Kids; Ryan J. Hunt of School Editing in the Docu-Style and Best of Toronto categories for Brands of Santa for KBS+; and Sam Rice-Edwards of The Assembly Rooms in the Docu-Style and Digital Content – Over :90 for work for Mumsnet and Grey.
Also earning two nominations each were Nick Rondeau of Arcade Edit in the Digital Content category for work for Wilson and Phenomenon and in the Music Video category for Vince Staples; Jai Shukla of Nomad in the Storytelling and Best of New York categories for work for IBM and The Barbarian Group; Ben Suenga of Friendshop! in the Under 50K and Best of New York categories for work for the Philadelphia 76s and Mother; and Mick Uzendoski of Drive Thru in the Online Campaign category for work for Dinty Moore and BBDO and in the Best of Minneapolis category for work for Subaru and Carmichael-Lynch.
Here’s a rundown of this year’s AICE Award finalists:
Audio Mix
Joaby Deal
One Union Recording
“Rule the Living Room”
NVIDIA
AKQA
Steve Rosen
Sonic Union
“It Can Wait”
AT&T
BBDO
Jeff Fuller
Therapy
“The Game Starts Here – Richie McCaw”
Beats by Dre
R/GA
Automotive
Frank Effron
Cut + Run
Brains and Brawn
Mercedes-Benz
Merkley + Partners
Rick Russell
Final Cut
“Commander”
Audi
Venables Bell & Partners
Bill Smedley
Work Editorial
“The Test”
Acura
Mullen
Broadcast Promotion
Mark Tyler
Northern Lights
“Mobsteel Anthem”
NBC Sports
Dan Maloney
Cut + Run
“Office”
Geico
MTV On-Air Promos
Steve Bell
Cutters
“Name”
NHL
Baby Bear’s Porridge
Color Grading
Fergus McCall
The Mill
“The Gentleman’s Wager, Part 2”
Johnnie Walker
Anomaly
Tom Poole
Company 3
“Future”
Adidas
Johannes Leonardo
Adam Scott
The Mill
“The Match”
Heineken
Wieden + Kennedy
Comedy
Mikkel E G Nielsen
Rock Paper Scissors
“Night Moves”
Bose Corporation
BBDO
Michael Reuter
EditBar
“Frantic”
join.me
MMB
Kyle Brown
Arcade Edit
“Why Share It?”
HomeAway
Saatchi
Design
Tendril
Relish
“The New Geometry of Time”
Audemars Piguet
Superculture
Mark Butchko, Brad Cannady, Sunmin Park, Tyler Nelson, Luis Mayorga
Optimus
“Pitchfork Music Festival 2015 Trailer”
Pitchfork TV
Mill+
The Mill
“Clap Your Feet America!”
Dairy Queen
Barkley US
Dialogue/Monologue/Spoken Word
Brian Sepanik
Colonie Media
“Winner Picks Lunch”
GrubHub
Tandem, Inc.
Grant Gustafson
Cutters
“Hashtag”
Oscar Mayer
Mcgarrybowen
Adam Liebowitz
Beast
“Moment of Truth”
BAE Systems
Team BAE
Digital Content
Aaron Langley
Cosmo Street Editorial
“Expecting”
General Mills
Saatchi & Saatchi
Adam Pertofsky
Rock Paper Scissors
“Melo 12 Built For More”
Brand Jordan
LosYork
Nick Rondeau
Arcade Edit
“All Day”
Wilson
Phenomenon
Digital Content – Over :90
Lenny Mesina
Therapy
“A Seeker Story”
Saucony
Mechanica
Sam Rice-Edwards
The Assembly Rooms
“999 for Kids”
Mumsnet
Grey
Sam Ostrove, Sean Stender
Cut + Run
“Witness Greatness” / Kendrick Lamar
The Grammys 2016
TBWAChiatDay
Docu-Style
Ryan J. Hunt
School Editing
“Brands of Santa”
Brands of Santa
KBS+
Ted Guard
Rock Paper Scissors
“Idle Hands”
YMCA
Droga5
Sam Rice-Edwards
The Assembly Rooms
“999 for Kids”
Mumsnet
Grey
Fashion/Beauty
Steve Manz
Relish
“Nike Football”
Nike
Ted Guard
Rock Paper Scissors
“Anthem”
Gap Kids
Logan Hefflefinger
Lucky Post
“Life In Motion”
Timberland
Yard NYC
Montage
Sam Ostrove
Cut + Run
“Made By You”
Converse
Anomaly
Sam Ostrove, Sean Stender
Cut + Run
“Witness Greatness” / Kendrick Lamar
The Grammys 2016
TBWAChiatDay
Stewart Reeves
Work Editorial
“The Only Way To Know”
Samsung
72andSunny
Music Video
Jeff Selis
Bonch
Beyoncé “Formation”
Prettybird
Ben Jordan
Work Editorial
River
Columbia Records
Nick Rondeau
Arcade Edit
“Lift Me Up”
Vince Staples
National Campaign
Jeff Ferruzzo
Arcade Edit
“Tyler” / “Combo” / “Jordany”
Sports Matter
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Anomaly
Andy McGraw, Cartel
“Anthem” / “Stephen Curry”
Leo Scott, Cartel
“Tom Brady”
Rule Yourself
Under Armour
Droga5
Erik Laroi
MacKenzie Cutler
“And So It Began” / “Checkmate” / “Truce”
Make a Smellmitment
Old Spice
Wieden + Kennedy
Online Campaign
Mick Uzendoski
Drive Thru Editorial
“Ax Throwing” / “Bucksaw” / “Chainsaw”
Dinty Moore Lumberjack
Dinty Moore
BBDO
Ali Mao, Arcade Edit
“Episode 1: Knowing When You’re Ready” / “Episode 5: Closing the Sale”
Dave Anderson, Arcade Edit
“Episode 3: The Search”
The Home Buying Process in Plain English with Elizabeth Banks
Realtor.com
Pereira & O’Dell
Justin Trovato
Cosmo Street Editorial
“Family Portrait” / “Tree of Compromise” / “Vegan Christmas”
Keepsake It
Hallmark
Chandelier Creative
Original Music
Dan Zank
Yessian Music
“The Wish Writer”
Macy’s
JWT
Mark Chu
Yessian Music
“Connected”
Tag Heuer
Agency Inside
Peter Schmidt
Comma
“Train On”
Pokémon
Omelet
Public Service
Paul Proulx
Rooster
“Not Allowed”
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
Grey
Austyn Daines
Rock Paper Scissors
“Safe Sext”
MTV/Staying Alive Foundation
Y&R
Erwin Fraterman
jumP
“Proud to Love”
YouTube
Whirled
Regional Campaign
Dave De Carlo
Rooster
“Sport” / “Barbell” / “Pool”
Special Olympics Canada
Grey
Mike Berg
Optimus
“Full Circle” / “Grandpa” / “Looking Up”
Illinois Office of Tourism
JWT
Randy Palmer, Optimus
“Power of a Goal” / “Emilie’s Goal”
Deb Schimmel
“One Goal Cammy”
Chicago Blackhawks: One Goal
Chicago Blackhawks
Ogilvy & Mather
Sound Design
Chris Pinkston, Eric Marks, Rob Marshall
740 Sound Design
“Madden: The Movie”
EA Sports
Heat
Nathan Petty, Joaby Deal
Little Moving Pictures
“Can You Read My Lips?”
Advocacy For the Deaf
Jeff Dittenber
Yessian Music
“Born To Run”
General Motors
Lowe Worldwide
Spec Spot
Keith Kristinat
Colonie Media
“Dependable”
Chevy Trucks
71 Degrees North
Zeke O’Donnell
Fluid Post
“The Way We Move”
Budweiser
Sean LaGrange
Arcade Edit
“Bowling”
Schlitz
Storytelling
Jai Shukla
Nomad
“Runkeeper”
IBM
The Barbarian Group
Tessa Davis
Cosmo Street Editorial
“Solemates” / Bryce Dallas Howard
Canon Project Imagination
Rich Orrick
Work Editorial
“Short A Guy”
Nike
Wieden + Kennedy
Under 50K
Tim Cahill
Optimus
“One Chicago”
Off The Street Club
Leo Burnett
Monica Remba
Married to Giants
“The North”
The Explorer’s Club Film Festival
Dot Dot Dash
Ben Suenaga
Friendshop!
“Revolutionary at Heart”
Philadelphia 76ers
Mother
Visual Effects
David Lawson, Becky Porter, Krystal Sae Eua, Blake Guest, Sean Durnan, Carl Harders, Milton Ramirez
The Mill
“Rooftop Alliance”
Game of War: Fire Age
Untitled Worldwide
Andres Barrios
A52
“Paper”
Honda
RPA
MPC
“Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Seize Glory”
Activision
72andSunny
Best of Boston
Michael Reuter
EditBar
“Frantic”
join.me
MMB
Michael Reuter
EditBar
“Tough Dodger”
Subway
MMB
Michael Reuter
EditBar
“Up from the Underground: Sinatra”
Jack Daniels
Arnold Worldwide
Best of Chicago
Tim Cahill
Optimus
“One Chicago”
Off The Street Club
Leo Burnett
Angelo Valencia
Beast
“Dad & Andy”
Whirlpool
Digitas
Kathryn Hempel
Cutters
“#LikeAGirl- Unstoppable”
Always
Leo Burnett
Best of Detroit
Erich Wiemer
Beast
“Detroit vs. Everybody
The Tyre Corporation
Sarah Fisher
Territory
“Best Friend Day-Long Form”
Ford
Team Detroit
Rich Smith
Hudson Edit
“Homecoming”
John Varvatos
Best of Los Angeles
David Brodie
Rock Paper Scissors
“Ember”
Call Of Duty
72andSunny
Biff Butler
Rock Paper Scissors
“The Winning Moment”
Brand Jordan
Wieden + Kennedy
Edward Line
Cartel
“Fifaro”
EA
Wieden + Kennedy
Best of Minneapolis
Brett Astor
Channel Z
“All Grown Up”
Sleep Number
PMH
Mick Uzendoski
Drive Thru Editorial
“Puppy”
Subaru of America
Carmichael Lynch
Charlie Gerszewski
Channel Z
“Veggies for Life – Dad”
Green Giant
Solve
Best of New York
Sam Ostrove
Cut + Run
“Made By You”
Converse
Anomaly
Ben Suenaga
Friendshop!
“Revolutionary at Heart”
Philadelphia 76ers
Mother
Jai Shukla
Nomad
“Runkeeper”
IBM
The Barbarian Group
Best of San Francisco
Brian Lagerhausen
Beast
“In the Running”
Fitbit
Argonaut, Inc
Nathan Petty
Little Moving Pictures
“To The Banished”
19 Crimes
Kayser & Co
Nathan Petty
Little Moving Pictures
“Move Beautifully”
Haumi
Diko Creative
Best of Texas
Marc Stone
3008
“Fast”
Alfa Romeo
The Richards Group
Logan Hefflefinger
Lucky Post
“Sorry, Mom”
Ram
The Richards Group
Logan Hefflefinger
Lucky Post
“Life In Motion”
Timberland
YardNYC
Best of Toronto
Graham Chisholm
Married to Giants
“All Sweat is Equal”
Sport Chek
Sid Lee
Graham Chisholm
Married to Giants
“Thank You”
Land Rover
Oryx
Ryan J. Hunt
School Editing
“Brands of Santa”
Brands of Santa
KBS+
