Five juries made up of leading creatives from Europe will convene in London in November to judge and award the winners in the Eurobest competition. Those juries have just been set for the competition. Presiding over the TV/cinema, print, outdoor and radio jury is Amir Kassaei, chief creative officer, DDB Group, Germany. Interactive jury president is Lars Cortsen, creative director/cofounder, Triple, Copenhagen. Heading the direct & promo jury as well as the integrated jury is Pablo Alzugaray, CEO of Shackleton in Spain. And the media jury president is Iain Jacob, chief exec, Starcom MediaVest Group in the U.K….Kevin Quinlan has joined Creative Bubble, New York, as senior Flame artist/visual effects supervisor. He previously worked at such houses as Click 3x and Charlex in New York….Andrew Robbins has been named director, film & TV music, at bicoastal MusicBox. He formerly served as director, film/TV music, at Megatrax….DraftFCB Seattle has hired Terry Doyle as an associate creative director. Doyle had most recently been freelancing after holding positions at Atlanta shops Kilgannon and WestWayne….
Ron Cicero and Bo Clancey Launch Production House 34North
Executive producers Ron Cicero and Bo Clancey have teamed to launch 34North. The shop opens with a roster which includes accomplished directors Jan Wentz, Ben Nakamura Whitehouse, David Edwards and Mario Feil, as well as such up-and-coming filmmakers as Glenn Stewart and Chris Fowles. Nakamura Whitehouse, Edwards, Feil and Fowles come over from CoMPANY Films, the production company for which Cicero served as an EP for the past nearly five years. Director Wentz had most recently been with production house Skunk while Stewart now gains his first U.S. representation. EP Clancey was freelance producing prior to the formation of 34North. He and Cicero have known each other for some 25 years, recently reconnecting on a job directed by Fowles. Cicero said that he and Clancey “want to keep a highly focused roster where talent management can be one on one--where we all share in the directors’ success together.” Clancey also brings an agency pedigree to the new venture. “I started at Campbell Ewald in accounts, no less,” said Clancey. “I saw firsthand how much work agencies put in before we even see a script. You have to respect that investment. These agency experiences really shaped my approach to production--it’s about empathy, listening between the lines, and ultimately making the process seamless.” 34North represents a meeting point--both literally and creatively. Named after the latitude of Malibu, Calif., where the idea for the company was born, it also embraces the power of storytelling. “34North118West was the first GPS-enabled narrative,” Cicero explained. “That blend of art and technology, to captivate an audience, mirrors what we do here--create compelling work, with talented people, harnessing state-of-the-art... Read More