Spikes Asia 2015: Amit Sharma, Anupriya Acharya on juries

Chrome Pictures Media director Amit Sharma and ZenithOptimedia group CEO Anupriya Acharya have been named on the Film Craft and Media juries respectively for Spikes Asia 2015. 

 

Also announced were juries for Branded Content & Entertainment, Digital and Mobile, Media and PR (of which Valerie Pinto is jury chair)

 

Jury presidents were announced earlier. Here's the second set of jurors announced by organisers:

 

Branded Content & Entertainment 

 

Todd Hunter, creative executive, Creative Artists Agency, global – Jury President

Emily Bull, founder/executive producer, Hellofuture.tv, Australia

Michaela Lyon, global brand leader, Leo Burnett, China and Asia Pacific

Dew Intapunya, MD, Ensemble Branded Entertainment, IPG Mediabrands, Thailand

Georg Warga, creative director/filmmaker/founder, Goodstein, China

Minoru Yashima, senior planning director, ADK, Japan

Adam Bow, regional director of content, Carat, Asia Pacific

Chris Stephenson, Apac head of strategy and planning, PHD, Asia Pacific

 

Digital and Mobile 

 

Wain Choi, global executive creative director, Cheil Worldwide, South Korea – Jury President

Pei Pei Ng, executive creative director, Possible Worldwide, Asia Pacific

Andrew Fergusson, creative director, Droga5, Australia

Alex Phung, VP and chief content officer, BlueFocus Digital Marketing Agency, China

Arthur Policarpio, CEO, Mobext, The Philippines

Hiroshi Hori, regional digital director, Hakuhodo, Japan

Benson Toh, creative director, Tribal Worldwide, Singapore

Tzu-Chiang Yang, creative partner, Bremen Digital Creative, Chinese Taipei

 

Film Craft 

 

Peter Grasse, president, Curious Films, Australia – Jury President

Syed Gousul Alam Shaon, managing partner and country head, Grey Advertising, Bangladesh

Adam Stevens, director, Robber’s Dog Films, New Zealand

Amit Sharma, director, Chrome Pictures Media LLP, India

Alvin Ng, creative director, FCB, Malaysia

Fadi Yaish, regional ECD, Impact BBDO, UAE

Sariyanti Sannie, senior producer, Sixtoes TV, Singapore

 

Media 

 

Nick Waters, CEO, Dentsu Aegis Network, Asia Pacific– Jury President

Josh Gallagher, regional strategy director, APAC, Havas Media, Asia Pacific

Sophie Price, chief strategy officer, UM, Australia

Anupriya Acharya, group chief executive officer, ZenithOptimedia, India

Wendy Soeweno, principle partner team Unilever, Mindshare, Indonesia

Masaki Mikami, corporate officer, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Japan

Deric Wong, managing partner, strategy, Omnicom Media Group, Hong Kong

Jenny Lee, senior global media manager, Innocean, South Korea

 

PR 

 

Valerie Pinto, CEO, Weber Shandwick, India – Jury President

Michelle Tham, managing director, Hill & Knowlton Strategies, Singapore

Karen Hung, CSO and VP, Elite PR Group, Chinese Taipei

James Wright, group COO, Havas Worldwide, MD, Red Agency Australia and Havas PR APAC, Australia

Marianne Admardatine, head of corporate communications and business development, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Indonesia

Tetsuya Honda, founder/managing director, BlueCurrent, Japan

Amanda Goh, CEO, Edelman, Singapore

Ma. Amylyn de Quiros, founder and president, Full Circle Communications, The Philippines

 

Andrea Hayes, festival director, Spikes Asia, said, “These individuals embody the spirit of creativity that is at the heart of Spikes Asia. We are excited to see the outcome of their discussions in identifying and honouring the most creative work from Asia Pacific, and setting standards for the region’s creative community.”

 

Spikes Asia has announced an extension of entry deadline to 7 August 2015. 

 

More details on Spikes.Asia.