Judges

See all our confirmed judges below.

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Direction

Head Judge

Luke Ricci

President, RSA Films US

Avelino Rodríguez

CEO, THE LIFT

Azsa West

CCO, Wieden + Kennedy

Carol Dunn

Managing Director, Barking Owl

Marcio Leitão

Director, Mercuria TV

Margaret Nickerson

Executive Producer, TBWA\Media Arts Lab

Naz Nazli

Creative Director, Creative X, Meta

Ralph Laucella

Founding Partner/Executive Producer, O Positive

Rhea Scott

President, Little Minx

Sally Fung

Associate Creative Director, FCB Toronto

Suzanne Hargrove

Vice President/Executive Producer, PRETTYBIRD

Wes Walker

Director, BWGTBLD

Editing

Head Judge

Sila Soyer

Executive Producer and Partner, Arcade Edit

Alejandro Noriega

Executive Producer & Founder, Rebeca Producciones

Amburr Farls

Managing Partner, Cut+Run & Jogger Studios

Brad Waskewich

Editor/Partner, Uppercut

Emiliano Alvarenga

Global Creative Production Partner, Grey

Erica Thompson

Managing Director, Work Editorial

Fuliane Petikyan

Managing Partner & Executive Producer, Fela

Glorily Vélez

Editor, Whitehouse Post Productions

Grant Gustafson

Film Editor, Cutters

Jeremy Fox

Executive Producer, Accenture Song/Droga5

Katie Turinski

Editor/Partner, EXILE

Kristina Anzlinger

Executive Producer, OUTSIDER EDITORIAL

Steve Mottershead

Executive Creative Director/Founding Partner, Artjail

Yvette Cobarrubias

Owner/Managing Partner, Cosmo Street

Animation & VFX

Head Judge

Kirsten Noll

Managing Executive Producer, Scholar

Chloe Sedelmaier

Executive Producer, Carbon

Connie Dercho

Executive Producer & Business Development Director, RODEOFX

Dotti Sinnott

Head of Content Operations, Doodles/Managing Director, Golden Wolf

Janice Ahn

Creative Director, BUCK

Jo Arghiris

Executive Producer, Hornet

Luis Ribeiro

Managing Partner, LOBO

Marcel Ziul

Founder / Executive Creative Director, State

Nic Yiallouris

Director / Creative Director, The Mill

Paul Mitchell

Director, Untold Studios

PJ Richardson

Director, ECD & Co-Founder, Laundry Studios

​Tia Perkins

Head of Production, Harbor

Charity

Head Judge

Kelly Bayett

Managing Partner, Love Song

Amir Farhang

Director / Creative Director, Freelance

Ashley Benton

Executive Producer, Barking Owl

Beau Dickson

Editor, Cut+Run

Becky Morrison

Founder / Executive Producer, The Light

Danny Nouri

Executive Producer, 72andSunny

Henry Medina

Creative Chairman, Ogilvy

Jeff Baron

Managing Director / Executive Producer

Nicole Powell

Line Producer, Freelance

Paige Matho

Senior Producer, Cartwright

Peter McCann

Executive Producer, The Publicis Groupe

Vida Cornelious

SVP, The New York Times

Use of Music and Sound Design

Head Judge

Brian Bernard

Audio Director, Grayson Music

Alister Johnson

A&R / Music Supervisor, Bedtracks

Anna Garcia Lascurain

Senior Producer & Music Supervisor, Squeak E. Clean Studios

Arturo A. Fuenmayor

Re-Recording Mixer/Assistant, Company3

Cailey Milito

Sound Designer, CaBooM Productions

Jessica Glowacki

Music Producer, Yessian Music

Josh Marcy

Director of Music, TBWA\Media Arts Lab

Kevin Krouglow

Composer, Songwriter, Producer, Freelance

Matheus de Moraes Gugelmim

Head of Projects, Vox Haus

Mikelle Virey

Director, Maselita Films

Nikhil Seetharam

Composer and Producer, Infinite Music Productions

Renée Massé

Executive Producer, BUTTER Music + Sound

Tomás Becú

Executive Producer, Partner, BAMBA MUSIC

Casting/Production & Styling

Head Judge

Akin McKenzie

Production Designer

Camille Garmendia

Costume Designer

Gabrielle Rosenberg

Art Director/Set Decorator/Stylist, Gabrielle Rosenberg

Manoela Gonzaga Clemente

Production Designer & Art Director

Ryan Michael Bernstein

Casting Director, RMB Casting

Shasta Lutz, CDC

Casting Director, Jigsaw Casting Ltd

Stuart Stone

Casting Director, Stuart Stone Casting

Taísa Malouf

Production Designer

Yety Akinola

Costume Designer, Stylist & Creative Producer, YETY AKINOLA STUDIO

Young-Ah Kim

Costume Designer, Young-Ah Kim LLC

Cinematography

Head Judge

Diego Garcia

Cinematographer, LUX Artists

Anastasia Von Rahl

Managing Director, The Mill

Farhad Ghaderi

Cinematographer, Artistry, LUX Artists, Aura Collective, Mantl Reps

Jade Healy

Production Designer

Jordana Freydberg

Executive Producer, Biscuit Filmworks

Justin Gurnari

Cinematographer

Leo Aguirre

Director, Park Pictures

LJ Johnson

Director, Hungry Man

Melissa Culligan

Partner & Managing Director, Epoch Films

Nico Pérez Veiga

Director, Primo / Iconoclast

Concept/Copywriting

Head Judge

Jason Kreher

Partner, Maximum Effort

Avi Steinbach

Group Creative Director, Ogilvy NY

Hannah Hewitt

Managing Director, Pablo NYC

Heather Ryder

Creative Director

Karen Land Short

Global Executive Creative Director, Sustainability, Accenture Song

Kim Haxton

Partner / Creative Director, Mythology

Maggie Paris

Art Director, Öpinionated Group

Michael Hagos

Creative Director, HBO Originals Marketing, Warner Bros. Discovery

Pedro Izique

Creative Director, Someplace

Music Video

Head Judge

Abdi Ibrahim

Director & Photographer, De La Revolución

C.T. Robert

Director, Partizan

Chiao Chen

Cinematographer / Editor, Forager

Gary Ward

Executive Producer / Partner, Lost Planet Editorial

Jared Malik Royal

Director, RSA Films

Jaz Rongokea

EP/MP, Coffee & TV NY

Kirsten Arongino

Managing Director, ArtClass

Luga Podesta

Founder / Executive Producer, London Alley

Michel Waxman

Managing Executive Producer, Great Guns

Niles Howard

Editor, Work Editorial

Nina McNeely

Director & Choreographer, Underwonder Content/Bloc Agency

Sarah Roebuck

Managing Director / Executive Producer, Final Cut

New Director

Head Judge

Danielle Hinde

Owner & Executive Producer, Doomsday Entertainment

Benjamin Davies

Managing Director & EP, Stink Films US

Charlotte Woodhead

Managing Directer & EP, CANADA Los Angeles

Corinna Martinez

Head of Production, Mastodonte

David Shafei

Director / Founder, WW7

Dominic Tunon

Head of Content, Bodega, Wieden + Kennedy

Jenny Lumpkin

Managing Partner / Co-CEO, The Cre8tors

Justin Polk

Co-Founder / Director, Invisible Collective

Nia Andrews

Senior Producer of Video Production, Columbia Records

Rebecca Niles

Executive Producer, RadicalMedia

Sara Eolin

Partner & Executive Producer, Tinygiant

Suzy Ramirez

Managing Director / EP, Final Cut Inc

Tato Bono

CPO, PXP Studios
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