KODAK and AWARD have announced the salubrious panel of judges and the Call for Entry launch.
Designed to recognise and promote exceptional new commercial directors in the Asia Pacific Region, the KODAK AWARD New Director Of The Year will honor outstanding commercial directors whose fresh thinking and creativity sets them apart from the rest.
“Kodak and AWARD are honoured to have such high-ranking members of the advertising sector generously provide their time to judge the entries," says Greg McKibbin, Regional Business General Manager, Entertainment Imaging, Asia Pacific Region. “Offering new talent the chance to get noticed in this way is one of the core goals of the competition that can have a significant and positive impact on their careers."

The Judging Panel:
Joel Limchoc, Creative Director, BBDO Guerrero Ortega Philippines
Michael Ritchie, Managing Director, Revolver Films
Patrick Hughes, Director, @radical.media
Corey Esse, Head of TV, Publicis Mojo Melbourne
Jagdish Ramakrishnan, Creative Director, BBDO Singapore
Masako Okamura, Creative Director, Dentsu Japan
Cameron Blackley, Creative Head, Droga5 Sydney
Andrew Lok, Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather Greater China

View the viral ad promoting the Call for Entry.
 
Eligibility
All entrants must be current commercial directors, and have only been in the commercial production field for a maximum of three years.
You are eligible if you have been directing other material previous to your commercial work.

Preparation of Entry Material
All Entries are FREE and are due on 8th August 2008
Entrants will be required to submit the following requirements:

1. A one-page word.doc file of their resume.
2. Three selections of their best work, anything for broadcast directed by 
yourself at any point in your career. Moving image only – ie. art pieces, 
animation, commercial art, music 
videos, shorts, viral design.

The Rewards
The winning KODAK AWARD New Director Of The Year will be awarded a prize of 10 x 400’ loads of 35mm Kodak Motion Picture Film valued at approximately $4,000.00. This prize will allow the filmmaker to express him/herself with high quality film images and subsequently build upon and enhance their show reel.

The New Director Award’s night will be held in Sydney on September 17th.
The winner will also be introduced and recognised at the AWARD Presentation Evening to be held on November 27th 2008 and attended by up to 800 of the finest industry members from the region.
For further information check the website www.awardnewdirector.com