Lizie Gower named Production & Post Production and Music Video president at LIA; Australia’s Adrian Bosich and Wilf Sweetland to sit on jury

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take 2.jpgLIA has announced Lizie Gower (left), managing director and founder of Academy Films, London as the 2015 jury president of Production & Post Production and Music Video.

Representing Australia on the Production & Post Production and Music Video jury is Adrian Bosich (centre), director and founder of Airbag Productions, Melbourne and Wilf Sweetland (right), managing director of The Sweet Shop, Sydney.

Gower launched Academy Films in 1985. The company has been listed as one of the top five companies worldwide making Commercials and Music Videos. Academy has picked up all of the industry’s biggest awards along the way including four Black Pencils at the D&AD Awards, MTV Best Music Video of the Year, Campaign Magazine Production Company of the Year, Commercial of the Decade by the Sunday Times, Televisuals Top UK Production Company and Most Successful Production Company in the UK by the British Arrows.

 

Gower has developed a reputation for spotting new directors and nurturing young talent.  Academy has 40 directors on the roster, most of whom having been working at the company for their entire career. Gower is frequently called upon to be a spokesperson for the advertising and film industry. She was made chairman of the British Advertising Arrow Awards in 2009 and has sat on the executive committee of the Advertising Producers Association for 18 years. She has chaired and judged numerous key award shows and is a member and a jury member of BAFTA.

The Production & Post Production and Music Video jury includes:

Adrian Bosich, director / founder, AIRBAG, Melbourne

Davud Karbassioun, managing partner / head of production, BBH London

Candice Ouaknine, executive producer, Prettybird, Culver City

Alexander Schildt, partner / executive producer, tempomedia filmproduktion, Hamburg

Wilf Sweetland, managing director, The Sweet Shop Sydney

Debbie Turner, managing director MJZ, London

Ivo van Vollenhoven, managing partner / executive producer, TWENTYFOUR SEVEN, Madrid

Jacqui Wilkinson, executive producer / director of sales & strategy, Smuggler, New York

Work submitted must be broadcast, published or released in a commercial environment with client approval between 1st July 2014 and 31st July 2015.

All companies and/or individuals involved in the creative process are eligible to enter.

Enter at www.liaawards.com.