Cannes Lions 2012 Named Design, Film Craft And Radio Jury Presidents

CANNES – Cannes Lions announces the jury presidents for the Design, Film Craft and Radio categories at this year’s International Festival of Creativity. The jury presidents will come to Cannes to preside over their juries for the 2012 Festival, taking place from 17-23 June.

Bruce Duckworth, Creative Director, Turner Duckworth, UK, will lead this year’s Design Lions Jury. After working as a designer at Michael Peters, Minale Tattersfield and Lewis Moberly, Bruce started the brand design agency Turner Duckworth in 1992 with his friend and fellow designer David Turner. With agencies based in San Francisco and London, Bruce runs the London office and is jointly responsible for Turner Duckworth’s creative output with David. Both studios work collaboratively on all projects, which gives a unique design viewpoint. He has won over 200 design awards including D&AD, DBA Design Effectiveness, Design Week and a Cannes Lions Grand Prix for Coca-Cola. His work has been published in many design books and magazines all over the world and he is an in demand speaker for design and marketing conferences as well as design education.

Heading up the Film Craft Lions Jury is Ivan Zacharias, Director, Stink, UK. Ivan began directing commercials while still a student and quickly developed a reputation as the most interesting and innovative director of his generation to emerge from Eastern Europe. His most notable work includes ‘Impossible Dream’ for Honda, ‘Born Free’ for Land Rover, ‘Smile’ for VW Beetle and ‘Doctor’ for Stella Artois which swept the boards at award ceremonies. He has also directed Hollywood actors Gael Garcia Bernal in one of two Levi’s commercials for BBH NY as well as Harvey Keitel and Jude Law in pieces for the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. He is one of the most awarded commercials directors in the world with over 100 awards including seven Gold Lions.

Rob McLennan, Executive Creative Director, Net#work BBDO, South Africa, will take the helm of the Radio Lions Jury. Winning a multitude of awards over the years, Rob has been responsible for many memorable campaigns including Dulux ‘Any Colour you can Think of’, Axe ‘Get a Girlfriend’, Virgin Atlantic ‘Plain Insanity’ and Mercedes-Benz ‘Accident Avoidance’. Net#work BBDO is one of South Africa’s leading agencies and has won three of South Africa’s six Cannes Lions Grands Prix, including two Radio Grands Prix (2009 and 2001), with Rob amassing an impressive collection of 35 Lions.