LIA Announces Stephan Vogel as the 2016 TV/Cinema/Online Film Jury President

New York — Dr. Stephan Vogel, Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Germany, has been named as the TV/Cinema/Online Film Jury president for the 2016 London International Awards (LIA).

“Film rules,” says Stephan. “There is no leading brand without great film. No content hero without moving images. Heading the Film Jury of one of the world’s toughest award shows makes me proud. I’m looking forward to selecting the best of the best for the LIA reel [for] 2016.”

Stephan is responsible for the Ogilvy & Mather offices in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Berlin. He is a member of the Worldwide Creative Council, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide’s leading Creative Board, in addition to the Art Directors Club Germany. He has won numerous creative awards and served as a jury member at international shows such as D&AD, LIA, Clio, Cannes and the One Show.

2016 TV/Cinema/Film Jury: Stephan Vogel - Jury President - Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Germany: Marco Bezerra - executive creative director, JWT Dubai, Dubai | Richard Brim - executive creative director, adam&eveDDB, London | Nuntawat (Golf) Chaipornkaew - executive creative director, Saatchi & Saatchi Thailand, Bangkok Juan Garcia-Escudero - general creative director, Leo Burnett, Madrid | Ari Halper - chief creative officer, FCB New York, New York | Hiromasa Kawana - creative director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo | Dave King - executive creative director, Innocean Worldwide Australia, Sydney | Shaun McIlrath - Global chief creative officer, iris, London | Gary Pascoe - chief creative officer, North America, Commonwealth/McCann, Detroit | Leslie Sims - chief creative officer, Y&R New York, New York.

The LIA 2016 Entry System is now accepting entries. The initial Entry Deadline is 10th June. Judging will take place in Las Vegas from 6th October to 14th October. The shortlists will be announced as each judging session concludes, with Winners being announced 8th November. | www.liaawards.com/enter/eligibility | www.liaawards.com.

LIA —London International Awards (LIA) is a global festival honoring creativity and new ideas in Advertising, Production, Digital, Design, Music & Sound, Technology and Branded Entertainment. The awards, founded in 1986 by President Barbara Levy, began by honoring advertising in the realms of Cinema, Television, Print and Radio, evolving since its inception into 16 unique media types. It was the first truly international advertising awards of its kind to acknowledge all media and methods from all over the world to be judged by a diverse global jury. Every member on each Jury Panel, including the Jury president, judges all entries, excluding their own work, in their respective media. Each Jury has the discretion to award a Grand LIA within the media they are judging.