First wave of 2025 shots Awards APAC judges announced
With the early bird entry period nearly up, we announce a batch of the creative heroes from the Asia Pacific region who will be casting a critical eye on your entered work.
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With the early bird entry period closing on the June 6th, and with a group of top-notch Head Judges already raring to go, we're thrilled to announce the first batch of jury members poised to look over your best work for the 2025 shots Awards Asia Pacific.
The Awards consists of 22 distinct categories, which are judged across eight separate jury groups. The heads of each group are listed here, while below are the first wave of jury members joining the various categories.
Above: A selection of this year's APAC jury including [clockwise from top left] Steve Rogers, Ashok Karkala, Leilani Croucher, Lydia Davies, Michael Ahmadzadeh, Shirsha Guha Thakurta, Sophie Haydon and Stephen de Wolf.
Joining the head judges are an esteemed panel of ad land legends from the APAC region, more of whom will be added in the coming weeks;
- Michael Ahmadzadeh, Co-Founder, electriclime
- Lizzy Bailey, Director, Poppet
- Leilani Croucher, Director, Revolver AU, RSA US, Merchant CA
- Tanya Curnow, Executive Producer & Strategist, Artists in Motion
- Lydia Davies, Music Composer, Squeak E Clean Studios
- Alexandre de Franceschi, Film Editor, The Editors
- Stephen de Wolf, Chief Creative Officer, BMF Australia
- Brant Fraser, Production Designer, Brant Fraser Production Design
- Nicola Gasparri, Senior Colourist, Studio Skwer
- Shirsha Guha Thakurta, Founder/Director, Oink Films
- Sophie Haydon, Creative Executive Producer, Sonar Music
- Eric Hu, Founder & Executive Producer, Republic Studios
- Jack Hutchings, Film Editor, Freelance
- Jin Ito, Director of Photography, CONNECTION
- Vikram Kalra, Co-Founder / Exectuvie Producer, Good Morning Films
- Ashok Karkala, Group Creative Director, Ogilvy
- Nimish Kotwal, Production Designer, The Silverback Design Studio
- Joseph Lau, Global Head of Creative and Design, OPPO
- Gemma Lee, Director, Gemma Lee, Honor Society
- Lily Li, Managing Director & Executive Producer, Heckler Singapore
- Yuya Mimasu, Head of Production, Media Arts Lab
- Tamara O'Neill, Co-Founder/Creative Executive Producer, Liquid Studios
- Steve Rogers, Director, Revolver
- Nahuel Salcedo, Founder/Creative Director, Onesal
- Pete Sciberras, Editor & Founding Partner, ARC
- Yukika Tasaki, Senior Producer, Mr+Positive Tokyo
- Claire Teng, EP & Co-Founder, Bloom Film Design
- Dharam Valia, Founder & Executive Producer, Hungry Films
- Jess Wheeler, Creative Director/Partner, SICKDOGWOLFMAN
To find out more about our judges, click here.
To enter your work and be in with a chance of picking up a coveted shots trophy, click here to find out all the information you need to enter.
There are additional details on price, eligibility here, and on the categories you can enter here.
