Aussie expat Kieran Antill to chair Photography jury at ADC 91st Annual Awards in New York

The New York based Art Directors Club today announced the lineup of industry leaders – including Aussie expat Kieran Antill (left) from Leo Burnett, New York – who will serve as jury chairs for the ADC 91st Annual Awards program.

Jury chairs for the six ADC 91st Annual Awards categories are as follows:

Advertising: John Boiler, president, 72andSunny, Los Angeles, CA

Design:  Arem Duplessis, design director, The New York Times Magazine, New York, NY

Photography:  Kieran Antill, creative director, senior vice president, Leo Burnett, New York, NY

Illustration:  Rodrigo Corral, creative director, Farrar, Straus and Giroux; founder, Rodrigo Corral Design, New York, NY

Interactive:  Natalie Lam, executive creative director, McCann Erickson, New York, NY

Integrated:  Brian DiLorenzo, chief production officer, McCann Erickson, New York, NY

Motion:  Andre Stringer, director, creative director, founder, Shilo, New York, NY.

Antill has always pursued a balance between his commercial work and his career as a fine artist, and has exhibited in Sydney, London and New York for more than 10 years.  A selection of his fine art can be viewed at kieranantill.com.

He was ranked as the #1 Art Director worldwide at Cannes in 2010 while at Leo Burnett Sydney, and a year prior was named International YoungGun of the Year with fellow Aussie expat creative partner Michael Canning.   

Antill’s love for craft, painting and photography is evident through his recent work including Canon “Photochains”, a social network of photography; Canon “Photo5”, a gallery of 5000 images inspired by a simple cardboard box; “Vote Earth”, the world’s first global election, and most recently the “Space Monkey” music video with Ben Lee and WWF.

New for this year is the appointment of a separate jury chair for Motion, a fast-growing segment of awards entries.  In addition, this will be the first time the ADC Annual Awards will have a separate jury chair and jury dedicated specifically to Integrated.  Elevating these two areas reflects the growing importance of each in today’s creative work.

The online call for entries (CFE) for the ADC 91st Annual Awards will be open shortly at adcawards.org.  Deadlines for entry are January 20, 2012 for Design, Photography, Illustration and Interactive; February 3, 2012 for Student, and February 10, 2012 for Advertising and Integrated.  

This year’s CFE is created by DDB New York, overseen by Aussie expat chief creative officer Matt Eastwood.

“This CFE campaign looks at the obstacles that increasingly stand in the way of doing great creative,”  said Olga Grisaitis, director, ADC.  “We are encouraging creatives worldwide to keep fighting the good fight.”

Entrants are eligible to be the recipients of the coveted ADC Black Cube for best-in-show in Advertising, Design and Interactive categories, as well as cumulative awards for Design Firm of the Year, Advertising Agency of the Year, Interactive Agency of the Year, Network of the Year and School of the Year, based on winning point totals for the year.