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AICE Honors Its Members with 2010 AICE Awards

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 Members of the AICE community gathered in Chicago to honor their own.
The 2010 AICE Awards were presented on May 20 at a gala awards ceremony held at the Field Museum in Chicago.  Honors were presented for outstanding creative editorial and design work in a variety of categories, as judged by panels of AICE editors and designers, ad agency creatives and producers and production company producers and directors.

Editor Jeff Ferruzzo of New York-based Outside Edit + Design won two awards for his work on Dos Equis in the Comedy and National Campaign categories.  Also winning two AICE awards were editors Jason Grebski of Rooster Post Production in Toronto, who won in the New/Emerging/Alternative Media and Best of Toronto categories for his work on Mini, and Andrea MacArthur of Peep Show in New York, whose work on a Pepsi spot took top honors in both the Music/Sound and Best of New York categories.

A full list of winners in all categories, with complete agency and production credits, appears below.  Winners are also posted on the AICE Awards Show site at www.aiceawards.org.  

Overall, four entries from editors and artists associated with Outside Edit + Design earned AICE statuettes.  In addition to the two presented to Ferruzzo, designer/animator Jacques Levet won the Design category for his work on Jaguar and editor Scott Gibney won the Spec Spot category for his Doritos spot.  

Editors and artists from Rooster Post Production took home three statuettes. In addition to the honors presented to Grebski, editor Dave DeCarlo of Rooster won the Music Video category for "Games for Days" by recording artist Julian Plenti.

Antti Kulmala of Relish in Toronto won the Public Service category for his work on Environmental Defence, and Alison Gordon of Relish won the Under $50,000 category for her Pucker Up Lemonade spot.  

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Editors Jeff Ferruzzo, Jason Grebski and Andrea MacArthur were top winners.
The statuette in the Dialogue category went to Chris Franklin at Big Sky Editorial in New York for his work on Progresso. Franklin holds the distinction of being the most-awarded editor in the nine-year history of the AICE Awards.

Other single winners include Mark Morton of School in the Montage category for Pfizer; Kelly Vander Linda of Collective in the Storytelling category for Washington’s Lottery; and Maury Loeb of P.S. 260 in the Visual Effects category for Starz!

In addition to the 13 general categories, the AICE Awards also recognizes outstanding work by individuals in each of the association’s nine regional chapters.  Best of Boston honors went to Peter Bartsis at EditBar for Eastern Bank; Best of Chicago to Craig Lewandowski of Optimus for Cricket; Best of Dallas to Quan Tran of Radium/Reel FX for Dickies Apparel; Best of Detroit to Rich Smith of Beast Detroit for Bud Light Lime; Best of Los Angeles to Kirk Baxter of Rock Paper Scissors for U.S. Cellular; Best of Minneapolis to Charles Gerszewski of Channel Z for Rapala Fishing Lures; Best of New York to Andrea MacArthur of Peep Show for Pepsi, which also won the Music/Sound category; Best of San Francisco to Tim Fender of Beast San Francisco for U.S. Cellular; and Best of Toronto to Jason Grebski of Rooster Post Production for Mini, which also took top honors in the New/Emerging/Alternative Media category.

"Given the fact that 2009 was a difficult and challenging year, we were thrilled with the number of entries and quality of work," says AICE Executive Director Burke Moody.  "Our members are very aware of the changing nature of their businesses. And they know there is nothing more important than the creative impact post production has on the finished product--precisely what the AICE Awards were designed to honor and recognize."

Adds Tom Duff, President of Optimus in Chicago and President of the International Board of AICE, "Our industry continues to evolve, and the introduction this year of an award in the Design category—as well as expanding our membership to include motion graphics and design firms—is an example of that.  The results of tonight’s gala underscore the fact that AICE members are uniquely positioned to help agencies and advertisers find the right way to craft their messages for a new era in brand communication."

In addition to presenting the awards, AICE also inducted the late James "Yamus" Mudra into the AICE Hall of Fame.  A legend in the Chicago post production community, Yamus’ award was accepted on his family’s behalf by Bob Carr of Red Car, a longtime friend and colleague, and Jimmy Smyth, founder of Optimus, where Yamus worked for almost two decades.

A long list of AICE member companies, ad agencies and vendors provided support for the 2010 AICE Awards.  Platinum sponsors for the event included Ascent Media, Comma Music/Particle Audio, mcgarrybowen, Ogilvy & Mather/Chicago and Particle Audio.  Gold sponsors included Filmworkers Club, Hootenanny, Midwest Media Group, Optimus, Sol Design Group/Another Country, Sony and The Whitehouse/Chicago.  Silver sponsors included Element79, Leo Burnett, Midwest Mechanical and The Tape Company/Maxell.  Bronze sponsors included Airstream Audio, Beacon Street Studios, HUM Music, Mophonics, Riis-Borg, ROSCOR, Sarofsky, SourceEcreative and Xytech.

Comedy:

Jeff Ferruzzo
Outside Edit + Design
Heineken USA: Dos Equis
"Treasure Chest" :30
ASSISTANT:  Erik Emond
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:  Sila Soyer
AGENCY:  Euro RSCG
CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER:  Conway Williamson
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: David Weinstock
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Dan Fried
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Radical Media
DIRECTOR:  Steve Miller
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Eric Schmidt
COLORIST:  Tom Poole
GRAPHICS:  Jeff Ferruzzo
SOUND DESIGN:  Eric Thompson
SOUND MIXER: Eric Thompson
ON-LINE:  Aniello Zampella
MUSIC:  Brett Fuchs

Design:

Jacques Levet
Outside Edit + Design
Jaguar: Jaguar Cars
"XF/XK" :90
ASSISTANT:  Matt Jacob
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Sila Soyer
AGENCY:  Euro RSCG
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Alicia Johnson, Hal Wolverton
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Erik Iversen
ART DIRECTOR:  Don Ban, Patrik Bolecek, Victor Sie
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Believe Media / Tangerine Films
DIRECTOR:  Bruno Aveillan (Believe) / Gary Holder (Tangerine)
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Alex LaMarque (Believe), Steve Albins (Tangerine)
COLORIST: Alex Bickel
GRAPHICS:  Jacques Levet
SOUND DESIGN:  Neil Gust/Eric Thompson
SOUND MIXER:  Eric Thompson
ON-LINE:  Alex Bickel / Marc Ripper
MUSIC SUPERVISOR: Adam Lawrence   

Dialogue:

Chris Franklin
Big Sky Editorial
Progresso: Soup
"Mixed Signals" :60
ASSISTANT:  Chet Hirsch
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:  Cheryl Panek
AGENCY:  Saatchi & Saatchi
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Gerry Graf
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Jerry Boyle
ART DIRECTOR:  Matt Sorrell
COPYWRITER:  Jessica Coulter
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  O Positive
DIRECTOR:  Jim Jenkins
COLORIST:  Chris Ryan/Nice Shoes
GRAPHICS:  Ryan Sears/Big Sky Effects
SOUND DESIGN:  Chris Franklin
SOUND MIXER:  Tom Jucarone/Sound Lounge
ON-LINE:  Chet Hirsch/Big Sky Edit

Montage:

Mark Morton
School
Pfizer: Corporate
"Breathe" 1:08
ASSISTANT:  Jackie Roda
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Sarah Brooks
AGENCY:  Zig
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Martin Beauvais
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Dave Medlock
ART DIRECTOR:  Mark Puchala
COPYWRITER:  Geoff Morgan
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Untitled Films
DIRECTOR:  John Mastromonaco
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  John Houtman
COLORIST:  Eric Whipp/Alter Ego
SOUND DESIGN:  Mark Morton/School and Grayson Matthews
ON-LINE:  School
MUSIC:  Grayson Matthews

Music/Sound:

Andrea MacArthur
Peep Show
Pepsi
"Pass" :60
ASSISTANT:  Healy Snow
AGENCY:  TBWA\Chiat\Day LA
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Rob Schwartz/Brett Craig/Joe Shands
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Anh-Thu Lee
ART DIRECTOR:  Xanthe Hohalek
COPYWRITER:  Melissa Pipeling/Michelle Lewis
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  MJZ
DIRECTOR:  Dante Ariola
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Matthew Libatique
COLORIST:  Stefan Sonnenfeld
GRAPHICS:  Method LA
SOUND DESIGN:  Brian Emrich @ Trintite
SOUND MIXER:  Joe Bolen @ Play
ON-LINE:  Method LA
MUSIC:  My Generation by The Who, Arrangement: Elias/T Bone Burnett

Music Video:

Dave De Carlo
Rooster Post Production
Julian Plenti (AKA Interpol's Paul Banks)
"Games for Days" 3:10
ASSISTANT:  Thomas Hollis
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Melissa Kahn
AGENCY: Metador Records (NYC)
PRODUCTION HOUSE EX. PRODUCER: Jannie McInnes
ART DIRECTOR: Sarah Wilson
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Revolver Film Company
DIRECTOR: Javier Aguilera
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Brendan Steacy
COLORIST: Walt Biljan, RedLab
GRAPHICS: Dave De Carlo
ON-LINE: Dave De Carlo

National Campaign:

Jeff Ferruzzo
Outside Edit + Design
Heineken USA: Dos Equis
"Jai Alai" :30
"Treasure Chest" :30
"Self Defense" :15
ASSISTANT:  Erik Emond
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:  Sila Soyer
AGENCY:  Euro RSCG
CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER:  Conway Williamson
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: David Weinstock
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Dan Fried
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Radical Media
DIRECTOR:  Steve Miller
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Eric Schmidt
COLORIST:  Tom Poole
GRAPHICS:  Jeff Ferruzzo
SOUND DESIGN:  Eric Thompson
SOUND MIXER: Eric Thompson
ON-LINE:  Aniello Zampella
MUSIC:  Brett Fuchs

New/Emerging/Alternative Media:

Jason Grebski
Rooster Post Production
Mini: Automotive
"Hands" :45
ASSISTANT: Ben Lougheed
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Melissa Kahn
AGENCY: TAXI2
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Lance Martin
AGENCY PRODUCER: Sam Benson
ART DIRECTOR: Nathan Monteith, Stefan Wegner
COPYWRITER: Stefan Wegner, Nathan Monteith
DIRECTOR: Shawn Zeytinoglu
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Shawn Zeytinoglu
COLORIST: Walt Biljan, RedLab
GRAPHICS: Mike Bishop, Track & Field VFX
SOUND DESIGN: Clive Desmond, Silent Joe
SOUND MIXER: Clive Desmond, Slilent Joe
ON-LINE: Mike Bishop, Track&Field VFX
MUSIC: Clive Desmond, Silent Joe

Public Service:

Antti Kulmala
Relish
Environmental Defence: Mothers Against Climate Change
"Demonstration" 1:24
ASSISTANT:  Ashley Monaghan
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Kate Bate
AGENCY:  Zig
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Karen Blazer
ART DIRECTOR:  Briony Wilson
COPYWRITER:  Lorraine Tao
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Suneeva
DIRECTOR:  Lewis
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Jonny Cliff
COLORIST:  Robert Thomas - Technicolor
GRAPHICS:  567 Visual Effects
SOUND DESIGN:  RMW music – Vlad Nikolic
SOUND MIXER:  Tyson Kuteyi
ON-LINE:  567vfx
MUSIC:  Stars

Spec Spot:

Scott Gibney
Outside Edit + Design
Doritos
"Dave / Snack Strong" :30
ASSISTANT:  Travis Moore
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Rob Luehrs
ART DIRECTOR: Rob Luehrs
COPYWRITER: Rob Luehrs
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  NOLA Pictures
DIRECTOR: Rob Luehrs
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Warren Kommers
COLORIST:  Lez Rudge
SOUND DESIGN: Eric Thompson
SOUND MIXER:  Eric Thompson
ON-LINE/VFX:  Ralph Scaglione

Storytelling:

Kelly Vander Linda
Collective
Washingtonulls Lottery
"Dog" :60
ASSISTANT:  Chris Ophoven
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Molly Woodruff
AGENCY:  Cole & Weber
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Todd Grant
AGENCY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:  Pete Anderson
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Jay Howard
ART DIRECTOR:  Sunshine Stevens
COPYWRITER:  Kevin Thomson
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Supply & Demand
DIRECTOR:  Josh Taft
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Don Davis
COLORIST:  Jeff Tillotson/Lightpress
GRAPHICS:  Shane Dillon/Lightpress
SOUND MIXER:  Scott Weiss/Pure Audio
ON-LINE:  Shane Dillon/Lightpress
MUSIC:  "Seeds of Night"/The Cave Singers

Under $50,000:
Alison Gordon
Relish
Pucker Up Lemonade
"Sally" :40
ASSISTANT:  Shiv Harrilal
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Kate Bate
AGENCY:  Nat and Lou
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Geoff Cornish
ART DIRECTOR:  Alana Nathanson
COPYWRITER:  Alana Nathanson
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Suneeva
DIRECTOR:  Lewis
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Jonny Cliff
COLORIST:  Bill Ferwerda - Notch
GRAPHICS: 567vfx
SOUND DESIGN:  Grayson Matthews
SOUND MIXER:  Grayson Matthews
ON-LINE:  567vfx
MUSIC:  "and then and then and then"

Visual Effects:

Maury Loeb
P.S. 260
Starz!: Crash
"Crash" :30
ASSISTANT:  Jenna Warnecke
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Zarina Mak
AGENCY:  Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal & Partners / NY
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Chris Cereda / Jon Goldberg
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Sharon Harte
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  The Cartel
DIRECTOR:  Snorri Brothers
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Eric Treml @ Dattner Dispoto & Assoc.
MUSIC:  Frisbie @ Frisbie

Best Of Boston:

Peter Barstis
EditBar
Eastern Bank: Image
"I Am" :30
ASSISTANT:  Libby O'Flaherty
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:  Vanessa Macedo
AGENCY:  Conover Tuttle Pace
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Grant Pace
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Sara March Barber
ART DIRECTOR:  Mark Bappe
COPYWRITER:  Grant Pace
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Picture Park
DIRECTOR:  John Huet
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Will Van Hazel
COLORIST:  Billy Gabor, Company 3
GRAPHICS:  Vinnie Fugere, Lemonade & Mint
SOUND DESIGN:  Peter Barstis
SOUND MIXER:  Tom Love-RumbleStrip
ON-LINE:  Tim Kane-Finish
MUSIC:  Dan Miller

Best Of Chicago:

Craig Lewandowski
Optimus
Cricket: Cricket Wireless
"City Orchestra" :60
ASSISTANT:  Chris Mitchell
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:  Gretchen Praeger
PRODUCER:  Tracy Spera
AGENCY:  Element79
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Chris Laubach
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Cheryl Lindquist
ART DIRECTOR:  Max Stinson
COPYWRITER:  Ron D'Innocenzo
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Gartner
DIRECTOR:  James Gartner
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  James Gartner
COLORIST:  Craig Leffel
GRAPHICS:  Jason Oberg/Patrick Coleman
SOUND DESIGN:  John Binder/Joel Anderson
SOUND MIXER:  John Binder/Joel Anderson
ON-LINE:  Mike Weber
MUSIC:  Adam Schiff/Craig Lewandowski

Best Of Dallas:

Quan Tran
Radium/Reel FX
Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company: Dickies Apparel
"Dickies Wear With Purpose - George" :30
ASSISTANT:  Gina Rivas
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Gary Banks
AGENCY:  Direct to Client
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Mark Krauter
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Mark Krauter
ART DIRECTOR:  Deborah Fox
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Pretty Good Pictures
DIRECTOR:  David Blood
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  David Blood
COLORIST:  Jared Brower
GRAPHICS:  Seth Olson
SOUND DESIGN:  Frank Pittenger, TJ Callaway
SOUND MIXER:  Frank Pittenger, TJ Callaway
ON-LINE:  Jared Brower
MUSIC:  Quack Media

Best Of Detroit:

Rich Smith
Beast Detroit
Bud Light Lime: Brand
"Can Confessions" :44
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: MARIE SCHROEDER – BEAST DETROIT
AGENCY:  DDB
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Mark Gross
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Scott Kemper
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Supply & Demand
DIRECTOR:  Greg Popp
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Byron Shah

BEST OF LOS ANGELES:

Kirk Baxter
Rock Paper Scissors
U.S. Cellular: Mobile Service
"Shadow Puppets" :60
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Carol Lynn Weaver & Linda Carlson
AGENCY:  Publicis & Hal Riney
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Roger Camp
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Sara Krider
CREATIVE DIRECTOR/ART DIRECTOR:  Rich North
CREATIVE DIRECTOR/COPYWRITER:  Adam Koppel
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Anonymous Content
DIRECTOR:  Garth Davis
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Ellen Kuras
COLORIST:  Matt Turner, Company 3
SOUND MIXER:  Jeff Fuller, Eleven
ON-LINE:  The Mill

Best of Minneapolis:

Charles Gerszewski
Channel Z
Rapala Fishing Lures
"Freedom" :30
ASSISTANT:  Jordan Johnson
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Ace Allgood
AGENCY:  Pocket Hercules
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Jack Supple
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Lisa Norman
ART DIRECTOR:  James Lotter
COPYWRITER:  Ryan Burk
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Folkefilm
DIRECTOR:  Johan Tappert
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Kjell Lagerroos
COLORIST:  Oscar Oboza, Pixel Farm
GRAPHICS:  Jordan Johnson
SOUND DESIGN:  Tom Lecher, Echo Boys
SOUND MIXER:  Ross Nelson, Echo Boys
ON-LINE:  Charles Gerszewski
MUSIC:  Alex Berglund, Echo Boys

Best of New York: 

Andrea MacArthur
Peep Show
Pepsi
"Pass" :60
ASSISTANT:  Healy Snow
AGENCY:  TBWA\Chiat\Day LA
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Rob Schwartz/Brett Craig/Joe Shands
AGENCY PRODUCER:  Anh-Thu Lee
ART DIRECTOR:  Xanthe Hohalek
COPYWRITER:  Melissa Pipeling/Michelle Lewis
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  MJZ
DIRECTOR:  Dante Ariola
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Matthew Libatique
COLORIST:  Stefan Sonnenfeld
GRAPHICS:  Method LA
SOUND DESIGN:  Brian Emrich @ Trintite
SOUND MIXER:  Joe Bolen @ Play
ON-LINE:  Method LA
MUSIC:  My Generation by The Who, Arrangement: Elias/T Bone Burnett

Best of San Francisco: 

Tim Fender
Beast San Francisco
U.S. Cellular: Calling All Communities
"Calling All Communities" :60
AGENCY:  Publicis and Hal Riney
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:  Roger Camp
AGENCY PRODUCER:  D.P. Odishoo
ART DIRECTOR:  Joe Bultman
COPYWRITER:  Michael Whelan
PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Ruby Pictures
DIRECTOR:  Doug Walker
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  Doug Walker
COLORIST:  Dave Burghardt
GRAPHICS:  Method Studios
SOUND DESIGN:  Tim Fender/Jeff Payne
SOUND MIXER:  Jeff Payne/Eleven
ON-LINE:  Dave Burghardt/Beast
MUSIC:  Future Perfect

Best of Toronto: 

Jason Grebski
Rooster Post Production
Mini: Automotive
"Hands" :45
ASSISTANT: Ben Lougheed
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Melissa Kahn
AGENCY: TAXI2
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Lance Martin
AGENCY PRODUCER: Sam Benson
ART DIRECTOR: Nathan Monteith, Stefan Wegner
COPYWRITER: Stefan Wegner, Nathan Monteith
DIRECTOR: Shawn Zeytinoglu
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Shawn Zeytinoglu
COLORIST: Walt Biljan, RedLab
GRAPHICS: Mike Bishop, Track & Field VFX
SOUND DESIGN: Clive Desmond, Silent Joe
SOUND MIXER: Clive Desmond, Slilent Joe
ON-LINE: Mike Bishop, Track&Field VFX
MUSIC: Clive Desmond, Silent Joe

Published May 26, 2010
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