Revolver’s Pip Smart, Bear Meets Eagle On Fire’s Micah Walker and FINCH Director Nick Ball selected for 2025 CICLOPE Awards Executive Jury
The leading international talent on the 2025 CICLOPE Awards Executive Jury has now been announced in full. Joining Revolver Partner and EP Pip Smart, who was announced as Production Jury President earlier this year, is Micah Walker, CCO of Bear Meets Eagle On Fire on the Special Categories jury and FINCH Director Nick Ball on the Ideas & Innovation jury.
This year’s judging will be a meeting of the best minds in the business, with representatives from culture-shaping companies including Revolver, TBWA\Media Arts Lab, DIVISION, Bear Meets Eagle on Fire, Mattel, BWGTBLD, Apple, Droga5, SMUGGLER and more lined up to watch the work.
Deliberations will begin online, bringing together 200 top producers, creatives, directors, editors, marketing executives, and industry experts from more than 30 different countries.
The Executive Jury will then gather for the final round of judging held live in Berlin. There they’ll decide the standout commercials, music videos, and short films that will set this year’s benchmark for excellence in craft.
The full profiles of all jury members listed below can be viewed here.
PRODUCTION
Pip Smart, Revolver, Executive Producer & Partner (Jury President)
Charlie Gatsky-Sinclair, Uncommon Creative Studio, President of Brands & Entertainment
Perry Fair, Mattel, Head of Creative, IMC
Suzanne Hargrove, PRETTYBIRD, Vice President & Executive Producer
Taísa Malouf, Production Designer
Philipp Ramhofer, BWGTBLD, Founding Partner & CEO
Alberto Ponte, Someplace, Co-Founder & CCO
Fredrik Bond, Stink, Director
POST PRODUCTION & ANIMATION
Lauren Hertzberg, Cut+Run, Managing Partner (Jury President)
Melissa Culligan, Epoch Films, Owner & Managing Executive Producer
Marilena Vatseri, NOMINT, Executive Producer & Creative Partner
Enca Kaul, Parliament, Founding Partner
Rodrigo Valdes, Superprime, Director
Simona Cristea, Coffee & TV, Creative Director Of Colour
Fabian Barz, Innocean Berlin, Head of Production and Business Affairs
Patricia Gaglioni, Wieden+Kennedy São Paulo, Head of Integrated Production
MUSIC VIDEOS
Jules de Chateleux, DIVISION, Founding Partner (Jury President)
Lana Senaoui, ProdCo, Director
Mah Ferraz, Church Edit, Film Editor & Co-Founder
Precious Mahaga, Riff Raff Films, Global Head of Music Video
Theresa Adebiyi, Studio Island (Island Records & EMI Records), Head of Creative
Fady Salame, UNIT+SOFA, Executive Producer & Founder
Sebastian Lyman, Anomaly Berlin, Executive Creative Director
YUCA, The Youth, Directors
SOUND & MUSIC
Rachel Hough, String and Tins, CEO & Managing Director (Jury President)
Michael Refuerzo, Beats by Dre, Apple Inc., Global Head of Production
Simon Heeger, 2WEI, CEO & Founder
Sophie Gold, ELEANOR, President
Manuel Iljitsch, JOAN Creative, Group Creative Director
Martin Jalfen, Roma, Director & Co-Founder
Sara Dunlop, The Corner Shop, Writer & Director
IDEAS & INNOVATION
Brent Anderson, TBWA\Media Arts Lab, Global CCO (Jury President)
Sue Yeon Ahn, SMUGGLER, Managing Director
Nick Ball, MJZ, Director
Motonori Sugiyama, Droga5 Tokyo, Accenture Song, Executive Creative Director
Ezequiel Ortiz, Rebolucion, CEO & Partner
Jeannette Bohné, Serviceplan Berlin, Managing Director Creative
Cindy Richter, Lufthansa, Head of Marketing
Matthew Carey, Google Creative Lab
SPECIAL CATEGORIES
Dom Thomas, Object & Animal, Managing Partner (Jury President)
Micah Walker, Bear Meets Eagle On Fire, Founder & Chief Creative Officer
Jaime Tan, On, Global Head of Production
Germain Robin, Ocurens, Managing Director
Catherine Baikousis, ANORAK, Managing Partner
Zee Ntuli, Darling Films South Africa, Director
Pavla Burgetova Callegari, Compass Rose, Founder & Executive Producer
Lora Schulson, 72andSunny, Head of Production & PAL, North America
Winners will be announced on stage at the CICLOPE Awards ceremony, held in the historic UdK Konzertsaal on the closing night of CICLOPE Festival 2025, Thursday 9 October.
There’s only one more week to enter before the deadline on Friday 15 August. The Entry Kit is available to download here, and New Talent and Unsigned Director rates are offered alongside regular entry fees.
The Awards team can help answer questions around category selection or anything else entries-related; you’ll find them at awards@ciclopefestival.com.