@radical.media founder Jon Kamen announced as keynote international speaker at the Caxtons

Jon Kamen, the visionary film producer and founder/CEO of one of the world’s most respected content companies, @radical.media, will be the international keynote speaker at the Caxton Seminar and Awards 2011.

Kamen has served as a producer of Academy Award-winning, Grammy Award- winning, Emmy Award-winning and Spirit Award-winning feature films, documentaries, TV series and specials such as The Fog of War and 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America.

With co-founder Frank Scherma, Kamen has built @radical.media into a highly successful business that has raised the global bar in content production and stands as a model for contemporary transmedia companies.

Says Caxton Committee chairman, Rob Belgiovane: “Jon Kamen is a real visionary and the business he has created in the shape of @radical.media is admired all over the world.

“With the addition of the new digital categories in the 2011 Caxton Awards reflecting the way newspaper brands are extending across multiple platforms, it’s exciting to welcome Jon to this year’s Caxtons when so much of the focus will be on content creation,” Belgiovane said.

Kamen started his life in print advertising in the late 60’s, working for some of the great New York studios. In the early 70’s, he found himself being lured into the emerging world of creative commercial television production.

Since founding @radical.media in 1993, Kamen has been involved in the production of projects in a huge variety of media including film, television, branded content, commercials, music videos, design, smartphone & tablet applications, exhibitions, branding, live events, and photography.

The company has been twice honoured with the Palme d’Or award at Cannes for best production company, won The Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for

Communication Design and virtually every major advertising industry award, including numerous Cannes Lions.

In 2010, Kamen was Chairman of the Jury for the inaugural Film Craft category at Cannes. In October 2010, @radical.media became part of global production and content powerhouse FremantleMedia.

The 2011 Caxton Seminar and Awards will be held from October 27-29. Delegates will convene at the stunning Chateau Elan, a new luxury 5-star resort located on The Vintage golf course.

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