Deadline extended and full jury groups announced for shots Awards The Americas

With less than a week left to enter work into 2025's shots Awards The Americas, thanks to our extended deadline, we can now announce the full list of jury members ready to see your work.

Encompassing more than 120 members of the creative community from Canada, North America and South America, the ten jury groups will look at entries from 24 different categories, celebrating every aspect of filmmaking craft.

If you're yet to enter, you have until THIS FRIDAY (21st February) to send in the best work to come out of North and South America across 2024 and early 2025 (including Super Bowl). All entry details can be found here.

If you want to see who will be casting a critical eye over your films, check out the full list of judges below:

Animation/VFX

• Head Judge: Kirsten Noll, Managing Executive Producer, Scholar
• Janice Ahn, Creative Director, BUCK
• Jo Arghiris, Executive Producer, Hornet
• Connie Dercho, Executive Producer, Business Development Director, RODEOFX
• Paul Mitchell, Director, Untold Studios
• Tia Perkins, Head of Production, Harbor
• PJ Richardson, Director, ECD & Co-Founder, Laundry Studios
• Chloe Sedelmaier, Executive Producer, Carbon
• Dotti Sinnott, Head of Content Operations, Doodles and Managing Director, Golden Wolf
• Luis Ribeiro, Managing Partner, LOBO
• Nic Yiallouris, Director / Creative Director, The Mill
• Marcel Ziul, Founder / Executive Creative Director, State

Casting, Production & Styling

• Head Judge: Akin McKenzie, Production Designer
• Yety Akinola, Costume Designer, Stylist & Creative Producer, YETY AKINOLA STUDIO
• Ryan Michael Bernstein, Casting Director, RMB Casting
• Manoela Gonzaga Clemente, Production Designer & Art Director
• Camille Garmendia, Costume Designer
• Young-Ah Kim, Costume Designer, Young-Ah Kim LLC
• Shasta Lutz, CDC, Casting Director, Jigsaw Casting Ltd
• Taisa Malouf, Production Designer
• Gabrielle Rosenberg, Art Director/Set Decorator/Stylist
• Stuart Stone, Casting Director, Stuart Stone Casting

Charity

• Head Judge: Kelly Bayett, Managing Partner, Love Song
• Ashley Benton, Executive Producer, Barking Owl
• Jeff Baron, Managing Director/Executive Producer
• Beau Dickson, Editor, Cut + Run
• Amir Farhang, Director/Creative Director
• Vida Cornelious, SVP, The New York Times
• Henry Medina, Creative Chairman, Ogilvy
• Paige Matho, Senior Producer, Cartwright
• Peter McCann, Executive Producer, The Publicis Groupe
• Becky Morrison, Founder / Executive Producer, The Light
• Danny Nouri, Executive Producer, 72andSunny
• Nicole Powell, Line Producer

Cinematography

• Head Judge: Diego Garcia, Director of Photography, LUX Artists
• Leo Aguirre, Director, Park Pictures
• Melissa Culligan, Partner & MD, Epoch Films
• Jordana Freydberg, Executive Producer, Biscuit Filmworks
• Farhad Ghaderi, Cinematographer, Artistry, LUX Artists, Aura Collective, Mantl Reps
• Justin Gurnari, Cinematographer
• Jade Healy, Production Designer
• LJ Johnson, Director, Hungry Man
• Nico Pérez Veiga, Director, Primo / Iconoclast
• Anastasia Von Rahl, Managing Director, The Mill

Concept & Copywriting

• Head Judge: Jason Kreher, Partner, Maximum Effort
• Avi Steinbach, Group Creative Director, Ogilvy NY
• Michael Hagos, Creative Director, HBO Originals Marketing, Warner Bros. Discovery
• Pedro Izique, Creative Director, Someplace
• Karen Land Short, Global Executive Creative Director, Sustainability, Accenture Song
• Kim Haxton, Partner / Creative Director, Mythology
• Hannah Hewitt, Managing Director, Pablo NYC
• Dexter Randazzo, Sales / Founder, The Department of Sales
• Maggie Paris, Art Director, Öpinionated Group
• Heather Ryder, Creative Director

Direction

• Head Judge: Luke Ricci, President, RSA Films US
• Naz Nazli, Creative Director, Creative X, Meta
• Rhea Scott, President, Little Minx
• Margaret Nickerson, Executive Producer, TBWA\Media Arts Lab
• Avelino Rodríguez, CEO, THE LIFT
• Marcio Leitão, Director, Mercuria TV
• Carol Dunn, Managing Director, Barking Owl
• Suzanne Hargrove, Vice President/Executive Producer, PRETTYBIRD
• Ralph Laucella, Founding Partner/Executive Producer, O Positive
• Wes Walker, Director, BWGTBLD
• Azsa West, CCO, Wieden + Kennedy
• Sally Fung, Associate Creative Director, FCB

Editing

• Head Judge: Sila Soyer, Executive Producer, Arcade Edit
• Yvette Cobarrubias, Owner/Managing Partner, Cosmo Street
• Katie Turinski, Editor/Partner, EXILE
• Glorily Vélez, Editor, Whitehouse Post Productions
• Erica Thompson, Managing Director, Work Editorial
• Amburr Farls, Managing Partner, Cut+Run and Jogger Studios
• Fuliane Petikyan, Managing Partner/Executive Producer, Fela
• Kristina Anzlinger, Executive Producer, OUTSIDER EDITORIAL
• Orlee Tatarka, Head of Production & JOINT, Wieden + Kennedy Portland
• Grant Gustafson, Film Editor, Cutters
• Steve Mottershead, Executive Creative Director/Founding Partner, Artjail
• Brad Waskewich, Editor/Partner, Uppercut
• Emiliano Alvarenga, Global Creative Production Partner, Grey
• Jeremy Fox, Executive Producer, Accenture Song/Droga5
• Alejandro Noriega, Executive Producer/Founder, Rebeca Producciones

Use of Music & Sound Design

• Head Judge: Brian Bernard, Audio Director/Audio Engineer, Grayson Music
• Kevin Krouglow, Composer, Songwriter, Producer
• Mikelle Virey, Director, Maselita Films
• Alister Johnson, A&R/Music Supervisor, Bedtracks
• Nikhil Seetharam, Composer and Producer, Infinite Music Productions
• Arturo A. Fuenmayor, Re-Recording Mixer/Assistant, Company3
• Tomás Becú, Executive Producer & Partner, BAMBA
• Matheus de Moraes Gugelmim, Head of Projects, Vox Haus
• Josh Marcy, Director of Music, TBWA\Media Arts Lab
• Cailey Milito, Sound Designer, CaBooM Productions
• Jessica Glowacki, Music Producer, Yessian Music Global
• Anna Garcia Lascurain, Senior Producer & Music Supervisor, Squeak E. Clean Studios
• Renée Massé, Executive Producer, BUTTER Music + Sound

Music Video

• Head Judge: Abdi Ibrahim, Director and Photographer, De La Revolucion
• C.T Robert, Director, Partizan
• Jared Malik Royal, Director, RSA Films
• Chiao Chen, Cinematographer & Editor, Forager
• Luga Podesta, Founder, London Alley
• Gary Ward, Executive Producer/Partner, Lost Planet Editorial
• Niles Howard, Editor, Work Editorial
• Kirsten Arongino, Managing Director, ArtClass
• Jaz Rongokea, MD/EP, Coffee & TV NY
• Sarah Roebuck, Managing Director/Executive Producer, Final Cut
• Nina McNeely, Director/Choreographer, Underwonder Content/Bloc Agency
• Michel Waxman, Managing Executive Producer, Great Guns

New Director

• Head Judge: Danielle Hinde, Owner & Executive Producer, Doomsday Entertainment
• Corinna Martinez, Head of Production, Mastodonte
• Nia Andrews, Senior Producer of Video Production, Columbia Records
• Suzy Ramirez, Managing Director/EP, Final Cut Inc
• Rebecca Niles, Executive Producer, RadicalMedia
• Charlotte Woodhead, Managing Director & EP, CANADA Los Angeles
• Jenny Lumpkin, Managing Partner / Co-CEO, The Cre8tors
• Sara Eolin, Partner/Executive Producer, Tinygiant
• Tato Bono, CPO, PXP Studios
• Dominic Tunon, Head of Content, Bodega, Wieden + Kennedy
• Justin Polk, Co-Founder/Director, Invisible Collective
• David Shafei, Director, Founder, WW7
• Benjamin Davies, MD/EP, STINK FILMS US