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Special Feature: Best of Year
Top Ten lists
The Boards Best of Year lists represent the most award-winning spots of the past year or so, and the people responsible for them. To arrive at our Top Ten lists, we tallied up the results of the industry's top award shows, assigning points to each spot, agency, creative, production shop and director. In the following pages, we profile some of the talent behind these acclaimed commercials.
by: Dec 1, 2001 Print

Best of Year pool: Cannes International Advertising Festival, the Clio Awards, the British Design & Art Direction Awards, the International Andy Awards, the Kinsale Awards, the One Show, the Cresta Awards, the Emmys, and the AICP Show.

BEST SPOTS/CAMPAIGNS

1. FOX SPORTS "INDIA" "TURKEY" "CHINA" "RUSSIA"

Agency: Cliff Freeman & Partners

Creative Director: Eric Silver

Copywriter: Dan Morales

Art Directors: Taras Wayner/Rossana Bardales

Agency Producer: Clair Grupp/Catherine Abate

Production Company: Partizan/Cape Direct

Director: Traktor

Producer: Richard Ulfvengren

DP: Olof Johnson

Editor: Gavin Cutler, MacKenzie Cutler

Effects: Quiet Man

2.ORANGE "HOLD UP"

Agency: WCRS, London

Creative Directors/Copywriters: Jo Moore/Simon Robinson

Creative Director/Art Director: Simon Robinson

Agency Producer: James Letham

Production Company: Gorgeous Enterprises

Director: Chris Palmer

Producer: Tim Marshall

DP: Ivan Bird

Editor: Paul Watts, The Quarry, London

Effects: Mitch Mitchell, Smoke & Mirrors

Sound: Nigel Crowley, 750mph, London

Music: Terry Devine King, Big Picture Music

3. FOX SPORTS "UTAH" "LOS ANGELES" "SAN ANTONIO" "NEW YORK"

Agency: Cliff Freeman & Partners

Creative Director/Copywriter: Eric Silver

Art Director: Reed Collins

Agency Producer: Kevin Diller

Production Company: Propaganda/Satellite

Directors: Kuntz & Maguire

Producer: Colin Hickson

Editor: Gavin Cutler, MacKenzie Cutler

Effects: Quiet Man

4. JOHN WEST "BEAR"

Agency: Leo Burnett, London

Creative Directors: Mark Tutssel/Nick Bell

Copywriter/Art Director: Paul Silburn

Agency Producer: Charlie Gatsky

Production Company: Spectre

Director: Daniel Kleinman

DP: Steve Blackman

Editor: Steve Gandolphi, Cut & Run

5. PBS "PHOTOBOOTH"

Agency: Fallon, Minneapolis

Creative Directors: David Lubars, Bruce Bildsten

Copywriters: Michael Hart, David Lubars, Bruce Bildsten

Art Director: Chris Lange

Agency Producer: Damian Stevens

Production Company: @radical.media

Director: Errol Morris

DP: Peter Donahue

Editor: Randy Kramer, The Assembly Line,

Minneapolis (now at Fischer Edit)

Effects: Mark Youngren, Flame Artist

Scott Skaja, Online Editor

Fischer Edit, Minneapolis

Music/Sound:"Di Quella Pirra" by

Verdi (Caruso's version)

6. QTV CAMPAIGN

Agency: Mother

Production Company: Talkback Productions

Director: Graham Linehan

Producer: Peter Nice

DP: Barry Ackroyd

Editor: Adam Jenkins, Final Cut, London

Post: Soho 601, London

Effects: The Mill for TK/Golden Square Music/Sound: Owen Griffiths @ Jungle

7. SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ FESTIVAL "LOW RIDER"

Agency: Butler Shine & Stern, Sausalito

Creative Directors: John Butler/Mike Shine

Copywriter: Ryan Ebner

Art Director: Stephen Goldblatt

Agency Producer: Stephanie Blinting

Production Company: Kaboom!, San Francisco

Director: Brandon Dickerson

Producer: Lauren Schwartz

DP: Norman Bonney

Editor: Angelo Valencia, Filmcore/San Francisco

Colorist: Paul Bronkar/525 Studios

Music: Stock Music

Audio Post: One Union/San Francisco

8. BUDWEISER "COME HOME"

Agency: DDB, Chicago

Chief Creative Officer: Bob Scarpelli

Group Creative Director: Don Pogany

Creative Directors: Craig Feigen/Adam Glickman

Art Director: Adam Glickman

Copywriter: Craig Feigen

Group Executive Producer: Greg Popp

Production House: Industrial Light and Magic, San Rafael, CA

Director: Rick Schulze

Producer: Paul Hill

Editor: Nick Seuser, Industrial Light and Magic, San Rafael, CA

Effects Supervisor: Kevin Rafferty, Industrial Light and Magic, San Rafael, CA

Music: Jonathan Elias, Elias, Santa Monica, CA

9. BUDWEISER "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners

Creative Directors: Jeffrey Goodby/Rich Silverstein

Copywriter: Ian Kalman

Art Director: Stefan Copiz

Agency Producers: Cindy Epps/Jennie Lindstrom

Production Company: Headquarters

Director: Lloyd Stein

Producer: Elizabeth Passarelli

DP: Jo Molitoris

Editor: Bob Spector, Bob & Sheila's Edit World

10. MCDONALD'S CAMPAIGN

Agency: Leo Burnett, London

Creative Directors: Mark Tutssel/Nick Bell

Copywriters: Nick Bell/Laurence Quinn

Art Directors: Mark Tutssel/Mark Norcutt

Agency Producer: Jonathan Smith

Production Company: Stark Films, London

Director: Jeff Stark

Producer: Cathy Green

DP: Fraser Taggart

Editor: Bruce Townend, The Quarry, London

Post: Rushes

Editing: Bruce Townend @ The Quarry

Music/Sound: Has @ Zoo

The following "Top 10" lists reflect the leading companies and individual creative people who were involved in creating and producing the most award-winning work. Companies and individuals received points for each award earned.

PRODUCTION COMPANIES

1. Partizan

2. @radical.media

3. Headquarters

4. Propaganda/Satellite

5. Gorgeous

6. hungry man

7. MJZ

8. Harry Nash

9. Talkback London

10. Spectre

DIRECTORS

1. Traktor, Partizan

2. Kuntz & Macguire, Propaganda

3. Joe Public, Headquarters

4. Bryan Buckley, hungry man

5. Errol Morris, @radical.media

6. Graham Linehan, Talkback London

7. Daniel Kleinman, Spectre

8. Rocky Morton, MJZ

9. Craig Gillespie, MJZ

10. Chris Palmer, Gorgeous

AGENCIES

1. Cliff Freeman & Partners, New York

2. Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco

3. Leo Burnett, London

4. DDB, Chicago

5. Lowe Lintas & Partners, London

6. Mother, London

7. Arnold Worldwide, Boston

8. Fallon, Minneapolis

9. WCRS, London

10. TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles + San Francisco

CREATIVE DIRECTORS

1. Eric Silver - Cliff Freeman & Partners

2. Mark Tutssel - Leo Burnett, London (now in Chicago)/Nick Bell - Leo Burnett, London

3. Don Pogany - DDB, Chicago

4. David Lubars - Fallon, Minneapolis

5. Charles Inge - Lowe Lintas & Partners, London (now at Clemmow Hornby Inge)

6. Simon Robinson/Jo Moore - WCRS London

7. Rich Silverstein - Goodby Silverstein & Partners

8. Court Crandell - Ground Zero

9. Chuck McBride - TBWA/Chiat/Day

10. Ron Lawner - Arnold Worldwide, Boston

COPYWRITERS

1. Dan Morales - Cliff Freeman & Partners

2. Eric Silver - Cliff Freeman & Partners

3. Paul Silburn - Leo Burnett, London (now with TBWA, London)

4. Craig Feigen - DDB, Chicago

5. Michael Hart - Fallon, Minneapolis

6. Ryan Ebner - Butler Shine & Stern

7. Jo Moore - WCRS, London

8. Nick Bell - Leo Burnett, London

9. Vinny Warren - DDB, Chicago

10. Lorenzo de Rita - 180, Amsterdam (now with KesselsKramer)

ART DIRECTORS

1. Rossana Bardales - Cliff Freeman & Partners

2. Reed Collins - Cliff Freeman & Partners

3. Chris Lange - Fallon, Minneapolis

4. Taras Wayner - Cliff Freeman & Partners

5. Adam Glickman - DDB, Chicago

6. Tim Vaccarino - Arnold Worldwide, Boston

7. Patrick Harris - Ground Zero

8. Paul Silburn - Leo Burnett, London (now with TBWA, London)

9. Stephen Goldblatt - Butler Shine & Stern

10. Dean Maryon - 180, Amsterdam


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