BC AWARDS

Aidan Rolls

Art Studio Lead | Granny

aidan rolls is an experienced editor and motion gfx artist, who also has skills in directing, producing, photographing, designing, concepting and interviewing. if that seems like a mouthful, aidan usually refers to it as video stuff. in december 2011 (or thereabouts), aidan moved from australia to berlin. he ran a creative agency for the first few years, before going back to freelance and finally ending up as art studio lead at granny.

Anouk Jans

founder | byus

At age 27 Anouk Jans is one of the youngest Creative Directors from Germany creating global campaigns for brands such as Bally, Nivea, Calvin Klein, Toyota and Birkenstock. Anouk Jans is currently the Creative Director of Spring Studios Milan and a former Creative Director from Virtue, the Creative Agency by Vice. She is the founder of ByUs, a Creative Collective bringing freelance creatives together for unique passion projects and branded editorial work.

Eliana Carranza Pitcher & Jan Tvilling

coo & creative director | baconx

eliana is a versatile and accomplished executive producer with more than 15 years of experience in visual effects and post-production. she loves the challenge of navigating high profile projects and her passion for creativity has led her to produce award-winning work. jan is an award-winning creative director with a background as flame artist. he co-founded baconx along with jonas drehn over 10 years ago. throughout his career, he has has collaborated closely with some of europe's top directors which has led to prestigious awards including cannes lions, d&ad pencils, mtv video music awards.

Werner Klemm

director & ceo | rekorder

werner klemm is a director and the ceo of rekorder – a berlin-based film production company dedicated to developing concepts and producing films and photography. werner founded rekorder almost 20 years ago with the aim of creating extraordinary projects in visual storytelling. during his career he has worked on high-profile campaigns including those of mini, rimowa, bmw, porsche and google. werner was also executive producer of nimic – the successful short film project by academy award nominated director yorgos lanthimos made in collaboration with mini.

Miguel Teixeira

founder & ep | mr.frank

miguel teixeira is the founder and executive creative director for mr.frank, an amsterdam-based film production company with a strong international outlook. mr.frank has one foot in the commercial world - producing projects for the likes of adidas, tommy hilfiger, t-mobile and more, while keeping the other foot firmly in the art world - maintaining a steady production of documentaries (kids of the bims), short films (osu) and feature-length films (mon frère).

Marjorieth Sanmartin

executive creative director | tbwa germany

as ecd at tbwa/germany, marjorieth is in charge of significant portfolio of beauty brands, from hair and skincare to retail-owned beauty brands. being a venezuelan half spanish creative living in germany, she is multiculturally-minded - and as a mother of two kids, multitasking is second nature to her. she is a proud member of the art directors club germany and has also been awarded with many creative international awards, besides been part of many renowned international award juries.

Tristan Beraud

managing partner & ep | birth

Tristan Beraud is a producer and associate of Birth Productions, a creative production company based in Paris that belongs to the new generation that combines talent, craft and culture. Throughout his career, Tristan has worked on exciting projects around the world and successful campaigns for brands such as Google, Huawei, Asics, Nikon, Hermès and associations like Reporter Without Borders. Fascinated by the world of filmmaking, Tristan has built the careers of his directors, remaining attentive to the aesthetic universe and creative energy of each of them.

Nina Pus

head of pr & photography | czar amsterdam

Head of Photography at CZAR Amsterdam, has a long-standing relationship with the creative industry. She began her career on the artistic side with a Bachelor’s in Design, exhibiting her work at art shows like Dutch Design Week. In 2019, Nina joined forces with the creative Production Company and Photography Agency CZAR Amsterdam where she is now the Head of Photography. Nina is also a curator at Girls in Film Amsterdam; the Dutch outpost to the global platform Girls in Film which represents, champions and connects a new generation of female, non-binary and trans creatives in the film industry.

Matilde Ramos Pinto

executive producer | rsa films la

RSA Films US has announced that Matilde Ramos Pinto has joined the team as an executive producer based in Los Angeles. The hire, which coincides with an influx of new talent and accompanying business growth, also marks a reunion for the company and Ramos Pinto, who for five years worked as a Directors Representative for RSA and Black Dog Films London.

Diego Basualdo

global content producer | adidas tbwa ams

Diego Basualdo has a wide-ranging multicultural and international background, spanning over 15 years and across a broad variety of markets and industries. As an Argentinian native, Diego cut his teeth in local Buenos Aires agencies, including McCann, before making the career leap to Sao Paulo, honing his skills at Conspiraçao Filmes and Publicis, where his focus was on Latin American clients. After establishing himself in Madrid, Spain, he went on to head up some of the most important agencies in the market, guiding the latter to a myriad of national and international awards.

Oscar Marmelstein

head of editing & director | ambassadors

Oscar Marmelstein is the Head of Editing and a Director at Amsterdam and New York-based creative production studio Ambassadors. Since joining the studio in 2012, Oscar's been an edit sparring partner on award-winning films including Wieden & Kennedy’s ‘Visit Earth' for S7 Airlines and the Cannes Lion gold-winning ‘Batman’ for Warchild with 180 Kingsday Amsterdam.More recently, he's picked up director credits on campaigns with Uber Eats, Douwe Egberts and McDonald's. Oscar has previously spoken at Amsterdam Dance Event and has judged Edit for the Clios and Shots Awards.

Perrine Schwartz

executive producer | soldats

Perrine is EP at Soldats, a creative production company in Paris she just joined. Soldats has been existing for 5 years, producing commercials (Citroën, Distance, Renault Alpine, Vogue…), music videos (Agoria, Vladimir Cauchemar...) and also its first feature film (I love Greece – to be released this summer). The aim of Soldats is to develop new trends, talents and new technologies for an industry that they hope to be more responsible. Wanda for 8 years working with directors such as Sofia Coppola, Anton Corbijn, Patrick Clair, Dan DiFelice or Dorian & Daniel for brands such as Cartier, YSL, Audi, Ubisoft and Peugeot.

Heitor Buchalla

senior art director | ddb berlin

Heitor is a brazilian creative senior art director based in Berlin, part of DDB/Berlin team. Heitor started his carrer back in 2009, in his hometown, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has moved to Berlin in 2019 and is responsible to concept and develop campaigns on an European and international level for Volkswagen. His work has been shortlisted and honored at One Show, LIA, El Ojo, Effie, FWA, Cannes Lions and Art Directors Club. Throughout his career, Heitor has worked in several global projects for brands such as Apple, Visa, Volkswagen, Reporters Without Borders, Getty Images, Pepsico and others.

Michael Karg

managing partner & ep | cray cray

Michael is Founding Partner and Executive Producer at the acclaimed production company cray cray. Based in Berlin, the interdisciplinary production company is uniting a multi-faceted and diverse team to deliver the most engaging music videos, art projects and commercials for clients all across the globe. Karg has been recognized by his industry as one of the 'fast and creative minds', paired with his positive hands-on attitude and a deep passion for the craft and integrity of the creative & culture sector.

Marie-Louise Sadakane

founder & ceo | fake

Marie-Louise is an entrepreneurial leader with over two decades of experience in the international creative/tech industry. She acted as Spotify’s GSA Marketing lead, B-Reel’s Managing Director, an international digital creative agency. Apart from this, she built-up Aperto’s subsidiary for Service Design Solutions before the company got acquired by IBM. She worked for many brands, such as Google, Mercedes and Edeka to name a few before she founded FAKE. AGENCY. Her background is in strategy, marketing and product design.

Laura Strack

head of production | heimat, berlin.

Laura works as Head Of Production at Heimat, Berlin - part of the TBWA Collective. At Heimat Laura leads an integrated production unit focused on high-end film, digital content and photography - always pushing boundaries of film production and cutting edge technology. She has long standing experience in producing cinema, TV, corporate and commercial films in renowned agencies and international productions companies.

Marion Vermogen

executive producer | passion paris

Specialised in Mix media and animation, Marion joined Passion Pictures Paris 8 years ago as an executive producer. Along with Marc Bodin Joyeux and Andrew Caulcutt, she thoroughly enjoys developing and promoting France’s savoir faire on an international leve l! The collaboration with Passion Pictures’ partners in London, NY and Asia brings forth renowned and creative campaigns such as Old Spice, Twitter, Square Space signed by cool Frenchies. Cocoricoooo! In parallel Marion has joined the French D& AD ( le Club des D.A) comity, for a new adventure as co-responsible for the animation and VFX section.

Annika Stierl

creative director digital & digital lead | bbdo

Annika works as Creative Director Digital and Digital Lead at BBDO Berlin. Her career started after her graduation in digital media and communication design in 2006, working in an advertising agency located in the beautiful heart of Sydney. In 2007 she decided to relocate herself to Berlin and started working for agencies like Scholz&Friends Berlin and the digital agency Scholz&Volkmer, just to finally arrive at BBDO Berlin. Here she managed the digital lead of smart worldwide (Daimler AG) as Creative Director Digital and Digital Group Head.

Annika Hatje & Jaap Brautigam

Founder & Executive strategist | commonvision

Annika worked as a freelancer in the media industry for almost 10 years before founding COMMONVISION. She loves the challenge of finding innovative ways to bring creative ideas to life. Working closely with talented directors, she always strives to create new standards for industry-leading clients. Jaap has a background in photography and design, but in recent years has shifted his focus to creative entrepreneurship, innovation strategy and finance. As co-founder of COMMONVISION, he is responsible for pushing projects beyond the so-called impossible while making sure the finances work.

Florian Hucker

executive creative director | ogilvy berlin

With over 18 years experience in art direction and creative concept, Florian Hucker works as executive creative director and office lead Berlin at Ogilvy Germany. After working for some international creative agencies like Scholz & Friends Berlin or DDB Berlin on their most important clients, he decided to do something completely new and challenging. In 2017 he was asked to join one of the most creative network agencies in the world, Ogilvy. Started as a unit leading CD, he quickly grew into the role of the ECD and office lead of their successful Berlin Office.

Jule Ellrich & Frank Siegl

managing partner & executive producer | zauberberg productions

Juliane is an Executive producer of the Berlin Zauberberg family - so to say one of the patient zeros at Zauberberg. She loves films that have a great sense of humor and bring joy to the world - yes! She very much enjoys emotional storytelling or better said quality and creativity in all formats. Founded in 2018, Zauberberg Productions is the culmination of years of industry experience, professional enthusiasm and long-trusted relationships, which Juliane is a remarkably fast moving young member of. Prior to working for Zauberberg, she stopped off at Bigfish Filmproduktion and Markenfilm Hamburg.

Christian Mix-Linzer

ceo | tracks & fields

Christian found his passion young: he started his first record label at 16 and has been involved with music and film production ever since. After freelancing for various feature films and commercials, a media and a business degree as well as a short stint as a record store owner, he combined all those experiences in 2008 when he founded the music supervision agency Tracks & Fields. The company helps agencies, producers and brands to amplify the impact of their visuals with the use of music. Its employs a team of music experts in their offices in Berlin, Tokyo, London and Warsaw.

Matthew Rowean

chief creative officer | matte projects

Matthew Rowean is a Partner and Chief Creative Officer at MATTE Projects. Bringing over 15 years of experience, he oversees all creative services within the company and develops visually appealing content and marketing campaigns for leading brands in the fashion, tech, music, and lifestyle space. Under Matthew's leadership, MATTE has worked with high-profile clients including Chanel, YEEZY, Google, LVMH, Prada, Fendi, Roc Nation and Pernod Ricard. Prior to MATTE Projects, Matthew was the Founder and Chief Creative Officer at RJW Collective, now known as JWalk.

Divina Kuan

head of stink rising | stink films

Divina is the Head of Stink Rising Germany. Committed to continuing the company’s high core values and seeking out the next generation of directors, she has evolved into a distinguished creative sparring partner to the roster’s new talent, as well as a reliable counterpart to the diverse range of clients. Before making the switch into commercial production, her background spans a career in feature films and academia. She can draw on a vast experience in film production due to the rigorous schooling she received when working as 1st AD for years alongside multiple acclaimed feature film directors.

Stefan Susemihl

VFX supervisor & cd | psyop

In between studying photography and a master in semiotics, the things Stefan is most excited about is the journey and the people he meets along that path, so far he has been lucky to interact with some of the best and most amazing people in the business. Before joining Psyop Stefan was a VFX Supervisor at The Mill in London and then in Berlin and he has lead some of the biggest projects in the industry, he has collaborated with Directors such as Johnny Hardstaff, Andrew Proctor, Sebastian Strasser and many more.

Marta Carbonell Amela

vfx supervisor | the mill berlin

Marta started as a designer in Barcelona. Driven by her passion for film making she found a way of getting the best of both worlds and has been doing so for the last 11 years, first at The Mill London and later in 2019 starting up with a team The Mill Berlin studio. Her Background as a designer always helped with keeping in touch with the creative side of VFX. Alongside Marta is also a huge voice in promoting equal gender and diversity opportunities in the business.

Hans-Peter Sporer

executive creative director & MD | thjnk

Born and raised up in the heart of the alps in Tyrol. Born with passion for skiing, film and design. Born to create. First as an autodidact graphic designer and ski instructor, now as Executive Creative Director at thjnk. And between as a freelancer, a founder of an agency, a mentor at academies and always as an enthusiast to craft ideas. Ideas that have been awarded with more than 300 national and international creative awards.

Morgane Bohn

creative producer | BETC

Morgane Bohn started in the industry as production manager. She went on to become production director working on music videos before joining advertising at Prodigious as TV Producer. She also worked at Marcel on brands such as Oasis, DS, Axa, BP, Persol, Lancôme, and CLM BBDO on Ubisoft, Mars, Mercedes, or Total, before being hired at BETC in 2019 and has been working on global account such as Citroën, Coca-Cola (with BETC London), and Leroy Merlin.

Brett Kincaid

founding partner & president | matte projects

Brett Kincaid started his career in hospitality, gaining client-centric experience that remains an important part of the business today. He now leads the film and photo division of MATTE, creating and producing original content for brands such as The Los Angeles Lakers, KITH and Marriott and growing the company to function as a platform to break original content and develop brand identity.

Shai Caleb Hirschson

creative managing director | massivemusic germany

Shai Caleb Hirschson, Creative Managing Director of MassiveMusic Germany, moved to Germany from his native South Africa in 2012. In 2018 he founded GINGER, a music agency, which in 2019 merged with MassiveMusic to become the boutique offering in the German market to Massive’s international garrison. Shai is a multi-instrumentalist, an entrepreneur and a father of 2 boys. A creator, a maker with an intense passion for culture, he now heads up MassiveMusic Germany with his studios - showroom based in Berlin-Mitte.

Katarina Pepichova

senior creative producer | wieden+kennedy

Katarina is an advocate of excellence through simplicity and creativity. In her role of a global creative producer and art buyer, she has won several acclaimed awards by Cannes Lions, LIA awards, AICP, SHOT awards, WPP, Fast Company, The Webby Awards and many more. Before joining Wieden + Kennedy, she was part of the Calvin Klein, adidas family, Philips and Ogilvy&Mather. Katarina is also a curator at Girls in Film Amsterdam; the Dutch output to the global platform Girls in Film, which represents, champions and connects a new generation of female, non-binary and trans creatives in the film industry.

Jodie Brooks

Ahead of sales & ep | radicalmedia

Jodie is Head of Sales and EP at RadicalMedia, a global media and communications company that produces award-winning content across all platforms of media including Oscar®️, Emmy®️, Grammy®️ Golden Globe Award®️-winning titles. Originally renowned for its advertising success, the company now produces premium content creation for television, feature films, live events, music videos and interactive design. Jodie is passionate about creating space for new and diverse talent whilst maintaining a creatively driven role within the company.

Vincent Goeler & Sebastian Briem

Founders & Ep's | killyourdarlings

killyourdarlings (KYD). A fresh production company based in Berlin. Shooting music videos for the money to shoot commercials for the joy.

Rocco Kopecny

co-founder & md | akkurat studios

Daniel “Rocco” Kopecny has made a name for himself as a producer on major global advertising and music productions, working in the industry for over 15 years and learning the trade from scratch. His career began as intern and later assistant for Wim Wenders where gaining his early experience in all areas of the film universe. Over the course of a decade, he worked for major brands including Mercedes, Audi, BMW, Ford, L’Oréal, Garnier, Nike, Under Armor. Celebrities include Robert de Niro, Chuck Norris, Roger Federer. In short, Rocco is one of the most sought after producers in Europe.

Ferdinand Racz

managing director | markenfilm berlin

Ferdinand is managing director at Markenfilm Berlin. mfb is the boutique-style subsidiary of the Markenfilm group in the pulsating city of Berlin.

Torge Hill & Dan Teterin

founders & ep's | spingun films

Dan and Torge are EPS at Spingun and curate the creative network and assemble the right teams for each individual project. Before his EP role Dan has worked in hospitality. Having the attention to details from the hospitality world helped him shaping his vision for the creative industry. Torge has been part of the founding team since day one. Spingun began, like anything good, with a group of friends making things together for fun's sake. Spingun’s portfolio includes work for art, documentary and the commercial sectors with companies like Porsche, Klarna, Diesel and many more.

Allison Lang

head of photo & producer | bonaparte

Allison Lang is the Head of Photo and a Producer at Bonaparte, a creative production house with a passion for film and photography and a thirst for adventure. Allison has many years of experience producing a variety of film and photo campaigns which span from billboard ads to social media content for brands such as Mercedes, Volkswagen, Nike, Vero Moda, Bottega Veneta and many more. She initially recognized her passion for production while studying photography in New York and then quickly developed a skill for assembling the perfect framework for planning shoots from inception to completion.

Imogen Pring

head of production | goldstein

Imogen is the Head of Production at Goldstein, an award-winning music consultancy specialising in bespoke composition for commercials, television, sound branding and live events. Working with a diverse roster of composers, she has produced music for a wide variety of projects. She also oversees all aspects of production at sister company, DOLCE, where she has been responsible for sourcing and licensing music for a number of worldwide advertising campaigns.

Joerg Kessel

managing director | seed.digital.vision

In 2005 Jörg left Das Werk as branch manager to follow his greater vision of creative filmmaking and founded today's seed.digital.vision. He started his career as a camera and editing apprentice in 1990. His good sense for great design became apparent when he was involved as Head of Production for Das Werk in redesigning the station trailers for ZDF together with Razor Fish. During that time, his talent was also recognized by legends like Wim Wenders or the iconic director, author and producer Hermann Vaske, with whom he made award-winning art-films, which were opening films at Cannes Lions.

Ruben Meier

Founder & Managing Director | Goodhouse Films

Ruben Meier is founder and managing director at Goodhouse Films. Internationally operating production company from Berlin. As director and writer Ruben is integral part of the directors collective LEONELRUBEN standing for a poetic approach of filmmaking, where fairytales meet documentary capturing the aura of people that rock on the outskirts of society, the spirit, the mystical things within everyone and everything.

Nina Kobia

head of new business | saltwater

Nina Kobia is head of new business & creative development at Saltwater Films. Her instinct and passion for the film and photography world have led her to pursue a new chapter in the Berlin commercial scene in 2020. Before she worked in the marketing department for Lufthansa Group in New York City where she also was a member of ANA, the Association of National Advertisers. Nina's studies have taken her to Vienna, Beijing & Lisbon where she graduated with an Msc in Business Management.

Lisa Yvo Heimgartner & Albert Hornbach

Creative Director & Account Director | Jung von Matt Spree

Two paths crossed in 2021. Albert's, who was a music manager and TV producer traveling the country making sure that the right people go on stage on time, with the perfect spotlight. The passion for giving creatives the stage they deserve and worked hard for, is what drove him to advertising in 2016. And Yvo’s, who, after years as a graphic designer and detours into fashion design and comparative literature, has realized in 2013 that copywriting is her true passion. 9 years later she is happy to have met Albert – Together they are balancing the economic and the creative side of big campaigns.

Baerbel Unckrich

Journalist & Author | Horizont

The journalist and author Bärbel Unckrich has been reporting for more than 20 years on creative topics for HORIZONT - magazine for marketing, advertising and media. As a long-time observer of the scene, she is very familiar with the German advertising film industry and is a regular guest on the jury of renowned creative competitions.

Daniel Huntley

news editor & social media manager | shots

daniel compiles shots and source's ground-breaking "scout" section, focussing on global unsigned directorial talent, and curates the monthly ‘presents’ showcase. alongside that, daniel posts daily news on the site and conducts interviews with directors, primarily focussing on feature-film, unsigned directors and music video. he has also sat as a judge on many advertising and film awards, including the uk mvas, young director awards, epica awards, shots awards and shiny awards.

Jo Lewandowska

editor | okay studio

Jo began her career as a MCR operator, after cutting her teeth in long form she started heading up the assistant department at Cut & Run where she grew into a full time editor before arriving at OKAY STUDIO. Jo has worked on a number of campaigns for the likes of Nike, Zalando, Honda, Adidas, Pandora as well as an array of award winning shorts and sizzling music videos including Ghetts, Sigrid and Royal Blood. Having worked with so many established industry names, amongst them Femke Huurdeman, Fiona J Burgess and Martin De Thurah, Jo’s edits always shine with her signature ingenuity and flair.

Nadir Mansouri

senior colorist | mograde berlin

Nadir Mansouri is Senior Colourist and Founder of MOGRADE I BERLIN. His creative clients include directors such as TRAKTOR, Henry Littlechild, Claas Ortmann, Martin Aamund, Ian Rushel, Detlev Buck. His looks have graced films like Wetlands/ David Wnendt, American Hero/ Nick Love and Pusher/ Luis Prieto, Nicolas Winding Refn. With "How To Sell Drugs online (Fast)" Netflix got one of the most successful German series, for whose look Nadir is responsible.

Sven Hoffmann

Executive Producer | Helium Production Berlin

Sven started producing shows for MTV, shot Docs for Queens of the Stone Age, Iggy Pop, Freundeskreis, BossHoss, the Berlin Music Week and many more. With his production company he developed the first Online Video series for the german Music Industry for Four Music and Universal. Next to this he worked on 100+ commercial projects and had some fullfilling years as a Film Lecture at the Bauhaus University in Weimar helping them establish their Film course. His favorite, he worked with Dennis Hopper twice. Sven's clients include Nike, Vans, Beats by Dre, Red Bull, Riot Games, Sony, Opel and more.