Jury

AWARDING THE MASTERPIECES OF TELEVISION

The Venice TV Award jury is composed of distinguished industry experts who set the standard for creativity and innovation. Each year, they honor the most outstanding television productions worldwide.

Carlo Arturo Sigon
Director
President Italian Directors Guild
Alan Holland
BBC Studios
Head of Specialist Factual Productions
Christina Freiherr
Head of Factual Channels
Sky Germany

Arild Erikstad
Vice-President IMZ,
Vice-President EBU
Music Expert Group,
Executive Producer/Editor TV Music,
Norway

Máire Kearney
Producer/Director
RTE Factual Unit
Irleland

Ditte Feuk
Head of Theatre, Opera and Dance
SVT Drama
Sweden

Lothaire Burg
Direction de la Production,
Chargé de Mission Innovation,
ARTE TV
France

Bonolo Modisakwane
Account Executive
Content Distribution
Paramount Africa

Pedro Lopes
Director of Content
SP Televisão
Portugal
Sergio Nakasone
Head of Non Fiction Content
Development
Warner Bros. Discovery

Minnie Ferrara
Director
Luchino Visconti Film School
Italy

Ramanathan Durai
Manager, Creative Innovation
beIN SPORTS Asia Pacific

Natalija Gorščak
President
RTV Slovenia
Yuko Hashizaki
International Relations
Kansai TV
Japan
Anthony Buncio
VP of Development
and Executive Producer
Screenplay Films
Indonesia

Marika Kecskeméti
Head of Yle Teema
Finland

Maria Nordenberg
Producer
Nordiskfilm
Tomoko Morita
Principal Program Director
Content Value Development Center
General Media Administration
Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Nina Aning
CTV News
Canada

Marcelo Lezama
Programming Manager Film & Arts
AMC Networks International
Latin America
Argentina

Ieva Rozentale
Chair of the EBU TV
Music Experts Group
Head of Culture
Latvian Television

Barbara Aparo
Art Director
Fashion TV

Mariano Amiune
Commissioning Editor
Originals | Commissioning Department
Olympic Channel
Tracey O’Halloran
Creative Executive Producer
Media Zoo
Megan Wells
Director/Filmmaker
USA

Sergio Spaccavento
Advertising Creative Director
and Author
Italy

Michal Pacina
Creative Director
Prima TV

Mildred Zarah (Mitzi) Garcia
Officer-in-Charge
Program Management Dept.
GMA Network

Marina Spada
Member of the
Italian Cinema Academy

Li-Kim Chuah
Development Manager
Australian Children’s
Television Foundation
Hossein Panahi
CEO
HPD Media

Anouk Aaron 
Head of General Scripted
Content Production
Warner Bros. Discovery
Latin America & US Hispanic