Jury
INNOVATIVE LEADERS ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY
The jury at the Venice International TV Award is composed of leading international TV experts. The work they select sets the standard for creativity across the industry.
Director
President Italian Directors Guild
BBC Studios
Head of Specialist Factual Productions
Program Director RTL+
Germany
Head of Factual Channels
Sky Germany
Arild Erikstad
Vice-President IMZ,
Vice-President EBU
Music Expert Group,
Executive Producer/Editor TV Music,
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
Máire Kearney
Producer/Director
RTE Factual Unit
Irleland
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
Director Local Productions
Warner Bros. Discovery
Germany
Director of Content
SP Televisão
Portugal
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
International Relations
Kansai TV
Japan
VP of Development
and Executive Producer
Screenplay Films
Indonesia
Marika Kecskeméti
Head of Yle Teema
Finland
Producer
Nordiskfilm
Senior Producer
Special Content
Development Center
NHK, Japan
Director
Acquisitions & International Programming
TVI Portugal
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
Commissioning Editor
Originals | Commissioning Department
Olympic Channel
Creative Executive Producer
Media Zoo
Director/Filmmaker
USA
Sergio Spaccavento
Advertising Creative Director
and Author
Italy
Michal Pacina
Creative Director
Prima TV
Jose Mari R. Abacan
Former First Vice President
Program Management Dept.
GMA Network
Marina Spada
Member of the
Italian Cinema Academy
Development Manager
Australian Children’s
Television Foundation
CEO
HPD Media