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.

Sonia Rovai
Head of Scripted Production
Sky Italia

Dr. Markus Schäfer
Board Member
Allianz Deutscher Produzenten –
Film & Fernsehen e.V

Rohit Gupta
President
Sony Pictures Network
India

Michael Gray
Producer
BBC
United Kingdom

Senior Acquisitions Executive
ITV Media
United Kingdom

Karim Bartoletti
Executive Board Member
Italian Association of
Production Companies,
Partner / Executive Producer
Indiana Production Company

Head of Television Film,
Series, Children
MDR
Germany

André Takeda
Head of Creative Services
The Walt Disney Company

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

Greg Groggel
Original Programming Executive
Olympic Channel
International Olympic Committee

Director of Content
SP Televisão
Portugal

Vice President
Integrated Acquisitions &
International Sales &
Distribution at ABS-CBN

Director
Acquisitions & International Programming
TVI
Portugal

Ramanathan Durai
Manager, Creative Innovation
beIN SPORTS Asia Pacific

International Relations
Kansai TV
Japan

VP of Development
and Executive Producer
Screenplay Films
Indonesia

Executive Producer
Arrow
United Kingdom

Head of Yle Teema
Finland

Producer
Nordiskfilm

Barbara Aparo
Art Director
Fashion TV

Executive Producer, Co-founder
Sitting in Pictures
Singapore

Director/Filmmaker
USA

Igor Tavares
Producer, Reporting, Journalist
TV Globo Brazil

Sergio Spaccavento
Award Winning TV Show Writer
Executive Creative Director Conversion
Italy

Minki Thulo
Group Executive Director
MSG Africa

Michal Pacina
Creative Director
Prima TV

Jose Mari R. Abacan
First Vice President
Program Management Dept.
GMA Network
Philippines

Lawrence Ribeiro
Action Director
Consultant Creative & Technical

Olivier Teepe
Director
Founder Cloudfactory

Milka Pogliani
former Screenwriter RAI
McCann Worldgroup Management Board

Head of Acquisitions and VOD
Estonian Public Broadcasting

Nayo Titzin
Producer, Director
Artistic Director
Master of Art Film Festival