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

Officer-in-Charge
Program Management Dept.
GMA Network

Marina Spada
Member of the
Italian Cinema Academy

Development Manager
Australian Children’s
Television Foundation

CEO
HPD Media