Jury

AWARDING THE MASTERPIECES OF TELEVISION

The Venice TV Award jury is composed of distinguished television professionals from around the world. They evaluate submissions independently and honour outstanding achievements in television across all genres and formats.

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
Former President IMZ,
Vice-President EBU
Music Expert Group,
Executive Producer/Editor TV Music,
Norway
Máire Kearney
Director and Producer
Irleland
Ditte Feuk
Head of Theatre, Opera and Dance
SVT Drama
Sweden
Philipp Walz
Manager Local Original Production
Warner Bros. Discovery
Germany

Bonolo Modisakwane
Account Executive
Content Distribution
Paramount Africa

Pedro Lopes
General Director of Content
SP Televisão / SPi
Portugal

Natalija Gorščak
President
RTV Slovenia

Minnie Ferrara
Director
Luchino Visconti Film School
Italy

Lothaire Burg
Former Director of Production
and Innovation Advisor
ARTE TV
France
Yuko Hashizaki
International Relations
Kansai TV
Japan
Anthony Buncio
VP of Development
and Executive Producer
Screenplay Films
Indonesia

Maria Nordenberg
Producer
Nordiskfilm
Sweden

Tomoko Morita
Principal Program Director
Content Value Development Center
General Media Administration
Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Nina Aning
Production Manager
CTV News
Canada
Donovan Chan
Co-Founder, Creative Director
Beach House Pictures
Singapore

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

Barbara Aparo
Art Director
Fashion TV

Megan Wells
Director/Filmmaker
Showrunner
USA
Sergio Spaccavento
ADV Creative & Strategy Director
Author
Italy

Michal Pacina
Creative Director
Prima TV

Mildred Zarah (Mitzi) Garcia
Officer-in-Charge
Program Management Dept.
GMA Network
Li-Kim Chuah
Development Manager
Australian Children’s
Television Foundation

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

Hila Pachter
VP International Relations
Ananey / Paramount

Tracey O’Halloran
Executive Producer / Creative Director
United Kingdom

Hossein Panahi
CEO
HPD Media