Jury Members

Andrew Ruhemann

Oscar-winning director of THE LOST THING

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Aubry Mintz

Aubry Mintz has worked as a feature animator (ILM, Square USA) and directed projects for Smirnoff, McDonalds, MuchMusic and General Mills and the Canadian rock band Rush.

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Bill Desowitz

Bill Desowitz, the Crafts & Animation Editor at IndieWire, specializes in below-the-line and animation coverage, with an emphasis on Oscar and Emmy Awards season reporting/analysis.

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Charles Solomon

An internationally respected critic and historian of animation.

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Marge Dean

Marge Dean is an Emmy®-winning producer/executive and as Head of Animation Studio at Skybound Entertainment, she is responsible for the development and production of original animated content and is establishing a new production facility for the production of Skybound properties including Invincible for Amazon Prime.

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Monica Lago-Kaytis

Monica Lago-Kaytis is a Latin-American producer, who made her live-action debut with Netflix’s feature The Christmas Chronicles with Chris Columbus and starring Kurt Russell

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Nora Twomey

Nora Twomey is an Academy Award®, BAFTA & Golden Globe nominated Director. She is also Partner & Creative Director at Cartoon Saloon, Ireland. In a career spanning over two decades, Nora has worked in a number of capacities on Cartoon Saloon’s creative output. She was co-director to Tomm Moore’s Academy Award® nominated The Secret of Kells while also […]

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Pamela Ribon

Pamela Ribon is the Academy Award®-nominated creator and writer of MY YEAR OF DICKS, an adaptation of her critically-acclaimed comedic memoir NOTES TO BOYS (AND OTHER THINGS I SHOULDN’T SHARE IN PUBLIC), which was nominated for Best Animated Short Film for the 95th Academy Awards. Her recent work includes the animated adaptation Nimona.Pamela is a […]

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Peter Debruge

Peter Debruge is Variety’s Chief International Film Critic.

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Ramin Zahed

Ramin Zahed (Editor-in-Chief for Animation Magazine) Ramin Zahed is an LA-based author and journalist who specializes in animation, visual effects, pop culture and indie films. He is the Editor in Chief of Animation Magazine and has written for Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Sight and Sound and others. Among his recent books are The […]

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