All entries were judged on their creative merit (80%) and their supporting documentation (20%). Each entry was first evaluated by a panel of Apple staff, who then created a shortlist of the top ten entries in each category (audio and video). The projects on this shortlist were then judged by six industry professionals, who selected the top four entries in each category.

Video

David Brady — CEO of Soho Editors

David Brady has over 20 years experience in music, film and television production and post-production, having worked with all the UK’s major broadcasters, studios, facilities and production companies. Whilst working in a re-recording studio in London, David worked his way through the ranks — from foley recordist and re-recording mixer to digital dubbing editor. He subsequently worked as part of a team designing user interfaces for clients including Doremi and Avid. In 1995, he became Managing Director of HeadFirst Facilities. Starting as a small production house with three offline suites and one online, Brady was instrumental in growing the company into what became The FirstMedia Group, of which he remained Managing Director until 2001. Brady is now the CEO of Soho Editors, the world’s largest post-production talent agency and training centre.

Richard Jobson — Singer, Film Producer, Writer

In his early career, Richard Jobson was the singer in a well-known punk band and worked as a presenter on many different TV shows. In 1992 he produced his first film, Mickey Rourke For A Day, for Channel 4 with New York Satirist Joe Queenan. He subsequently collaborated with Queenan on a similar project, this time based on Hugh Grant. He went on to produce Just Another Day in London, which premiered at the London film Festival in 1996, and Tube Tales for Sky TV in 1999. He then moved on to Heartlands, a film he made for Miramax. In 2003 he directed an adaptation of his own book 16 Years of Alcohol for Tartan Films. The film was a critical success and won the writer/director a number of awards. In 2004 he made The Purifiers, following that with “A Woman In Winter”, released by Tartan in 2005. More recently, Jobson shot back-to-back thrillers The New Town Killers and The Ballad Of Jo Lim.

Peter Wiggins — Broadcaster and Editor

Peter Wiggins is a freelance broadcaster and editor. He also demonstrates, lectures and trains editors on Apple’s range of professional video applications. Wiggins has been editing for over 25 years and, along with Colin Dean, was the first freelance editor ever to be employed by ITN. For over five years, he was contracted to The Financial Times and CNN to edit and TD their business news. He has a long list of broadcast credits, from Blue Peter (for the BBC) to the Winter Olympics (for CBS). Over the last five years he has pioneered the use of Final Cut Pro and other Apple applications in broadcast television. He designed from scratch the unique shared storage workflow for the Tour de France that has since been embraced by the sports and live production market. In addition, over the past year he has written the popular Volumetrix plugins for Final Cut Pro and Motion, and has launched the Motion template store, idustrial revolution.

Audio

Simon Climie — Songwriter, Musician, Producer

Simon Climie first shot to fame as the lead singer and songwriter of 1980s pop duo Climie Fisher.  However, he is better known in music circles for his work as a collaborator with Eric Clapton on albums such as Pilgrim, Reptile and Riding With the King. But this does not overshadow the huge list of songwriting  and audio production credits that he has amassed during a career spanning more than 20 years. He is currently writing and producing for a number of artists including Carlos Santana, Aretha Franklin, Faith Hill, Becky Bealing, Valeria, Kelle Price Featuring Eric Clapton, Melody Brown and Lara Fabian, as well as a few very exciting collaborations which we can’t talk about... yet. We are thrilled to have Simon Climie as part of the judging panel for the Creative Talent Contest.

Julio D’Santiago — Drummer-Percussionist and Composer

Julio D’Santiago is a drummer-percussionist and composer from Venezuela. He plays in several symphony orchestras and is a renowned teacher of percussion. He has undertaken TV work with Phil Collins, Michael Jones, Little Dreams Foundation and the Red Cross Switzerland, and has played live with Kenny Wheeler, Josh Roseman and Manu Dibango. He plays at festivals including the Montreux Jazz Festival, Caribana, Balelec, Fête de la Musique, Festival de la Bâtie, Bex Rock Festival, Mawazine Festival (Morocco), World Peace Festival (Venezuela), Caracas Jazz Festival and many others. He is head of the percussion department at the Little Dreams Foundation (Switzerland). He is also an Apple Certified Trainer for Logic Pro and a freelance session musician.

Henning Rümenapp — Musician and Songwriter

Henning made it to the top of the charts in Germany in the 90’s with his band Guano Apes. In 2000, the band won an MTV Music Award for Best German Act. Three albums and ten years later, they split up. Since then, Henning has played with various well-known musicians and has championed several music-related projects in Germany, such as Popacademy Mannheim, Popinstitute and PopKomm. Since 2006, Henning has been playing in a new band called iO.