Waterloo Ezaki and Yuki Ishikawa to be on the jury at CICLOPE Asia 2023
We are delighted to announce that our very own producer Waterloo Ezaki and director Yuki Ishikawa have the honor of being selected as one of the juries at CICLOPE Asia 2023, which is the first craft-focused advertising award in the Asia Pacific region.
CICLOPE Asia is a regional event of CICLOPE Festival and not like other advertising awards, the judging criteria of CICLOPE Festival is focused on "craft" and "artistry", rather than ideas.
In addition to our two members, Waterloo and Yuki, this year's jury consists of 30 people from 6 APAC countries, including Australia and China and the jury will judge the entries of all categories.
Waterloo Ezaki (Corporate Strategy & Production Division) ／ Producer
> Exceptional producer with expertise developed from working in Japanese television industry, with a strong background working in US industry. Worked on drama, documentary, and anime productions. Proven ability in successfully managing offshore development teams and producing valuable targeted content with focus on global market according to research data. Fluent in English language. Areas of expertise include: Content and Global Marketing | International Content Development | External Communications.
Joined TAIYO KIKAKU in 2020 and established Corporate Strategy & Production Division this year.
For More Information:
▷CICLOPE Asia Page：https://asia.ciclopefestival.com/jury/waterloo-ezaki/
Yuki Ishikawa (TOKYO) ／ Director
Yuki started working on video production, such as music videos and animations, since her college days and in 2018 she joined TOKYO team in TAIYO KIKAKU as a director. She is skilled at creating highly crafted visuals, such as animation and stop-motion. The stop-motion animation used real hair "Hair Album," which she directed, has received recognition both domestically and internationally and numerous advertising awards, including Best Animation at CICLOPE Asia 2021. Leveraging her experience working at TBWA\HAKUHODO as an assigned employee, she is capable to generate a wide range of ideas from planning to directing.
For More Information:
▷CICLOPE Asia Page：https://asia.ciclopefestival.com/jury/yuki-ishikawa/
▷TOKYO Page：https://lab.tokyo.jp/creative/yuki-ishikawa/
＜CICLOPE Asia 2023＞
・Festival Date：September 9th, Thu.
・Place：EuroLive (http://eurolive.jp/)
・ CICLOPE Asia：https://asia.ciclopefestival.com/