Top Spots 2003

#1

BMW ‘Mini’

Director: Curtis Wehrfritz

DOP: Barry Parrell

Production house: untitled

Producer: Peter Davis

Art director: Lisa Mann

Editor: Michelle Czukar – Panic & Bob

Music: Pirate Radio and Television

Sound design: Pirate Radio and Television

Animation/FX: Craig Small,

Patrick Fay – Swagger

Colorist: Bill Ferwerda – Manta DSP (now with Notch)

Agency: Taxi Advertising

Agency producer: Louise Blouin

Creative director: Paul Lavoie, Zak Mroueh

Art director: Lance Martin

Copywriter: Zak Mroueh

#2

Hot Docs

(Canadian International Documentary Film Festival)

‘Furry Cowboy’

Director/Editor: Griff Henderson – School

Producer: Sarah Brooks

Music: Roc Gaglliese, Steve D’Angelo – The Egg Plant

Sound design: The Egg Plant

Footage: Wood Mouse: Life on the Run by Thor Gudnason

Agency: Young & Rubicam

Agency producer: Diane Kirk

Creative directors: John Farquhar, Wain Choi, Ron Thompson

Art director: Allan Mah

Copywriter: Patrick Scissons

#3

Microsoft Xbox

‘Tic Tac Toe’

Director: Steve Chase

DOP: Danny Mindel

Production houses: The Partners’ Film Company/Reactor Films

Producer: Rob Allan

Art director: Aaron Goffman

Editor: Bruce Copeman – AXYZ

Music/sound design: The Egg Plant

Animation/FX: AXYZ

Colorist: Bill Ferwerda – Manta DSP (now with Notch)

Agency: MacLaren McCann

Agency producer: Sandy Cole

Creative director: Dave Kelso

Art director: Gerald Flach

Copywriter: James Dunlop

#4

Pfizer

‘Good Morning’

Director: Martin Granger

DOP: Chris Soos

Production house: Avion Films

Producer: Tuula Hopp

Art director: Jordan Worth

Editor: Richard Unruh

Music: Ted Rosnick – rosmac (Rosnick MacKinnon)

Sound design: McClear Digital Recording & Post Production Studios

Colorist: Bill Ferwerda – Manta DSP (now with Notch)

Agency: Taxi Advertising

Agency producer: Louise Blouin

Creative director: Zak Mroueh

Art director: Alan Madill

Copywriter: Terry Drummond

#5

Janes Family Foods

‘Latte 911’

Director: Aubrey Singer

DOP: Glen Keenan

Production house: Industry Films

Producer: Caroline Gayler

Art directors: Aubrey Singer, Angela Carroll

Editor: Greg Edger – Stealing Time Editing

Sound design: rosmac (Rosnick MacKinnon)

Colorist: Elaine Ford – TOYBOX (now with Notch)

Agency: QVC Branding

Agency producer: Angela Carroll

Creative director/Copywriter: Aubrey Singer

Art directors: Aubrey Singer, Angela Carroll

#6

Toyota

‘Matrix’

Live-action director: Sean Thomson

Animation directors: Andy Knight, Richard Rosenman, Brad Husband

DOP: Sean Thomson

Production house: Red Rover Studios

Producers: Randi Yaffa, Chelsea Lee

Editor: Barry McMann – Third Floor Editing

Music: Ted Rosnick – rosmac (Rosnick MacKinnon)

Animation/FX: Red Rover Studios

Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi

Agency producer: Anna Tricinci

Creative director: Mariano Favetto

Art director: Katcheyn Nassr

Copywriters: Blain Harper, Rick Teigrob

#7

Coca-Cola Canada

‘He Shoots, He Scores’

Director: Pete Henderson

DOP: Sean Valentini

Production house: Spy Films

Producer: Sam Mclaren

Art director: Nancy Machel

Editor: David Baxter – Panic & Bob

Music/Sound design: Fraser McDougall – Imprint Music

Colorist: Bill Ferwerda – Manta DSP (now with Notch)

Agency: MacLaren McCann

Agency producer: Jan Riley

Creative director: Bob Goulart

Art director: Andy Manson

Copywriter: Dave Hamilton

#8

Labatt Breweries of Canada ‘Speakers Corner’

Director: Bradley Walsh

DOP: Dylan MacLeod

Production house: The Players Film Company

Executive producer: Derek Sewell

Art director: Rob Gray

Editor: Gordon Koch – Flashcut

Music/Sound design: Terry Wedel

(mix), Evan Hunter (designer) – VO2 Mix

Colorist: Gary Chuntz – TOYBOX (now with Notch)

Agency: Axmith McIntyre Wicht

Agency producer: Bob Kirk

Creative directors: Brian Howlett, John McIntyre

Art director/Copywriter: Ron Smrczek

#9

Clarica ‘Generation Gap’

Director: Phil Brown

DOP: Doug Koch

Production house: Industry Films

Producer: Merrie Wasson

Art director: Jordan Worth

Music/Sound design:

Grayson Matthews

Colorist: Bill Ferwerda – Manta DSP

(now with Notch)

Editor: David Hicks – School

Agency: The Doug Agency

Agency producer: Bob Kirk

Creative director: Doug Robinson

Art director: Steph Mackie

Copywriter: Mark Biernaki

#10

AIDS Vancouver

‘Petri Dish’

Director: Bruce Alcock

Production house: Global Mechanic

Producer: Dawn Rubin

Art director: Bruce Alcock

Editor: Brendan Woollard

Music/Sound design: Koko Productions

Animation/FX: Global Mechanic

Colorist: Claudio Sepulveda – Northwest Imaging & FX

Agency: Rethink Advertising

Agency producer: Lynn Bonham

Creative directors: Ian Grais, Chris Staples

Art director: Mark Hesse

Copywriter: Rob Tarry