Jury

Carl started in advertising as a junior creative at Ogilvy and Mather London.

He quickly moved up to Creative Director. After ten years he moved on to Bates (C.D.), D’Arcy (C.D.) and McCann’s (Exec. C.D.), winning a host of awards along the way including Cannes Gold, New York Festivals Gold, London International Gold, Gold Clios, Bafta, D&ADs, BTA, Creative Circles, APG Grand Prixs and Golds, Epicas and Esprix’s.

After leaving McCann’s and taking a short break from agency life, Carl returned as a director at Garretts. In his first year he was nominated at Cannes in the young directors section. He then moved to Annex Films and shot campaigns for Wales Tourist board, Cancer Research and Golf Tourism, to name a few.

His first short film «Dirtbox» was given Official Selection at the New York Short Film Festival and won Best Actor at Brooklyn International Film Festival.

In 2006 Carl returned to Ogilvy, this time in the Amsterdam office as Group Executive CD for advertising, direct, activation and digital.

Carl has been on quite a few International juries and recently hosted and judged NY Festivals and Cresta Awards in Amsterdam, he is part of the ongoing Cresta grand jury; and has also judged D&AD and London International Awards in most disciplines. He will judge this year’s NY Caples in November.

Carl currently divides his time between Moscow, London and his garden in Northamptonshire. He likes to ski, cycle, paint, write scripts and direct all at the same time.