The LIONS Creativity Report based on performance at the Cannes Lions puts the creatives in the team behind the globally feted ‘Unfiltered History Tour’ for Vice Media on top of the Creative Director, Art Director, Copywriter and Director of the Year categories. The report was revealed on 14 September 2022.
Among featured talent are those from Dentsu Creative, Purple Focus and freelance directors Ronak Chugh and Sergio Rapu who worked on the campaign.
The official people rankings are as follows:
Creative Director of the Year:
1. Aabhaas Shreshtha, Dentsu Creative, Bengaluru, India
1. Amey Chodankar, Dentsu Creative, Bengaluru, India
1. Ashwin Palkar, Dentsu Creative, Bengaluru, India
1. Binaifer Dulani, Dentsu Creative, Bengaluru, India
1. Geetika Sood, Dentsu Creative, Bengaluru, India
1. Kushal Lalvani, Dentsu Creative, Bengaluru, India
2. Eduardo Tavares, Area 23, an IPG Health Network Company, New York, USA
3. Andrey Tyukavkin, Publicis Italy, Milan
3. Eoin Sherry, Publicis Italy, Milan
Director of the Year:
1. Ronak Chugh, Freelance, Bengaluru, India
1. Sergio Rapu, Freelance, Bengaluru, India
2. Bryan Buckley, HUNGRY MAN, Los Angeles, USA
3. Lieven Anthonise, eRACINGTV, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
3. Sidney Van Wichelen, Freelance, St-Niklaas, The Netherlands
3. Witten Anthonise, eRACINGTV, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Art Director of the Year:
1. Karthik Nambiar, DENTSU CREATIVE, Bengaluru, India
1. Manasi Sheth, DENTSU CREATIVE, Bengaluru, India
1. Sachin Ghanekar, PURPLE FOCUS, Bengaluru, India
1. Tanya Paul, DENTSU CREATIVE, Bengaluru, India
1. Vaishakh Kolaprath, DENTSU CREATIVE, Bengaluru, India
2. Katie DiNardo, LEO BURNETT, Chicago, USA
3. Sofia Gahn, LEO BURNETT, Chicago, USA
Copywriter of the Year:
1. Farishte Irani, DENTSU CREATIVE, Bengaluru, India
1. Meghna Yesudas, DENTSU CREATIVE, Bengaluru, India
2. MacKenzie Hart, LEO BURNETT / MISCHIEF @ NO FIXED ADDRESS, Chicago / New York, USA
3. Kelley Barrett, LEO BURNETT, Chicago, USA
Indian agencies dominate Asian rankings
The Lions Creativity Report also presents four Regional Network of the year awards.
In the ranking of Asian agencies, India accounted for 9 of the top 20 including the top five.
They Asian rankings are as follows:
View more from the report here.
