TBWA\Chiat\Day San Francisco Leads the World in Film Lions at the 52nd Cannes International Advertising Festival

TBWA\Chiat\Day San Francisco Leads the World in Film Lions at the 52nd Cannes International Advertising Festival

Agency wins three gold Lions, two silver Lions and a bronze Lion for adidas

SAN FRANCISCO, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- TBWA\Chiat\Day San Francisco was the most awarded agency in the film category at the 52nd Annual Cannes International Advertising Festival. The agency won a total of six lions: three gold, two silver and a bronze for its work with adidas.

Five different commercials produced by the agency were recognized:

* "Hello Tomorrow" directed by Spike Jonze with music composed by Sam Spiegel featuring Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, received two gold Lions including the only award given in the music category for branded entertainment. The music cracked the top ten on iTunes for three weeks and was picked by Rolling Stones editors as a top #5 track to watch.

* "Unstoppable" featuring Tracy McGrady taking on a miniature army received a gold Lion

* "Improvisation" featuring Chauncey Billups being attacked by an angry basketball court received a silver Lion

* "Made To Perfection" featuring Tracy McGrady, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett received a silver Lion

* "Carry" featuring Kevin Garnett carrying the whole world on his shoulders received a bronze Lion

"The awards are recognition of the great partnership we have with adidas and our partner agency 180 Amsterdam. When we won the global business three years ago, we set out to create some of the most effective and recognized work in the category," said Michael Allen, president TBWA\Chiat\Day San Francisco.

"The awards not only show the emotional power and breadth of "Impossible is Nothing," but also prove that a small creative agency of just 55 people in San Francisco can create ideas that compete on a world stage," said Executive Creative Director of North America, Chuck McBride.

The TBWA network won a total of 40 awards including a Grand Prix and Agency of the Year for TBWA\Paris office. In total the TBWA won one Grand Prix, 11 gold Lions, 11 silver lions, 15 bronze, one Grand Prix and Agency of the Year.

About TBWA\Chiat\Day San Francisco

TBWA\Chiat\Day, Adweek's U.S. Agency of the Year, is part of TBWA Worldwide. TBWA Worldwide (http://www.tbwa.com/), Advertising Age magazine's 2004 Global Agency Network of the Year, is one of the world's fastest growing top ten agencies. TBWA creates disruptive ideas for global clients, including Absolut, adidas, Apple, Beiersdorf, Haagen-Dazs, Henkel, Masterfoods, McDonald's, Michelin, Nissan and Sony PlayStation. In 2005, TBWA has been recognized as the most awarded network at the Clio Awards and for the second year-in-a-row, as the most awarded network at Cannes, The One Show and AdFest. TBWA has 237 offices in 75 countries, and approximately 8,300 employees worldwide.

TBWA Worldwide is a part of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE:OMC) (http://www.omnicomgroup.com/). Omnicom is a leading global advertising, marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.

Source: TBWA\Chiat\Day

CONTACT: Michael Allen of TBWA\Chiat\Day, San Francisco, President, +1-415-315-4268, or Ryan Fey of TBWA\Chiat\Day, Public Relations, +1-310-305-5310

Web site: http://www.tbwa.com/ http://www.omnicomgroup.com/

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