50th Anniversary CLIO Awards Announces 2009 Moving Image Awards & Design Awards Winners

50th Anniversary CLIO Awards Announces 2009 Moving Image Awards & Design Awards Winners

-- Moving Image Awards recognizes Television/Cinema/Digital and Technique and Design Awards recognizes all Design --

NEW YORK, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The CLIO Awards, one of the world's most prestigious international advertising and design competitions honoring creative excellence and innovation in the industry, today announced the winners for the Moving Image Awards, which recognizes Television/Cinema/Digital and Technique, and the Design Awards, which recognizes all Design. The Moving Image Awards were held at The New Joint and the Design Awards were held at AGO, the legendary Vegas eatery owned by Hollywood icon Robert De Niro and restaurateur Agostino Sciandri, in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas on May 14.

In honor of the monumental 50th Anniversary CLIO Awards, the 3-day CLIO festival featured decade-themed award shows. The Moving Image Awards celebrated the 1970s and 1980s with a video montage remembering the television advertisements that were made popular during those two decades. During the show, Barry Manilow received an Honorary CLIO Award for his production of some of the most famous advertising jingles of all time for companies such as State Farm, Band-Aid, Tab and Stridex. Manilow also performed a live onstage medley of his 1970s advertising jingles.

Festival attendees also had the chance to meet their favorite advertising icons such as: Nestle's "Nesquik Bunny", StarKist's "Charlie the Tuna", 9Lives' "Morris the Cat", Kraft's "Kool-Aid Man" and the "Michelin Man" who graced the CLIO Ad Icon Walk of Fame red carpet and told the story of their legendary brand icons.

   CLIO proudly announced the following special awards:   --  Agency of the Year - Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Miami & Boulder   --  Network of the Year - BBDO Worldwide, New York   --  Production Company of the Year - MJZ, Los Angeles & London    --  Advertiser of the Year - Volkswagen    The evening's list of Grand and Gold CLIO winners are as follows:   

2009 TELEVISION/CINEMA/DIGITAL & TECHNIQUE: 83 CLIOs Awarded (15 Gold, 25 Silver, 43 Bronze)

   Gold CLIO Awards are as follows:   --  Amber Music, New York, Music-Original, "Damn Boots" for Nomis Shoes   --  BETC Euro RSCG, Paris, Media, CANAL+ Cinema "Versailles, Mafia" for       CANAL+   --  Cut+Run, Santa Monica, Editing, "Gymnasts" for Audi RS 6   --  Johannes Leonardo LLC, New York, Apparel/Fashion/Footwear, "Damn       Boots" for Nomis Football Boots   --  kempertrautmann gmbh, Hamburg, Visual Effects, "Filter" for Audi TDI   --  Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Taiwan, Taipei, Cinematography, "Soap" for       Wego   --  Ogilvy & Mather Japan, Tokyo, Cosmetics/Beauty, Esthe WAM: Hair       Removal Course "Beauty Bowling" for Esthe WAM   --  Park Pictures, New York, Sound Design, "This Is Your Final Wake Up       Call" for Nike   --  Partizan, Los Angeles, Direction, "Dance" for T-Mobile   --  RKCR/Y&R, London, Music-Licensed, "Love At First Flight" for Virgin       Atlantic 25 Years   --  Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, Toiletries, "Bulldozer, Pre Nup, Lice"       for Crest   --  Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, Toiletries, "Bulldozer" for Crest   --  TBWA\Chiat\Day, New York, Confections/Snacks, "Pinata" for Skittles   --  The Mill, New York, Animation, "It's Mine" for Coke    --  Wieden+Kennedy, Amsterdam, Music-Licensed, "Library" for Coca-Cola    2009 DESIGN: 30 CLIOs Awarded (1 Grand, 3 Gold, 7 Silver, 19 Bronze)   Grand and Gold CLIO Award is as follows:   --  ART+COM, Berlin, Environmental Design, for Mechatronical Installation       (Grand CLIO winner in Design)   --  COLLINS:, New York, Corporate Identity, for The Alliance for Climate       Protection    --  Euro RSCG Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Brochures-Product/Service, for       Quirin Bank    2009 HALL OF FAME WINNER    --  Goodby, Silverstein and Partners, San Francisco, "Aaron Burr" for       California Milk Processors Board   

To see a complete list of all Grand, Gold, Silver and Bronze CLIO Award winners in all categories, please visit www.clioawards.com.

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About The CLIO Awards

The CLIO Awards is one of the world's most recognized awards competition for advertising, design and interactive. Celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2009, the CLIO Awards has maintained its original commitment to celebrate and reward creative excellence, honoring a powerful form of communication and its impact on modern culture. At the same time, the CLIO Awards remains focused on evolving with the industry in order to acknowledge the most current, breakthrough work. To this day, CLIO's iconic statue is the most widely recognized and coveted symbol of the industry's creative accomplishments. The CLIO Awards are produced by Nielsen Business Media, a part of The Nielsen Company, a global information and media company.

About The Nielsen Company

The Nielsen Company is a global information and media company with leading market positions in marketing and consumer information, television and other media measurement, online intelligence, mobile measurement, trade shows and business publications (Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek). The privately held company is active in more than 100 countries, with headquarters in New York, USA. For more information, please visit www.nielsen.com.

   CLIO Awards Media Contact:   Lauren Bobrowich, Coburn Communication   212.536.9838   Lauren.Bobrowich@coburnww.com  

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CONTACT: CLIO Awards Media Contact: Lauren Bobrowich, Coburn
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