Jody Xiong
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- China
- Member since 2016
Jody Xiong
Digital Director at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
Director and Art Director at The Nine Shanghai
Jody worked as a creative director at different 4A advertising agency for 18 years, before founding his own creative agency The Nine Shanghai. In five years, The Nine Shanghai has created many influential campaigns for different brands such as Beijing Winter Olympics, Coca Cola, Volkswagen, Durex, Volvo and Tencent, and ranked second among the hottest creative institutions in China, and was ranked TOP 12 Asia’s Most Creative Agencies in Campaign Brief Asia Creative Rankings in 2021.
In 2022, Jody was invited to join Zhang Yimou’s team, the chief director of the opening ceremony of Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter paralympics, as the digital director and visual artist of the two opening ceremonies. he took part in the countdown projects of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony named "Beginning of Spring" and "Tribute to the People" together with China's top digital technology team Blackbow. At the same time, he also created a technological and artistic installation called "The Bloom" as a tribute to Winter paralympics. This is an experiment of technology and art, an expression of the spiritual power of the disabled, through art, technology, digital, and image, let China's creative power be seen by the global.
He was named TOP 12 Aisa’s Most Awarded Creative Leaders in Campaign Brief Asia Creative Rankings in 2021, The One Show & NY ADC 2021 Director Ranking, he ranks third in the Asia Pacific, and is the recipient of over 500 creative and film awards and recognitions. His accolades include: China’s first-ever Cannes Design Gold Lion, Silver Design Lion, Bronze Film Lion, 21 Pencils at D&AD , One Show and Australia AWARD, 12 Cubes and 28 Merits at New York ADC, 8 Statues of Clio Award, 17 Statues of London International Awards, 27 Trophies at MAD Stars Awards , 32 Trophies at AdFest of which 2 are Grand Prixs, 2 Gold at German IF Design Awards, Grand Prix at Green Awards, Gold at Andy Awadrs, Gold at Epica Awadrs, Gold at Spikes Asia, Gold Remi and Special Jury Award at 56rd Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, The Official Selection at the 43th Brussels Independent Film Festival, The Official Selection at 12th American Documentary And Animation Film Festival of the Academy® qualifying, Best Short Short at 31st Arizona International Film Festival, The Official Selection at 23nd Beverly Hills Film Festival, The Official Selection at 9th Emerging Lens Independent Cultural Film Festival of the Canadian Screen Award qualifying, Best Documentary in Contemporary Art at the 8th Master of Art Film Festival, The Official Selection at 23nd Myrtle Beach International Film Festival, Best Installation Award of the Year at The 6th New York Nil Gallery, Best Experimental at the 13th Toronto Indie Shorts, Best Director Honorable Mention at Tokyo International Short Film Festival, etc. His works have been featured by NY MoMA, Wired, Huffington Post, CANAL+, Time Out NY, VICE, and through many other media outlets.
He has served as a jury member at various festivals including D&AD, NY ADC, One Show, Clio, New York Festivals, AD Stars, ADFEST and Spikes Asia.
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