SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 3RD ANNUAL ELAN AWARDS ARE NOW CLOSED

We are sorry that you missed submitting your titles into this year’s ELAN Awards. Please watch for the call for submissions into the 4th ELAN Awards to be made in the fall of 2009.

The Judicial Process is currently underway. Final Nominees for the 3rd Annual ELAN Awards will be announced at an invite-only press conference to take place at The Opus Hotel on Monday, March 2, 2009.

The Producers wish to thank all seventy-two (we still can’t believe this number!) of you who offered the ELANS your valuable time and expertise to oversee the Judicial Process for our award submissions:

COMPANY COUNTRY NAME POSITION
4 Color Rebellion USA Gregory Gay Editor (Video Games)
Action Pants Canada Andrew Doucette Animation Director
Activision Publishing, Inc. Canada Joe McGinn Lead Game designer
Bardel Entertainment Canada Zoë Evamy Senior Art Director
Blue Castle Games Canada Jason Leigh Creative Director
Bob and Barn/Side UK UK Andrew Barnabas Composer (Music, Sound)
Crispy Gamer/Greedy Productions USA David Chapman Journalist (Internet / Television)
EA Black Box Canada Martin Talbot Senior CG Supervisor
EA Black Box Canada Mark Little Producer (Console, Online)
EB Games Canada Leevon Bennett Video Game Professional
Electronic Arts Canada Bryn Wyka CG Supervisor
Electronic Arts Canada David Elton Snr Game Designer
Electronic Arts/Blackbox Studio Canada Eduardo Agostini Art Director
Elysium Gaming Ltd UK Philip Wride CEO / On-line
Enigma Studios Inc Canada Mark Rasmussen Founder & President, Feature & TV
Examiner USA Daniel Nations Games Examiner
Firaxis Games/2K Games USA Seth Spaulding Art Director
Flamdoodle Animation LLC USA Jeff LaFlamme Exec Producer
Flash Fire Communications USA Carolyn Carnes Principal
FOK! The Netherlands Lucas Seuren Editor in Chief
Gamasutra Canada Mathew Kumar Contributing Editor
Game Usagi Canada Logan Predy Owner, Editor (Video Games)
GAMEJACKET LTD UK Simon Jones Managing Director/CEO
Games Foundation GmbH Germany Gustaf Stechmann CEO
GamesIndustry UK Philip Elliott Managing Editor
Gaming Trend USA Ron Burke Director of Gaming
Georgia Straight Canada Blaine Kyllo Columnist
Guru Animation Studio Canada Frank Falcone Creative Director/President, Feature or TV for Animation
Guzzi Studio USA Anthony Guzzi President
IGN Entertainment USA Talmadge Blevins Vice President of Games Content
Image Engine Canada Shervin Shoghian Composting Supervisor, Feature Film VFX, 2D
Indoctrimat Ltd Scotland Brian Baglow CEO
Locomotion Germany Chris Vulpi Managing Director; VFX Creative Director (Germany)
Lux Visual Effects Canada Greg Hansen Senior Visual Effect Artist (VFX for Feature or TV)
Magellan Interactive Canada Tom Zuber Art Department
Microsoft USA Laura Foy Senior Producer/Host
Myth Games UK Mark Harrison Managing Partner / Editor
Myth Games UK Lesley Harrison Managing Partner / Editor
Nanyang Technological University Thailand Melanie Beisswenger Animator/Ass’t Professor
Nokia Games Canada Kay Gruenwoldt Head of Title Marketing NAM (Mobile)
Personal Computer Museum Canada Syd Bolton Curator
PipelineFX Canada Troy Brooks CEO
Pixel Mine Inc USA Bill Money CCO (PC and Console)
Platform Nation USA Steve Artlip Editor in Chief (Console, PC, Mac and mobile gaming)
Playbrains, Inc Canada Scott Simpson President & CEO
Playrix Entertainment Russia Igor Elovikov VP of Production (Casual Games)
Radical Entertainment Canada Rob Bridgett Senior Sound Director
Radical Entertainment Canada Eric Holmes Lead Game designer
Radical Entertainment USA Dave Fracchia VP of Technology
Reel FX Creative Studios USA Chuck Peil Vice President – Business Development/Exec Producer
Relic Entertainment Canada Brian Wood Lead Designer (PC Games)
Relic Entertainment Canada Tim Holman Senior Producer (PC RTS, PC MMORTS)
Relic Entertainment Canada Chris Degnan Senior Designer (PC Games)
Relic Entertainment Canada Lewis Jennifer Director of Sound
RenLogiK Canada Renaud Stanton Dupre Motion Designer,Director,Creative Director
Screaming Wink Productions USA GB Hajim Director
Space Bass Films, Inc USA Corky Quakenbush CEO, TV
SpinVFX Canada Jeff Campbell VFX Supervisor, Partner / Film
Substance UK Andy Freedman Managing Director
Supernatural Films Inc Canada Grant Lindsay VFX Producer (TV)
Tandem Games USA Aaron Murray Founder
The Province Newspaper Canada Paul Chapman Video Game Editor
The Sudbury Star, Sun Media Canada Wayne Chamberlain Lifestyles Editor, Gaming Columnist
Threewave Software Canada Daniel Irish CEO
Toonz Animation India Pvt Ltd India P. Jayakumar CEO (Television Animation)
TV Loonland UK Beth Parker Head of Production
Van Arts Canada Doug Smith CG supervisor
Vicon UK Doug Griffen Director of Product Marketing
Walt Disney Animation USA Ellen Jin Over Art Director
ZOIC Studios Canada Tara Conley VFX Producer

The PDF files below fully outline and explain the Rules & Procedures and the Judicial Process for the 3rd ELAN Awards.

Rules & Procedures

Judicial Process