PHIL BROWN’S AMBIEN WINS TOP PRIZES AT CLIO HEALTHCARE AWARDS
Venice, CA, December 8, 2009: Venice-CA based Backyard director Phil Brown and Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness took home the top honors for Ambien “Silence Your Rooster� at the first-ever Clio Healthcare Awards held last month in New York. Winning Gold and the Grand Clio, the visual spot features an insomniac attempting to ignore a needy rooster hounding her in the middle of the night. For a complete list of winners: http://www.cliohealthcare.com/winners/pdfs/2009_CLIO_Healthcare_Winners_Book.pdf.
About Backyard
Venice CA-based Backyard is an internationally acclaimed production company with strong roots in its management team and diverse roster of directors, based both in the US and abroad. Founded in 1989 by partners Roy Skillicorn and Blair Stribley, Backyard’s award-winning directorial talent includes Aaron Stoller, Phil Brown, Jesper Ericstam, Jeffrey Karoff, Nick Piper, Rob Pritts, Don Rase, Rob Sanders, Kevin Smith and Chace Strickland. Backyard is repped nationally by The Family (East Coast), Them Reps (Midwest), Brad Grubaugh (West Coast) and internationally in the UK, Asia and Canada.
The company and its affiliates, Transistor Studios and Seed, pride themselves on an interactive team approach that fosters creative collaboration with clients, with everyone working from the same page, toward the same goal.
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