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−	[[Jason Xenopoulos]] () is an award-winning film director, ~~write~~ and producer~~, and~~ .	+	[[Jason Xenopoulos]] () is an award-winning film director, writer and producer.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 https://www.702.co.za/features/283/rmb-solutionist-thinking-bruce-whitfield/350592/sa-s-digital-footprint-traces-back-to-pioneer-jason-xenopoulos
-https://musebycl.io/creative-portraits/2-minutes-jason-xenopoulos-cco-vmlyr-north-america
+Tim Nudd. 2020. "2 Minutes With … Jason Xenopoulos, CCO of VMLY&R North America
 Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 In the following year he launched and listed Metropolis Transactive and became the youngest Chief Executive of a JSE-listed company, with shares quadrupling in value over night. However, Metropolis went bust eventually and he returned to his original passion for a while, making the critically acclaimed film ''[[Promised Land]]'' and thereafter pursuing  a film career for the next 10 years.
-Ever restless, his passion soon led to the merger between three specialist agencies — a convergence of advertising, entertainment, digital and traditional — giving birth to '''Native''', a company that rapidly grew to be Africa's leading digital marketing agency and would become part of the VML network and was named Entertainment Agency of the Year at Cannes.
+Ever restless, his passion soon led to the merger between three specialist agencies — a convergence of advertising, entertainment, digital and traditional — and giving birth to '''NATIVE''' in 2010, a company that rapidly grew to be Africa's leading digital marketing agency and was later acquired by VML. would become part of the VMLY&R network and was named Entertainment Agency of the Year at Cannes.
-In addition to his creative awards, Jason was named "All Africa Entrepreneur of the Year" by [CNBC]] and "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the ''[[SA Jewish Report]]''.
+Native eventually acquired by VML and in 2018, he was promoted to chief creative officer of VML EMEA. Soon after, he moved to New York to lead the newly formed VMLY&R office there, later becoming CEO of VMLY&R New York and CCO of VMLY&R North America. In 2021 he became global chief creative officer across WPP’s work with Ford, while continuing in his role as VMLY&R’s North America co-chief creative officer.
-Having judged the Branded Entertainment category at Cannes Lions, Jason and his jury co-authored the book, ''The Art of Branded Entertainment'', which made it onto the Amazon Bestsellers list.
+Among his many creative awards, Jason was named "All Africa Entrepreneur of the Year" by [CNBC]] and "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the ''[[SA Jewish Report]]''.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he grew up with a successful businessman for a father. Determined to follow a different path by becoming a filmmaker,  he spent four years studying film and television at New York University and returned to South Africa. However, finding it almost impossible to secure funding for hiss first script, he packed the script away and became an internet entrepreneur, co-founding VWV Interactive, one of South Africa's first internet businesses. The business was an unexpected success and within 18 months, part of it was sold to Primedia, where Jason went on to become Chief Executive.
-In the following year he launched and listed Metropolis Transactive and became the youngest Chief Executive of a JSE-listed company, with shares quadrupling in value over night. However, Metropolis went bust eventually and he returned to his original passion for a while, making the critically acclaimed film ''[[Promise Land]]'' and thereafter pursuing  a film career for the next 10 years.
+In the following year he launched and listed Metropolis Transactive and became the youngest Chief Executive of a JSE-listed company, with shares quadrupling in value over night. However, Metropolis went bust eventually and he returned to his original passion for a while, making the critically acclaimed film ''[[Promised Land]]'' and thereafter pursuing  a film career for the next 10 years.
 Ever restless, his passion soon led to the merger between three specialist agencies — a convergence of advertising, entertainment, digital and traditional — giving birth to '''Native''', a company that rapidly grew to be Africa's leading digital marketing agency and would become part of the VML network and was named Entertainment Agency of the Year at Cannes.

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 == Biography ==
-Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he grew up with a successful businessman for a father. Determined to follow a different path by becoming a filmmaker,  he spent four years studying film and television at New York University and returned to South Africa. However, finding it almost impossible to secure funding for hiss first script, he packed the script away and became an internet entrepreneur, co-founding VWV Interactive, one of South Africa's first internet businesses and NATIVE which rapidly grew to be Africa's leading digital marketing agency. Under Jason’s leadership, NATIVE (now VMLY&R South Africa) won a host of local and international awards including being named Entertainment Agency of the Year at Cannes Lions and Agency of the Year twice by the IAB.
+Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he grew up with a successful businessman for a father. Determined to follow a different path by becoming a filmmaker,  he spent four years studying film and television at New York University and returned to South Africa. However, finding it almost impossible to secure funding for hiss first script, he packed the script away and became an internet entrepreneur, co-founding VWV Interactive, one of South Africa's first internet businesses. The business was an unexpected success and within 18 months, part of it was sold to Primedia, where Jason went on to become Chief Executive.
 In addition to his creative awards, Jason was named "All Africa Entrepreneur of the Year" by [CNBC]] and "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the ''[[SA Jewish Report]]''.

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-[[Jason Xenopoulos]] () is an award-winning film director, writer and producer.
+[[Jason Xenopoulos]] () is an award-winning film director, write and producer, and .
-== Biography ==
+In addition to his creative awards, Jason was named "All Africa Entrepreneur of the Year" by [CNBC]] and "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the ''[[SA Jewish Report]]''.
-Born in Johannesburg, South Africa
+After judging the Branded Entertainment category at Cannes Lions, Jason and his jury co-authored the book, ''The Art of Branded Entertainment'', which made it onto the Amazon Bestsellers list.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 He wrote and directed ''[[Promised Land]]'' (2002) and directed ''[[Critical Assignment]]'' (2002).