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The nominations are in for the Hospital Club's top 100 people in London's creative industries. Now it's your chance to review the candidates and vote for a winner
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Your support makes all the difference.Here it is, the long list of nominations for The Hospital Club 100. Democratically elected by people from across the creative industries, it is comprised of established industry figures, emerging talent and unsung heroes. In essence it's composed of people who have a direct impact, however lateral, within a specific industry.
The top 100 – the true stars of London's creative industries and the powers behind the throne – will be announced on Monday 7 July. A party for all winners will be held that evening at The Hospital Club in London's Covent Garden in association with The Independent Media Weekly.
The nominations on this long list have been voted for over the last three weeks at thehospitalclub.com. All voters were entitled to nominate up to five people each across the 13 creative industries; film, television, music, new media, journalism, publishing, performing arts, marketing PR & events, fashion, art, advertising, media law & recruitment and celebrity. Some categories on the long list are bigger than others, reflective of voting patterns.
If you feel someone on the long list deserves to be part of the finalists on The Hospital Club 100 list, you have one week to cast your vote at www.thehospitalclub.com ; where each voter is entitled to nominate up to two people per category and voting is from Monday 23 June until 6pm on Monday 30 June.
JOURNALISM
Will Lewis, editor-in-chief, Telegraph Media Group
Johann Hari, columnist, The Independent
Oliver Marre, diarist, The Observer
Esther Walker, feature writer, The Independent
Elizabeth Day, feature writer, The Observer
Jerome Taylor, reporter, The Independent
Kate Mansey, Sunday Mirror
Celia Walden, feature writer, Daily Telegraph
Henry Deedes, diarist, The Independent
Charlotte Ward, female section, Daily Mirror
Guy Adams, Los Angeles correspondent, The Independent
Liz Jones, columnist, Mail on Sunday
Emily Sheffield, deputy editor, Vogue
Francesca Martin, arts editor, Harper's Bazaar
Bill Prince, deputy editor, GQ
Sean Hamilton, showbiz editor, Sunday Mirror
Marianne Jones, deputy editor, Grazia
Phil Hilton, editor, Shortlist
Sasha Wilkins, executive style editor, Wall Street Journal Magazine
Hugo Dixon, editor, BreakingViews
Simon Jenkins, columnist, The Guardian
Matthew Norman, columnist, The Independent
Neil Ashton, football writer, The Daily Mail
James Harding, editor, The Times
Jonathan Harmsworth, chairman, Daily Mail & General Trust
Sarah Ivens, editor, OK! US
Jeremy Langmead, editor, Esquire
Jo Elvin, editor, Glamour
Stuart Heritage, editor, Hecklerspray
Tiffanie Darke, editor, Sunday Times Style
Julian Linley, editor, Heat
Martin Samuel, chief football correspondent, The Times
Gordon Smart, editor, Bizarre, The Sun
Polly Vernon, feature writer, The Observer
MEDIA LAW & RECRUITMENT
Paul Gardner, Osborne Clarke
Jane Bird, Bird & Co
Charles Swan, Swan Turton
Alex de Jongh, Bates, Wells and Braithwaite
Paul Rogerson, editor, Law Society Gazette
David Zeffman, Olswang
Lisabeth Savill, Olswang
Justin Walkey, Bird & Bird
Honor Pollock, Kom/Ferry
Spencer Burton, Blackbook
Melina Jacovou, Propel London
TELEVISION
Karl Warner, executive editor, BBC Three
Jane Featherstone, joint managing director, Kudos Productions
Elisabeth Murdoch, CEO, Shine
Marcus Powl, senior producer, Fox
Tim Hincks, chief creative officer, Endemol UK
Richard Woolfe, director of programmes, Sky One, Two and Three
Danny Cohen, controller, BBC Three
Lee Bartlett, managing director, ITV Global Content
Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice
Jonathan Ross, presenter, BBC One
Lorraine Heggessey, CEO, TalkbackThames
Peter Fincham, director of television, ITV
Pippa Harris, director, Neal Street Productions
Nicola Shindler, founder, Red Production
David Walliams and Matt Lucas, Little Britain
Simon Amstell, presenter, Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Sharon Horgan, Pulling, BBC Three
Ian Hyland, television critic, News of the World
AA Gill, television critic, The Sunday Times
Ashley Highfield, CEO, Kangaroo
Alan Carr, The Friday Night Project
Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, The Mighty Boosh
Steven Moffat, executive producer, Dr Who
Andrew Newman, head of entertainment, Channel 4
Peter Kosminsky, Stonehenge Films
Richard Cook, executive producer, Eyeworks
Mark Bowness, Have You Got the Nerve TV?
Lisa Campbell, editor, Broadcast
Ant & Dec, presenters, ITV
Lisa Opie, former director of content at Five
SJ Clarkson, director, Life on Mars
Barbara Machin, writer, Walking the Dead
Daisy Goodwin, head girl, Silver River
MUSIC
The Ting Tings
Brian Burton (Dangermouse)
Mark Ronson
Amy Winehouse
Damon Albarn
Nigel Godridge
Kanya King, founder, MOBOs
David Andrew Sitek
Oliver Schusser, director Europe, iTunes
Neill Sullivan and Andy Wood
Rob da Bank
Emily Eavis
Seb Chew and Leo Greenslade, promoters of club Yo Yo's
Richard Mortimer, Boombox
Steve Blonde, promoter, Fabric
Jamie Kantrowitz, MySpace
Sam Kilcoyne, Underage Festival
Leona Lewis
Conor McNicholas, editor, NME
David Glick, founder, Edge Group
James Perkins, MD, Concert Live
Jasmine Dotiwala, MTV Base
Tom McLennan, head of music, Vodafone UK
Dave Stansbie, The Creative Corporation
John Hassay, Colonel Blimp/New Selecta
Dan Ford, head of marketing, Mercury Prize
Ashley Tabor, CEO, Global Radio
Fru Hazlitt, former chief executive at GCap
Henry Badenhorst, co-founder, Gaydar Radio
Erol Alkin, producer
Jay Stevens, vice-president, sales and operations, MySpace
Jo Whiley
David Joseph, chairman and CEO, Universal Music UK
ART
Ben Tufnell, Haunch of Venison
Oliver Barker, head of contemporary, Sotheby's London
Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst, Gagosian Gallery
Stuart Shave, Modern Art Inc
Scottee, performance artist
Paul Stolper, Paul Stolper Gallery
Gavin Turk
Damien Whitmore, director of public programmes, V&A
Marc Spiegler, director, Art Basel
Banksy
Jamie Anley
Isabella Macpherson, co-founder, Arts-Co
Justine Symonds, Greater London Authority
Tamsin Dillon, director, Art on the Underground
Munira Mirza, Greater London Authority
Eliana Facioni, VIP manager, Frieze Art Fair
Christina Ruiz, editor, The Art Newspaper
Damien Hirst
Julia Peyton-Jones, director, Serpentina Gallery
Alasdhair Willis, founder, Established & Sons
Chapman brothers
Jay Jopling, founder, White Cube
Sam Taylor-Wood
NEW MEDIA
Emanuela Pignataro, CondeNet
Nancy Cruickshank, VideoJug
Ajaz Ahmed, AKQA
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
Wayne Arnold, Profero
Danny Rimer, Index Ventures
Kym Niblock, BBC.com
Nick Denton, Gawker Media
David Black, Trinity Mirror
Mark Cridge, Glue
Justin Bovington, Rivers Run Red
Joanna Shields, Bebo
Brent Hoberman, MyDeco
Niklas Zennstrom, Joost, Skype
Nic Howell, deputy editor, New Media Age
Mike Butcher, editor, Techcrunch
Christina Domecq, SpinVox
Tony Coppel, Yahoo! Europe
Matteo Berlucchi, Livestation
Jason Gissing, Ocado
Martin Stiksel, Last.FM
Simon Waldman, Guardian Digital
Philip O'Ferrall, MTV
ADVERTISING
Juan Cabral, Fallon
Carrie Hindmarsh, M&C Saatchi
Mark Boyd, BBH
John Harlow, John Wilkins and Will Collin, Naked Communications
Enyi Nwosu, CHI and Partners
Peter Riley, 20:20 London
Matt Gooden and Ben Walker, Wieden & Kennedy
Ben Mooge, Work Club
Jon Williams, Grey/London
Farah Ramzan Golant, AMV BBDO
Russ Lidstone, Euro RSCG
Emma de la Fosse and Charlie Wilson, OgilvyOne Worldwide
Thiago deMoraes, CHI & Partners
Gareth Goodall, Fallon
Jim Dye and Roxanne Messenger, Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw
Matt Ross, Ddb London
Richard Pierson, BBH
Nicolai Fuglsig, MJZ
Flo Heiss, Dare
Trevor Beattie, BMB
David Gamble and Simon Labbett, Saint
Paul Silburn, Saatchi & Saatchi
Antoine Bardou-Jacquet, Partizan
Debbie Turner, MJZ
PUBLISHING
Amanda Ross, Cactus TV
Peter Florence, Hay Festival
Kes Nielson, Amazon
Eleanor Hutchins, Colman Getty
Simon Trewin, United Agents
Kate Mosse, Orange Book Prize
Fiametta Rocco, The Economist
Craig Brown, critic, The Mail on Sunday
Sophie Dahl
Caroline Michel, PFD
Sebastian Faulks
Gail Rebuck, Random House
James Twining
Bill Scott-Kerr, Transworld
Mark Lucas, agent, Lucas Alexander Whitley
Mark Thwaite
Cathryn Summerhayes, agent, William Morris
Rose Tremain
Ian McEwan
Catherine O'Flynn
Wendy Cope
MARKETING, PR & EVENTS
Andrew Perera, MAC Cosmetics
Nicola Stephenson, Mission Media
James Selman, Freud Communications
Stuart Bell, The Outside Organisation
Peter Mountstevens, Taylor Herring
Anne Marie Thompson, Syco Music
Danny Rogers, PR Week
Ben Dutton, Lexis PR
Jane Boardman, Talk PR
Jonathan Hartley and Mark Houldey, Cash4YourStory
Rachel Cameron, Hewlett Packard
Owen Williams, PRO, House of Lords
Benjamin Webb, Deliberate PR
Mike Mathieson, Cake
James Herring, Taylor Herring
Alan Edwards, The Outside Organisation
Chris Laytham, RCA
Nick House, Nick House Entertainment
Kate Hick, PG Tips
Lindsay Nuttall, head of marketing, BBC2 and BBC4
Phil Rumbol, Cadbury, Trebor, Bassett
Jill McDonald, McDonald's
Jonathan Mildenhall, Coca-Cola
Will Harris, Nokia
Greg Nugent, Eurostar
Richard Reed, Innocent
James Kydd, Virgin Media
Andy Coulson, Conservative Party
PERFORMING ARTS
Josie Rourke, artistic director, The Bush
David Babani, artistic director, Mennier's Chocolate Factory
Thea Sharrock, director
Lauren Cuthbertson, first soloist, The Royal Ballet
Rupert Goold, director
Daniel Radcliffe, actor
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Really Useful Group
Dominic Cooper, actor
Tom Morris, associate director, National Theatre
Sonia Friedman, Sonia Friedman Productions
Carlos Acosta, principal guest artist, The Royal Ballet
Dan Stevens, actor
Janine Shalom, Premier PR
Thomas Ades, Aldeburgh
Michael Boyd, RSC
Peter Morgan, playwright
Nica Burns, Nimax Theatres
Alex Poots, English National Opera
Polly Stenham, playwright
Mehmet Ergen and Leyla Nazli, Arcola Theatre
Michael McCabes, producer
Sam Buntrock, director
FILM
Matt Hanson, A Swarm of Angels
Edgar Wright, director, Shaun of the Dead
Fabien Riggall, Future Shorts
Andrew Eaton and Michael Winterbottom, Revolution Films
Shane Meadows, director
Simon Pegg actor/director
Shia LeBeouf, actor
Tilda Swinton, actor
James McAvoy, actor
Daniel Craig, actor
Ben Whishaw, actor
Paddy Considine, actor
Ben Barnes, actor
Lucinda Dryzek, actor
Kierston Wareing, actor
Tim Bevan, producer
Dennis Kelly, writer
Steve McQueen, director/writer
Kris Thykier, producer
Simon Calver, Lovefilm
Sandra Hebron, London Film Festival
Daniel Battsek, Miramax Films
Francois Ivernel, Pathe
Andrew Macdonald, DNA Films
David Heyman, producer
Matthew Vaughn, producer
Mike Newell, director
Richard Curtis, director
Sam Mendes, director
Peter Bart, editor, Variety
Jonathan Newman, director
Andrew Gillman, director
Mark Beilby, Apollo Media
Bruce McInnes, Dresdner Kleinwort
Vicki Psarias, writer/director
Iain Canning, executive prod-ucer
Patrick Fischer, producer
Dick Arnall, Animate Projects
Verena von Stackelberg, Curzon Cinemas
Amanda Nevill, BFI
Helena Mackenzie, Film London
FASHION
Giles Deacon, designer
Kate Moss, model
Stefan Lindeman, Grazia
Katie Grand, editor, Pop
Christopher Bailey, Burberry
Lucy Yeomans, editor, Harper's Bazaar
Georgina Chapman, Marchesa
Henry Holland, House of Holland
Agyness Deyn, model
Natalie Massenet, Net-a-Porter
Jessica Moore, Cult Beauty
Plum Sykes, Vogue US
Mandi Lennard, Mandi Lennard PR
Daphne Guinness, Muse
Allanah Weston, Selfridges
Erin O'Connor, model
Louise Wilson, Central St Martin's
Averyl Oates, Harvey Nichols
Jane Shepherdson, Whistles
Laura Craik, fashion editor, London Evening Standard
Gok Wan, television presenter
Dolly Jones, Vogue.com
Julia Clancy, designer
Stella McCartney, designer
Vivienne Westwood, designer
Carole White, Premier
Christopher Kane, designer
Justine Mills, Cricket boutique
Anya Hindmarch, handbag designer
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