Clemenger Melbourne was the most awarded agency in Australia at the Clios this year. And Australia was one of the Clios’ top 15 entrant countries.  So the agency has earned a place in the Clio Agency of the Year X Country rankings.

Australia’s Baz Lurhmann, who is currently writing, producing, and directing Netflix original series, The Get Down, was given the 2016 Honorary Award.

Lurhmann has made his name through his films like the 2013 3-D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby which won an Oscar, Australia (2008), Moulin Rouge! in 2001 which also won an Oscar, his version of William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Strictly Ballroom (1992), which won the Prix De Jeunesse at Cannes. His 2002 Broadway production of Puccini’s La Bohème won seven Tony Awards, including Best Revival and Best Director for Luhrmann, and the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design. Lurhmann also directed two international campaigns for Chanel No. 5, starring Nicole Kidman in 2004 and Giselle Bundchen in 2014.

Linda Kaplan Thaler won the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award. Until February, Kaplan Thaler was the CEO and CCO of Kaplan Thaler Group, and chairman of  Publicis Kaplan Thaler (now Publicis New York). She is now a motivational speaker and the president of Kaplan Thaler Productions.