John McNeil Studio Wins Four W3 Awards for Indie Film 'The Nine' & 2K at 15 Project

Creative shop John McNeil Studio (JMS) has won four W3 Awards in the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts’ 11th annual competition, which honors creative excellence on the web.

The W3 Awards received more than 5,000 entries in 2016. A full list of winners can be viewed on the AIVA website here.

JMS won three W3 awards for the website it designed for “The Nine”. The site promotes photographer Katy Grannan’s first film, a quiet portrait of the drifters who comprise a community living on the ragged edges of society on a street in Modesto, Calif. JMS’ work for “The Nine” was honored in the following W3 categories:

• Gold (Websites: Website Features - Copy or Writing)
• Silver (Websites: Website Features - Video or Motion Graphics)
• Silver (Websites: Website Features - User Experience)

JMS also received a Gold W3 award (Websites: Self Promotion category) for 2K at 15, an agency project dedicated to interviewing millennials. The site’s aim was to reveal the truths and dreams of those born in the social age and chronicle this millennium at adolescence.

“It is incredibly gratifying to be recognised for our work, especially for a small, but riveting film like ‘The Nine.’” said John McNeil. “The competition for the W3 Awards is enormous and the entries are quite sophisticated. I’m proud of our teams.”

AIVA is a diverse group with 600-plus members from all 50 states and 15 countries. W3 is the first major Web competition to be accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms and everyone in between.