Graduate KING AWARD WINNERS:
1st Prize, GR $10,000 - AFRONAUTS by Frances Bodomo
2nd Prize, GR $7000 - LATE SPRING by Zachary Kerschberg
3rd Prize, GR $5000 - KOHARUBIYORI by Toshimichi Saito
Undergraduate King Award Winners:
1st Prize, UG $10,000 - THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOMMY CHAOS AND STACEY DANGER by Michael Lukk Litwak
2nd Prize, UG $7000 - BEARS by Dan Costales
3rd Prize, UG $5000 - THE CHOICE by Gerald Jean-Baptiste
Directing/Screenwriting Awards
I DON’T SAY GOODBYE, I SEE YOU SOON by Giuliana Pinheiro
King Award for Screenwriting, GR $3000
THE CHOICE by Gerald Jean-Baptiste
King Award for Screenwriting, UG $3000
FRANK-ETIENNE by Constance Meyer
Wasserman Award for Directing, GR $2000
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOMMY CHAOS AND STACEY DANGER by Michael Lukk Litwak
Wasserman Award for Directing, UG $2000
2014 GRADUATE CRAFT AWARDS
ACTING
Marianna Panagidou for BUTTERFLY by Yianna Dellatolla
Crystal Lucas Perry for FRANK AND AZALEE AUSTIN by Zachary Kerschberg
Kareem Lucas for FRANK AND AZALEE AUSTIN by Zachary Kerschberg
Caio Henrique Da Silva for I DON’T SAY GOODBYE, I SAY I SEE YOU SOON by Giuliana Pinheiro
Andrea Leigh for I’M NOT DONE by Ronny Dorfler
Ariel Beck for IN MY CORNER by Vincent Ma
Charbel Makhlouf for KALEIDOSCOPE by Dania Bdeir
Fathi Akkari for LATE SPRING by Zachary Kerschberg
Abdelmonem Chouayet for LATE SPRING by Zachary Kerschberg
Olwethu Anita April for STONE CARS by Reinaldo Green
Sophia Lillis for THE LIPSTICK STAIN by Dagny Looper
ACTING ENSEMBLE
Ruisdael Cintron, Sabrina Rivera, Aaron Jones, Roosevelt Anderson, Rafael Martin, Halyna Gebura, Andriy Milavsky, Valerian Kirkitadze for A CRACK by Lilian Mehrel
ACTING ENSEMBLE
Hank Azaria,Ashley Benson, James Franco, Milan Johnson, Nina Ljeti, Jacob Loeb, Ruby Modine, Bo Mitchell for GOON SQUAD by Shandor Garrison
ACHIEVEMENT IN EXPERIMENTAL
KID by Mark Kindred
CARL LERNER AWARD
I’M NOT DONE by Ronny Dorfler
FACULTY COMMENDATION IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Federico Cesca
FACULTY COMMENDATION IN FILMMAKING
FAMILY by Vako Kirkitadze
FACULTY COMMENDATION IN FILMMAKING
FESTUS by Shawn Snyder
NESTOR ALMENDROS AWARD
Eun-Ah Lee for CROSSINGS by Amos Ezra Katz
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Federico Cesca for A CRACK by Lilian Mehrel
Joshua James Richards for AFRONAUTS by Frances Bodomo
Federico Cesca for FRANK-ETIENNE by Constance Meyer
Brian Rigney Hubbard for GOON SQUAD by Shandor Garrison
Michael E. Wood for KOHARUBIYORI by Toshimichi Saito
Matthew Mendelson for LATE SPRING by Zachary Kerschberg
Joshua James Richards for RECTANGIBLES by Colleen Kwok
EDITING
A CRACK by Lilian Mehrel
Sara Shaw for AFRONAUTS by Frances Bodomo
BUTTERFLY by Yianna Dellatolla
Sara Shaw for GOON SQUAD by Shandor Garrison
Doug Choi for IN MY CORNER by Vincent Ma
ORIGINAL SCORE
Quinn Gibson, Curtis Wright, Rob Rusli for A CRACK by Lilian Mehrel
Brian McOmber for AFRONAUTS by Frances Bodomo
Nico Casale for I DON’T SAY GOODBYE, I SAY I SEE YOU SOON by Giuliana Pinheiro
Dylan Glatthorn for KOHARUBIYORI by Toshimichi Saito
Sasha Gordon for SO YOU’VE GROWN ATTACHED by Kate Tsang
PRODUCING
Isabella Wing-Davey for AFRONAUTS by Frances Bodomo
Kiara C. Jones for BLACK GIRL IN PARIS by Kiandra Parks
Gigi Dement, Driss Benyaclef, Vaani Balasubrmanian for CROSSINGS by Amos Ezra Katz
Marni Zelnick, James Franco, Vince Jolivette for GOON SQUAD by Shandor Garrison
Gigi Dement for HYPEBEASTS by Jessica dela Merced
Jason Stefaniak, Toshimichi Saito for KOHARUBIYORI
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Feli Lamenca for AFRONAUTS by Frances Bodomo
Scott Enge for GOON SQUAD by Shandor Garrison
Carmen Cardenas for HYPEBEASTS by Jessica dela Merced
Raouf Helioui for LATE SPRING by Zachary Kerschberg
Stephan Moravski for QUANTIZATION NATION! by Katrina Whalen
Bo McGuire for RECTANGIBLES by Colleen Kwok
Mimi Bai for SO YOU’VE GROWN ATTACHED by Kate Tsang
SCREENWRITING
BUTTERFLY by Yianna Dellatolla
CROSSINGS by Amos Ezra Katz
GOON SQUAD by Shandor Garrison
I DON’T SAY GOODBYE, I SAY I SEE YOU SOON by Giuliana Pinheiro
IN MY CORNER by Vincent Ma
LATE SPRING by Zachary Kerschberg
RECTANGIBLES by Colleen Kwok
SO YOU’VE GROWN ATTACHED by Kate Tsang
SOUND DESIGN
David Briggs for CROSSINGS by Amos Ezra Katz
QUANTIZATION NATION! by Katrina Whalen
WASSERMAN / KING FINALIST
A CRACK by Lilian Mehrel
AFRONAUTS by Frances Bodomo
FRANK-ETIENNE by Constance Meyer
I DON’T SAY GOODBYE, I SAY I SEE YOU SOON by Giuliana Pinheiro
IN MY CORNER by Vincent Ma
KOHARUBIYORI by Toshimichi Saito
LATE SPRING by Zachary Kerschberg
STONE CARS by Reinaldo Green
2014 UNDERGRADUATE CRAFT AWARDS
ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION
BEARS by Dan Costales
ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY
LIFE SENTENCES by Jesse Rosenberg
ACHIEVEMENT IN EXPERIMENTAL
TOUCHING LEAVES by Carolina Tamez
CARL LERNER AWARD
PARK 51 by Christopher Capelluto
FACULTY COMMENDATION IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Freddy Meyer
FACULTY COMMENDATION IN COMEDY
THE SPOT by Auriyana Jackson
FACULTY COMMENDATION IN PRODUCING
Hannah Stoddard
FACULTY COMMENDATION IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
Taylor Shung
FACULTY COMMENDATION IN SOUND DESIGN
Bobb Barito
FACULTY COMMENDATION IN SOUND DESIGN
Dennis Hu
FACULTY COMMENDATION IN VISUAL EFFECTS
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOMMY CHAOS AND STACEY DANGER by Michael Lukk Litwak
NESTOR ALMENDROS AWARD
Laura Carolina Tamez for YABANCI by Mohamed Faramawy
ACTING
Eden Ducourant for AURELIA by Jade Edwards
Danny Bateman for CONDOM RUN by Sean & Ryan McIlraith
Graham Powell for PARK 51 by Christopher Capelluto
Joshua Rivera for THE CHOICE by Jean-Baptiste Gerald
Grant Rosenmeyer for THE SMUT LOCKER by Harry Tarre
Dani Sullivan for THE SPOT by Auriyana Jackson
Catherine Leavy for YEYE BELLS SHIVER by Jordan Blake
Jordan Blake for YEYE BELLS SHIVER by Jordan Blake
ACTING ENSEMBLE
Ella Zoller, Benjamin Thys, Amos Vanderpoel, Jenny Jaffe, and Maria Stamenkovic Herranz for DREAM DATE by Lauren Ciaravalli
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Freddy Meyer for AURELIA by Jade Edwards
Oliver Anderson for THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOMMY CHAOS AND STACEY DANGER by Michael Lukk Litwak
Michael Crommett for THE NATURALIST by Connor Hurley
Federico Martin Cesca for TOUCHING LEAVES by Carolina Tamez
Matt Heymann for UNCOMMON THREADS by Caitlin Stickels
EDITING
Dennis Fries for BEARS by Dan Costales
LAST ROUND by Blake Brewer
PARK 51 by Christopher Capelluto
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOMMY CHAOS AND STACEY DANGER by Michael Lukk Litwak
TOUCHING LEAVES by Carolina Tamez
ORIGINAL SCORE
Tyler Kaneshiro for BUFFALO KID by Pedro Pereira
Jeffrey Brice for LAST ROUND by Blake Brewer
Jeff Heim for SECONDARY EDUCATION by John Truei
Dan Romer for THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOMMY CHAOS AND STACEY DANGER by Michael Lukk Litwak
PRODUCING
Nathan Waters for AURELIA by Jade Edwards
Alexander Fofonoff, Felix Eason for KINGDOM COMING by
Joseph Klein for PARK 51 by Christopher Capelluto
Jean Claude Billmaier for THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOMMY CHAOS AND STACEY DANGER by Michael Lukk Litwak
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Daniel Koenig Porter for KINGDOM COMING by Alexander Fofonoff
Taylor Shung for THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOMMY CHAOS AND STACEY DANGER by Michael Lukk Litwak
Connor Hurley, Sanna Choe Lund, Justin Benefiel for THE NATURALIST by Connor Hurley
Celine Comolet for TOUCHING LEAVES by Carolina Tamez
Taylor Shung for WITHOUT FIRE by Eliza McNitt
SCREENWRITING
BEARS by Dan Costales
DREAM DATE by Lauren Ciaravalli
PARK 51 by Christopher Capelluto
Harry Tarre, Grant Rosenmeyer for THE SMUT LOCKER
THE SPOT by Auriyana Jackson
SOUND DESIGN
Dennis Hu, Jon Fang for BEARS by Dan Costales
Jeffrey Brice for LAST ROUND by Blake Brewer
Bobb Barito for THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOMMY CHAOS AND STACEY DANGER by Michael Lukk Litwak
Carolina Tamez for TOUCHING LEAVES by Carolina Tamez
Bobb Barito for WITHOUT FIRE by Eliza McNitt
WASSERMAN / KING FINALIST
BEARS by Dan Costales
DREAM DATE by Lauren Ciaravalli
LIFE SENTENCES by Jesse Rosenberg
OWL AND MOUSE by Emma Noble
THE CHOICE by Jean-Baptiste Gerald
THE HUNTING TRIP by Caitlin Machak
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOMMY CHAOS AND STACEY DANGER by Michael Lukk Litwak
TOUCHING LEAVES by Carolina Tamez