Student Academy Awards
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The Student Academy Awards is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
' annual competition for college and university filmmakers. The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first presented in 1973. Since 1975, the awards have been given annually, usually in June. The current name was adopted effective in 1991.
The Student Academy Awards currently offer prizes in four categories: alternative (experimental film
), animation
, documentary
, and narrative
. Gold, silver, and bronze awards may be given in each category, with accompanying cash grants of $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000, respectively, as of 2005. Since 1981, a separate award has been given annually to a student filmmaker from outside the United States.
Several Student Academy Award winners have gone on to significant achievement as filmmakers, including Robert Zemeckis
, Bob Saget
, Spike Lee
, Trey Parker
, and John Lasseter
. Some of the award-winning student films have themselves been nominated for Oscars in the short film categories, including Chicks in White Satin, The Janitor, Karl Hess: Toward Liberty, The Lunch Date, 9, Quiero ser (I Want to Be...), The Red Jacket, On the Line (Auf der Strecke), God of Love and The Confession.
To extend the impact and honor beyond the competition, a compilation presentation of the gold medal award-winning films is circulated each year free of charge to educational and non-profit organizations nationwide.
Anti-matter, Lewis Hall, Carlos Guiterrez-Mena --- University of California, Los Angeles
Documentary
You See, I've Had a Life, Ben Levin, Mort Jordan --- Temple University
, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dramatic
Manhattan Melody, Reuben Trane, Ken Wiederhorn
--- Columbia University
, New York City
Special Jury (Dramatic)
Norman Nurdelpick's Suspension: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Dahlin --- Northwestern University
, Evanston, Illinois
Euphoria, Vincent Collins --- San Francisco Art Institute
Documentary
Men's Lives, Josh Hanig, Will Roberts --- Antioch College
Dramatic
Swag, Bruce Postman --- New York University School of the Arts
Experimental
Architecture of the Petroleum Age, Scott Thomas --- Rice University
, Houston, Texas
Special Jury (Dramatic)
A Field of Honor, Robert Zemeckis
--- University of Southern California
Fame Mark Kirkland, Richard Jefferies --- California Institute of the Arts
Documentary
What the Notes Say Karen Grossman, Richard O'Neill --- Adelphi University
Dramatic
The Preparatory, Terence Cahalan --- University of Southern California
Experimental
After Lumiere, Joan Laine --- University of California, Los Angeles
Special Jury (Documentary)
The American Love Affair, Lee M. Rhoads, Jr. --- University of Southern California
The Muse, Paul W. Demeyer --- California Institute of the Arts
Documentary
Achievement: The Last of the Little Breweries, Frank H. Binney --- University of Texas at Austin
Merit: Guitar Craft, Rob Williams --- Western States Film Institute/Metropolitan State College, Colorado
Dramatic
Sixteen Down, Carol L. Dysinger --- New York University
Experimental
TRANSCENdance, Philip W. Pura --- Boston University
Mother Goose, David Bishop
--- University of Southern California
Documentary
Achievement: The Sixth Week, John Simeon Block --- New York University
Merit: Like Any Child, Only More So, Catherine Allan, Maile Ornellas --- University of California, Berkeley
Merit: Through Adam's Eyes, Robert Saget
--- Temple University
Dramatic
Button, Button, Burton Lee Harry --- University of Bridgeport
, Connecticut
Experimental
Triptych, Matthew Patrick --- Hampshire College
Achievement: Lady and the Lamp, John Lasseter
--- California Institute of the Arts
Merit: The Walrus and the Carpenter, Tomas Gasek, Malcolm G. Spaull --- Rochester Institute of Technology
Documentary
Achievement: Since '45, Michael David Korolenko --- Boston University
Merit: Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff, Jan Krawitz, Thomas Ott --- Temple University
Merit: Everybody Needs a Forever Home, Mike Simpson --- University of Texas at Austin
Dramatic The Writers, Harriotte H. Aaron --- New York University
--- California Institute of the Arts
Documentary
Achievement: Karl Hess: Toward Liberty, Roland Hallé, Peter W. Ladue --- Boston University
Merit: Crossroads/South Africa: The Struggle Continues, Jonathan Wacks --- University of California, Los Angeles
Dramatic
Achievement: Candy Store, Claude Kerven --- New York University
Honorary: Happy Birthday, Randall Fried --- University of Southern California
Merit: Murder in a Mist, Lisa Gottlieb -- Columbia College
Experimental Sections, Sean Phillips --- University of Southern California
Documentary
Achievement: "I Remember Barbra", Kevin J. Burns --- Boston University.
Merit: "Jazz", Albert Magnoli --- University of Southern California.
Dramatic
Achievement: "A Man Around the House", Caroline Emmons --- New York University.
Merit: "Willie", Coleen Higgins, Ghasem Ebrahimian --- State University of New York at Purchase.
Experimental "Commuter", Michael M. Patterson --- California Institute of the Arts.
Foreign Student Film "Maedeli-La-Breche", Jaco Van Dormael --- Institut National Superieur, Belgium.
Achievement: "Guess Who's for Dinner", Kathy Zielinski --- California Institute of the Arts.
Merit: "The Taming", Bill Jarcho --- Emerson College.
Documentary "Face Value", Michael Kriegsman, Dan Montopoli --- New York University
Dramatic "For Heaven's Sake, Ken Kwapis --- University of Southern California.
Foreign Student Film "Zone Surveillee (Monitored Zone)", Olivier Langlois --- Institut National Superieur, Belgium.
Documentary
Achievement: "The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?", Christopher McLeod, Glenn Switkes --- University of California, Berkeley.
Merit: "El Matador", Arturo Ruiz Esparza—University of Texas at Austin.
Merit: "Where Did You Get That Woman", Loretta Smith --- Columbia College, Chicago.
Dramatic
Achievement: "American Taboo", Steve Lustgarten --- Portland State University.
Merit: " Children of the Corn", John Robert Woodward, Johnny Stevens --- University of Texas at Austin.
Merit: "Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads", Spike Lee --- New York University.
Experimental "Somnolent Blue", Monica Kendall --- School of the Arts Institute of Chicago.
Foreign Student Film "Over My Dead Body", Ingrid Oustrup Jensen --- National Filmschool of Denmark.
Achievement: "The White Gazelle", Anthony Laudati --- State University of New York at Purchase.
Merit: "Mr. Gloom", Williams G. Kopp --- California Institute of the Arts.
Documentary
Achievement: "Rodin's Balzac", Marilyn Waterman --- Stanford University.
Merit: "The Wizard of the Strings", Alan Edelstein, Peter Friedman --- New York University.
Dramatic
Achievement: "Minors", Alan Kingsberg --- New York University.
Merit: "The Lottery Rose", Gregory Popp, Frank Military --- Northwestern University.
Experimental "Tuscola Moon", Dan Reed --- The University of Illinois, Chicago.
Foreign Student Film "Mother's Wedding", Jenny Wilkes --- The National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, England.
Documentary
Achievement: "Burley: Growing Tobacco in America", Robert Henson, Doron Schlair --- New York University.
Merit: "On the Rocks", Kathryn Johnston, Iain C. Stobie --- University of Colorado, Boulder.
Merit: "Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong", Lucy Ostrander --- Stanford University.
Dramatic "Heroes", Camille Thomasson --- University of Souther California.
Foreign Student Film "The Leahys: Music Most of All", Peter Weyman --- York University, Ontario, Canada.
Achievement: “Housecats”, Peg McClure Moudy --- DeAnza College, Cupertino, California.
Merit: “Mangia!“, Sheila Sofian --- Rhode Island School of Design.
Documentary
Achievement: “Songs of Wool: Vena Tipton's Hooked Rugs”, Cathey Edwards --- California Institute of the Arts.
Merit: “The Flapper Story”, Lauren Lazin --- Stanford University.
Merit: “Sam”, Aaron D. Weisblatt --- New York University.
Dramatic
Achievement: “Jenny”, John Travers --- University of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Merit: “Chicken Thing”, Todd Holland --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Experimental “The Three Cornered Hat”, Angel Gracia --- Miami Dade Community College.
Foreign Student Film “Come, I Have a Story To Tell You”, Frederic Roullier—Gall --- Institut National Superieur des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion, Belgium.
Documentary
Achievement: “Silver into Gold”, Lynn Mueller --- Stanford University.
Honorary: “Living with AIDS”, Tina DiFeliciantonio --- Stanford University.
Merit: “In the Wee Wee Hours”, Izak Ben—Meir --- University of Southern California.
Dramatic
Achievement: Bird in a Cage
, Antonio Zarro
--- CBN University.
Merit: Prelude, James Spione
---State University of New York at Purchase
.
Experimental “Zebu”, William Mitchell --- Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.
Foreign Student Film “See You At Wembley, Frankie Walsh”, Mark Herman --- The National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, Great Britain.
Achievement: Cat & Rat, James Richardson --- Columbia College of Chicago.
Merit: Artistic Vision, Richard Quade --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Merit: "Cat's Cradle", Temah Nelson --- Rhode Island School of Design.
Merit: "Why" Suzanne Dimant --- California Institute of the Arts.
Documentary
Achievement: "Gang Cops", Thomas B. Fleming, Daniel Marks --- University of Southern California.
Merit: "Norma Jean", John H Behnke --- Southern Illinois University.
Dramatic
Achievement: "Part VII", Thomas Wallin, Steve Wang --- New York University.
Experimental
Achievement: “The Anti-Video”, Gary Rosenthal --- Ithaca College.
Foreign Student Film
Schmetterlinge (Butterflies)", Wolfgang Becker --- Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie, Berlin, West Germany.
Achievement: “Sand Dance”, Richard Quade --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Merit: “All in Your Mind”, Richard C. Zimmerman --- Southern Illinois University.
Merit: “The Chore”, Joe Murray --- De Anza College.
Documentary
Achievement: “Leila”, Shawn Maurer --- Loyola Marymount University.
Merit: “Just Like It Was”, Dave Burkhardt --- Bob Jones University.
Merit: “No Hunger in My Home”, Nancy Brink --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Achievement: “The Yuppie”, John H. Behnke, James M. Peterson --- Southern Illinois University.
Merit: “Summer Rain”, Howard Slavitt --- University of Southern California.
Experimental
Achievement: “The Lost Treasure of Captain Cornelius "Deadeye" Tuckett”, John Michael Di Jiacomo --- New York University.
Merit: “The Computer Analyst”, Gary Rosenthal --- Ithaca College.
Foreign Student Film “Ropáci (Oilgobblers)”, Jan Sverák --- Fakulta Filmova A Televizni (Famu), Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Achievement: “Watunna“, Stacey Steers --- University of Colorado, Boulder.
Merit: “The Yodel Contest”, Andrew Artz --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Documentary
Achievement: “Clowning Around”, Kelly Clement, Ellen Osborne --- San Francisco State University.
Merit: “Alf Landon: My Talk with Papa”, Richard Kassebaum --- University of Southern California.
Merit: “Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia”, Ellen Bruno --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Achievement: “The Lunch Date”, Adam Davidson --- Columbia University, New York City.
Merit: “The Blue Men”, Denise McKenna, Mark Squier --- American Film Institute, Los Angeles.
Merit: “Go to Hell”, Suzanne V. Johnson --- New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.
Foreign Student Film “Alaska”, Mike van Diem --- Nederlandse Film and Televisie Academie, Amsterdam.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Adam Davidson
Gold Medal: “Ode to G.I. Joe”, Gregory P. Grant --- Brooks Institute.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Twinsburge, OH: Some Kind of Weird Twin Thing”, Sue Marcoux --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “The Dog Ate It”, Steve Pearl --- Loyola Marymount University.
Silver Medal: “Turtle Races”, Jim Lincoln, Lisa Swain --- Regent University.
Bronze Medal: “Andy's Got a Girlfriend!”, Dan Moran, Joel Kuchan --- Columbia College, Chicago.
Foreign Film Award “Once Upon a Time”, Zsuzsa Böszörményi --- Szinhaz-es Filmmuveszeti Foiskola, Budapest.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Steve Pearl
Gold Medal: “Next Door”, Peter H. Docter --- California Institute of the Arts.
Silver Medal: “Five Female Persuasions”, Peter Hixson
--- American University.
Bronze Medal: “Fur and Feathers”, Celia Kendrick --- Rhode Island School of Design.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the Little Review”, Wendy Weinberg --- Temple
University.
Silver Medal: “Dolphins: Minds in the Water”, Christopher C. Carson --- Loyola Marymount University.
Bronze Medal: “In and Out of Time”, Elizabeth Finlayson --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “The Lady in Waiting”, Christian M. Taylor --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Eagle Against the Sun", John Akahoshi, Steve Foonberg --- University of Southern California
Bronze Medal: “Gold Mountain”, Rachel Saltz, Kryssa Schemmerling --- Columbia University.
Experimental Award
Gold Medal: “In the Aquarium”, Robert Beebe --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Foreign Film Award “This Boy's Story”, John Roberts, Michele Camarda --- The National Film and Television School,
Beaconsfield, England.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Christian M. Taylor
Gold Medal: “Above Average”, Jamie Maxfield --- Rhode Island School of Design.
Silver Medal: “American History”, Chris Graves, Trey Parker --- University of Colorado, Boulder.
Bronze Medal: “The Wind”, Drew King --- California Institute of the Arts.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Living Forward, Looking Back“, Stephanie L. Hill --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Chicks in White Satin”, Elaine Holliman --- University of Southern California.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “A Children's Story”, Graham Justice --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Silent Rain”, Martin Curland --- University of Southern California.
Experimental Award
Gold Medal: “The Strange Case of Balthazar Hyppolite”, Ethan Spigland --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Seven Lucky Charms”, Lisa Mann --- California Institute of the Arts.
Foreign Film Award “The Last New Year”, Javier Bourges --- Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica, Mexico
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Graham Justice
Gold Medal: “The Janitor”, Vanessa Stella Schwartz --- California Institute of the Arts.
Silver Medal: “Foodchain”, Brian P. Dowrick --- University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Genbaku Shi: Killed by the Atomic Bomb”, Casey G. Williams --- University of Utah.
Silver Medal: “Portrait of Boy with Dog”, Robin Hessman, James Longley --- Brown University/Wesleyan University.
Bronze Medal: “Street Songs: Pittsburgh Street Singer Bill Dorsey”, Craig McTurk --- California Institute of the Arts.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “Red”, Gary Nadeau --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Outside”, Matt Danciger --- Art Center College of Design, Pasadena.
Bronze Medal: “The Make”, Stephen James --- Columbia University.
Foreign Film Award “Abgeschminkt (Makin' Up)”, Katja von Garnier --- Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film, Munich.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Matt Danciger
Gold Medal: “Picasso Would Have Made a Glorious Waiter”, Jonathan Schell --- New York University.
Animation
Gold Medal: “Card Trick”, Robert Herrick Russ --- University of California, San Diego.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Their Own Vietnam”, Nancy D. Kates --- Stanford University.
Silver Medal: “Playing the Part”, Mitch McCabe --- Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “La Ciudad (The City)”, David Riker --- New York University.
Foreign Film Award “Scarborough Ahoy!”, Tania Diez --- The National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, UK
Directors Guild of America Student Award: David Riker
Gold Medal: “Patronized”, Zachary Lehman --- Dartmouth College.
Silver Medal: “Return of the Sun Devil”, Steven Ayromlooi --- Rhode Island School of Design
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Independent Little Cuss”, Jeff Patterson --- Loyola Marymount University.
Silver Medal: “Just for the Ride”, Amanda Micheli --- Harvard University.
Bronze Medal: “Spirits Rising”, Ramona S. Diaz --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “The Water Carrier”, Patricia Cardoso --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Silver Medal: “Short Change”, Jon Andrews --- Yale University.
Bronze Medal: “Around the Time”, Phil Bertelsen --- New York University.
Alternative
Gold Medal: “Eclipse”, Jason Ruscio --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Memories of Matthews Place”, Daniel Bova --- New York University.
Foreign Film Award: “Grænsen (Never)” Reza Parsa --- The National Film School of Denmark.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Patricia Cardoso
Gold Medal: “Erosion”, Robert Gelber --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “My Divorce”, Andrea Clark --- New York University.
Animation
Gold Medal: “Unborn Baby Blues”, Mark Dale Levine --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Walk This Way”, Chris Sheridan --- Scottsdale Community College.
Silver Medal: “Miriam Is Not Amused”, Kim Roberts --- Stanford University.
Bronze Medal: “The Mirror Lied”, Jennifer Haskin-O’Reggio --- University of Southern California.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “Christmas in New York”, Mark Millhone --- Columbia University.
Silver Medal: “Waiting in the Wings”, Charles R. Uy --- School of the Visual Arts, New York.
Bronze Medal: “Mr. October”, Chris Angel --- University of Southern California.
Foreign Film Award' “An Ordinary Mission”, Raymond Boy --- Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Charles R. Uy
Gold Medal: “Sombra” Robin Larsen—University of California, Los Angeles.
Animation
Gold Medal: “Jataka”, Peter Choe, Neal Nellans --- Ringling School of Art and Design, Florida.
Silver Medal: “Switchback”, Kyle Clark --- University of Southern California.
Bronze Medal: “Put On a Happy Face”, Suzanne Lee Twining --- The University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Fighting Grandpa”, Greg Pak --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Occidental Encounters”, Yuriko Gamo Romer --- Stanford University.
Bronze Medal: “Wayne Freedman’s Notebook”, Aaron Lubarsky --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “Bleach”, Bill Platt—New York University.
Silver Medal: “My Body” Joel Moffett, Matthias Visser --- American Film Institute.
Bronze Medal: “Intermezzo”, Dana H. Glazer --- New York University.
Foreign Film Award “Rochade”, Thorsten Schmidt --- Filmakademie Baden—Württemberg, Germany
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Bill Platt
Gold Medal: “Tree Shade”, Lisa Collins --- Columbia University, New York.
Silver Medal: “The Piece”, Jordan Waid --- The New School, New York.
Bronze Medal: “Atomic Tobasco”, James Cox
--- New York University.
Animation
Gold Medal: “A Letter from the Western Front”, Daniel M. Kanemoto --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Between the Lines”, Jamie Maxfield --- California Institute of the Arts
Bronze Medal: “Shadow of a Drought”, Daniel Kutner, Brian Emerson --- University of California, Santa Barbara
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Man and Dog”, Randolph Benson --- North Carolina School of the Arts.
Narrative
Gold Medal: “John”, Marni Banack, JB Sugar --- American Film Institute.
Silver Medal: “True Confessions of a Sushi Addict”, Kimberly Harwood --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Slow Dancin’ Down the Aisles of the Quickcheck”, Thomas Wade Jackson --- Florida State University.
Foreign Film Award “Kleingeld (Small Change)”, Marc-Andreas Bochert --- Hochschule für Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf”, Potsdam—Babelsberg, Germany
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Marni Banack
American Society of Cinematographers Student Award: David A. Armstrong
Gold Medal: Helicopter, Ari Gold --- New York University
Silver Medal: "Dear Sir: Letters to a Union Soldier", Michael Mullan, Jessica Lakis --- University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Animation
Gold Medal: "Al Tudi Tuhak (Long, Long Ago), Tod Polson --- California Institute of the Arts
Silver Medal (Tie): “The Bad Plant”, Amy Winfrey—University of California, Los Angeles.
Silver Medal (Tie): “Luz”, Jose Javier Martinez—University of California, Lo Angeles.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Iron Ladies, Kennedy Wheatley --- University of Southern California
Silver Medal: “Slender Existence”, Laura C. Murray --- Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Bronze Medal: “Between Two Fires”, Douglas Noel Smith --- Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Narrative
Gold Medal: One Day Crossing, Joan L. Stein --- Columbia University
Silver Medal: “Homeland”, Doug Scott --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “6 Miles of 8 Feet”, Ben Tomlin --- New York University.
Foreign
Quiero ser (I want to be ...)
, Florian Gallenberger
--- University of Television and Film Munich
, Germany
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Joan L. Stein
Gold Medal: Warmth, Michael Schaerer --- School of Visual Arts
.
Animation
Gold Medal: Boobie Girl, Brooke Keesling --- California Institute of the Arts
.
Silver Medal: “The Yellow Unbrella”, Victor Robert, Rodney Hom --- Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California.
Bronze Medal: “That Special Monkey”, Sean McBride --- University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Documentary
Gold Medal: XXXY, Porter Gale, Laleh Soomekh --- Stanford University
,
Silver Medal: “Green”, Laura Dunn --- University of Texas, Austin.
Bronze Medal: “Undesirables”, Marianna Yarovskaya --- University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Narrative
Gold Medal: Zen and the Art of Landscaping, David Kartch --- Columbia University
.
Silver Medal: “The Confession”, Carl Pfirman --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Bronze Medal: “Lector”, Greg Marcks—Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Foreign Film Award
The Eye on the Nape (El ojo en la nuca), Rodrigo Pla --- Centro de Capacitación Cinematográphia
Gold Medal: For Our Man, Kazuo Ohno --- Columbia University
.
Silver Medal: “Island to Island” Soopum Sohn—New York University.
Animation
Gold Medal: Passing Moments, Don Phillips, Jr. --- Ringling School of Art and Design
.
Silver Medal: “The Velvet Tigress” Jen Sachs—California Institute of the Arts, Valencia.
Bronze Medal: “Shadowplay” Dan Blank --- New York University.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Moving House, Pin Pin Tan --- Northwestern University
,
Silver Medal: “Family Values”, Eva Saks --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Revolutions Per Minute”, Thomas Burns --- Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Narrative
Gold Medal: The Wormhole, Jessica Sharzer --- New York University
.
Silver Medal: “Barrier Device”, Grace Lee --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Bronze Medal: “Sophie Helen”, Haeyoung Lee --- University of Texas at Austin.
Foreign Film Award
Feeding Desire, RMartin Strange-Hansen --- National Film School of Denmark
, Denmark
Gold Medal: The Projects Lumiere, Waleed Moursi --- California Institute of the Arts
Animation
Gold Medal: Perpetual Motion, Kimberly Miner --- Rochester Institute of Technology
Silver Medal: “Bert“, Moonsung Lee --- Academy of Art College, San Francisco.
Bronze Medal: “A Work in Progress”, Wes Ball --- Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Left Behind, Christof Putzel --- Connecticut College
Silver Medal: “Indiana Aria”, Elizabeth Pollock --- University of California, Berkeley.
Bronze Medal: “Those Who Trespass” Renee Fischer --- Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Narrative
Gold Medal: La Milpa (The Cornfield), Patricia Riggen
--- Columbia University
Silver Medal: “Jesus Henry Christ”, Dennis Lee --- Columbia University, New York.
Bronze Medal: “Fine.”, Michael Downing, Philip Svoboda --- American Film Institute, California.
Foreign Film Award
The Red Jacket, Florian Baxmeyer --- University of Hamburg
, Germany.
Gold Medal: The Storyboard of my Life, Robert F. Castillo --- School of Visual Arts
.
Silver Medal: “Focus”, Bill Ridlehoover, Nilanjan Neil Lahiri --- Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia.
Animation
Gold Medal: Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher, Alexander Woo --- New York University
.
Silver Medal: “Rock The World” Sukwon Shin—School of Visual Arts, New York.
Bronze Medal: “Lemmings”, Craig Van Dyke—Brigham Young University, Utah.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Cheerleader, Kimberlee Bassford --- University of California, Berkeley
Silver Medal: “When The Storm Came”, Shilpi Gupta --- University of California, Berkeley.
Bronze Medal: “Cuba: Illogical Temple”, David Pittock, Lindsey Kealy --- University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Narrative
Gold Medal: A-Alike, Randall Dottin --- Columbia University
Silver Medal: “Zeke”, Dana Buning --- Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Bronze Medal: “The Plunge”, Todd Schulman --- Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Foreign Film Award
Between Us, Laurits Much-Peterson --- The National Film School of Denmark, Denmark
Gold Medal: Knock Knock, Jaron Henrie-McCrea --- Ball State University
Silver Medal: “Your Dark Hair Ihsan”, Tala Hadid --- Columbia University.
Animation
Gold Medal: 9, Shane Acker
--- University of California
Silver Medal: “Frog”, Christopher Conforti --- School of Visual Arts, New York
Bronze Medal: “Things That Go Bump In The Night”, Joshua G. Beveridge –-- Ringling School of Art and Design, Florida.
Documentary
Gold Medal: The Life of Kevin Carter
, Dan Krauss --- University of California
Silver Medal: “Unhitched”, Erin Hudso, Ben Wu --- Stanford University.
Bronze Medal: “Listen”, Kimby Caplan --- Southern Methodist University, Texas.
Narrative
Gold Medal: Wednesday Afternoon, Alfonso F. Mayo --- American Film Institute
Silver Medal: “Victoria Para Chino”, Cary Fukunaga --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Charm”, Melissa Rossi --- Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Foreign Film Award
The Runaway, Ulrike Grote --- University of Hamburg
, Germany
Gold Medal: Perspective, Travis Hatfield, Samuel Day --- Ball State University
Silver Medal: “6 A.M.”, Carmen Vidal Balanzat --- City College of New York.
Animation
Gold Medal: The Possum, Chris Choy --- California Institute of the Arts
Silver Medal: “The Dancing Thief”, Meng Vue --- Ringling School of Art and Design.
Bronze Medal: “Turtles”, Thomas Leavitt --- Brigham Young University.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Reporter Zero, Carrie Lzano --- University of California, Berkeley
Silver Medal: “The Women’s Kingdom”, Xiaoli Zhou --- University of California, Berkeley.
Bronze Medal: “Three Beauties” Mak Hossain—Purdue University.
Narrative
Gold Medal: Christmas Wish List, Sean Overbeeke --- University of North Carolina
Silver Medal: “El Viaje (One Day Trip)”, Cady Abarca-Benavides --- Columbia University.
Bronze Medal: “Pop Foul”, Moon Molson, Jennifer Handorf --- Columbia University
Foreign Film Award
Elalini, Tristan Holmes --- South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance
, South Africa
Gold Medal: Fission, Kun-I Chang --- School of Visual Arts
Animation
Gold Medal (Tie): Arts Desire, Sarah Wickliffe --- New York University
Gold Medal (Tie): “Mirage”, Youngwoong Jang --- School of Visual Arts.
Silver Medal: “A Leg Up”, Bevin Carnes --- Ringling College of Art and Design.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Cross Your Eyes Keep Them Wide, Ben Wu --- Stanford University
Silver Medal: “Ladies of the Land” Megan Thompson --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Lumo”, Bent-Jorgen S. Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III --- Columbia University
Narrative
Gold Medal: Rundown, Patrick Alexander --- Florida State University
Silver Medal: “High”, Maintenance Phillip Van --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Screening” Anthony Green—New York University.
Foreign Film Award
Nevermore, Toke Constantin Hebbeln --- Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Gold Medal: Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant, Shih-Ting Hung
--- University of Southern California
.
Silver Medal: “Circles of Confusion”, Phoebe Tooke --- San Francisco State University.
Animation
Gold Medal: Zoologic, Nicole Mitchell --- California Institute of the Arts
.
Silver Medal: “Simulacra”, Tatchapon Lertwirojkul --- The School of Visual Arts, New York.
Bronze Medal: “The Visionary”, Evan Mayfield --- Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida.
Documentary
Gold Medal: As We Forgive, Laura Waters Hinson --- American University
,
Silver Medal: “Unattached”, J.J. Adler --- Columbia University.
Bronze Medal: “If a Body Meet a Body”, Brian Davis --- University of Southern California.
Narrative
Gold Medal: A Day's Work, Rajeev Dassani --- University of Southern California
.
Silver Medal: “The State of Sunshine”, Z. Eric Yang --- Florida State University.
Bronze Medal: “Pitstop”, Melanie McGraw --- University of Southern California.
Foreign Film Award
On the Line ("Auf der Strecke"), Reto Caffi --- Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany.
Gold Medal: Alice's Attic, Robyn Yannoukos --- University of California Los Angeles
Silver Medal: “Matter, In a Quiescent State, Prepares Itself to Be Transformed,” Kwibum Chung --- School of Visual Arts, New York.
Animation
Gold Medal: Pajama Gladiator, Glenn Harmon --- Brigham Young University
Silver Medal: “Sebastian’s Voodoo”, Joaquin Baldwin --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Bronze Medal: “Kites”, Jed Henry --- Brigham Young University.
Documentary
Gold Medal: The Last Mermaids, Liz Chae --- Columbia University
Silver Medal: “The Wait”, Cassandra Lizaire, Kelly Asmuth --- Columbia University.
Bronze Medal: “A Place to Land,” Lauren DeAngelis --- American University, Washington D.C.
Narrative
Gold Medal: Kavi, Gregg Helvey --- University of Southern California
Silver Medal: “The Bronx Balletomane”, Jeremy Joffee --- The City College of New York.
Bronze Medal: “Bohemibot”, Brendan Bellomo --- New York University.
Foreign Film Award
Elkland, Per Hanefjord
--- Dramatiska Institutet
, Sweden
Gold Medal: Surface: Film from Below, Varathit Uthaisri --- Parsons The New School for Design
Silver Medal: “Multiply,” Emily Henricks --- University of Southern California
Animation
Gold Medal: Departure of Love, Jennifer Bors --- Ringling College of Art and Design
Silver Medal: “Dried Up”, Isaiah Powers and Jeremy Casper --- Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri.
Bronze Medal: “Lifeline”, Andres Salaff --- California Institute of the Arts.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Yizkor (Remembrance), Ruth Fertig --- University of Texas at Austin
Silver Medal: “Rediscovering Pape”, Maria Royo --- City College of New York.
Bronze Medal: “Dreams Awake (Suena Despierto)”, Kevin Gordon and Rebekah Meredith --- Stanford University, California.
Narrative
Gold Medal: God of Love
, Luke Matheny
--- New York University
Silver Medal: “Down in Number 5”, Kim Spurlock --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “The Lunch Box”, Lubomir Kocka --- Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia.
Foreign Film Award
The Confession
, Tanel Toom
--- National Film and Television School
, United Kingdom
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...
' annual competition for college and university filmmakers. The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first presented in 1973. Since 1975, the awards have been given annually, usually in June. The current name was adopted effective in 1991.
The Student Academy Awards currently offer prizes in four categories: alternative (experimental film
Experimental film
Experimental film or experimental cinema is a type of cinema. Experimental film is an artistic practice relieving both of visual arts and cinema. Its origins can be found in European avant-garde movements of the twenties. Experimental cinema has built its history through the texts of theoreticians...
), animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
, documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, and narrative
Fictional film
Fictional film or narrative film is film that tells a fictional story or narrative. Narrative cinema is usually contrasted to films that present information, such as a nature documentary, as well as to some experimental films...
. Gold, silver, and bronze awards may be given in each category, with accompanying cash grants of $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000, respectively, as of 2005. Since 1981, a separate award has been given annually to a student filmmaker from outside the United States.
Several Student Academy Award winners have gone on to significant achievement as filmmakers, including Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis
Robert Lee Zemeckis is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future film series, as well as the Academy Award-winning live-action/animation epic Who Framed Roger Rabbit ,...
, Bob Saget
Bob Saget
Robert Lane "Bob" Saget is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television host. Although he is best known for his roles as Danny Tanner in Full House, host of America's Funniest Home Videos and Future Ted Mosby on How I Met Your Mother, Saget is also known outside of television for his blue...
, Spike Lee
Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983....
, Trey Parker
Trey Parker
Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short...
, and John Lasseter
John Lasseter
John Alan Lasseter is an American animator, director and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is also currently the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering....
. Some of the award-winning student films have themselves been nominated for Oscars in the short film categories, including Chicks in White Satin, The Janitor, Karl Hess: Toward Liberty, The Lunch Date, 9, Quiero ser (I Want to Be...), The Red Jacket, On the Line (Auf der Strecke), God of Love and The Confession.
To extend the impact and honor beyond the competition, a compilation presentation of the gold medal award-winning films is circulated each year free of charge to educational and non-profit organizations nationwide.
1st Annual Student Film Awards -- December 20, 1973
AnimationAnti-matter, Lewis Hall, Carlos Guiterrez-Mena --- University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
Documentary
You See, I've Had a Life, Ben Levin, Mort Jordan --- Temple University
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
Dramatic
Manhattan Melody, Reuben Trane, Ken Wiederhorn
Ken Wiederhorn
Ken Wiederhorn is a film and television director, known mainly for the horror films Shock Waves and Return of the Living Dead Part II. Other features include Eyes of A Stranger, Meatballs II, and A House In The Hills. He also directed multiple episodes of 21 Jump Street, Dark Justice, and...
--- Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, New York City
Special Jury (Dramatic)
Norman Nurdelpick's Suspension: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Dahlin --- Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, Evanston, Illinois
Evanston, Illinois
Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...
2nd Annual Student Film Awards -- July 1, 1975
AnimationEuphoria, Vincent Collins --- San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute is a school of higher education in contemporary art with the main campus in the Russian Hill district of San Francisco, California. Its graduate center is in the Dogpatch neighborhood. The private, non-profit institution is accredited by WASC and is a member of the...
Documentary
Men's Lives, Josh Hanig, Will Roberts --- Antioch College
Antioch College
Antioch College is a private, independent liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States. It was the founder and the flagship institution of the six-campus Antioch University system. Founded in 1852 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1853 with politician and...
Dramatic
Swag, Bruce Postman --- New York University School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University ....
Experimental
Architecture of the Petroleum Age, Scott Thomas --- Rice University
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
, Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
Special Jury (Dramatic)
A Field of Honor, Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis
Robert Lee Zemeckis is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future film series, as well as the Academy Award-winning live-action/animation epic Who Framed Roger Rabbit ,...
--- University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
3rd Annual Student Film Awards -- June 23, 1976
AnimationFame Mark Kirkland, Richard Jefferies --- California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
Documentary
What the Notes Say Karen Grossman, Richard O'Neill --- Adelphi University
Adelphi University
Adelphi University is a private, nonsectarian university located in Garden City, in Nassau County, New York, United States. It is the oldest institution of higher education on Long Island. For the sixth year, Adelphi University has been named a “Best Buy” in higher education by the Fiske Guide to...
Dramatic
The Preparatory, Terence Cahalan --- University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
Experimental
After Lumiere, Joan Laine --- University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
Special Jury (Documentary)
The American Love Affair, Lee M. Rhoads, Jr. --- University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
4th Annual Student Film Awards -- May 22, 1977
AnimationThe Muse, Paul W. Demeyer --- California Institute of the Arts
Documentary
Achievement: The Last of the Little Breweries, Frank H. Binney --- University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
Merit: Guitar Craft, Rob Williams --- Western States Film Institute/Metropolitan State College, Colorado
Dramatic
Sixteen Down, Carol L. Dysinger --- New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
Experimental
TRANSCENdance, Philip W. Pura --- Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
5th Annual Student Film Awards -- May 21, 1978
AnimationMother Goose, David Bishop
David Bishop
David Bishop is a screenwriter and author. Born in New Zealand, he was a UK comics editor during the 1990s, running such titles as the Judge Dredd Megazine and 2000 AD, the latter between 1996 and the summer of 2000....
--- University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
Documentary
Achievement: The Sixth Week, John Simeon Block --- New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
Merit: Like Any Child, Only More So, Catherine Allan, Maile Ornellas --- University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
Merit: Through Adam's Eyes, Robert Saget
Bob Saget
Robert Lane "Bob" Saget is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television host. Although he is best known for his roles as Danny Tanner in Full House, host of America's Funniest Home Videos and Future Ted Mosby on How I Met Your Mother, Saget is also known outside of television for his blue...
--- Temple University
Dramatic
Button, Button, Burton Lee Harry --- University of Bridgeport
University of Bridgeport
The University of Bridgeport is a private, independent, non-sectarian, coeducational university located on the Long Island Sound in the South End neighborhood of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The University is fully Accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges...
, Connecticut
Experimental
Triptych, Matthew Patrick --- Hampshire College
Hampshire College
Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1965 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts...
6th Annual Student Film Awards -- June 3, 1979
AnimationAchievement: Lady and the Lamp, John Lasseter
John Lasseter
John Alan Lasseter is an American animator, director and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is also currently the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering....
--- California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
Merit: The Walrus and the Carpenter, Tomas Gasek, Malcolm G. Spaull --- Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology
The Rochester Institute of Technology is a private university, located within the town of Henrietta in metropolitan Rochester, New York, United States...
Documentary
Achievement: Since '45, Michael David Korolenko --- Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
Merit: Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff, Jan Krawitz, Thomas Ott --- Temple University
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
Merit: Everybody Needs a Forever Home, Mike Simpson --- University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
Dramatic The Writers, Harriotte H. Aaron --- New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
7th Annual Student Film Awards -- June 8, 1980
Animation Nitemare, John LasseterJohn Lasseter
John Alan Lasseter is an American animator, director and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is also currently the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering....
--- California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
Documentary
Achievement: Karl Hess: Toward Liberty, Roland Hallé, Peter W. Ladue --- Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
Merit: Crossroads/South Africa: The Struggle Continues, Jonathan Wacks --- University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
Dramatic
Achievement: Candy Store, Claude Kerven --- New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
Honorary: Happy Birthday, Randall Fried --- University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
Merit: Murder in a Mist, Lisa Gottlieb -- Columbia College
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago is one of the largest art colleges in the United States with nearly 12,000 students pursuing degrees within 120 undergraduate and graduate programs...
Experimental Sections, Sean Phillips --- University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
8th Annual Student Film Awards -- June 7, 1981
Animation "A Bird's Eye View", Deborah Jo Short --- San Francisco State University.Documentary
Achievement: "I Remember Barbra", Kevin J. Burns --- Boston University.
Merit: "Jazz", Albert Magnoli --- University of Southern California.
Dramatic
Achievement: "A Man Around the House", Caroline Emmons --- New York University.
Merit: "Willie", Coleen Higgins, Ghasem Ebrahimian --- State University of New York at Purchase.
Experimental "Commuter", Michael M. Patterson --- California Institute of the Arts.
Foreign Student Film "Maedeli-La-Breche", Jaco Van Dormael --- Institut National Superieur, Belgium.
9th Annual Student Film Awards -- June 6, 1982
AnimationAchievement: "Guess Who's for Dinner", Kathy Zielinski --- California Institute of the Arts.
Merit: "The Taming", Bill Jarcho --- Emerson College.
Documentary "Face Value", Michael Kriegsman, Dan Montopoli --- New York University
Dramatic "For Heaven's Sake, Ken Kwapis --- University of Southern California.
Foreign Student Film "Zone Surveillee (Monitored Zone)", Olivier Langlois --- Institut National Superieur, Belgium.
10th Annual Student Film Awards -- June 5, 1983
Animation "No One for Chess", Richard Rosser --- Washington and Lee University.Documentary
Achievement: "The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?", Christopher McLeod, Glenn Switkes --- University of California, Berkeley.
Merit: "El Matador", Arturo Ruiz Esparza—University of Texas at Austin.
Merit: "Where Did You Get That Woman", Loretta Smith --- Columbia College, Chicago.
Dramatic
Achievement: "American Taboo", Steve Lustgarten --- Portland State University.
Merit: " Children of the Corn", John Robert Woodward, Johnny Stevens --- University of Texas at Austin.
Merit: "Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads", Spike Lee --- New York University.
Experimental "Somnolent Blue", Monica Kendall --- School of the Arts Institute of Chicago.
Foreign Student Film "Over My Dead Body", Ingrid Oustrup Jensen --- National Filmschool of Denmark.
11th Annual Student Film Awards -- June 10, 1984
AnimationAchievement: "The White Gazelle", Anthony Laudati --- State University of New York at Purchase.
Merit: "Mr. Gloom", Williams G. Kopp --- California Institute of the Arts.
Documentary
Achievement: "Rodin's Balzac", Marilyn Waterman --- Stanford University.
Merit: "The Wizard of the Strings", Alan Edelstein, Peter Friedman --- New York University.
Dramatic
Achievement: "Minors", Alan Kingsberg --- New York University.
Merit: "The Lottery Rose", Gregory Popp, Frank Military --- Northwestern University.
Experimental "Tuscola Moon", Dan Reed --- The University of Illinois, Chicago.
Foreign Student Film "Mother's Wedding", Jenny Wilkes --- The National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, England.
12th Annual Student Film Awards -- June 16, 1985
Animation "Observational Hazard", William G. Kopp --- California Institute of the Arts.Documentary
Achievement: "Burley: Growing Tobacco in America", Robert Henson, Doron Schlair --- New York University.
Merit: "On the Rocks", Kathryn Johnston, Iain C. Stobie --- University of Colorado, Boulder.
Merit: "Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong", Lucy Ostrander --- Stanford University.
Dramatic "Heroes", Camille Thomasson --- University of Souther California.
Foreign Student Film "The Leahys: Music Most of All", Peter Weyman --- York University, Ontario, Canada.
13th Annual Student Film Awards -- June 8, 1986
AnimationAchievement: “Housecats”, Peg McClure Moudy --- DeAnza College, Cupertino, California.
Merit: “Mangia!“, Sheila Sofian --- Rhode Island School of Design.
Documentary
Achievement: “Songs of Wool: Vena Tipton's Hooked Rugs”, Cathey Edwards --- California Institute of the Arts.
Merit: “The Flapper Story”, Lauren Lazin --- Stanford University.
Merit: “Sam”, Aaron D. Weisblatt --- New York University.
Dramatic
Achievement: “Jenny”, John Travers --- University of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Merit: “Chicken Thing”, Todd Holland --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Experimental “The Three Cornered Hat”, Angel Gracia --- Miami Dade Community College.
Foreign Student Film “Come, I Have a Story To Tell You”, Frederic Roullier—Gall --- Institut National Superieur des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion, Belgium.
14th Annual Student Film Awards -- June 7, 1987
Animation “Husband of Rat's Daughter”, Karen McCoy Fremuth --- Rhode Island School of Design.Documentary
Achievement: “Silver into Gold”, Lynn Mueller --- Stanford University.
Honorary: “Living with AIDS”, Tina DiFeliciantonio --- Stanford University.
Merit: “In the Wee Wee Hours”, Izak Ben—Meir --- University of Southern California.
Dramatic
Achievement: Bird in a Cage
Bird in a Cage
Bird in a Cage is an Academy Award-winning 60 minute 1986 American comedic drama film written and directed by Antonio Zarro while he was attending the Christian Broadcasting Network University .-Production:...
, Antonio Zarro
Antonio Zarro
Antonio Zarro is an Academy Award-winning Italian-American screenwriter, director and actor. Zarro received a Student Academy Award in 1987 for Bird in a Cage, a 60 minute 1986 student film made while attending the Christian Broadcasting Network University which received a positive review in the...
--- CBN University.
Merit: Prelude, James Spione
James Spione
James Michael Spione is an American director, producer, writer and editor of both documentary and fiction films. Early on in his career, he developed a reputation for suspenseful dramatic shorts; his later career, however, has been marked by a new focus on short and feature-length documentaries...
---State University of New York at Purchase
State University of New York at Purchase
Purchase College, State University of New York, is a public four-year college located in Purchase, New York, United States. It is one of 13 comprehensive colleges in the State University of New York system...
.
Experimental “Zebu”, William Mitchell --- Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.
Foreign Student Film “See You At Wembley, Frankie Walsh”, Mark Herman --- The National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, Great Britain.
15th Annual Student Film Awards -- June 12, 1988
AnimationAchievement: Cat & Rat, James Richardson --- Columbia College of Chicago.
Merit: Artistic Vision, Richard Quade --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Merit: "Cat's Cradle", Temah Nelson --- Rhode Island School of Design.
Merit: "Why" Suzanne Dimant --- California Institute of the Arts.
Documentary
Achievement: "Gang Cops", Thomas B. Fleming, Daniel Marks --- University of Southern California.
Merit: "Norma Jean", John H Behnke --- Southern Illinois University.
Dramatic
Achievement: "Part VII", Thomas Wallin, Steve Wang --- New York University.
Experimental
Achievement: “The Anti-Video”, Gary Rosenthal --- Ithaca College.
Foreign Student Film
Schmetterlinge (Butterflies)", Wolfgang Becker --- Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie, Berlin, West Germany.
16th Annual Student Film Awards -- June 11, 1989
AnimationAchievement: “Sand Dance”, Richard Quade --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Merit: “All in Your Mind”, Richard C. Zimmerman --- Southern Illinois University.
Merit: “The Chore”, Joe Murray --- De Anza College.
Documentary
Achievement: “Leila”, Shawn Maurer --- Loyola Marymount University.
Merit: “Just Like It Was”, Dave Burkhardt --- Bob Jones University.
Merit: “No Hunger in My Home”, Nancy Brink --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Achievement: “The Yuppie”, John H. Behnke, James M. Peterson --- Southern Illinois University.
Merit: “Summer Rain”, Howard Slavitt --- University of Southern California.
Experimental
Achievement: “The Lost Treasure of Captain Cornelius "Deadeye" Tuckett”, John Michael Di Jiacomo --- New York University.
Merit: “The Computer Analyst”, Gary Rosenthal --- Ithaca College.
Foreign Student Film “Ropáci (Oilgobblers)”, Jan Sverák --- Fakulta Filmova A Televizni (Famu), Prague, Czechoslovakia.
17th Annual Student Film Awards -- June 10, 1990
AnimationAchievement: “Watunna“, Stacey Steers --- University of Colorado, Boulder.
Merit: “The Yodel Contest”, Andrew Artz --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Documentary
Achievement: “Clowning Around”, Kelly Clement, Ellen Osborne --- San Francisco State University.
Merit: “Alf Landon: My Talk with Papa”, Richard Kassebaum --- University of Southern California.
Merit: “Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia”, Ellen Bruno --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Achievement: “The Lunch Date”, Adam Davidson --- Columbia University, New York City.
Merit: “The Blue Men”, Denise McKenna, Mark Squier --- American Film Institute, Los Angeles.
Merit: “Go to Hell”, Suzanne V. Johnson --- New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.
Foreign Student Film “Alaska”, Mike van Diem --- Nederlandse Film and Televisie Academie, Amsterdam.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Adam Davidson
18th Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 9, 1991
AnimationGold Medal: “Ode to G.I. Joe”, Gregory P. Grant --- Brooks Institute.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Twinsburge, OH: Some Kind of Weird Twin Thing”, Sue Marcoux --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “The Dog Ate It”, Steve Pearl --- Loyola Marymount University.
Silver Medal: “Turtle Races”, Jim Lincoln, Lisa Swain --- Regent University.
Bronze Medal: “Andy's Got a Girlfriend!”, Dan Moran, Joel Kuchan --- Columbia College, Chicago.
Foreign Film Award “Once Upon a Time”, Zsuzsa Böszörményi --- Szinhaz-es Filmmuveszeti Foiskola, Budapest.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Steve Pearl
19th Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 14, 1992
AnimationGold Medal: “Next Door”, Peter H. Docter --- California Institute of the Arts.
Silver Medal: “Five Female Persuasions”, Peter Hixson
Peter Hixson
Peter Hixson is an American animation artist living in Los Angeles. He has worked in television animation for the past 15 years and presently supervises animation for Nickelodeon Television's Penguins of Madagascar....
--- American University.
Bronze Medal: “Fur and Feathers”, Celia Kendrick --- Rhode Island School of Design.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the Little Review”, Wendy Weinberg --- Temple
University.
Silver Medal: “Dolphins: Minds in the Water”, Christopher C. Carson --- Loyola Marymount University.
Bronze Medal: “In and Out of Time”, Elizabeth Finlayson --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “The Lady in Waiting”, Christian M. Taylor --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Eagle Against the Sun", John Akahoshi, Steve Foonberg --- University of Southern California
Bronze Medal: “Gold Mountain”, Rachel Saltz, Kryssa Schemmerling --- Columbia University.
Experimental Award
Gold Medal: “In the Aquarium”, Robert Beebe --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Foreign Film Award “This Boy's Story”, John Roberts, Michele Camarda --- The National Film and Television School,
Beaconsfield, England.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Christian M. Taylor
20th Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 13, 1993
AnimationGold Medal: “Above Average”, Jamie Maxfield --- Rhode Island School of Design.
Silver Medal: “American History”, Chris Graves, Trey Parker --- University of Colorado, Boulder.
Bronze Medal: “The Wind”, Drew King --- California Institute of the Arts.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Living Forward, Looking Back“, Stephanie L. Hill --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Chicks in White Satin”, Elaine Holliman --- University of Southern California.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “A Children's Story”, Graham Justice --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Silent Rain”, Martin Curland --- University of Southern California.
Experimental Award
Gold Medal: “The Strange Case of Balthazar Hyppolite”, Ethan Spigland --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Seven Lucky Charms”, Lisa Mann --- California Institute of the Arts.
Foreign Film Award “The Last New Year”, Javier Bourges --- Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica, Mexico
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Graham Justice
21st Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 12, 1994
AnimationGold Medal: “The Janitor”, Vanessa Stella Schwartz --- California Institute of the Arts.
Silver Medal: “Foodchain”, Brian P. Dowrick --- University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Genbaku Shi: Killed by the Atomic Bomb”, Casey G. Williams --- University of Utah.
Silver Medal: “Portrait of Boy with Dog”, Robin Hessman, James Longley --- Brown University/Wesleyan University.
Bronze Medal: “Street Songs: Pittsburgh Street Singer Bill Dorsey”, Craig McTurk --- California Institute of the Arts.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “Red”, Gary Nadeau --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Outside”, Matt Danciger --- Art Center College of Design, Pasadena.
Bronze Medal: “The Make”, Stephen James --- Columbia University.
Foreign Film Award “Abgeschminkt (Makin' Up)”, Katja von Garnier --- Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film, Munich.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Matt Danciger
22nd Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 11, 1995
AlternativeGold Medal: “Picasso Would Have Made a Glorious Waiter”, Jonathan Schell --- New York University.
Animation
Gold Medal: “Card Trick”, Robert Herrick Russ --- University of California, San Diego.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Their Own Vietnam”, Nancy D. Kates --- Stanford University.
Silver Medal: “Playing the Part”, Mitch McCabe --- Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “La Ciudad (The City)”, David Riker --- New York University.
Foreign Film Award “Scarborough Ahoy!”, Tania Diez --- The National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, UK
Directors Guild of America Student Award: David Riker
23rd Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 9, 1996
AnimationGold Medal: “Patronized”, Zachary Lehman --- Dartmouth College.
Silver Medal: “Return of the Sun Devil”, Steven Ayromlooi --- Rhode Island School of Design
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Independent Little Cuss”, Jeff Patterson --- Loyola Marymount University.
Silver Medal: “Just for the Ride”, Amanda Micheli --- Harvard University.
Bronze Medal: “Spirits Rising”, Ramona S. Diaz --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “The Water Carrier”, Patricia Cardoso --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Silver Medal: “Short Change”, Jon Andrews --- Yale University.
Bronze Medal: “Around the Time”, Phil Bertelsen --- New York University.
Alternative
Gold Medal: “Eclipse”, Jason Ruscio --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Memories of Matthews Place”, Daniel Bova --- New York University.
Foreign Film Award: “Grænsen (Never)” Reza Parsa --- The National Film School of Denmark.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Patricia Cardoso
24th Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 8, 1997
AlternativeGold Medal: “Erosion”, Robert Gelber --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “My Divorce”, Andrea Clark --- New York University.
Animation
Gold Medal: “Unborn Baby Blues”, Mark Dale Levine --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Walk This Way”, Chris Sheridan --- Scottsdale Community College.
Silver Medal: “Miriam Is Not Amused”, Kim Roberts --- Stanford University.
Bronze Medal: “The Mirror Lied”, Jennifer Haskin-O’Reggio --- University of Southern California.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “Christmas in New York”, Mark Millhone --- Columbia University.
Silver Medal: “Waiting in the Wings”, Charles R. Uy --- School of the Visual Arts, New York.
Bronze Medal: “Mr. October”, Chris Angel --- University of Southern California.
Foreign Film Award' “An Ordinary Mission”, Raymond Boy --- Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Charles R. Uy
25th Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 14, 1998
AlternativeGold Medal: “Sombra” Robin Larsen—University of California, Los Angeles.
Animation
Gold Medal: “Jataka”, Peter Choe, Neal Nellans --- Ringling School of Art and Design, Florida.
Silver Medal: “Switchback”, Kyle Clark --- University of Southern California.
Bronze Medal: “Put On a Happy Face”, Suzanne Lee Twining --- The University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Fighting Grandpa”, Greg Pak --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Occidental Encounters”, Yuriko Gamo Romer --- Stanford University.
Bronze Medal: “Wayne Freedman’s Notebook”, Aaron Lubarsky --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “Bleach”, Bill Platt—New York University.
Silver Medal: “My Body” Joel Moffett, Matthias Visser --- American Film Institute.
Bronze Medal: “Intermezzo”, Dana H. Glazer --- New York University.
Foreign Film Award “Rochade”, Thorsten Schmidt --- Filmakademie Baden—Württemberg, Germany
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Bill Platt
26th Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 13, 1999
AlternativeGold Medal: “Tree Shade”, Lisa Collins --- Columbia University, New York.
Silver Medal: “The Piece”, Jordan Waid --- The New School, New York.
Bronze Medal: “Atomic Tobasco”, James Cox
James Cox (director)
James Cox is an American film director. His short film Atomic Tabasco received an honorable mention at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival and a Bronze Medal at the 1999 Student Academy Awards...
--- New York University.
Animation
Gold Medal: “A Letter from the Western Front”, Daniel M. Kanemoto --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Between the Lines”, Jamie Maxfield --- California Institute of the Arts
Bronze Medal: “Shadow of a Drought”, Daniel Kutner, Brian Emerson --- University of California, Santa Barbara
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Man and Dog”, Randolph Benson --- North Carolina School of the Arts.
Narrative
Gold Medal: “John”, Marni Banack, JB Sugar --- American Film Institute.
Silver Medal: “True Confessions of a Sushi Addict”, Kimberly Harwood --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Slow Dancin’ Down the Aisles of the Quickcheck”, Thomas Wade Jackson --- Florida State University.
Foreign Film Award “Kleingeld (Small Change)”, Marc-Andreas Bochert --- Hochschule für Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf”, Potsdam—Babelsberg, Germany
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Marni Banack
American Society of Cinematographers Student Award: David A. Armstrong
27th Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 11, 2000
AlternativeGold Medal: Helicopter, Ari Gold --- New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
Silver Medal: "Dear Sir: Letters to a Union Soldier", Michael Mullan, Jessica Lakis --- University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Animation
Gold Medal: "Al Tudi Tuhak (Long, Long Ago), Tod Polson --- California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
Silver Medal (Tie): “The Bad Plant”, Amy Winfrey—University of California, Los Angeles.
Silver Medal (Tie): “Luz”, Jose Javier Martinez—University of California, Lo Angeles.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Iron Ladies, Kennedy Wheatley --- University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
Silver Medal: “Slender Existence”, Laura C. Murray --- Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Bronze Medal: “Between Two Fires”, Douglas Noel Smith --- Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Narrative
Gold Medal: One Day Crossing, Joan L. Stein --- Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
Silver Medal: “Homeland”, Doug Scott --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “6 Miles of 8 Feet”, Ben Tomlin --- New York University.
Foreign
Quiero ser (I want to be ...)
Quiero ser (I want to be ...)
Quiero ser is a 2000 short drama film directed by Florian Gallenberger. It won an Academy Award in 2001 for Best Short Subject.-Cast:* Emilio Perez - Juan, as a boy* Fernando Pena Cuevas - Jorge, as a boy...
, Florian Gallenberger
Florian Gallenberger
Florian Gallenberger is a German film director. His film Quiero ser was awarded the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2001.-Career:...
--- University of Television and Film Munich
University of Television and Film Munich
The University of Television and Film Munich is a publicly funded film school in Munich, Germany. The school was established in 1966 by decree of the Bavarian government. The University of Television and Film Munich is one of Germany's most reputable film schools with about 350 students enrolled...
, Germany
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Joan L. Stein
28th Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 10, 2001
AlternativeGold Medal: Warmth, Michael Schaerer --- School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
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Animation
Gold Medal: Boobie Girl, Brooke Keesling --- California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
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Silver Medal: “The Yellow Unbrella”, Victor Robert, Rodney Hom --- Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California.
Bronze Medal: “That Special Monkey”, Sean McBride --- University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Documentary
Gold Medal: XXXY, Porter Gale, Laleh Soomekh --- Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
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Silver Medal: “Green”, Laura Dunn --- University of Texas, Austin.
Bronze Medal: “Undesirables”, Marianna Yarovskaya --- University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Narrative
Gold Medal: Zen and the Art of Landscaping, David Kartch --- Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
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Silver Medal: “The Confession”, Carl Pfirman --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Bronze Medal: “Lector”, Greg Marcks—Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Foreign Film Award
The Eye on the Nape (El ojo en la nuca), Rodrigo Pla --- Centro de Capacitación Cinematográphia
29th Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 09, 2002
AlternativeGold Medal: For Our Man, Kazuo Ohno --- Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
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Silver Medal: “Island to Island” Soopum Sohn—New York University.
Animation
Gold Medal: Passing Moments, Don Phillips, Jr. --- Ringling School of Art and Design
Ringling School of Art and Design
Ringling College of Art and Design is a private, four-year accredited college located in Sarasota, Florida that was founded as an art school in 1931 as a remote branch of Southern College, which had been founded in Orlando during 1856....
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Silver Medal: “The Velvet Tigress” Jen Sachs—California Institute of the Arts, Valencia.
Bronze Medal: “Shadowplay” Dan Blank --- New York University.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Moving House, Pin Pin Tan --- Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
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Silver Medal: “Family Values”, Eva Saks --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Revolutions Per Minute”, Thomas Burns --- Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Narrative
Gold Medal: The Wormhole, Jessica Sharzer --- New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
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Silver Medal: “Barrier Device”, Grace Lee --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Bronze Medal: “Sophie Helen”, Haeyoung Lee --- University of Texas at Austin.
Foreign Film Award
Feeding Desire, RMartin Strange-Hansen --- National Film School of Denmark
National Film School of Denmark
TheNational Film School of Denmark is an independent institution under the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs. It was established in 1966 and is based on Holmen in the harbour of Copenhagen.-History:...
, Denmark
30th Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 08, 2003
AlternativeGold Medal: The Projects Lumiere, Waleed Moursi --- California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
Animation
Gold Medal: Perpetual Motion, Kimberly Miner --- Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology
The Rochester Institute of Technology is a private university, located within the town of Henrietta in metropolitan Rochester, New York, United States...
Silver Medal: “Bert“, Moonsung Lee --- Academy of Art College, San Francisco.
Bronze Medal: “A Work in Progress”, Wes Ball --- Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Left Behind, Christof Putzel --- Connecticut College
Connecticut College
Connecticut College is a private liberal arts college located in New London, Connecticut.The college was founded in 1911, as Connecticut College for Women, in response to Wesleyan University closing its doors to women...
Silver Medal: “Indiana Aria”, Elizabeth Pollock --- University of California, Berkeley.
Bronze Medal: “Those Who Trespass” Renee Fischer --- Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Narrative
Gold Medal: La Milpa (The Cornfield), Patricia Riggen
Patricia Riggen
Patricia Riggen is a Mexican film director. She best known for directing the 2007 film La Misma Luna and the 2011 Disney Channel original film Lemonade Mouth.-Life and career:...
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Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
Silver Medal: “Jesus Henry Christ”, Dennis Lee --- Columbia University, New York.
Bronze Medal: “Fine.”, Michael Downing, Philip Svoboda --- American Film Institute, California.
Foreign Film Award
The Red Jacket, Florian Baxmeyer --- University of Hamburg
University of Hamburg
The University of Hamburg is a university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. It grew out of the previous Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen and the Kolonialinstitut as well as the Akademisches Gymnasium. There are around 38,000 students as of the start of...
, Germany.
31st Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 13, 2004
AlternativeGold Medal: The Storyboard of my Life, Robert F. Castillo --- School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
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Silver Medal: “Focus”, Bill Ridlehoover, Nilanjan Neil Lahiri --- Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia.
Animation
Gold Medal: Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher, Alexander Woo --- New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
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Silver Medal: “Rock The World” Sukwon Shin—School of Visual Arts, New York.
Bronze Medal: “Lemmings”, Craig Van Dyke—Brigham Young University, Utah.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Cheerleader, Kimberlee Bassford --- University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
Silver Medal: “When The Storm Came”, Shilpi Gupta --- University of California, Berkeley.
Bronze Medal: “Cuba: Illogical Temple”, David Pittock, Lindsey Kealy --- University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Narrative
Gold Medal: A-Alike, Randall Dottin --- Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
Silver Medal: “Zeke”, Dana Buning --- Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Bronze Medal: “The Plunge”, Todd Schulman --- Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Foreign Film Award
Between Us, Laurits Much-Peterson --- The National Film School of Denmark, Denmark
32nd Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 12, 2005
AlternativeGold Medal: Knock Knock, Jaron Henrie-McCrea --- Ball State University
Ball State University
Ball State University is a state-run research university located in Muncie, Indiana. It is also known as Ball State or simply BSU.Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans and includes 106 buildings...
Silver Medal: “Your Dark Hair Ihsan”, Tala Hadid --- Columbia University.
Animation
Gold Medal: 9, Shane Acker
Shane Acker
Shane Acker is an American film-maker known for directing 9, which is based on his 2005 Academy Award-nominated film, 9. He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles.- Background :...
--- University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
Silver Medal: “Frog”, Christopher Conforti --- School of Visual Arts, New York
Bronze Medal: “Things That Go Bump In The Night”, Joshua G. Beveridge –-- Ringling School of Art and Design, Florida.
Documentary
Gold Medal: The Life of Kevin Carter
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club aka The Life of Kevin Carter is a 2004 American documentary short subject about the suicide of South African photojournalist Kevin Carter. The film was produced and directed by Dan Krauss...
, Dan Krauss --- University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
Silver Medal: “Unhitched”, Erin Hudso, Ben Wu --- Stanford University.
Bronze Medal: “Listen”, Kimby Caplan --- Southern Methodist University, Texas.
Narrative
Gold Medal: Wednesday Afternoon, Alfonso F. Mayo --- American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
Silver Medal: “Victoria Para Chino”, Cary Fukunaga --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Charm”, Melissa Rossi --- Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Foreign Film Award
The Runaway, Ulrike Grote --- University of Hamburg
University of Hamburg
The University of Hamburg is a university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. It grew out of the previous Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen and the Kolonialinstitut as well as the Akademisches Gymnasium. There are around 38,000 students as of the start of...
, Germany
33rd Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 10, 2006
AlternativeGold Medal: Perspective, Travis Hatfield, Samuel Day --- Ball State University
Ball State University
Ball State University is a state-run research university located in Muncie, Indiana. It is also known as Ball State or simply BSU.Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans and includes 106 buildings...
Silver Medal: “6 A.M.”, Carmen Vidal Balanzat --- City College of New York.
Animation
Gold Medal: The Possum, Chris Choy --- California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
Silver Medal: “The Dancing Thief”, Meng Vue --- Ringling School of Art and Design.
Bronze Medal: “Turtles”, Thomas Leavitt --- Brigham Young University.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Reporter Zero, Carrie Lzano --- University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
Silver Medal: “The Women’s Kingdom”, Xiaoli Zhou --- University of California, Berkeley.
Bronze Medal: “Three Beauties” Mak Hossain—Purdue University.
Narrative
Gold Medal: Christmas Wish List, Sean Overbeeke --- University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...
Silver Medal: “El Viaje (One Day Trip)”, Cady Abarca-Benavides --- Columbia University.
Bronze Medal: “Pop Foul”, Moon Molson, Jennifer Handorf --- Columbia University
Foreign Film Award
Elalini, Tristan Holmes --- South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance
AFDA the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance is a film school located on campuses in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, and Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa. AFDA is South Africa's only full member of CILECT and therefore all AFDA degrees are recognized internationally...
, South Africa
34th Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 09, 2007
AlternativeGold Medal: Fission, Kun-I Chang --- School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
Animation
Gold Medal (Tie): Arts Desire, Sarah Wickliffe --- New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
Gold Medal (Tie): “Mirage”, Youngwoong Jang --- School of Visual Arts.
Silver Medal: “A Leg Up”, Bevin Carnes --- Ringling College of Art and Design.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Cross Your Eyes Keep Them Wide, Ben Wu --- Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
Silver Medal: “Ladies of the Land” Megan Thompson --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Lumo”, Bent-Jorgen S. Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III --- Columbia University
Narrative
Gold Medal: Rundown, Patrick Alexander --- Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
Silver Medal: “High”, Maintenance Phillip Van --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Screening” Anthony Green—New York University.
Foreign Film Award
Nevermore, Toke Constantin Hebbeln --- Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany
35th Annual Student Academy Awards -- June 07, 2008
AlternativeGold Medal: Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant, Shih-Ting Hung
Shih-ting hung
As a Student Academy Awards winner, Shih-Ting Hung is known as a film director with her distinguishable surreal visual styles.-Background:Born and raised on a fisherman’s island Pescadores, Taiwan, started painting at the age of four, Hung left hometown to pursue her fine art study at National...
--- University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
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Silver Medal: “Circles of Confusion”, Phoebe Tooke --- San Francisco State University.
Animation
Gold Medal: Zoologic, Nicole Mitchell --- California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
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Silver Medal: “Simulacra”, Tatchapon Lertwirojkul --- The School of Visual Arts, New York.
Bronze Medal: “The Visionary”, Evan Mayfield --- Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida.
Documentary
Gold Medal: As We Forgive, Laura Waters Hinson --- American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
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Silver Medal: “Unattached”, J.J. Adler --- Columbia University.
Bronze Medal: “If a Body Meet a Body”, Brian Davis --- University of Southern California.
Narrative
Gold Medal: A Day's Work, Rajeev Dassani --- University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
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Silver Medal: “The State of Sunshine”, Z. Eric Yang --- Florida State University.
Bronze Medal: “Pitstop”, Melanie McGraw --- University of Southern California.
Foreign Film Award
On the Line ("Auf der Strecke"), Reto Caffi --- Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany.
36th Annual Student Film Awards -- June 13, 2009
AlternativeGold Medal: Alice's Attic, Robyn Yannoukos --- University of California Los Angeles
Silver Medal: “Matter, In a Quiescent State, Prepares Itself to Be Transformed,” Kwibum Chung --- School of Visual Arts, New York.
Animation
Gold Medal: Pajama Gladiator, Glenn Harmon --- Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
Silver Medal: “Sebastian’s Voodoo”, Joaquin Baldwin --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Bronze Medal: “Kites”, Jed Henry --- Brigham Young University.
Documentary
Gold Medal: The Last Mermaids, Liz Chae --- Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
Silver Medal: “The Wait”, Cassandra Lizaire, Kelly Asmuth --- Columbia University.
Bronze Medal: “A Place to Land,” Lauren DeAngelis --- American University, Washington D.C.
Narrative
Gold Medal: Kavi, Gregg Helvey --- University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
Silver Medal: “The Bronx Balletomane”, Jeremy Joffee --- The City College of New York.
Bronze Medal: “Bohemibot”, Brendan Bellomo --- New York University.
Foreign Film Award
Elkland, Per Hanefjord
Per Hanefjord
Per Hanefjord born Per Håkan Tobias Hanefjord September 25, 1978 in Lycksele, Swedish film director and screenwriter.Per Hanefjord has written and directed a number of internationally acclaimed short films and was educated at Dramatiska Institutet , directing course 2005-2008.Hanefjords diploma...
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Dramatiska Institutet
Dramatiska Institutet or University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre is a Swedish university college in Stockholm that provides education programs about activities surrounding film, radio, television, and theater. It was founded in 1970 by the Swedish government...
, Sweden
37th Annual Student Film Awards -- June 12, 2010
AlternativeGold Medal: Surface: Film from Below, Varathit Uthaisri --- Parsons The New School for Design
Parsons The New School for Design
Parsons The New School For Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is the art and design college of The New School university. It is located in New York City's Greenwich Village, and has produced artists and designers such as Marc Jacobs, Dean and Dan Caten, Norman Rockwell, Donna Karan, Jane...
Silver Medal: “Multiply,” Emily Henricks --- University of Southern California
Animation
Gold Medal: Departure of Love, Jennifer Bors --- Ringling College of Art and Design
Silver Medal: “Dried Up”, Isaiah Powers and Jeremy Casper --- Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri.
Bronze Medal: “Lifeline”, Andres Salaff --- California Institute of the Arts.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Yizkor (Remembrance), Ruth Fertig --- University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
Silver Medal: “Rediscovering Pape”, Maria Royo --- City College of New York.
Bronze Medal: “Dreams Awake (Suena Despierto)”, Kevin Gordon and Rebekah Meredith --- Stanford University, California.
Narrative
Gold Medal: God of Love
God of Love (film)
God of Love is an American live action short film. The film's run time is approximately 18 minutes. It was written and directed by Luke Matheny, and produced by Gigi Dement, Ryan Silbert, and Stefanie Walmsley...
, Luke Matheny
Luke Matheny
Luke Matheny is an American actor, writer, and director. Matheny is an Academy Award winner, receiving the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for God of Love.-Early years:...
--- New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
Silver Medal: “Down in Number 5”, Kim Spurlock --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “The Lunch Box”, Lubomir Kocka --- Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia.
Foreign Film Award
The Confession
The Confession (2010 film)
The Confession is a 2010 British melodramatic short film directed by Tanel Toom.Sam can't think of any sins to tell the priest at his first confession. He worries that he won't be a real Catholic if the priest doesn't absolve him of some misdeed...
, Tanel Toom
Tanel Toom
Tanel Toom is an Estonian Oscar nominated director and screenwriter.Tanel Toom studied filmmaking at the Tallinn University, graduating with a BA in 2005. After that, he worked as a director for commercials and as a first assistant director. In 2008 he completed his fourth short film, The Second...
--- National Film and Television School
National Film and Television School
The National Film and Television School was established in 1971 and is based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, and it is located close to Pinewood Studios.-History:...
, United Kingdom
External links
- Student Academy Awards official site
- Student Academy Awards at The Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Winners of the Award