1970s 1st Annual Student Film Awards December 20, 1973 •
Animation:
Anti-matter, Lewis Hall, Carlos Guiterrez-Mena
University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles) • Nominees:
Cosmic Cartoon,
Steven Lisberger, Eric Ladd
Boston University (Boston) •
Documentary: ''You See, I've Had a Life'', Ben Levin, Mort Jordan
Temple University (
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) •
Dramatic:
Manhattan Melody, Reuben Trane,
Ken WiederhornColumbia University (New York City) •
Special Jury (Dramatic): ''Norman Nurdelpick's Suspension: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock'', Bob Dahlin
Northwestern University (
Evanston, Illinois)
2nd Annual Student Film Awards July 1, 1975 •
Animation:
Euphoria, Vincent Collins
San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco) •
Documentary: ''Men's Lives'', Josh Hanig, Will Roberts
Antioch College (
Yellow Springs, Ohio) •
Dramatic:
Swag, Bruce Postman
New York University School of the Arts (New York City) •
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 (Los Angeles)
3rd Annual Student Film Awards June 23, 1976 •
Animation:
Fame,
Mark Kirkland,
Richard Jefferies California Institute of the Arts (
Valencia, California) •
Documentary:
What the Notes Say Karen Grossman, Richard O'Neill
Adelphi University (
Garden City, New York) •
Dramatic:
The Preparatory, Terence Cahalan
University of Southern California (Los Angeles) •
Experimental:
After Lumiere, Joan Laine
University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles) •
Special Jury (Documentary):
The American Love Affair, Lee M. Rhoads, Jr.
University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
4th Annual Student Film Awards May 22, 1977 •
Animation:
The Muse, Paul W. Demeyer
California Institute of the Arts (
Valencia, California) •
Documentary: • Achievement:
The Last of the Little Breweries, Frank H. Binney
University of Texas at Austin (
Austin, Texas) • Merit:
Guitar Craft, Rob Williams Western States Film Institute and
Metropolitan State College of Denver (both in
Denver, Colorado) •
Dramatic:
Sixteen Down, Carol L. Dysinger
New York University (New York City) •
Experimental:
TRANSCENdance, Philip W. Pura
Boston University (
Boston, Massachusetts)
5th Annual Student Film Awards May 21, 1978 •
Animation:
Mother Goose, David Bishop
University of Southern California (Los Angeles) •
Documentary: • Achievement:
The Sixth Week,
John Simeon Block New York University (New York City) • Merit:
Like Any Child, Only More So, Catherine Allan, Maile Ornellas
University of California, Berkeley (
Berkeley, California) • Merit: ''Through Adam's Eyes'',
Robert Saget Temple University, (
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) •
Dramatic:
Button, Button, Burton Lee Harry
University of Bridgeport (
Bridgeport, Connecticut) •
Experimental:
Triptych, Matthew Patrick
Hampshire College (
Amherst, Massachusetts)
6th Annual Student Film Awards June 3, 1979 •
Animation: • Achievement:
Lady and the Lamp John Lasseter California Institute of the Arts (
Valencia, California) • Merit:
The Walrus and the Carpenter, Tomas Gasek, Malcolm G. Spaull
Rochester Institute of Technology (
Henrietta, New York) •
Documentary: • Achievement: ''Since '45'', Michael David Korolenko
Boston University (
Boston, Massachusetts) • Merit:
Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff, Jan Krawitz, Thomas Ott
Temple University (
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) • Merit:
Everybody Needs a Forever Home, Mike Simpson
University of Texas at Austin (
Austin, Texas) •
Dramatic:
The Writers, Harriotte H. Aaron
New York University (New York City)
1980s 7th Annual Student Film Awards June 8, 1980 •
Animation:
Nitemare,
John Lasseter 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 Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) •
Experimental:
Sections, Sean Phillips
University of Southern California 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 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 brèche,
Jaco Van Dormael Institut National Superieur, Belgium
9th Annual Student Film Awards June 6, 1982 •
Animation: • 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
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, Illinois) •
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 Art Institute of Chicago •
Foreign Student Film:
Over My Dead Body, Ingrid Oustrup Jensen
National Film School of Denmark 11th Annual Student Film Awards June 10, 1984 •
Animation: • Achievement:
The White Gazelle, Anthony Laudati
State University of New York at Purchase • Merit:
Mr. Gloom,
William 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
University of Illinois at Chicago •
Foreign Student Film: ''Mother's Wedding'', Jenny Wilkes
National Film and Television School,
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, 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 at Boulder • Merit:
Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong, Lucy Ostrander
Stanford University •
Dramatic:
Heroes, Camille Thomasson
University of Southern California •
Foreign Student Film:
The Leahys: Music Most of All, Peter Weyman
York University, Toronto, Canada
13th Annual Student Film Awards June 8, 1986 •
Animation: • Achievement:
Housecats, Peg McClure Moudy
De Anza 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,
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 National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, England
15th Annual Student Film Awards June 12, 1988 •
Animation: • Achievement:
Cat & Rat, James Richardson
Columbia College (Chicago, Illinois) • 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, Berlin,
West Germany 16th Annual Student Film Awards June 11, 1989 •
Animation: • 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 Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Prague,
Czechoslovakia 1990s 17th Annual Student Film Awards June 10, 1990 •
Animation: • Achievement:
Watunna, Stacey Steers
University of Colorado at 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
Tisch School of the Arts,
New York University •
Foreign Student Film:
Alaska, Mike van Diem
Netherlands Film and Television Academy (
Amsterdam, Netherlands •
Directors Guild of America Student Award:
Adam Davidson 18th Annual Student Academy Awards June 9, 1991 •
Animation: • 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 (Chicago, Illinois) •
Foreign Film Award:
Once Upon a Time, Zsuzsa Böszörményi
Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest,
Budapest •
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Steve Pearl
19th Annual Student Academy Awards June 14, 1992 •
Animation: • 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
National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, England •
Directors Guild of America Student Award:
Christian M. Taylor 20th Annual Student Academy Awards June 13, 1993 •
Animation: • Gold Medal:
Above Average, Jamie Maxfield
Rhode Island School of Design • Silver Medal:
American History, Chris Graves,
Trey Parker University of Colorado at 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 Capacitación Cinematográfica, Mexico City, Mexico •
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Graham Justice
21st Annual Student Academy Awards June 12, 1994 •
Animation: • Gold Medal:
The Janitor, Vanessa Stella Schwartz
California Institute of the Arts • Silver Medal:
Foodchain, Brian P. Dowrick
University of the Arts,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania •
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, California • Bronze Medal:
The Make, Stephen James Columbia University •
Foreign Film Award:
Abgeschminkt (Making Up!),
Katja von Garnier University of Television and Film Munich, Munich, Germany •
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Matt Danciger
22nd Annual Student Academy Awards June 11, 1995 •
Alternative: • 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
National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England •
Directors Guild of America Student Award:
David Riker 23rd Annual Student Academy Awards June 9, 1996 •
Animation: • 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
National Film School of Denmark •
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Patricia Cardoso
24th Annual Student Academy Awards June 8, 1997 •
Alternative: • 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 Visual Arts, New York City • 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 •
Alternative • Gold Medal:
Sombra, Robin Larsen
University of California, Los Angeles •
Animation: • Gold Medal:
Jataka, Peter Choe, Neal Nellans
Ringling School of Art and Design,
Sarasota, Florida • Silver Medal:
Switchback, Kyle Clark
University of Southern California • Bronze Medal:
Put On a Happy Face, Suzanne Lee Twining
University of the Arts,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania •
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
Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (
Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) •
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Bill Platt
26th Annual Student Academy Awards June 13, 1999 •
Alternative: • Gold Medal:
Tree Shade, Lisa Collins
Columbia University, New York City • Silver Medal:
The Piece, Jordan Waid
The New School, New York City • Bronze Medal:
Atomic Tobasco,
James Cox New York University • Bronze Medal:
Gregory, Marston Younger
Allan Hancock College •
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, J. B. 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
Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg, Germany •
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Marni Banack •
American Society of Cinematographers Student Award: David A. Armstrong
2000s 27th Annual Student Academy Awards June 11, 2000 •
Alternative: • 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, Pennsylvania •
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, Los 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,
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,
Florian Gallenberger University of Television and Film Munich, Germany •
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Joan L. Stein
28th Annual Student Academy Awards June 10, 2001 •
Alternative: • Gold Medal:
Warmth, Michael Schaerer
School of Visual Arts, New York City •
Animation: • Gold Medal:
Boobie Girl, Brooke Keesling
California Institute of the Arts • Silver Medal:
The Yellow Umbrella, Victor Robert, Rodney Hom
Art Center College of Design,
Pasadena, California • Bronze Medal:
That Special Monkey, Sean McBride
University of the Arts,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania •
Documentary: • Gold Medal:
XXXY, Porter Gale, Laleh Soomekh
Stanford University,
Palo Alto, California • Silver Medal:
Green, Laura Dunn
University of Texas at 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 Cinematográfica (
Mexico City,
Mexico)
29th Annual Student Academy Awards June 9, 2002 •
Alternative: • 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, Martin Strange-Hansen
National Film School of Denmark, Denmark
30th Annual Student Academy Awards June 8, 2003 •
Alternative: • 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 City • Bronze Medal:
Fine.,
Michael Downing, Philip Svoboda
American Film Institute, California •
Foreign Film Award:
The Red Jacket, Florian Baxmeyer
University of Hamburg, Germany
31st Annual Student Academy Awards June 13, 2004 •
Alternative: • 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 City • Bronze Medal:
Lemmings, Craig Van Dyke
BYU Center for Animation, 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
National Film School of Denmark, Denmark
32nd Annual Student Academy Awards June 12, 2005 •
Alternative: • 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 City • 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,
Alonso 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
33rd Annual Student Academy Awards June 10, 2006 •
Alternative: • 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
BYU Center for Animation •
Documentary: • Gold Medal:
Reporter Zero, Carrie Lozano
University of California, Berkeley • Silver Medal: ''The Women's Kingdom'', Xiaoli Zhou
University of California, Berkeley • Bronze Medal:
Three Beauties, Maksud 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
34th Annual Student Academy Awards June 9, 2007 •
Alternative: • 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 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
35th Annual Student Academy Awards June 7, 2008 •
Alternative: • 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
School of Visual Arts, New York City • Bronze Medal:
The Visionary, Evan Mayfield
Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida •
Documentary: • Gold Medal:
As We Forgive, Laura Waters Hinson
American University, Washington, D.C. • Silver Medal:
Unattached, J.J. Adler
Columbia University • Bronze Medal:
If a Body Meet a Body,
Brian Golden 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
36th Annual Student Academy Awards June 13, 2009 Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater •
Alternative: • 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 City •
Animation: • Gold Medal:
Pajama Gladiator, Glenn Harmon
BYU Center for Animation • Silver Medal:
Sebastian’s Voodoo, Joaquin Baldwin
University of California, Los Angeles • Bronze Medal:
Kites, Jed Henry
BYU Center for Animation •
Documentary: • Gold Medal:
The Last Mermaids, Liz Chae
Columbia University • Silver Medal:
The Wait, Cassandra Lizaire, Kelly Asmuth
Columbia University, New York City • 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
City College of New York • Bronze Medal:
Bohemibot,
Brendan Bellomo New York University •
Foreign Film Award:
Elkland,
Per Hanefjord Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art, Sweden
2010s 37th Annual Student Academy Awards June 12, 2010 Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater •
Alternative: • 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, Stuart Bury and Jeremy Casper
Kansas City Art Institute • 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 •
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 •
Foreign Film Award:
The Confession,
Tanel Toom National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
38th Annual Student Academy Awards June 11, 2011 Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater •
Alternative: • Gold Medal:
The Vermeers, Tal S. Shamir
The New School •
Animation: • Gold Medal:
Dragonboy, Bernardo Warman and Shaofu Zhang
Academy of Art University • Gold Medal:
Correspondence, Zach Hyer
Pratt Institute • Bronze Medal:
Defective Detective, Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis
Ringling College of Art and Design •
Documentary: • Gold Medal:
Vera Klement: Blunt Edge, Wonjung Bae
Columbia College • Silver Medal:
Imaginary Circumstances, Anthony Weeks
Stanford University • Bronze Medal:
Sin Pais (Without Country), Theo Rigby
Stanford University •
Foreign Film Award: • Gold Medal:
Tuba Atlantic, Halvar Witzø
Norwegian Film School, Norway • Silver Medal:
Bekas, Karzan Kader
Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, Sweden • Bronze Medal:
Raju, Max Zähle Hamburg Media School, Germany •
Narrative: • Gold Medal:
Thief, Julian Higgins
American Film Institute • Silver Medal:
High Maintenance, Shawn Wines
Columbia University • Bronze Medal:
Fatakra, Soham Mehta
University of Texas at Austin 39th Annual Student Academy Awards June 9, 2012 Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater •
Alternative: • Gold Medal:
The Reality Clock, Amanda Tasse
University of Southern California •
Animation: • Gold Medal:
Eyrie, David Wolter
California Institute of the Arts • Silver Medal:
The Jockstrap Raiders, Mark Nelson
University of California, Los Angeles • Bronze Medal:
My Little Friend, Eric Prah
Ringling College of Art and Design •
Documentary: • Gold Medal:
Dying Green, Ellen Tripler
American University • Silver Medal:
Hiro: A Story of Japanese Internment, Keiko Wright
New York University • Bronze Medal:
Lost Country, Heather Burky
Art Institute of Jacksonville •
Narrative: • Gold Medal:
Under,
Mark Raso Columbia University • Silver Medal:
Narcocorrido, Ryan Prows
American Film Institute • Bronze Medal:
Nani, Justin Tipping
American Film Institute •
Foreign Film Award: • Gold Medal:
For Elsie, David Winstone
University of Westminster, United Kingdom • Silver Medal:
Of Dogs and Horses, Thomas Stuber
Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany • Bronze Medal:
The Swing of the Coffin Maker, Elmar Imanov
Internationale Filmschule Köln,
Cologne, Germany
40th Annual Student Academy Awards June 8, 2013 Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater •
Alternative: • Gold Medal:
Bottled Up, Raffy Cortina
Occidental College • Silver Medal:
Zug, Perry Janes
University of Michigan • Bronze Medal:
The Compositor, John Mattiuzzi
School of Visual Arts •
Animation: • Gold Medal:
Dias de los muertos, Lindsey St. Pierre and Ashley Graham
Ringling College of Art and Design • Silver Medal:
Will, Eusong Lee
California Institute of the Arts • Bronze Medal:
Peck Pocketed, Kevin Herron
Ringling College of Art and Design •
Documentary: • Gold Medal:
A Second Chance, David Aristizabal
University of Southern California • Silver Medal:
Every Tuesday: A Portrait of the New Yorker Cartoonists, Rachel Loube
School of Visual Arts • Bronze Medal:
Win or Lose, Daniel Koehler
Elon University •
Narrative: • Gold Medal: ''Ol' Daddy'', Brian Schwarz
University of Texas at Austin • Silver Medal:
Josephine and the Roach, Jonathan Langager
University of Southern California • Bronze Medal:
Un mundo para Raúl,
Mauro Mueller Columbia University •
Foreign Film Award: • Gold Medal:
Miss Todd, Kristina Yee
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom • Silver Medal:
Parvaneh,
Talkhon Hamzavi Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Fachrichtung Film,
Zürich, Switzerland • Bronze Medal:
Crossroads (Tweesprong), Wouter Bouvijn
RITS School of Arts, Erasmus University College,
Belgium 41st Annual Student Academy Awards June 6, 2014 Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater •
Alternative: • Gold Medal:
Person, Drew Brown
The Art Institute of Jacksonville • Silver Medal:
Oscillate, Daniel Sierra
School of Visual Arts •
Animation: • Gold Medal:
Owned, Daniel Clark and Wesley Tippetts
BYU Center for Animation • Silver Medal:
Higher Sky, Teng Cheng
University of Southern California • Bronze Medal:
Yamashita, Hayley Foster
Loyola Marymount University •
Documentary: • Gold Medal:
The Apothecary, Helen Hood Scheer
Stanford University • Silver Medal:
White Earth, J. Christian Jensen
Stanford University • Bronze Medal:
One Child, Zijian Mu
New York University •
Foreign Film Award: • Gold Medal:
Nocebo, Lennart Ruff
University of Television and Film Munich, Germany • Silver Medal:
Paris on the Water, Hadas Ayalon
Tel Aviv University, Israel • Bronze Medal:
Border Patrol, Peter Baumann
Northern Film School, United Kingdom •
Narrative: • Gold Medal:
Above the Sea, Keola Racela
Columbia University • Silver Medal:
Door God,
Yulin Liu New York University • Bronze Medal:
Interstate, Camille Stochitch
American Film Institute 42nd Annual Student Academy Awards September 17, 2015 Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater •
Alternative: • Gold Medal:
Chiaroscuro, Daniel Drummond
Chapman University • Silver Medal:
Zoe, ChiHyun Lee
School of Visual Arts •
Animation: • Gold Medal:
Soar, Alyce Tzue
Academy of Art University • Silver Medal:
An Object at Rest, Seth Boyden
California Institute of the Arts • Bronze Medal:
Taking the Plunge, Nicholas Manfredi and Elizabeth Ku-Herrero
School of Visual Arts •
Documentary: • Gold Medal:
Looking at the Stars, Alexandre Peralta
University of Southern California • Silver Medal:
I Married My Family’s Killer, Emily Kassie
Brown University • Bronze Medal:
Boxeadora, Meg Smaker
Stanford University •
Foreign Film Award: • Gold Medal:
Fidelity, Ilker Çatak Hamburg Media School, Germany • Silver Medal:
The Last Will, Dustin Loose
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany • Bronze Medal:
Everything Will Be Okay, Patrick Vollrath Filmakademie Wien, Austria •
Narrative: • Gold Medal:
Day One, Henry Hughes, edited by Anisha Acharya
American Film Institute • Silver Medal:
This Way Up, Jeremy Cloe
American Film Institute • Bronze Medal:
Stealth, Bennett Lasseter
American Film Institute 43rd Annual Student Academy Awards September 22, 2016 Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
44th Annual Student Academy Awards October 12, 2017 Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
45th Annual Student Academy Awards October 11, 2018 Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
46th Annual Student Academy Awards October 17, 2019 Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
2020s 47th Annual Student Academy Awards October 21, 2020 Site: Virtual event
48th Annual Student Academy Awards October 21, 2021 Site: Virtual event
49th Annual Student Academy Awards October 20, 2022 Site:
David Geffen Theater 50th Annual Student Academy Awards October 24, 2023 Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
51st Annual Student Academy Awards October 14, 2024 Site:
Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, London
52nd Annual Student Academy Awards October 6, 2025 Site:
Ziegfeld Ballroom, New York ==See also==