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Awarded for Excellence in cinematic achievements Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences First awarded December 20, 1973; 43 years ago (1973-12-20) (as Student Film Awards)

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 awards 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 award winners have gone on to significant achievement as filmmakers, including Robert Zemeckis, Bob Saget, Spike Lee, Trey Parker, Pete Docter and John Lasseter. Some of the award-winning student films have themselves been nominated for Academy Award 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

Animation: Anti-matter, Lewis Hall, Carlos Guiterrez-Mena – University of California, Los Angeles (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)

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)

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 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 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

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 (Makin' 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

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 – Hochschule für Film und 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

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 – 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 – 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 – Brigham Young University

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, 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

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 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

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 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 Film Awards – June 13, 2009

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 – 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, 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 – Dramatiska Institutet, Sweden

37th Annual Student Film Awards – June 12, 2010

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 Film Awards – June 11, 2011

Alternative:

Gold Medal: The Vermeers, Tal S. Shamir – The New School

Animation:

Gold Medal: Dragonboy, Bernardo Warman and Shaofu Zhang – Academy of Art University

Silver 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 Film Awards – June 9, 2012

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 Film Awards – June 8, 2013

Alternative:

Gold Medal: Bottled Up, Rafael 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, Zurich, Switzerland

Bronze Medal: Crossroads (Tweesprong), Wouter Bouvijn – RITS School of Arts, Erasmus University College, Belgium

41st Annual Student Film Awards – June 6, 2014

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 – Brigham Young University

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 Film Awards – September 17, 2015

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

References

Student Academy Awards Wikipedia

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Contents

1st Annual Student Film Awards – December 20, 1973

2nd Annual Student Film Awards – July 1, 1975

3rd Annual Student Film Awards – June 23, 1976

4th Annual Student Film Awards – May 22, 1977

5th Annual Student Film Awards – May 21, 1978

6th Annual Student Film Awards – June 3, 1979

7th Annual Student Film Awards – June 8, 1980

8th Annual Student Film Awards – June 7, 1981

9th Annual Student Film Awards – June 6, 1982

10th Annual Student Film Awards – June 5, 1983

11th Annual Student Film Awards – June 10, 1984

12th Annual Student Film Awards – June 16, 1985

13th Annual Student Film Awards – June 8, 1986

14th Annual Student Film Awards – June 7, 1987

15th Annual Student Film Awards – June 12, 1988

16th Annual Student Film Awards – June 11, 1989

17th Annual Student Film Awards – June 10, 1990

18th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 9, 1991

19th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 14, 1992

20th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 13, 1993

21st Annual Student Academy Awards – June 12, 1994

22nd Annual Student Academy Awards – June 11, 1995

23rd Annual Student Academy Awards – June 9, 1996

24th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 8, 1997

25th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 14, 1998

26th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 13, 1999

27th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 11, 2000

28th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 10, 2001

29th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 9, 2002

30th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 8, 2003

31st Annual Student Academy Awards – June 13, 2004

32nd Annual Student Academy Awards – June 12, 2005

33rd Annual Student Academy Awards – June 10, 2006

34th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 9, 2007

35th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 7, 2008

36th Annual Student Film Awards – June 13, 2009

37th Annual Student Film Awards – June 12, 2010

38th Annual Student Film Awards – June 11, 2011

39th Annual Student Film Awards – June 9, 2012

40th Annual Student Film Awards – June 8, 2013

41st Annual Student Film Awards – June 6, 2014

42nd Annual Student Film Awards – September 17, 2015

References