Student Academy Awards

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