The entire list of student films, projects, campaigns, screenplays and creative achievements is now available!As if you needed another reason to get excited for the annual by-students-for-students Cecil Awards show, the list of potential winners has just been announced.  Please take a moment to check out the nominations below, and take to our Facebook page or the comments section below to give a shout-out to your friends and favorites!

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Best Production Design – Undergraduate

    • Jasper Anderson for Suite for Two Band Geeks
    • Ryen Bartlett for Capstone’s Oak
    • Zoey Gordon for From the Woods
    • Alexander Lubow for Nekko
    • Alyssa Pearson for Salmon on Ritz

Best Production Design – Graduate

    • Rachel Aguirre for Mr. Brightside
    • Yikai Calvin Wang for Born to Die
    • Jacob Boyett for The Dead Kid
    • Sarah Edge for The Oath

Best Sound Design – Undergraduate

    • John DiGiacomo for There is No God and We all Die Alone
    • Phil Englert for Teen Force Ninja
    • Alex Garland for The Bluff
    • Alana Knutson for Ten Thousand Hours
    • John Torkington for Into the Silent Sea

Best Sound Design – Graduate

    • Abdul Alnaif for The Attic
    • Andres de la Torre for Mr. Brightside
    • Xuxu (ShaSha) Dong for Sarah through the Wall
    • Kennedy Phillips for Sage
    • Wendy Tzeng for Ode in Blood

Best Editor – Undergraduate

    • Almog Avidan Antonir for Into the Silent Sea
    • Daniel Jennings for The Bluff
    • Eduardo Lopes for There is No God and We All Die Alone
    • KittitatRodchaidee for Shoelace
    • Esther Sokolow for Straight Down Low

Best Editor – Graduate

    • Meredith Caccamo for Sarah through the Wall
    • Andres de la Torre for The Dead Kid
    • Joel Terry for If We Were Adults
    • Danielle Torrence for Mr. Brightside
    • Wendy Tzeng for Ode in Blood

Best Cinematography – Undergraduate

    • Ben Fischinger for Into the Silent Sea
    • Chris Geukens for Ten Thousand Hours
    • Michael Kornai for Straight Down Low
    • Ryan Roney for Shoelace
    • Brian White for Nekko

Best Cinematography – Graduate

    • Ryan Broomberg for Mr. Brightside
    • Heather Horn for Sarah through the Wall
    • Irvin Liu for Ode in Blood
    • Michael Ross for Guy
    • Tansy Simpson for The Dead Kid

PR Campaign of the Year

    • Literacy Project Foundation: Oh, the Places They’ll Go! Breanna Fleckenstein, Whitney Finn, Blake Levy, Aileen Yoon, Sabrina Stanley-Katz
    • Rooster’s Foundation: A League of Its OwnLauren Borba, Clarissa DeMarquez, John Pierce, Lawrence Stevens, Rachel Tilghman,Emily Voogt
    • ExplorOcean: A New Wave of DiscoveryNatalie Anderson, Breana Fischer, Brandon Kahoush, Mi Mai, Rebecca Sun
    • Kids@Science: Step Up to STEMAnnette Kim, Sarah Hsu, Blaire Tolentino, Laurie Swain, Priscilla Spradlin
    • Santa Ana Zoo: Go Bananas!PuaSze Yuen, Lauren Meyer, Taylor Hartman, Colin Sommer, Shaun Hayward

Best Commercial

    • “Man’s Best Friend” (Doritos) – Brian Bell, Ryan Bergara, Ryen Bartlett, Christiana Minga, Jessica Carroll, Chu-Ming Yang
    • “Imagine” (Popsicle) – Joshua Walker, Steven Holster, Julianne Russo, Zev Friedman, Courtney Takeda
    • “Community” (CMNTY) – Dylan Roley, Isabelle Vanderschuit, Matt Blake, Sean Eitani, Stephen Yaseen

Entertainment Marketing Plan

    • Olivia Barker for Dormir
    • Kaitlyn Bracken for An American in Venice
    • Thomas Miers for From the Woods
    • Fiona Mushi for The End of Forever
    • John Brian Pierce for There is No God and We All Die Alone

Best Documentary

    • Culture Over Everything – Charlie Cook, Ravi Lloyd, Megan Mckeown Gleason, Carly Berryhill
    • Mudita – Melvin Chan, Samantha Andre
    • I Run While Talking to God – James Parker, Liz Hartnett, Jessie Deutchman, Justin Poulsen
    • Gorongosa Rising – Max Miller, Ariel Fisher, Jason Armbruster, Drew Heskett, MauriannaZingarelli
    • The Scenic Route – Margot Czeropski
    • Learning To Live – Malina Fagan, Ashley Moradipour, Katie Wise

Best TV Script

    • ANOTHER MAN – “Pilot” written by Marissa Flaxbart
    • GAME OF THRONES – “Episode 301” written by Michael Dukas
    • THE WALKING DEAD – “Dawn” written by Jonathan Wang
    • GIRLS – “The Play’s the Thing” written by Francesca McLafferty
    • SUNSET ACRES – “Pilot” written by Francesca Butler

Best Narrative Television Show

    • Called to Serve, created by Michael Van Orden
    • Jersey Chasers, created by Skylar Harrison
    • The Black Ties, created by Samantha Militante

Best Non-Narrative Television Show

    • Chapman News Live – Joan Park, Mark Liu, Producers
    • Chapman News Election 2012 Live – Trenton Schlom, Producer
    • Lo Down – Lauren Ferree, Mark Liu, Producers
    • City of Orange 125th Birthday Celebration – Erin Lim, Producer
    • Orange Plaza Car Show – Wyatt Lennertz, Producer

Accomplishments in Screen Acting

    • Olivia De Boutray
    • Matt Gallenstein
    • HestonHorwin
    • Marie Oldenburg
    • Markus Silberger

Best Achievement in Animation

    • Ari Feblowitz forThe Mad Clockmaker
    • Brian Rechenmacher forYeti, Set, Go!
    • Fiona Mares for One World
    • Jason Kummerfeldt – My Light Has Gone
    • Mary Carlson forYeti, Set, Go!
    • Monica StefanelliforGrounded

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

    • Chase Levin –I’m Super, Man
    • Chris Purse – Some Like it Bot
    • David Reynolds – Some Like it Bot
    • Hunter Schmidt – Nekko
    • Nick Saucedo – Some Like it Bot
    • Phil McGuire –Nekko

Outstanding Film Scholar

    • Nate Bell – The Poetry of Ruin: Beauty and Madness in the Films of Curtis Harrington
    • Geoffrey Cochran – Between History and Myth: General Custer and They Died With Their Boots On

Mir Tukhi-Chris Harris Broadcast Journalism Award

    • Mark Liu
    • Joan Park
    • Jessica Carroll

Einstein Award – Undergraduate

    • Kaitlyn Bracken
    • Dan Carr
    • Mark Liu
    • Alan Michnoff
    • Esther Sokolow

Einstein Award – Graduate

    • Andres de la Torre
    • Max Keller
    • John Nodorft
    • Ashley Pacini
    • Sarah Wilson Thacker

Best Film Screenplay

    • Accounting for Trixie by Josh Berman
    • Bind by Franki Butler
    • Snowball by Hayden Winfield
    • Swing by Ryan Cuming
    • The Girl in the Corner by Elaina Perpelitt
    • Walker by Tiana Hahn

Best Director – Undergraduate

    • Elizabeth Iverson for Suite for Two Band Geeks
    • Andrej Landin forInto the Silent Sea
    • Joe Sillfor Ten Thousand Hours
    • Luis Sotofor Shoelace
    • Zach Wechter for Straight Down Low

Best Director – Graduate

    • Patrick Bosworth for Sarah through the Wall
    • Michael Fitzgerald for If We Were Adults
    • Jason Pangilinan for Home
    • Rea Rangaka for Ode in Blood
    • Sarah Wilson Thacker for Mr. Brightside

Excellence in Producing – Undergraduate

    • Ariel Fisher
    • Cameron Hutchison
    • Jenny Leaf
    • David Markun
    • James Pratt

Excellence in Producing – Graduate

    • Chris Boyce
    • James Henson
    • Maura Kelly
    • Jennifer O’Donnell
    • Steven Snyder

Best Picture – Undergraduate

    • Into the Silent Sea
    • Shoelace
    • Straight Down Low
    • Suite for Two Band Geeks
    • Ten Thousand Hours

Best Picture – Graduate

    • Born to Die
    • The Dead Kid
    • Mr. Brightside
    • Ode in Blood
    • Sarah through the Wall