Cecil Awards 2014 Nominations Announced
May 21, 2014
The entire list of nominations for the 2014 Cecil Awards are now available!
Please take a moment to check out the nominations below, and see if some of your favorites made the cut!
And don’t forget to buy your tickets for the 2014 Cecil Awards show now!
Best Production Design – Undergraduate
- Alex Tomko for The High Striker
- Alyssa Pearson for Alone in the Dust
- Cole Woods for Darkstar
- Isabelle Vanderschhuit for REAllOVE
- Melanie Kocher for Thank You for Flying
Best Production Design – Graduate
- Meng-Chen (Square) Jao for Sin Frontera
- Rui Zhao for Allison & Jeremy
- Wes Hottman for A Fresh Coat of Paint
Best Sound Design – Undergraduate
- Jackie! Zhou for Mr Bananas
- Kristelle Laroche for The Replacement Protocol
- Nate Grady-Reitan for Unspoken
- Phil Englert for The High Striker
- Grant Meuer, Jackie! Zhou & Amy Vanderlip for Darkstar
Best Sound Design – Graduate
- Gerald Carter & Kadyn Michaels for Entropy
- Kadyn Michaels for Andre Foster
- Mohit Kakkar for Do as they Do
- Nan Chen for A Fresh Coat of Paint
- Xuxu Dong for Sin Frontera
Best Editor – Undergraduate
- Adolfo Kahan for The High Striker
- Bryan Smaller for REAllOVE
- Emerson Steinberg for Unspoken
- Mike Spagnoli for From Heart to Heart
- Zoey Gordon for Boy
Best Editor – Graduate
- Austin Cherry for Andre Foster
- Casey Black for Do as they Do
- Katherine Shafer for Sin Frontera
- Maureen Ross for Scarlett
- Nathan Grout for Gefilte Fish
Best Cinematography – Undergraduate
- Ben Fischinger for Barstow
- Cooper Ulrich for Alone in the Dust
- Matthew Blake REAllOVE
- Sten Olson for Replacement Protocol
- Tanner Hall for From Heart to Heart
Best Cinematography – Graduate
- Anirudh Gattu for Do as they Do
- Doug Potts for Andre Foster
- Hao Yu for A Fresh Coat Paint
- Rob Kramig for Scarlett
- Travis Song for Sin Frontera
Best PR Campaign
- Working Wardrobes
Ivy Chiou, Amita Malani, Kelly Mason, Christian Tachiera - Community Seedlings, a Reggio-Inspired Preschool
Allison Burke, Jenna Callaway, Kelsey Franklin, Jessie Gold, Courtney Parkin - The Friendship Circle OC
Camy Jun, Meghan Kaiser, Alexandra Kaufman, Melanie Ward - Balboa Village Theater
Jamie Carroll, Carolyn Croce, Leah Miller, Charlotte Silverstein, Cristopher (no “h” in Cristopher) Simonson, Amy Williams - Rancho Las Lomas Wildlife Foundation
- Adrienne Ackerman, Caitlynn Wentworth, Sara Queen, Julia Kaplan, Claire Cupples
Best Ad Campaign
- Brand New Agency
Adam Harris, Daniel Miller, Justine Volkman, Ryan Wardell, Michelle Woods - Viz Voice for Lexus
Anna Gagliuffi, Mayra Gonzalez, Christoper Williams, Dayvid Sherman, Matt Blake - LBZ
Lauren Heflin, Brigitte Braun, Zac Oransky - BBAM
Annie Green, Brenna Clearly, Bryan Hume, Marianna Netto - A2 – Agency Awesome for RADD
- Erik Hotlan, Nicole Shay, Jason Kramer, Ryan Rojas
Best Entertainment Marketing Plan
- Adrienne Ackerman for Red
- Brenna Cleary for Barstow
- Marissa Chiechi for The Bamboo Ceiling
- Mi Mai for Princess in the Park
- Sommer Figone for 5 Days Straight
Best Documentary
- Finding Home
- Pink Helmet Posse
- Six Words
- Under the Mango Tree
- Forest Keepers
Best TV Script
- Michael Berner – Broad City “The Anteater”
- Katie LaDue – What’s Left “Pilot”
- Anthony Lucido – The IT Crowd “CH-CH-CH-CHANGE”
- Adam Senior – Boardwalk Empire “After You’ve Gone”
- Alex Spangler – Infection “Pilot”
Best Narrative Television Show
- Ghosts – created by Endsley Eggert
- Perceptors – created by Sarah Horn
- Sharp Left Turn – created by Julia Bales
Best Non-Narrative Television Show
- Jennifer Bricker-Chapman News Special Interview
Host/Producer: Miss Kelley Moody, Director: Wes Rapaport - Culture Over Everything
Host: Erica Scott, Producer: Courtney Teller, Director: Wes Rapaport - Studio 314
Host: Soni Lazor, Producer: Leandra Romero, Director: Natalie Aronson - Chapman News Live – Nov 15, 2013
Producers: Kaylee Davis, Adam Herbets, Dir/TD: Tom Jackson, Adam Herbets, Anchors: Maritza Villela, Gardiner Royce - Chapman News Live – April 25, 2014
- Producers: Mor Albalak, Wes Rapaport, Adam Herbets, Dir/TD: Adam Herbets, Melissa Cano, Anchors: Alex Biston, Maritza Villela
Accomplishments in Screen Acting
- Brandon Burtis
- Heston Horwin
- Marie Oldenbourg
- Tom Assam
Best Achievement in Animation
- Zara Abraham for Hathi
- Jack Anderson for Wire Cutters
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
- Chiaroscuro – Daniel Drummond
- Mr. Bananas – Tom Teller
- Dark Star – Chris Purse, David Reynolds, Matt Robilard, Pulkit Sharma
Outstanding Film Scholar
- Skylar Hunter,“The Emergence of Black Hollywood: Exploring The Lincoln Motion Picture Company”
- Jonathan Hyatt, “The Criterion of Quality: A Paratextual Analysis of the Criterion Collection in the Age of Digital Distribution”
- Elyse Wietstock,”Complicating the Real: VH1’s “Celebreality” and the Myth of Authenticity”
Mir Tukhi-Chris Harris Broadcast Journalism Award
- Kaylee Davis
- Adam Herbets
- Trenton Schlom
- Diane Gerstenfield
- “Touchdown” Tommy Jackson
Einstein Award – Undergraduate
- Daniel Jennings
- Genna Palermo
- Jack Anderson
- Tim Orendain
Einstein Award – Graduate
- Nathan Grout
Best Feature Screenplay – Undergraduate
- ELEPHANT by Steven Holster
- FAMOUSLY OLIVIA by Sarah Kang
- PARADISE ENDS HERE by Jason Rostovsky
- THE THOMPSON TURNOVER by Blake Kirchick & Elius Kim
- TRAUMA. STRESS. DISORDER by Timoteo Orendain
Best Feature Screenplay – Graduate
- DOWNSTREAM by Carson Tietjen
- IMAGINE by Michael Berner
- NEXT PAGE by Marissa Flaxbart
- OLD ENOUGH by William Stribling
- RESTRAINT by Russ Nickel
Best Director – Undergraduate
- Eric Otten for Unspoken
- Jeremy Zelikovic for From Heart to Heart
- Jose Tadeu Bijos for Boy
- Shelby Thomas for Barstow
- Spencer Reed for REAllOVE
Best Director – Graduate
- Alex Valencia for Do as they Do
- Alyxandra Press for Alison and Jeremy
- Israel Gutierrez for Sin Frontera
- Rochan Redelinghuys for Fresh Coat of Paint
- Shayna Cohen for Gefilte Fish
Excellence in Producing – Undergraduate
- Chris Bright
- Ema Solarova
- Gus Hoffman
- Kendall Taubin
- Stephen Christensen
Excellence in Producing – Graduate
- Alexis Stathis
- Christian Vieira
- Matt Mosko
- Molly McKellar
- Siddharth Ganji
Best Picture – Undergraduate
- Barstow
- Boy
- From Heart to Heart
- Real Love
- Unspoken
Best Picture – Graduate
- Andre Foster
- Do as they Do
- Fresh Coat of Paint
- Gefilte Fish
- Sin Frontera
Congratulations to all of the nominees, and good luck this Friday!