The 2022 Sundance Film Festival Awards were announced on Friday, January 28, 2022, and we're thrilled to announce that Tisch swept Sundance! Congratulations to the Tisch alumni, faculty, and students who won an award or worked on an award winning project.
This year, 11 alumni and faculty won Sundance Film Festival Awards for their work on 9 projects across 9 categories. We're also thrilled to celebrate the 56 alumni, faculty, and students who worked on 15 award-winning projects across 15 categories. Congratulations, all! We'd also like to offer a special congratulations to our 2022 virtual TISCH ON MAIN panelists who won awards.
See below for all Tisch winners, and find the full list of 2022 Sundance Film Festival winners here.
Thank you for celebrating with us. If you missed a fireside chat, or would like to re-watch anything, you can find all recordings here. We look forward to celebrating again with you next year!
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Nanny
Nikyatu Jusu '11 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), director, writer, executive producer
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
The Exiles
Ben Klein '16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), director, producer
Violet Columbus '16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), director, producer
Watch the Fireside Chat with Ben Klein, Violet Columbus, and Christine Choy
Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Girl Picture
Alli Haapasalo '09 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), director
Jury Award for Directing: U.S. Dramatic
Palm Trees and Power Lines
Jamie Dack '18 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), writer, director, producer
Watch the Fireside Chat with Jamie Dack and Leah Chen Baker
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Ensemble Cast
892
Olivia Washington '13 (BFA, Drama), cast
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Creative Vision
Descendant
Margaret Brown '04 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), director, writer
Kyle Martin '07 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), producer
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction
Warsha
Dania Bdeir '16 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), director, writer
Short Film Special Jury Award: Screenwriting
Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
Sara Driver '82 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), writer
Previously Announced Winners:
The Sundance Institute | NHK Award
The President’s Cake
Hasan Hadi (MFA Candidate, Kanbar Institute, Grad Film)
We’d also like to recognize the alumni, faculty, and students who worked on all of the award-winning films:
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Nanny
Olamide Candide-Johnson '20 (MFA, Grad Acting), Mariatou
Ryan Heller '11 (MBA/MFA, Grad Film/Stern), executive producer
Lily LI '16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), key makeup artist
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
The Exiles
Connor K Smith '16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), editor, director of photography
Chris Columbus '80 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), executive producer
Eleanor Columbus '11 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), executive producer
Lewie Kloster '17 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), animation
Alexander J Hufschmid '14 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), director of photography
Colton Fordyce '16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), co-editor
Vivian Z. Hu '21 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), assistant editor
Ryan Mulhern '16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), assistant editor
Philip Kim '16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), Sound Mixer
Mihir Chitale '15 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Ryan McGlade '16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Mary Kerrigan '17 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Christine Choy, faculty (Film & TV), cast
Jury Award for Directing: U.S. Dramatic
Palm Trees and Power Lines
Leah Chen Baker '23 (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), producer
Audrey Findlay '15 (BFA, Dramatic Writing), writer
Chananun Chotrungroj '15 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), director of photography
Yu-Hsuan Chen '16 (MFA, Design for Stage and Film), production design
Aaron Crosby '18 (MFA, Design for Stage and Film), costume design
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Ensemble Cast
892
Doug Emmett '06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), cinematography
Jeffrey Donovan '94 (MFA, Grad Acting), cast
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Creative Vision
Descendant
Geoffrey Richman '97 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), editor
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction
Warsha
Perrine Villemur '16 (MFA, Design for Stage and Film), production design
Short Film Special Jury Award: Screenwriting
Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
Lewie Kloster '17 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), director, animation
Ben Klein '16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), director of photography
David Britton '17 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), sound designer
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Uncompromising Artistic Vision
blood
Eric Lin '06 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), cinematography
Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Jahn Sood '12 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing), music editor
Dan Borenstein '21 (BFA, Drama), production assistant
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Impact for Change
Aftershock
Sunita Prasad '05 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), editor
Michael Crommett '12 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), cinematography
Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary and
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Documentary Craft
The Territory
Alexandra Johnes '99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), executive producer
Short Film Jury Award: Animation
Night Bus
Shang-Sing Guo '11 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), voice
2022 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
After Yang
Philipp Engelhorn '07 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), executive producer
Andrew Goldman '07 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), producer
Paul Mezey '96 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), producer
Rebecca Dealy '07 (BFA, Drama), casting
Max Wixom '00 (BFA, Drama, Photography & Imaging), art direction
Arjun Bhasin '97 (BFA, Cinema Studies), costume design
Taylor Shung '14 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), unit production manager
Robin Takao D'Oench '12 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), second assistant director
Ziska Childs '86 (MFA, Design for Stage and Film), scenic artist
Lori Dinsmore '12 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), rigging gaffer
Graham Marvin '12 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), location scout
The Sundance Institute | Amazon Studios Producers Award for Nonfiction
Free Chol Soo Lee
Jean Tsien '83 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), producer, editor
Carol Dysinger '77 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), story consultant
*We apologize for any omissions. Please email additions or edits to: tsoa.alumni@nyu.edu