Wasserman Winners 2018
Undergraduate
King Award 1st Prize $10,000
Brian Blum for Blood and Water
King Award 2nd Prize $7500
Tyler Rabinowitz for Alientologists
King Award 3rd Prize $5000
Jayne Clark for Hard Boiled Eggs
Graduate
King Award 1st Prize $10,000
Kevin Wilson for My Nephew Emmett
King Award 2nd Prize $7500
Jean Pesce for So You Like the Neighborhood
King Award 3rd Prize $5000
Charlotte Wells for Blue Christmas
Wasserman Award in Directing UGFTV
Jordan Rosenbloom for THE SPINNING MAN
Wasserman Award in Directing Graduate Film
Marcus Clausen for TRACKING
King Award in Screenwriting, UGFTV
Samuel Roth for THE SEA-TEAM
King Award in Screenwriting Graduate Film
Tukei Muhumuza for FACING NORTH
Undergrad Wasserman Finalists
Brian Blum, Blood and Water
Jayne Clark, Hard Boiled Eggs
Lee Tomik, Americana
Tyler Rabinowitz, Alientologists
Samuel Roth, The Sea-Team
Emory Parker, THE PERFECT FIT
Jordan Rosenbloom, THE SPINNING MAN
Grad Wasserman Finalists
Charlotte Wells for Blue Christmas
Kevin Wilson for My Nephew Emmett
Jean Pesce for So You Like The Neighborhood
Marcus Clausen for Tracking
Tukei Muhumuza for Facing North / Bukiikakkono
Myrsini Aristidou for Aria
2018 Craft Award Recipients, Graduate Film
Lead Actress
Chen Shu Fang for Guo Mie directed by Joseph Chen-Chie Hsu\
Terra Mackintosh for In Defense of Wonder directed by Francesca Mirabella
Lead Actor
Arunoday Singh for Man of the House directed by Jall Cowasji
Andrew Johns for Give Up The Ghost directed by Marian Mathias
Supporting Actress
Allison Byrnes for LIfe After directed by Ria Tobaccowala
Rebecca Karpovsky for Career Day directed by Ashley Deckman
Supporting Actor
Yiannis Stankoglou for Aria directed by Myrsini Aristidou
Ensemble Cast
A Year directed by Jisum Jamie Lee
Honey Bee directed by Jack Kendrick
Screenwriting
Sarah Shaw for Tooth and Nail
Editing
Harry Cepka for Été directed by Greg Oke
Prashanth Kamalakanthan for Houseplants
Blair McClendon for Blue Christmas directed by Charlotte Wells
Producing
Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu and Yi-Lan Ma for Guo Mie
Maria Altamirano for Life After directed by Ria Tobaccowala
Paz Mendez Hodes and Alexander Wiske for Aquaculture directed by Artemis Shaw
Cinematography
Federico Cesca for Aria directed by Myrsini Aristidou
Lasse Ulvedal Tolboll for Tracking directed by Marcus Clausen
Jomo Fray for Give Up The Ghost directed by Marian Mathias
Ines Gowland for Fran This Summer directed by Mary Evangelista
Sound Design
Will Mayo for Hasim October directed by Swetha Regunathan
Dan Timmons for In Defense of Wonder directed by Francesca Mirabella
Lisa Duva for Honeymoon directed by Lisa Duva
Production Design
Cynthia Talmadge for Aquaculture directed by Artemis Shaw
Original Score
Yes Jacaszek for Aamir directed by Victoriya Yevdokimenko
Katya Mihailova for Round Right directed by Sydney Buchan
Uriel Vanchestein for The Christmas Fish directed by Cole Stamm
Nestor Almendros Award for Cinematography
Zamarin Wahdat
Achievement in Experimental
Adrian Cardenas for Canoe Poems & Kevin Vu for Splendona
Carl Lerner Award for Social Significance
Mary Evangelista for Fran This Summer
Faculty Commendaton for VR Filmmaking
Natasha Babenko for Normal Day
Faculty Commendaton for Directing
Lin Que Ayoung for La Soñadora
2018 Craft Award Recipients, Undergraduate Film
Lead Actress
Jolie Curtsinger for The Perfect Fit directed by Emory Parker
Crystal DeLaCruz for Baby Girl directed by Kathryn Huyghue
Kendra McCulty for Lou
Lucy McMichael for Hard Boiled Eggs directed by Jayne Clark
Aris Mejias for The Alternative directed by Sachin Dharwadker
Lily Brooks O'Briant for Marina directed by Story Chen
Rachel Sennott for Shiva Baby directed by Emma Seligman
Lead Actor
Kris Infante for The Method directed by Jared Oliff-Lieberman
Allen Kennedy for Frederik Remembers directed by Ben Sottak
Lance Marshall for Marina directed by Story Chen
Travis Mitchell for The Spinning Man directed by Jordan Rosenbloom
Will Thede for Me, Myself & Will
Supporting Actress
Candyce Adkins for Lycanphobic directed by Siena East
Ana Marie Calise for The Perfect Fit directed by Emory Parker
Lily Brooks O'Briant for Presentation directed by Danielle Kampf
Lorena Russi for The Shiva Callers directed by Emi Schaufeld
Supporting Actor
Justin Arnold for Frederik Remembers directed by Ben Sottak
Sebastian Pilley for This Isn't London directed by Cade Margus
Stewart Skelton for Lou directed by Kendra McCulty
Screenwriting
Jayne Clark for Hard Boiled Eggs
Ben Eisen and Jordan Rosenbloom for The Spinning Man
Steven Russell and Ben Sottak for Frederik Remembers
Emory Parker for The Perfect Fit
Will Thede for Me, Myself & Will
Editing
Joanie Educate for The Alternative directed by Sachin Dharwadker
Joanie Educate for Alientologists directed by Tyler Rabinowitz
Skyler Johnson for Hard Boiled Eggs directed by Jayne Clark
Danielle Kampf and Will Thede for Me, Myself & Will
Jordan Rosenbloom for The Spinning Man
Carlos Perez-Segarra for Blood and Water directed by Brian Blum
Producing
Celeste Erlander, Lucas Woods and Jordan Rosenbloom for The Spinning Man
Jamie Sweeney and Bettina Ávila for Me, Myself & Will directed by Will Thede
Melissa Garcia and Max Worrin for Blood and Water directed by Brian Blum
Mary Kerrigan and Sandra Tan for Geez Louise
Cinematography
Isaac Berner for The Spinning Man directed by Jordan Rosenbloom
Natalia Bougadellis for The Perfect Fit directed by Emory Parker
Alex Hass for Stevie's Aliens directed by Austin Harris
Tsubasa Matsumoto for Sons of Blood directed by Benjamin MIddlekauf
Oren Soffer for Alientologists directed by Tyler Rabinowitz
Hamilton Yu for Blood and Water directed by Brian Blum
Sound Design
Mihir Chitale for The Spinning Man directed by Jordan Rosenbloom
Joanna Fang for Blood and Water directed by Brian Blum
Dennis Hu for Marina directed by Story Chen
Will Mayo for Alientologists directed by Tyler Rabinowitz
Patrick Zimmon for The Sea-Team directed by Samuel Roth
Production Design
Jack Dobens for Me, Myself & Will directed by Will Thede
Lauren Flores for The Spinning Man directed by Jordan Rosenbloom
Violet Overn and Mary Kerrigan for Alientologists directed by Tyler Rabinowitz
Courtney Porter for Frederik Remembers directed by Ben Sottak
Jeremy Stebens for Hard Boiled Eggs directed by Jayne Clark
Original Score
Aaron Daniel Jacob for Me, Myself & Will directed by Will Thede
Aaron Daniel Jacob for Stevie's Aliens directed by Austin Harris
Katy Jarzebowski for The Spinning Man directed by Jordan Rosenbloom
Noah Kellman, Alba S. Torremocha, & Emory Parker for The Perfect Fit
Rahm Silverglade for Alientologists directed by Tyler Rabinowitz
Nestor Almendros Award for Cinematography
Isabella Tan for Marina directed by Story Chen
Carl Lerner Award for Social Significance
Story Chen for Marina
Achievement in Experimental
Hunter Whaley for By Day and Again
Achievement in Animation
Lee Tomik for Americana
Faculty Commendation for Animation Design
Melanie Cucciole for Composite directed by Katie Sadler
Faculty Commendation for Editing
Avishai Weinberger for A Familiar Suspect, The Transgressor, The Third Date directed by Maxwell Philips, Victoria Duncan
Faculty Commendation for Production Design
Toryn Seabrooks for Shiva Baby, Drunken Love, Blood and Water directed by Emma Seligman, Josh Kahn, Brian Blum
Faculty Commendation for Cinematography
Daniel Lazar for Baby Girl, Objects directed by Kathry Huyghue, Emma Weiss
Faculty Commendaton for Animation
Lunnara Arraes for To Arcadia
Faculty Commendation for Ensemble Cast
Tyler Rabinowitz for Alientologists