Wasserman Awards featuring a special underwrting grant by the Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation 2019
King Awards Undergraduate
1st Prize Undergraduate Film $10,000
Alfonso Morgan-Terrero for Champions
2nd Prize Undergraduate Film $7500
Poulomi Mukherji for Silhouette City
3rd Prize Undergraduate Film $5000
Razieme Iborra for Dirtry Blonde
King Awards Graduate
1st Prize Graduate Film $10,000
Raed Alsemari for Dunya's Day
2nd Prize Graduate Film $7500
Jamie Dack for Palm Trees and Power Lines
3rd Prize Graduate Film $5000
Rashad Frett for K.I.N.G.
Other Awards Granted
Wasserman Directing Award Undergraduate Film & TV $2000
Kyle Sims for The Boy
King Screenwriting Award Undergraduate Film & TV $2500
Ethan Nelson for Jacked
Wasserman Directing Award Graduate Film $2000
Max Walker-Silverman for Lefty/Righty
King Screenwriting Award Graduate Film $2500
Cristina Tamez Rodriguez for San Miguel
Finalists Wasserman 2019
Undergraduate
Kathleen Gleeson, Snowdrifters
Razieme Iborra, Dirty Blonde
Sascha Larsen, Mountain People
Alfonso Morgan-Terrero, Champions
Poulomi Mukherji, Silhouette City
Ethan Nelson, Jacked
Kyle Sims, The Boy
Graduate
Raed Alsemari, Dunya's Day
Portia A. Buckley, Radiator
Jamie Dack, Palm Tree and Power Lines
Yuchao Feng, Pearl
Rashad Frett, K.I.N.G.
Ines Gowland, Destete (Weaning)
Emilie Silvestri, April in Winter
Cristina Tamez Rodriguez, San Miguel
Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll, Three Brothers
Kevin Vu, Mata Laya Pata
Max Walker-Silverman, Lefty/Righty
Undergraduate Craft Awards 2019
Cinematography
Daisy Zhou for A Daughter
Josh Herzog for Mountain People
Leigh Elford for Treasure
Editing
Kyle Sims for The Boy
Taylor Schafer for Unprotected
Abigail Austin for New Inside
Producing
Katie Schiller for Mountain People
Katie Schiller for Treasure
Alvin Lee and Brent Lee for Bai Bai
Production Design
Simon Schabert for Where's the Fire
Poulomi Mukherji for Silhouette City
Sophia Uehara for God Is Busy Somewhere Else
Sound Design
Roman Fusco for Missing Link
Rae King and Dani Kimball for Paper Daughters
Taylor Blake for Snowdrifters
Screenwriting
Mary Clare Plaschke for In Order of Appearance
Tom Fields for The Missing Link
Ethan Nelson for Jacked
Ensemble Cast
Paul Glover and Wayne Hapi for Treasure
Tobias Aksdal, Tina Hartvig and Aslag Guttormsgaard for Mountain People
Cristiano Benfenati and Luca Manganaro for God Is Busy Somewhere Else
Lead Actor
Dharon Jones for Champions
Jackson Burch for Jacked
Javid Kosari for Baba
Lead Actress
Jamie Watson for In Order of Appearance
Dircelene Torres for Mali's Tribute
Thalia Gerloff for Dressed
Supporting Actor
Brian Lucas for Champions
Steffen Stessel for Jacked
Chung-Jui Chang for Bai Bai
Supporting Actress
Ginger Lynn for Dirty Blonde
Hsiu-Sha Li for Bai Bai
Madelyn Barkocy for Dressed
Original Score
Judith Moy for Snowdrifters
Wolf Woodcock for Inspector Margaret
Aaron Daniel Jacob for In Order of Appearance
CATEGORY AWARDS:
Best Achievement in Animation
Poulomi Mukherji for Silhouette City
Best Achievement in Experimental
Kyle Sims for The Boy
Faculty Commendations for Cinematography
Yuki Soga for New Inside, Joji 22, Old Camp
Olivia Peters for The Fall Leaves, Ambivalence, The Boy, Identical, Dying is Fine
Faculty Commendations for Editing
Taylor Schafer for In Suspension, Unprotected, The Grand, Baba, Under the Tree, White Slate
Elliott Farinero for Champions, The Fall Leaves
Faculty Commendations for Outstanding Animation
Tom Fields for The Missing Link
Kathleen Gleeson for Snowdrifters
Abigail Austin for New Inside
Poulomi Mukherji for Silhouette City
Scottie Harvey for Inspector Margaret
Faculty Commendations in Comedy
Grace Giffune for Unprotected
Ethan Nelson for Jacked
Mary Clare Plaschke for In Order of Appearance
Faculty Commendations in Producing
Katie Schiller for Mountain People, Treasure
Celeste Erlander for Dressed, Under the Tree, Unprotected
Faculty Commendation in Science Fiction
Kit Zauhar for The Terrestrials
Carl Lerner Award for Social Signficance
Liam LoPinto for Baba
Faculty Commendations for Sound Design
Roman Fusco for Bai Bai, The Former Margaret Peterson, The Missing Link
Rae King for Under the Tree, White Slate, Paper Daughters
Nestor Almendros Awards for Outstanding Cinematography
Daisy Zhou for A Daughter
Graduate Craft Awards 2019
Cinematography
Alfonso Herrera Salcedo for LEFTY/RIGHTY
Alejandro Miyashiro for K.I.N.G. and PALM TREES AND POWER LINES
Editing
David Massachi for LEFTY/RIGHTY
Ashish Ravinran for EASTERN DELIGHTS
Producing
Kevin Wang, Brandon Laventure and Kio Shijiki for SECRET LIVES OF ASIANS AT NIGHT
Eve Symington for APRIL IN WINTER
Production Design
Hanna Mundal for LEFTY/RIGHTY
Jiarui Yu for PEARL
Screenwriting
Tony Koros for TITHES & OFFERINGS
Moxie Peng for MELT
Sound Design
David Moragas for NOW YOU KNOW
Rune Thuelund for THREE BROTHERS
Guest Awards in Acting and Original Score
Ensemble Acting
Catherine Curtin, Judith Roberts, Melissa van der Schyff for DIVINITIES
Lead Actor
Dulfi Al-Jabouri for THREE BROTHERS
Justin Karung'uru for TITHES & OFFERINGS
Lead Actress
Sara Balghonaim for DUNYA'S DAY
Erin Neufer for MATA LAYA PATA
Bryce Lorenzo for NOW YOU KNOW
Supporting Actor
James Browne for RADIATOR
Nada Sargin for THE WAIT
Supporting Actress
Janice Dias for K.I.N.G.
Colby Minifie for DOMINANT SPECIES
Original Score
Martin Silvestri for APRIL IN WINTER
X&G for SECRET LIVES OF ASIANS AT NIGHT
CATEGORY AWARDS:
Achievement in Experimental Form
Kevin Vu for MATA LAYA PATA
Carl Lerner Award for Social Significance
Alexander Etseyatse for LP
Faculty Commendation in Cinematography
Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll for MATA LAYA PATA, PEARL
Faculty Commendation in Costume Design
Lillian Prentice for TITHES & OFFERINGS
Faculty Commendation in Producing
Yifei He and Rachel Vergera for PEARL
Nestor Almendros for Cinematography
Dominica Eriksen for TITHES & OFFERINGS
Wasserman Awards featuring a special underwrting grant by the Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation 2019
King Awards Undergraduate
1st Prize Undergraduate Film $10,000
Alfonso Morgan-Terrero for Champions
2nd Prize Undergraduate Film $7500
Poulomi Mukherji for Silhouette City
3rd Prize Undergraduate Film $5000
Razieme Iborra for Dirtry Blonde
King Awards Graduate
1st Prize Graduate Film $10,000
Raed Alsemari for Dunya's Day
2nd Prize Graduate Film $7500
Jamie Dack for Palm Trees and Power Lines
3rd Prize Graduate Film $5000
Rashad Frett for K.I.N.G.
Other Awards Granted
Wasserman Directing Award Undergraduate Film & TV $2000
Kyle Sims for The Boy
King Screenwriting Award Undergraduate Film & TV $2500
Ethan Nelson for Jacked
Wasserman Directing Award Graduate Film $2000
Max Walker-Silverman for Lefty/Righty
King Screenwriting Award Graduate Film $2500
Cristina Tamez Rodriguez for San Miguel
Finalists Wasserman 2019
Undergraduate
Kathleen Gleeson, Snowdrifters
Razieme Iborra, Dirty Blonde
Sascha Larsen, Mountain People
Alfonso Morgan-Terrero, Champions
Poulomi Mukherji, Silhouette City
Ethan Nelson, Jacked
Kyle Sims, The Boy
Graduate
Raed Alsemari, Dunya's Day
Portia A. Buckley, Radiator
Jamie Dack, Palm Tree and Power Lines
Yuchao Feng, Pearl
Rashad Frett, K.I.N.G.
Ines Gowland, Destete (Weaning)
Emilie Silvestri, April in Winter
Cristina Tamez Rodriguez, San Miguel
Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll, Three Brothers
Kevin Vu, Mata Laya Pata
Max Walker-Silverman, Lefty/Righty
Undergraduate Craft Awards 2019
Cinematography
Daisy Zhou for A Daughter
Josh Herzog for Mountain People
Leigh Elford for Treasure
Editing
Kyle Sims for The Boy
Taylor Schafer for Unprotected
Abigail Austin for New Inside
Producing
Katie Schiller for Mountain People
Katie Schiller for Treasure
Alvin Lee and Brent Lee for Bai Bai
Production Design
Simon Schabert for Where's the Fire
Poulomi Mukherji for Silhouette City
Sophia Uehara for God Is Busy Somewhere Else
Sound Design
Roman Fusco for Missing Link
Rae King and Dani Kimball for Paper Daughters
Taylor Blake for Snowdrifters
Screenwriting
Mary Clare Plaschke for In Order of Appearance
Tom Fields for The Missing Link
Ethan Nelson for Jacked
Ensemble Cast
Paul Glover and Wayne Hapi for Treasure
Tobias Aksdal, Tina Hartvig and Aslag Guttormsgaard for Mountain People
Cristiano Benfenati and Luca Manganaro for God Is Busy Somewhere Else
Lead Actor
Dharon Jones for Champions
Jackson Burch for Jacked
Javid Kosari for Baba
Lead Actress
Jamie Watson for In Order of Appearance
Dircelene Torres for Mali's Tribute
Thalia Gerloff for Dressed
Supporting Actor
Brian Lucas for Champions
Steffen Stessel for Jacked
Chung-Jui Chang for Bai Bai
Supporting Actress
Ginger Lynn for Dirty Blonde
Hsiu-Sha Li for Bai Bai
Madelyn Barkocy for Dressed
Original Score
Judith Moy for Snowdrifters
Wolf Woodcock for Inspector Margaret
Aaron Daniel Jacob for In Order of Appearance
CATEGORY AWARDS:
Best Achievement in Animation
Poulomi Mukherji for Silhouette City
Best Achievement in Experimental
Kyle Sims for The Boy
Faculty Commendations for Cinematography
Yuki Soga for New Inside, Joji 22, Old Camp
Olivia Peters for The Fall Leaves, Ambivalence, The Boy, Identical, Dying is Fine
Faculty Commendations for Editing
Taylor Schafer for In Suspension, Unprotected, The Grand, Baba, Under the Tree, White Slate
Elliott Farinero for Champions, The Fall Leaves
Faculty Commendations for Outstanding Animation
Tom Fields for The Missing Link
Kathleen Gleeson for Snowdrifters
Abigail Austin for New Inside
Poulomi Mukherji for Silhouette City
Scottie Harvey for Inspector Margaret
Faculty Commendations in Comedy
Grace Giffune for Unprotected
Ethan Nelson for Jacked
Mary Clare Plaschke for In Order of Appearance
Faculty Commendations in Producing
Katie Schiller for Mountain People, Treasure
Celeste Erlander for Dressed, Under the Tree, Unprotected
Faculty Commendation in Science Fiction
Kit Zauhar for The Terrestrials
Carl Lerner Award for Social Signficance
Liam LoPinto for Baba
Faculty Commendations for Sound Design
Roman Fusco for Bai Bai, The Former Margaret Peterson, The Missing Link
Rae King for Under the Tree, White Slate, Paper Daughters
Nestor Almendros Awards for Outstanding Cinematography
Daisy Zhou for A Daughter
Graduate Craft Awards 2019
Cinematography
Alfonso Herrera Salcedo for LEFTY/RIGHTY
Alejandro Miyashiro for K.I.N.G. and PALM TREES AND POWER LINES
Editing
David Massachi for LEFTY/RIGHTY
Ashish Ravinran for EASTERN DELIGHTS
Producing
Kevin Wang, Brandon Laventure and Kio Shijiki for SECRET LIVES OF ASIANS AT NIGHT
Eve Symington for APRIL IN WINTER
Production Design
Hanna Mundal for LEFTY/RIGHTY
Jiarui Yu for PEARL
Screenwriting
Tony Koros for TITHES & OFFERINGS
Moxie Peng for MELT
Sound Design
David Moragas for NOW YOU KNOW
Rune Thuelund for THREE BROTHERS
Guest Awards in Acting and Original Score
Ensemble Acting
Catherine Curtin, Judith Roberts, Melissa van der Schyff for DIVINITIES
Lead Actor
Dulfi Al-Jabouri for THREE BROTHERS
Justin Karung'uru for TITHES & OFFERINGS
Lead Actress
Sara Balghonaim for DUNYA'S DAY
Erin Neufer for MATA LAYA PATA
Bryce Lorenzo for NOW YOU KNOW
Supporting Actor
James Browne for RADIATOR
Nada Sargin for THE WAIT
Supporting Actress
Janice Dias for K.I.N.G.
Colby Minifie for DOMINANT SPECIES
Original Score
Martin Silvestri for APRIL IN WINTER
X&G for SECRET LIVES OF ASIANS AT NIGHT
CATEGORY AWARDS:
Achievement in Experimental Form
Kevin Vu for MATA LAYA PATA
Carl Lerner Award for Social Significance
Alexander Etseyatse for LP
Faculty Commendation in Cinematography
Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll for MATA LAYA PATA, PEARL
Faculty Commendation in Costume Design
Lillian Prentice for TITHES & OFFERINGS
Faculty Commendation in Producing
Yifei He and Rachel Vergera for PEARL
Nestor Almendros for Cinematography
Dominica Eriksen for TITHES & OFFERINGS