Alumni accomplishments

June 24, 2004

Additional accomplishments:

29th Student Academy Award winners (2002)
Gold Medal: The Wormhole, Jessica Sharzer, New York University, 2002 Angelus Awards, Patrick Peyton Excellence in Filmmaking Award
Bronze Medal: Sophie, Helen Haeyoung Lee, University of Texas at Austin, 2003 Angelus Awards, Mole-Richardson Production Design Award
Bronze Medal: Shadowplay, Dan Blank, New York University, 2002 Angelus Awards Honorable Mention for Animation

28th Student Academy Award winners (2001)  
Bronze Medal: Lector, Greg Marcks, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 2001 Angelus Awards, Patrick Peyton Excellence in Filmmaking Award

72nd Academy Awards (2000)
Best Live Action Short: My Mother Dreams Satan Disciples in New York, Barbara Schock
1999 Angelus Awards, Mole-Richardson Production Design Award

2004 College Television Awards, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Student Emmys)
First Place (Animation): Cretaceous Christmas, David Derrick, California Institute of the Arts
Second Place (Documentary): When the Storm Came, Shilpi Gupta, University of California, Berkeley, 2003 Angelus Awards Documentary Finalist.

Among previous Angelus Awards winners who have written, produced and/or directed theatrical releases are:

Sabrina Dhawan (Columbia University, 2001 Angelus Award winner for Audience Impact for Saanjh - As Night Falls, screenwriter, Monsoon Wedding (2001).

Tony Bui (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, 1996 Angelus Production Design winner for Yellow Lotus), co-writer, producer, director, Three Seasons (1999 – Sundance winner and Oscar nominee), and producer, co-writer, Green Dragon (2001) starring Patrick Swayze.

Patricia Cardoso (Angelus 1996 grand-prize winner for The Water Carrier), director, Real Women Have Curves (the 2002 Sundance Audience Award winner) and director of the announced Happily Never After (2004) starring Halle Berry.

Greg Marcks (Florida State University, 2001 Angelus grand-prize-winner), director, 11:14 (2003) starring Hilary Swank and Rachael Leigh Cook.