First Run Film Festival | Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

Awards

2011 First Run Festival: Undergraduate Craft Award Winners

A Marine's Guide to Fishing by Nicholas Brennan

  • Carl Lerner Award for a Film with Social Significance to Nicholas Brennan
  • Original Score Award
  • Acting Award to Matthew Pennington
  • Faculty Commendation for Production Design to Charlotte Royer

Abe Aldron: A Lab Drone by Evan Geary

  • Faculty Commendation in Cinematography to Virginia Mohler

Baby Ruth by Jeremy Reitz

  • Acting Award to Brianne Howey
  • Faculty Commendation for Innovation in Editing to Jeremy Reitz
  • Faculty Commendation for Sound Design to Jaclyn Gramigna
  • Faculty Commendation for Directing to Jeremy Reitz

Borderland by Alexander Smolowe

  • Screenwriting Award to Alexander Smolowe
  • Faculty Commendation for Directing to Alexander Smolowe

Bowling Balls by John Langan

  • Screenwriting Award for John Langan

Close. by Tahir Jetter

  • Screenwriting Award to Tahir Jetter
  • Acting Award for Ensemble to Carlton Byrd, Jade Jackson
  • Faculty Commendation for Production Design to Charlotte Royer
  • Faculty Commendation in Directing to Tahir Jetter

Curiouser by Brittany Shaw

  • Acting Award to Natalie Dix
  • Faculty Commendation in Cinematography to Virginia Mohler

Exclusive by Elan Golod

  • Faculty Commendation for Editing to Matthew Kazman
  • Acting Award to Elon Rutberg

Figs by Anu Valia

  • Screenwriting Award to Anu Valia
  • Cinematography Award to Ivaylo Getov
  • Acting Award to Katie McCafferty
  • Faculty Commendation for Production Design to Charlotte Royer
  • Faculty Commendation for Directing to Anu Valia

For the Record by Sarah Rudoy

  • Acting Award to Mary Leggio
  • Faculty Commendation in Cinematography to Virginia Mohler
  • Faculty Commendation for Sound Design to Jaclyn Gramigna

Frequent Flyers by Matthew Troy

  • Producing Award to Matthew Troy, Caitlyn Coady, and Chris Casey
  • Editing Award to Erica Tachoir
  • Sound Design Award to Matthew Troy
  • Faculty Commendation for Production Design to Charlotte Royer

Infallible by Jaclyn Gramigna

  • Faculty Commendation for Sound Design to Jaclyn Gramigna
  • Faculty Commendation for Editing to Matthew Kazman

LET THERE BE SOL by Daniel Pfeffer

  • Acting Award for Ensemble to Frances Fabian‚ Rob Castillo‚ Zander Eckhouse‚ Cynthia Marie Flores‚ Hayden Frank‚ Tom McMahon‚Dennis Barbosa‚ Pedro Rosado, Ellen McCollister‚ Raquel Algarin, Kyana Lora
  • Faculty Commendation for Directing to Daniel Pfeffer

Merhaba by Lauren Brady

  • Producing Award to Mandy Menaker, Lauren Brady
  • Acting Award to Fadik Sevin Atasoy
  • Faculty Commendation in Cinematography to Mingjue Hu
  • Faculty Commendation for Producing to Mandy Menaker
  • Faculty Commendation in Directing to Lauren Brady

Passed Down by Zachary Goldberg

  • Faculty Commendation for Editing to Matthew Kazman

Picture Perfect by Benjamin Halstead

  • Original Score Award
  • Production Design Award to Steph Ching, Logan Lamson
  • Faculty Commendation for Directing to Benjamin Halstead

Real Talk by Patrick Ng

  • Editing Award to Patrick Ng
  • Cinematography Award to Mingjue Hu
  • Sound Design Award to Anthony Jones
  • Acting Award to Sui Keung Wong
  • Faculty Commendation in Cinematography to Mingjue Hu
  • Faculty Commendation for Producing to Mandy Menaker
  • Faculty Commendation for Directing to Patrick Ng

Running Water by Alfredo Alcantara

  • Producing Award to Joey Dello Russo
  • Original Score Award
  • Faculty Commendation in Cinematography to Mingjue Hu

Rustic Dunes by Tiffany Chung

  • Nestor Almendros Award to Fletcher Wolfe

Space-Age Rumrunners of the Roaring '20s by Elliott DiGuiseppi

  • Production Design Award to Jacqueline Castel, Benji Cox, Tony Borden

Speech Act by Emmeline Wilks-Dupoise

  • Faculty Commendation for Producing to Mandy Menaker

The Birds Upstairs by Christopher Jarvis

  • Achievement in Animation Award to Christopher Jarvis
  • Screenwriting Award to Christopher Jarvis
  • Sound Design Award to Christopher Jarvis

The Sheol Express by Ryan Patch and Michael Koehler See Above

  • Producing Award to Ryan Patch, Adam Raichilson
  • Cinematography Award to Andrew Michael Ellis
  • Original Score Award
  • Production Design Award to Carmen Cardenas, Gian Marco Loforte

The Sierra Project by Gabriel de Urioste

  • Production Design Award to Raquel Cedar, Mandy Mandelstein

The Sunset by Misha Sundukovskiy

  • Faculty Commendation in Cinematography to Mingjue Hu

USLUCKYOUNGUNS by Peter Spark

  • Achievement in Experimental to Peter Spark
  • Cinematography Award to Brittany Shaw
  • Original Score Award
  • Faculty Commendation for Directing to Peter Spark

King Awards: Graduate Film

1st Prize King Award in the Graduate Department  $10,000

2nd Prize King Award in the Graduate Department  $7,000

3rd Prize King Award in the Graduate Department  $5,000

King Awards: Undergraduate Film & TV

1st Prize King Award in the Undergraduate Department  $10,000

2nd Prize King Award in the Undergraduate Department  $7,000

3rd Prize King Award in the Undergraduate Department  $5,000

Additional Awards

Wasserman Award for Directing, Undergraduate  $2,000

King Award for Screenwriting, Undergraduate  $3,000

Wasserman Award for Directing, Graduate  $2,000

King Award for Screenwriting, Graduate  $3,000

FIRST PRIZE Tisch Asia Graduate Winner  $7,000

Past Award Winners

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