Awards
Students selected by their respective Boards of Study receive these awards in Film and Media Studies.
Film for a Cause Award
This award was created to support junior or senior research projects for students in the School of Film and Media Studies. The award will provide a student with experience producing a professional quality advocacy or training film.
Award Recipient: Paul - Ann Rose
Annual Awards
President’s Award for Achievement
Deon Gentle, Playwriting and Screenwriting/2020
Erinn McKenna, New Media / 2019
Emma Grace Myers, Screenwriting / 2018
Outstanding Cinema Studies Senior Award
Savannah Breen / 2020
Troy Peterson / 2019
Elliot Torres / 2018
Outstanding Senior Award for Playwriting & Screenwriting
Samuel Bell / 2020
Suzanna Scorcia / 2019
Virginia May Edinger / 2018
Outstanding Senior Award for Media Studies
Shannon Hanna / 2020
Chelsea Baltazar / 2019
Amelia Carter / 2018
Outstanding New Media Senior Award
Megan Stacey / 2020
Danylo Korotin / 2019
Adrian Alfonso / 2018
Peter Ohring New Media Memorial Award
Sonia Barkat / 2018
Chair’s Award for Outstanding Filmmaker
Sasha Perez / 2020
Lukas Chin / 2019
Christian Ortega / 2018
Jesse Feigelman Film Award
Anastasia Goldberg and Jahleel Hills / 2020
Katie Stevens / 2019
Paul-Ann Rose / 2018
Saul Turrell Film Award
Chelsea Muskat and Victor Zoeller/2020
Christian Ortega / 2019
Emma Appel / 2018
Miriam Arsham Film Award
Emily Kaye / 2020
Brandon Pettus / 2019
Andrew Rodriguez / 2019
Chad Hylton / 2018
Ginny Reis Cinema Studies Scholarship Award
Julia Reeder / 2020
Anthony Rojas / 2019
Ana Valesquez / 2018
Elayne R. Rubinoff Award
Established in 2003, this award honors Elayne Rubinoff, daughter of Morris and Dorothy Rubinoff, an independent video producer, and founding member of Third Wave Television, an active non-profit organization dedicated to advancing women through the media. Given annually, it awards a female student of film who has superior talent. This award is to support the production of a documentary film/video with preference given to projects concerning issues regarding women’s rights.
Current and former award winners include:
2020-21
Emily Park
2019-20
Melanie Rosete
2018-19
Cindy Chen
2017-18
Madalina Albu
2016-17
Kristen DeGirolamo
2015-16
Louise Bartolotta
2014-15
Diorlenny Rodriguez
2013-14
Marie Uridia
2012-13
Joanna Wrzaszcyk