DGA Scholar Film Awards 2022 Winners File

The Directors Guild of America on Wednesday launched the winners of the 2021 DGA Scholar Film Awards for African American, Asian American, Latino and Women directors. USC faculty college students took home 4 of the awards in all, adopted by AFI and UCLA faculty college students with two wins each.

The awards highlight quite a few pupil filmmakers from film schools and universities all through the nation, splitting each of the 4 lessons into east and west areas. Winners in each class will acquire a $2,500 prize from the DGA.

“We’re so honored to spotlight the next period of directors as we rejoice the twenty seventh Annual DGA Scholar Film Awards,” talked about DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter. “Recognizing rising experience by way of these Awards is one part of our ongoing efforts to encourage inclusion throughout the enterprise, and we’re proud that fairly just a few our earlier recipients have found success in film and television. We congratulate these extraordinary pupil filmmakers, and stay up for seeing their future creations.” 

The Jury Award is given for a second film that’s deemed distinctive. Throughout the instances when Jury Awards are given, that distinction comes with $1,000 for these Jury Award recipients.

Eligible films have been made throughout the 2020/2021 faculty yr (Sept. 2020 by way of Aug. 2021), and produced as a pupil enterprise beneath the supervision of a college member – with faculty college students holding every foremost crew place. Dramas, comedies and documentaries are all eligible – animated and experimental films are often not eligible. Candidates should be enrolled in, or be a present (one-year) graduate from, an accredited post-secondary institution located within the USA.

A nationwide awards ceremony will occur nearly on Thursday, Feb. seventeenth.

Chosen by blue ribbon DGA member panels, the 2021 winners embrace:

BEST AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT FILMMAKERS:

East Space

Award Winner: Sarah Gambles of Florida State School – “Fairydust”

Jury Award: Yasmeen Purvis of Metropolis School of New York – “Who Was Lee Edwards?”

West Space

Award Winner: Omar S. Kamara of AFI – “Mass Ave.”

Jury Award: De’Onna “Tree” Youthful-Stephens of USC – “Not Solely a Title”

BEST ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENT FILMMAKERS:

East Space

Award Winner: Bohao Liu of NYU – “Eagles Leisure in Liangshan”

Jury Award: Justin Li of Ithaca College – “Moments Fleeting”

West Space

Award Winner: Jun Hee Han of UCLA – “Uncle”

Jury Award: Sining Xiang of UCLA – “Abroad Uncle”

BEST LATINO STUDENT FILMMAKERS
East Space

Award Winner: Mackenzie Rosario of Southern Illinois School at Carbondale – “Forward Journey”

West Space

Award Winner: Jorge G. Camarena of AFI – “Spaceship”

Jury Award: Joe Perry of USC – “Niño de Nadie”

BEST WOMEN STUDENT FILMMAKERS:

East Space

Award Winner: Lamu Shangchoo of School of Seen Arts – “Stroll Alone”

Jury Award: Chloe Sarbib of Columbia School – “Jensen”

West Space

Award Winner: Kay Niuyue Zhang of USC – “Mother throughout the Mist”

Jury Award: Afton Quast Saler of USC – “Neurodivergent”

Earlier winners acknowledged by the DGA who’ve gone on to make their mark in film embrace Steven Caple Jr.(“Creed II,” “Grown-ish,” “Rapture,” “The Land”), Jon M. Chu (“Throughout the Heights,” “Home Sooner than Darkish,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Now You See Me 2”), Ryan Coogler (“Black Panther,” “Creed,” “Fruitvale Station”), Nicole Kassell (“Watchmen,” “Castlerock,” “Westworld,” “The Individuals”), Patricia Riggen (“Dopesick,” “Surveillance,” “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” “Miracles From Heaven”) and Sylvain White (“The Rookie,” “Fargo,” “The Umbrella Academy,” “Very good Tales”).