On Wednesday, November 14, 2007, DGA members and their guests attended the 13th Annual DGA Student Film Awards Ceremony for African American, Asian American, Latino and Women Filmmakers. Each of the winning films were screened during the awards ceremony. Winners received a prize of $2,500 from the DGA along with a product grant valued at $1,000 provided by Kodak’s Worldwide Student Film Program. A product grant valued at $500 was awarded to each honorable mention recipient.

Front row: African American Student Filmmaker award presenter/director Janice Cooke-Leonard, Asian American Student Filmmaker award presenter/director Chris Tashima, Latino Student Filmmaker Honorable Mention recipient Miguel Alvarez of University of Texas at Austin (Kid), African American Student Filmmaker Honorable Mention recipient Chris Cloyd of USC (Coons), Woman Student Filmmaker award presenter/director Jamie Babbit, and Latino Student Filmmaker award presenter/director Jay Torres. Back Row: DGA Past President Gene Reynolds, Latino Student Filmmaker Winner Vero Shamo-Garcia of USC (Limpiando Sapos), African American Student Filmmaker Winner Joe Doughrity of Columbia College Hollywood (Akira’s Hip Hop Shop), Asian American Student Filmmaker Honorable Mention recipient Roland Nguyen of USC (Blood Debts) and Winner Juli Kang of UCLA (Damn the Past!), Woman Student Filmmaker Honorable Mention recipient Thouly Dosios of UCLA (House of the Olive Trees) and Winner Nicole Haeusser of UCLA (The Death Strip). photo by Elisa Haber - click image for larger view