DGA Student Film Awards

 


For more than two decades, the DGA Student Film Awards have spotlighted dozens of African American, Asian American, Latino and Women filmmakers. Winners of the DGA Student Film Awards in each category will receive a $2,500 prize from the DGA.


CURRENT & PREVIOUS YEARS WINNERS


2002 Student Film Award Winners


African American

East Coast Winner

Phil Bertelsen of NYU for "The Sunshine"

West Coast Winner

Sechaba Morojele of AFI for "Ubuntu's Wounds"

West Coast Honorable Mention

Mateen Kemet of Chapman University for "Silence"

 


Asian American

East Coast Winner

Kazuo Ohno of Columbia for "For Our Man"

West Coast Winner

Grace Lee of UCLA for "Barrier Device"

West Coast Honorable Mention

Jon Chu of USC for "Gwai Lo: The Little Foreigner"

 


Latino

East Coast Winner

Leon Siminiani of Columbia for "Dos Mas"

West Coast Winner

Gerardo Naranjo Gonzalez of AFI for "The Last Attack of the Beast"

West Coast Honorable Mention

Joel Juarez of UCLA for "Sin Azul"

 


Woman

East Coast Winner

Liat Dahan of NYU for "Climbing Miss Sophie"

West Coast Winner

Tanja Mairitsch of AFI for "Fueling the Fire"

West Coast Honorable Mention

Robin Larsen of UCLA for "Out of Habit"