DGA Announces Winners of DGA 9th Annual East Coast Student Filmmakers Awards.Entertainment Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 2003 Directors Guild of America National Vice President Ed Sherin today announced the winners of the Ninth Annual DGA DGA Directors Guild of America (movie directors union) DGA Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (France) DGA Directeur-Grootaandeelhouder (Dutch: Managing Director and Major Shareholder) East Coast Student Filmmakers Awards. The prestigious award brings prizes of $2,500 to the winner in each of the following categories: Best African-American Student Filmmaker, Best Asian-American Student Filmmaker, Best Latino Student Filmmaker, and Best Woman Student Filmmaker. "The DGA East Coast Student Film Awards provide the Guild with the opportunity to honor, encourage, and bring attention to emerging director talent," Sherin said in announcing the four individuals receiving the award. "These four individuals exemplify the best in student filmmaking, and their work demonstrates that talent, vision, and ability are not limited by either race or gender," said Sherin. "We look forward to seeing more of their work in the future." The 2003 winners, selected by a panel of 12 distinguished DGA member judges, are: BEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT FILMMAKER: Randall Dottin - "A-Alike" -- Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. BEST ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENT FILMMAKER: Dennis Lee Dennis Lee is the name of:
BEST LATINO STUDENT FILMMAKER: Patricia Riggen - "La Milpa" -- Columbia University BEST WOMAN STUDENT FILMMAKER: Alison Cole - "Drowning" -- School of Visual Arts The School of Visual Arts (SVA), is an art school in the New York City borough of Manhattan, and is one of the nation's leading independent colleges of art and design. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. In response to the selection of Columbia School of the Arts School of the Arts is the name of several schools (usually high schools) that are devoted to the fine arts, including:
"I am particularly proud of these students, who have not only captured awards but proven that our approach to training filmmakers is one of the most successful in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ." The award-winning films will be shown at an invitation-only screening on Tuesday, October 14, at 6:30 at the Directors Guild Theater, 110 West 57th Street, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . |
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