Awards and Nominations List 2021
* Denotes Win
Michael Agbabian ’92
Hollywood Game Night
WGA Awards
Quiz and Audience Participation
Michael Baber ’93
Snowpiercer “Trouble Comes Sideways”
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Short Form – Music
Peter Bawiec ’15
Modern Family “Finale Part 1”
CAS Awards
Television Series ½ Hour
Brad Bergbom ’92
Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You
CAS Awards
Television Non-Fiction, Variety or Music Series or Specials
Jason Michael Berman ’06
Nine Days
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Best First Feature
Todd Black ’82
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
PGA Awards
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Critics’ Choice Awards
Best Picture
Satellite Awards
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Best Feature
NAACP Image Awards
Outstanding Motion Picture
GLAAD Media Awards
Outstanding Film – Wide Release
Jane Boegel ’93
Better Call Saul “Something Unforgivable”
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Long Form – Dialogue/ADR
Westworld “The Mother of Exiles”
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Long Form – Dialogue/ADR
Derek Boonstra ’07
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
ACE Eddie Awards
Best Edited Documentary (Non-Theatrical)
Greg Ten Bosch ’00
Safety
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Feature
Ben Burtt ’75
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Cinematic
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Interactive Game Play
Keith Calder ’04
One Night in Miami...
PGA Awards
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Critics’ Choice Awards
Best Picture
Satellite Awards
Best Motion Picture, Drama
NAACP Image Awards
Outstanding Motion Picture
Aaron Carew ’13
Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story
WGA Awards
Original Long Form
Anna Cassady ’20
CAS Award
Cinema Audio Society Student Recognition Award
Ryan Coogler ’11
Judas and the Black Messiah
Academy Awards
Best Picture
PGA Awards
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Janice Duncan ’16
A Love Song for Latasha
Academy Awards
Documentary (Short Subject)
Zach Dunn ’16
What We Do in the Shadows
WGA Awards
Comedy Series
Josh Eckberg ’04
Fargo“East/West”
CAS Awards
Non-Theatrical Motion Picture or Limited Series
David Ellison
The Old Guard
GLAAD Media Awards
Outstanding Film – Wide Release
Rick Famuyiwa ’96
The Mandalorian
WGA Awards
Drama Series
Tim Farrell ’02
Star Trek: Discovery “That Hope is You, Part 1”
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Long Form – Effects / Foley
Star Trek: Short Trek “Ephraim and Dot”
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Animation Short Form
Paul Fonarev ’08
Ghost of Tsushima
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Interactive Game Play
Merawi Gerima ’18 *
Residue
Film Independent Spirit Awards
John Cassavetes Award *
Best Editing
Sharyn Gersh ’95
Ted Lasso “The Hope That Kills You”
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Live Action Under 35:00
Ludwig Göransson ’08
Tenet
Golden Globe Awards
Best Score Motion Picture
Critics’ Choice Awards
Best Score
Satellite Awards
Best Original Score
Joshua Griffith ’16 *
Mrs. America
WGA Awards
Original Long Form *
Yana Gorskaya ’02
What We Do in the Shadows “Resurrection”
ACE Eddie Awards
Best Edited Comedy Series For Commercial Television
Peter Gould ’90
Better Call Saul
WGA Awards
Drama Series
Episodic Drama
Critics’ Choice Awards
Best Drama Series
Satellite Awards
Best Television Series, Drama
Brandon Hill ’01 *
Immigration Nation
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series *
Peabody Awards
Documentary
Matthew Jensen ’94
The Mandalorian “Chapter 15: The Believer”
ASC Awards
Episode of a Half-Hour Television Series
Brandyn Johnson *
CAS Award
Cinema Audio Society Student Recognition Award *
Paul Kewley ’97
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Academy Awards
Animated Feature Film
Regina King *
One Night in Miami...
Golden Globe Awards
Best Director Motion Picture
DGA Awards
Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-time Feature Film Director
Critics’ Choice Awards
Best Director
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Robert Altman Award *
NAACP Image Awards
Entertainer of the Year
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Eric Kripke ’96
The Boys
WGA Awards
Drama Series
Julia Lebedev
Bad Education
Critics’ Choice Awards
Best TV Movie
Satellite Awards
Best Motion Picture Made for Television
GLAAD Media Awards
Outstanding TV Movie
Raamla Mohamed ’08
Little Fires Everywhere
WGA Awards
Adapted Long Form
Marilyn Morris ’10
Ted Lasso “The Hope that Kills You”
CAS Awards
Television Series ½ Hour
Edson Oda ’15
Nine Days
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Best First Feature
Kimberly Patrick ’12 *
Clone Wars: The Phantom Apprentice
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Animation Short Form
The Croods: A New Age
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation
Soul
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation *
Channing Godfrey Peoples ’11 *
Miss Juneteenth
Satellite Awards
Best First Feature *
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Best First Feature
Best First Screenplay
NAACP Image Awards
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Edoardo Ponti ’98
The Life Ahead
Golden Globe Awards
Best Picture – Foreign Language
Critics’ Choice Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
Satellite Awards
Best Screenplay, Adapted
NAACP Image Awards
Outstanding International Motion Picture
GLAAD Media Awards
Outstanding Film – Limited Release
Ben Proudfoot ’12
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Academy Awards
Documentary (Short Subject)
Martin Desmond Roe *
Two Distant Strangers
Academy Awards
Short Film (Live Action)
Gordon Smith ’08
Better Call Saul
WGA Awards
Drama Series
Kevin Souls ’97
Birds of Prey
Satellite Awards
Best Visual Effects
Marcie Ulin ’04
The Flight Attendant
Golden Globe Awards
Best Musical/Comedy Series
PGA Awards
Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
WGA Awards
New Series
Chris Van Dusen ’03
Bridgerton
NAACP Image Awards
Outstanding Drama Series
Ryan Vaughan ’18
Phantom Spectre
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Student Film (Verna Fields Award)
Paul Vogel ’19
Phantom Spectre
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Student Film (Verna Fields Award)
Bernard Weiser ’83
Ted Lasso “The Hope That Kills You”
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Live Action Under 35:00
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker: "The Fight of the Century"
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Single Presentation
Neil Creque Williams ‘13
Miss Juneteenth
Satellite Awards
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Best First Feature
NAACP Image Awards
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Qianbaihui Yang ’12
Over the Moon
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation
Sam Zvibleman ’05
PEN15
WGA Awards
Comedy Series
Congratulations to all our alumni nominees!
Please contact us at alumni@cinema.usc.edu if we inadvertently overlooked any nominations.