AWARDS SEASON 2023
Bolded type denotes win
Academy Awards Nominations 2023
BEST PICTURE
Avatar: The Way of Water
Jon Landau ’83 (Producer)
Top Gun: Maverick
David Ellison (Producer)
The Fablemans
Steven Spielberg (Producer)
Emma Molz ’17 (Price) (Associate Producer)
BEST DIRECTOR
The Fablemans
Steven Spielberg(Director)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Everything, Everywhere All at Once
Ke Huy Quan ’99
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Gary Ungar ’77 (Producer)
Jason Lust ’00 (Producer)
WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Fablemans
Steven Spielberg (Writer)
WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rian Johnson ’96
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
The Elephant Whisperers
Doug Blush ‘84 (Producer/Co-Editor)
MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ryan Coogler ’11(Music and Lyric)
Ludwig Goransson (Thornton) (Music by/Lyrics by)
Golden Globe Nominations 2023
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
The Fablemans - WINNER
Steven Spielberg (Producer)
Emma Molz ‘17 (Price) (Associate Producer)
Top Gun: Maverick
David Ellison (Producer)
Avatar: The Way of Water
Jon Landau ’83 (Producer)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL/COMEDY
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rian Johnson ’96 (Director/Producer)
Triangle of Sadness
Micah Green ’97 (Gould) (Executive Producer)
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
House of the Dragon (HBO Max) –– WINNER
Greg Yaitanes(Co-Executive Producer/Director)
Better Call Saul
Peter Gould ’90 (Executive Producer/Director/Writer)
Gordon Smith ’08 (Executive Producer/Director/Writer)
Severance
Amanda Overton ‘12 (Producer)
Andrew Colville ’97 (Executive Producer/Writer)
Chris Black ’99 (Executive Producer)
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
The Bear (Hulu, Season 1)
Hiro Murai ’06 (Executive Producer)
Hacks (HBO Max, Season 2)
Aisha Imami Muharrar (Co-Executive Producer/Writer)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu, Season 2)
Matteo Borghese ’11 (Co-Executive Producer/Writer)
Rob Turbovsky ’11 (Co-Executive Producer/Writer)
Wednesday (Netflix)
Alfred Gough ’94 (Writer/Executive Producer/Showrunner)
Miles Millar ’94 (Writer/Executive Producer/Showrunner)
Jonathan Glickman (Executive Producer)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio – WINNER
Gary Ungar ‘77 (Producer)
Jason Lust ‘00 (Executive Producer)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
Everything Everywhere All at Once –– WINNER
Ke Huy Quan ’99
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“Lift Me Up” - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ryan Coogler ‘11 (Music by/Lyrics by)
Ludwig Goransson (Thornton) (Music by/Lyrics by)
SAG Awards 2023
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
Javier Grajeda ’77 (SDA)
Ozark
Madison Thompson ’23 (Current Student)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
James Hong ’54 (Viterbi)
Ke Huy Quan ’99
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Ke Huy Quan ’99
NAACP Image Awards 2023
OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (WINNER)
Ryan Coogler ‘11 (Writer/Director)
Kevin Feige ’95 (Producer)
Emancipation
Todd Black ’82 (Producer)
OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT MOTION PICTURE
Breakaway
Abi Damaris Corbin ’16 (Executive Producer)
Harrison Kreiss ’11 (Co-Executive Producer)
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM - LIVE-ACTION
Fathead
Sarah Chow ’21 (Associate Producer)
Alexa Villareal ’21 (Producer)
Letitia Solomon ’20 (Producer)
Irina Slepneva ’20 (Line Producer)
Kavin Kapoor (Associate Producer)
Brandyn Johnson ’21 (Producer)
Anthony Gaitros ’21 (Producer)
Mitchell Graham Colley ’20 (Producer)
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
P-Valley (WINNER)
Nicole Jefferson Asher (SCA Full-time Faculty) (Co-Executive Producer/Writer)
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Black-ish
Aida Kattan ’98 (Associate Producer)
Rap Sh!t
Jonathan Berry ’06 (Executive Producer)
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Bridgerton
Christopher Van Dusen ’03 (Writer/Showrunner)
Shonda Rhimes ’94 (Executive Producer)
Jess Brownell ’08 (Executive Producer/Showrunner)
Queen Sugar
Sara Finney-Johnson ’79 (Co-Executive Producer)
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED-SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
The Best Man: The Final Chapters (WINNER)
Dayna Lynne North ’95 (Executive Producer)
Women of the Movement
Aaron Kaplan ’90 (Executive Producer)
OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM, REALITY COMPETITION OR GAME SHOW - SERIES
Legendary
Keith Dinielli ’96 (Co-Excutive Producer)
Michael H. Miller (Co-Excutive Producer)
OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK/COMPILATION ALBUM
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By (WINNER)
Ryan Coogler ’11 (Writer)
BAFTA 2023
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan ’99
DOCUMENTARY
Moonage Daydream
Ryan Kroft ’98 (Annenberg) (Executive Producer)
ANIMATED FILM
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (WINNER)
Gary Ungar ‘77 (Producer)
Jason Lust ‘00 (Executive Producer)
WGA 2023
DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
Peter Gould ’90
Gordon Smith ’08
Severance (WINNER)
Andrew Colville ’97
Yellowjackets
Cameron Johnson ’18
COMEDY SERIES
Only Murders in the Building
Matteo Borghese ’11
Rob Turbovsky ’11
Joshua Allen Griffith ’16
Hacks
Aisha Imami Muharrar
NEW SERIES
Bad Sisters
Brett Baer ’88 (SDA)
Severance (WINNER)
Andrew Colville ’97
EPISODIC DRAMA
“The Prick” (Bad Sisters)
Brett Baer ’88 (SDA)
“Rock and Hard Place” (Better Call Saul)
Gordon Smith ’08
COMEDY/VARIETY TALK SERIES
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Devin Field ’12
COMEDY/VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
Inside Amy Schumer
Joe Strazzullo ’00 (Annenberg)
PAUSE with Sam Jay
Teresa Lo ’09
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Fowlie ’08 (SDA)
Jake Nordwind ’09 (Annenberg)
COMEDY/VARIETY SPECIALS
The National Memorial Day Concert 2022
Kirk Ellis ’83
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – CURRENT EVENTS
“Inside the Alleged Sexual Assault Cover Up in Charlotte Schools” (Vice News Tonight)
Arlissa Norman ’19 (Annenberg)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Fabelmans
Steven Spielberg ’94
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ryan Coogler ’11
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rian Johnson ’96
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Viva Maestro!
Theodore Braun ’88
PGA 2023
DARRYL F. ZANUCK AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
The Fabelmans
Steven Spielberg (Producer)
Emma Molz ‘17 (Price) (Associate Producer)
Top Gun: Maverick
David Ellison (Producer)
Avatar: The Way of Water
Jon Landau ’83 (Producer)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rian Johnson ’96 (Producer)
AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF ANIMATED THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (WINNER)
Gary Ungar ‘77 (Producer)
Jason Lust ’00 (Producer)
NORMAN FELTON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF EPISODIC TELEVISION––DRAMA
Better Call Saul
Peter Gould ’90 (Executive Producer/Director/Writer)
Gordon Smith ’08 (Executive Producer/Director/Writer)
Severance
Amanda Overton ‘12 (Producer)
Andrew Colville ’97 (Executive Producer/Writer)
Chris Black ’99 (Executive Producer)
DANNY THOMAS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF EPISODIC TELEVISION––COMEDY
The Bear (Hulu, Season 1) (WINNER)
Hiro Murai ’06 (Executive Producer)
Hacks (HBO Max, Season 2)
Aisha Imami Muharrar (Co-Executive Producer/Writer)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu, Season 2)
Thembi Banks ‘14 (Producer)
Matteo Borghese ’11 (Co-Executive Producer/Writer)
Rob Turbovsky ’11 (Co-Executive Producer/Writer)
DAVID L. WOLPER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES TELEVISION
Inventing Anna (Netflix)
Shonda Rhimes ’94 (Executive Producer/Writer)
Matt Byrne ’07 (Co-Executive Producer/Writer)
Jessica Brownell ’08 (Producer/Writer)
Pam and Tommy (Hulu)
Megan Ellison (Executive Producer)
OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF TELEVISED OR STREAMED MOTION PICTURES
Pinocchio (Disney+)
Robert Zemeckis ’73 (Producer/Director/Writer)
Dan Balgoyen ’04 (Co-Producer)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel) (WINNER)
Joe Farrell ’11 (Producer)
OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF NON-FICTION TELEVISION
George Carlin’s American Dream (HBO/HBO Max, Documentary)
Judd Apatow (Executive Producer)
30 for 30 (ESPN)
Kelly Wolf ‘13 (Executive Producer)
OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, VARIETY, SKETCH, STANDUP & TALK TELEVISION
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Sarah Hamblin ‘07 (Producer)
OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF GAME & COMPETITION TELEVISION
The Amazing Race (CBS, Season 34)
Christina Adams ’85 (Marshall) (Archival Producer)
Jessica Buchanan ’19 (Iovine and Young Academy) (Field Producer)
Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Amazon) (WINNER)
Makiah Green ’13 (Dornsife) (Executive Producer)
OUTSTANDING SPORTS PROGRAM
Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers (HULU)
Caitlyn Hynes ’16 (Annenberg) (Story Producer)
Michael Mann ’19 (Executive Producer)
DGA
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
The Fabelmans
Stephen Spielberg (Director)
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS - REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
David Paul Meyer ‘10 (Director)
Critics’ Choice 2023
BEST PICTURE
Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Ke Huy Quan ’99 (Cast)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Ke Huy Quan ’99
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Ke Huy Quan ’99
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rian Johnson ’96
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (WINNER)
Joe Farrell ’11 (Producer)
BEST COMEDY
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (WINNER)
Rian Johnson ’96 (Director/Writer/Producer)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (WINNER)
Gary Ungar ‘77 (Producer)
Jason Lust ’00 (Producer)
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul (WINNER)
Peter Gould ’90 (Executive Producer/Director/Writer)
Gordon Smith ’08 (Executive Producer/Director/Writer)
BEST TALK SHOW
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Ashley Reynolds’ 09 (Annenberg) (Senior Producer)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
Pachinko (WINNER)
Soo Hugh '06 (Showrunner/Writer)
BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM
Harley Quinn (WINNER)
Adam Stein ’06 (Supervising Producer/Writer)
Undone
Jaime Burke ’02 (Producer)
April Shih (SCA Faculty Adjunct) (Co-Producer/Writer)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (nominee)
Rian Johnson ‘96 (Director/Writer/Producer)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (nominee)
Karla Luna Cantu ‘18 (Executive Producer)
Monica Salazar ‘13 (Co-Editor)
ACE 2023
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM - DRAMA, THEATRICAL
The Woman King
Terilyn A. Shropshire ‘85 (Editor)
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM - COMEDY, THEATRICAL
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Bob Ducsay (Editor)
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM - THEATRICAL OR NON-THEATRICAL
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (WINNER)
James Ryan ’96 (Editor)
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY - THEATRICAL
Good Night Oppy
Rejh Cabrera ‘13 (Co-Editor)
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM - NON-THEATRICAL
Prey
Claudia Castello ‘11 (Co-Editor)
BEST EDITED SINGLE CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
Atlanta
Isaac Hagy ’06 (Editor)
ASC 2023
EPISODE OF A HALF-HOUR SERIES
Hacks — “The Click”
Adam Bricker ’08
EPISODE OF A ONE-HOUR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION SERIES
Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire — “Is My Very Nature That of the Devil”
Jesse M. Feldman ’05
DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Chef’s Table: Pizza — “Franco Pepe”
Adam Bricker ’08
MPSE 2023
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – BROADCAST ANIMATION
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous — "The Last Stand"
D.J. Lynch (Supervising Sound Editor)
Aran Tanchum ’04 (Thornton) (Foley Editor)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: "Udûn” Amazon
Stefanie Ng ’16 (Dialogue / ADR Supervisor)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – BROADCAST LONG FORM EFFECTS / FOLEY
Stranger Things: "Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab" Netflix (WINNER)
Chris Bonis ’14 (Sound Editor)
Gaslit: "Year of the Rat"
Adam Parrish King (Sound Effects Editor)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – BROADCAST SHORT FORM
She Hulk: “Ribbit and Rip It”
Tim Farrell ’02 (Sound Effects Editor)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – FEATURE ANIMATION
Lightyear
Kimberly Patrick ’12 (Sound Effects Editor)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – FEATURE EFFECTS / FOLEY
Top Gun: Maverick Paramount (WINNER)
Qianbaihui Yang ’12 (Sound Effects Editor)
The Batman
Diego Perez (Sound Effects Editor)
Jurassic World: Dominion
Gary Rydstrom ’81 (Sound Designer)
Qianbaihui Yang ’12 (Sound Effects Editor)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – NON-THEATRICAL FEATURE
PREY (WINNER)
Christopher Bonis ’14 (Sound Effects Editor)
Diego Perez (Sound Effects Editor)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – GAME DIALOGUE / ADR
Immortality Half Mermaid (WINNER)
Kevin Senzaki ’09 (Audio Director)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Effects / Foley
Paul Fonarev ’08 (Foley Editor)
Annie Awards 2023
BEST FEATURE
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (WINNER)
Gary Ungar ‘77 (Producer)
Jason Lust ’00 (Producer)
BEST TV/MEDIA - CHILDREN
Abominable and the Invisible City Episode: “Everest Returns” (WINNER)
Tiffany Lo ’94 (Annenberg) (Writer)
Annie Nishida ’14 (Writer)
Saba Saghafi ’16 (SDA) (Writer)
Tiffany So ’18 (Writer)
George Shaw ’04 (Thornton) (Composer)
BEST TV/MEDIA - PRESCHOOL
The Tiny Chef Show Episode: “Pancakes” (WINNER)
Brian Grazer ’74 (Executive Producer)
Ron Howard (Executive Producer)
BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (WINNER)
James Ryan ’96 (Editor)
BEST MUSIC – FEATURE
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (WINNER)
Roeban Katz (Adjunct Faculty) (Lyrics by)
BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA
Love Death + Robots (WINNER)
Episode: “The Very Pulse of the Machine”
Ivy Isenberg ‘00 (Dornsife) (Casting Director)
ICG Publicists Awards
ICG PUBLICISTS MOTION PICTURE SHOWPERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD
Top Gun: Maverick (WINNER)
David Ellison (Producer)
If you were nominated, but do not see your name on our list, please send us a note at alumni@cinema.usc.edu.