AWARDS SEASON 2024
Academy Awards 2024
BEST PICTURE
Oppenheimer - WINNER
Charles Roven (Producer)
Maestro
Steven Spielberg (Producer)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Barbie
America Ferrera ’13 (Dornsife)
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Nimona
Julie Zackary ’04 (Producer)
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
The Last Repair Shop - WINNER
Ben Proudfoot ’12 (Director)
Nái Nai & Wài Pó
Sean Wang ’16 (Director) Sam Davis ’16 (Producer)
Island In Between
S. Leo Chiang ’00 (Director/Writer/Producer/Editor)
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Oppenheimer - WINNER
Ludwig Göransson ’08 (Thornton) (Composer)
SOUND
The Creator
Erik Aadahl ’98 (Sound Mixer)
Golden Globes 2024
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Oppenheimer - WINNER
Charles Roven (Producer)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Shea Kammer ’05 (Executive Producer)
Maestro
Steven Spielberg (Producer)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL/COMEDY
Air
Madison Ainley ’11 (Producer)
Jason Michael Berman ’06 (Producer) Alex Convery ’14 (Writer/Co-Producer) David Ellison (Producer)
American Fiction
Rian Johnson ’96 (Executive Producer) Percival Everett (Writer/Producer)
May December
Jessica Elbaum ’99 (Annenberg) (Producer) Will Ferrell ’90 (Annenberg) (Producer) Tyler W. Konney ’12 (Dornsife) (Producer)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
Elemental
Thomas Newman (Thornton) (Composer)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Mandy Tankenson ’95 (Dornsife) (Executive Animation Producer) Miguel Jiron ’13 (Head of Story)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Oppenheimer - WINNER
Ludwig Göransson ’08 (Thornton) (Composer)
BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
The Bear - WINNER
Hiro Murai ’06 (Executive Producer)
Daisy Jones and the Six
Jenny Klein ’07 (Co-Executive Producer/Writer)
BEST TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Jury Duty
Nicholas Hatton ’09 (Executive Producer)
Only Murders in the Building
Matteo Borghese ’11 (Writer/Co-Executive Producer) Rob Turbovsky ’11 (Writer/Co-Executive Producer)
BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Succession - WINNER
Will Ferrell ’90 (Annenberg) (Executive Producer)
CINEMATIC AND BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Kevin Feige ’95 (Producer)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1
David Ellison (Executive Producer)
Oppenheimer
Charles Roven (Producer)
SAG Awards 2024
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
Barbie
Will Ferrell ’90 (Annenberg) (Actor) America Ferrera ’13 (Dornsife) (Actor)
Indie Spirit Film & TV Awards 2024
BEST FEATURE
Passages
Mauricio Zacharias ’91 (Writer)
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
The Unknown Country
Samuel Jones ’09 (Thornton) (Composer)
Annie Awards 2024
BEST FEATURE
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - WINNER
Mandy Tankenson ’95 (Dornsife) (Executive Animation Producer)
Miguel Jiron ’13 (Head of Story)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Grant Blaylock ’02 (Associate Producer) Tiffany Lam ’12 (Art Department)
Greg Levitan ’08 (Editor)
BEST FEATURE - INDEPENDENT
The Inventor
Chris Capobianco ’06 (Executive Producer)
BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION
The Velveteen Rabbit
David Collins ’82 (Co-Producer)
BEST SHORT SUBJECT
WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko - WINNER
Max Fisher ’05 (Supervising Producer for Shay Media Group)
BEST TV/MEDIA - PRESCHOOL
Batwheels
Frances E. Chang ’15 (Associate Producer)
Ghee Happy - WINNER
Meenakshi Ramamurthy ’15 (Staff Writer)
Playdate with Winnie the Pooh
Maria Estrada ’81 (SDA) (Casting Director/Voice Director)
StoryBots: Answer Time
Dave Merson Hess ’17 (Animator/Visual Development Artist)
The Creature Cases
Charley Feldman ’07 (SDA) (Writer/Written By)
BEST TV/MEDIA - CHILDREN
Hilda - WINNER
Ben Greene ’15 (Writer/Written By)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Halima Lucas ’16 (Writer/Written By)
BEST TV/MEDIA - MATURE
Tomato Kitchen
Junyi Xiao ’17 (Director/Producer/Editor)
BEST TV/MEDIA - LIMITED SERIES
Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection
Denver Kotian ’18 (Production Designer)
Pokémon: Path to the Peak
Andy Gose ’99 (Producer)
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION - LIVE ACTION
Fernando Herrera ’02 - WINNER
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Joseph Lewis ’00
The Little Mermaid
Kevin Estey ’01
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
BEST DIRECTION - TV/MEDIA
Andrew McNally ’09
Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, Episode: Moremi
BEST MUSIC - TV/MEDIA
Steven Bernstein ’84 (Thornton) Julie Bernstein ’82 (Thornton) Animaniacs
Christopher Lennertz ’95 (Thornton)
Pacemaker
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - FEATURE
Dan Holland ’89
Jennifer Chang
Elemental
Tiffany Lam
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
BEST EDITORIAL - TV/MEDIA
Yuka Shirasuna ’04 - WINNER
Blue Eye Samurai, Episode 105: The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride
BEST EDITORIAL - FEATURE
Greg Levitan
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
BAFTA 2024
BEST FILM
Killers of The Flower Moon
Shea Kammer ’05 (Executive Producer)
Oppenheimer - WINNER
Charles Roven (Producer)
ANIMATED FILM
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Karey Kirkpatrick (Writer/Executive Producer) Paul Kewley ’97 (Executive Producer)
Elemental
Dan Holland ’89 (Production Designer) Jennifer Chang (Production Designer)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Mandy Tankenson ’95 (Dornsife) (Executive Animation Producer) Miguel Jiron ’13 (Head of Story)
ORIGINAL SCORE
Oppenheimer - WINNER
Ludwig Göransson ’08 (Thornton) (Composer)
SOUND
Ferrari
Vahan Yepremyan ’97 (Gould) (Executive Producer) Bernard Weiser ’83 (Supervising Sound Editor)
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Wild Summon
Niraj Bhatia ’02 (Dornsife) (Executive Producer)
Cinema Audio Society Awards 2024
NON-THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES OR LIMITED SERIES
Daisy Jones & The Six, Ep. 10 Track 10: Rock n’ Roll Suicide
Chris Navarro ’98 (Thornton) (ADR Mixer)
TELEVISION SERIES – ONE HOUR
The Last Of Us, S01 E01 When You're Lost In The Darkness - WINNER
Kevin Roache ’01 (Re-Recording Mixer)
STUDENT RECOGNITION AWARD FINALISTS
Doris (Yushu) Shen ’24 - WINNER
Shubhi Sahni ’23
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Joe Earle ’83 - WINNER
The Game Awards 2023
BEST ART DIRECTION
Lies of P
Yeakun Yoo ’21 (Thornton MFA) (Composer)
INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY
Diablo 4
Angelique Cecere ’14 (Producer)
BEST RPG
Lies of P
Yeakun Yoo ’21 (Thornton MFA) (Composer)
BEST ADAPTATION
Gran Turismo
Devon Franklin ’00 (Producer)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Eric E. Osmond ’92 (Editor)
Emmy Award 2024
Bolded type denotes win
2024 USC SCA Alumni Emmy Nominations and Wins
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul
Peter Gould ’90, Executive Producer/Showrunner
Gordon Smith ’08, Executive Producer/Showrunner
House of the Dragon
Greg Yaitanes, Co-Executive Producer/Director
Outstanding Comedy Series
The Bear - WINNER
Hiro Murai ’06, Executive Producer
Jury Duty
Nicholas Hatton ’09, Executive Producer
Only Murders In The Building
Matteo Borghese ’11, Co-Executive Producer
Rob Turbovsky ’11, Co-Executive Producer
Wednesday
Alfred Gough ’94, Executive Producer/Showrunner
Miles Millar ’94, Executive Producer/Showrunner
Jonathan Glickman, Executive Producer
Ted Lasso
Jeff Ingold ’94, Executive Producer
Outstanding Limited Series
BEEF - WINNER
HIKARI ’11, Executive Producer
Daisy Jones & The Six
Jenny Klein ’07, Co-Executive Producer
Outstanding Animated Program
The Simpsons - WINNER
Peter Gave ’02, Animation Co-Producer
Outstanding Cinematography For A Reality Program
Ian Miller ’10, Camera
Survivor • “Series Body of Work”
Outstanding Emerging Media Program
MLK: Now is the Time
Patrick Wetzel, Associate Producer
Brian Long ’05, Engineering Services
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Series
Kevin C. Faust ’01, Video Controller
America’s Got Talent
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
Nona Khodai ’05, Editor
Ms. Marvel
Claudia Castello ’11, Editor
Prey
Outstanding Picture Editing for A Nonfiction Program
Quin O’Brien ’03, Editor
100 Foot Wave • Chapter III – Jaws
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Single-Camera Comedy Series
Yana Gorskaya ’02, Editor
What We Do In The Shadows
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Structured Reality Or Competition Program
Jay Gammill ’07, Editor
Paul Nielsen ’97, Editor
The Amazing Race
Outstanding Picture Editing For An Unstructured Reality Program
Michael Swingler ’09, Editor
Life Below Zero
Outstanding Reality Competition Program
William Yelton ’16, Associate Producer
Ariel Blandford ’15, Associate Producer, Segment Producer
Survivor
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)
Richard Quinn ’91, Dialogue Editor
Andor
Michael Baber ’93, Music Editor
The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power • Udûn
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special
Christopher Bonis ’14, Sound Effects Editor - WINNER
Diego Perez ’13, Sound Effects Editor - WINNER
Prey
Tim Farrell ’02, Sound Effects Editor
Obi-Wan Kenobi • Part VI
Jeanne Begley ’91, Executive Producer
Indian Matchmaking
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Nonfiction Or Reality Program
Quin O'Brien ’03, Editor
Max Holland ’18, Dialogue Editor / Sound Editor
Kevin Senzaki ’09, Sound Designer
100 Foot Wave • Chapter V – Lost At Sea
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)
Kevin Roache ’01, CAS, Re-Recording Mixer - WINNER
The Last Of Us • When You’re Lost In The Darkness
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
Jamie Hardt ’00, Re-Recording Mixer
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story • Lionel
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Series Or Special
Christian Schrader ’91, Supplemental Mixer
The 65th Annual Grammy Awards
Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie
Thomas Horton ’17, VFX Producer
House Of The Dragon
Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode
Kenneth Armstrong ’03, Compositing Lead
Ted Lasso • Mom City
Outstanding Structured Reality Program
Love is Blind
Ewa Mularczyk ’06, Co-Executive Producer
Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Comedy Series Or Variety Program
Jason Ng ’21, Stunt Coordinator
Wednesday
Outstanding Technical Direction and Camerawork For A Series
Adam Margolis ’04, Camera
American Idol • Season Finale
Adam Margolis ’04, Camera
Dancing With The Stars • Finale
Adam Margolis ’04, Camera
The Masked Singer • New York Night
Robert Burnette ’94, Camera
The Voice • Live Top 10 Performances
Outstanding Technical Direction and Camerawork For A Special
Aymae Sulick ’01, Camera
Encanto At The Hollywood Bowl
Dee Nichols ’75, Camera
The Weeknd Live At SoFi Stadium
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah - WINNER
Sarah Hamblin ’07, Producer
David Paul Meyer ’10, Producer/Supervising Producer
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Tim Carr ’07, Associate/Field Producer
Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
Matteo Borghese ’11, Writer
Robert Turbovsky ’11, Writer
Jury Duty • Ineffective Assistance
Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
Peter Gould ’90, Writer
Better Call Saul • Saul Gone
Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
Patrick Aison ’03, Writer
Prey
2024 USC Non-SCA Alumni Emmy Nominations and Wins
Outstanding Drama Series
Succession
Will Ferrell ’90 (Annenberg), Executive Producer - WINNER
Outstanding Animated Program
Rick And Morty
Nicholas Rutherford ’06 (School of Dramatic Arts), Co-Executive Producer
Outstanding Game Show
Wheel of Fortune
Bellamie Blackstone ’01 (School of Dramatic Arts), Executive Producer
Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Storm Reid ’25 (School of Dramatic Arts) - WINNER
The Last Of Us
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special
Madigan Stehly ’14 (School of Dramatic Arts), Lighting Design
The 65th Annual Grammy Awards
Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic
Score)
James Newton Howard (Thornton), Composer
Light & Magic
Outstanding Reality Competition Program
The Amazing Race
Jessica Buchanan ’19 (Iovine and Young), Field Producer
Mark Vertullo ’86 (Annenberg), Executive Producer, Supervising Producer
Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction Or Reality Series
House Of The Dragon: Inside The Episode
Ashley Morton ’16 (School of Dramatic Arts), Supervising Producer
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
Danielle Dupre, ’11 (Thornton), Re-Recording Mixer
Obi-Wan Kenobi • Part VI
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
Welcome To Wrexham
Molly Milstein ’18 (Dornsife), Supervising Producer - WINNER
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter
Samantha Korn ’18 (Annenberg), Producer
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Carly Segal ’05 (Annenberg), Showrunner Coordinator
Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
Brett Baer ’88 (School of Dramatic Arts), Writer
Bad Sisters • The Prick
WGA Awards 2024
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Air • Amazon MGM Studios
Alex Convery ’14
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
It Ain’t Over • Sony Pictures Classics
Sean Mullin (Former SCA Faculty)
COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary • ABC
Ava Coleman ’15 (Annenberg)
Only Murders in the Building • Hulu
Matteo Borghese ’11
Joshua Allen Griffith ‘16
Noah Levine ’19
Jake Schnesel ’12
Rob Turbovsky ’11
NEW SERIES
Poker Face • Peacock
Rian Johnson ’96
Nora Zuckerman ’98
LIMITED SERIES
Beef • Netflix
Jean Kyoung Frazier ’16 (Dornsife)
Kevin Rosen ’11
Alex Russell ’90
Daisy Jones & The Six • Prime Video
Jenny Klein ’07
Fargo • FX Networks
April Shih (SCA Faculty)
TV & NEW MEDIA MOTION PICTURES
Totally Killer • Prime Video
Sasha Perl-Raver ’00 (Dornsife)
EPISODIC DRAMA
Crown Jewels • Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story • Netflix
Shonda Rhimes ’94
Escape From Shit Mountain • Poker Face • Peacock
Nora Zuckerman ’98
EPISODIC COMEDY
Pride Parade • What We Do in the Shadows • FX Networks
Zach Dunn ’16
COMEDY/VARIETY TALK SERIES
The Daily Show • Comedy Central
Josh Johnson ’23
Jimmy Kimmel Live! • ABC
Tony Barbieri ’16
Devin Field ’12
Late Night with Seth Meyers • NBC Universal Television
Jeff Wright ’99
COMEDY/VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
History of the World, Part II • Hulu
David Stassen ’04
Saturday Night Live, • NBC
Jimmy Fowlie ’08 (SDA)
Jake Nordwind ’09 (Annenberg)
DAYTIME DRAMA
General Hospital • ABC
Shannon Peace ’02
Lisa Seidman (SCA Faculty)
CHILDREN’S EPISODIC, LONG FORM AND SPECIALS
The Ballad of the Last Men • Sweet Tooth • Netflix
Erika Lippoldt ’15 (Dornsife/Keck)
Romance Dawn • One Piece • Netflix
Steven Maeda ’92
PGA Awards 2024
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
American Fiction
Percival Everett (Dornsife Faculty) (Executive Producer)
Rian Johnson ’96 (Executive Producer)
Maestro
Steven Spielberg (Producer)
Oppenheimer - WINNER
Charles Roven (Producer)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Shea Kammer ’05 (Executive Producer)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - WINNER
Mandy Tankenson ’95 (Dornsife) (Executive Animation Producer)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Grant Blaylock ’02 (Associate Producer)
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Drama
Succession - WINNER
Will Ferrell ’90 (Annenberg) (Executive Producer)
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Comedy
The Bear - WINNER
Hiro Murai ’06 (Executive Producer)
Jury Duty
Nicholas Hatton ’09 (Executive Producer)
Only Murders in the Building
Matteo Borghese ’11 (Co-Executive Producer)
Rob Turbovsky ’11 (Co-Executive Producer)
Ted Lasso
Jeff Ingold ’94, Executive Producer
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
All the Light We Cannot See
Shawn Levy ’94 (Executive Producer)
BEEF - WINNER
HIKARI ’11 (Executive Producer)
Daisy Jones & The Six
Jenny Klein ’07 (Co-Executive Producer)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie
Randall Zisk ’81 (Executive Producer)
Dantonio Alvarez ’04 (Co-Producer)
Quiz Lady
Jessica Elbaum ‘99 (Annenberg) (Producer)
Will Ferrell ‘90 (Annenberg) (Producer)
Red, White & Royal Blue
Brianna Oh ’09 (Producer)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
60 Minutes
Richard Bonin ’80 (Annenberg) (Producer)
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Rebecca Rogers ’00 (Associate Producer)
Welcome To Wrexham - WINNER
Molly Milstein ’18 (Dornsife) (Supervising Producer)
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the New York Jets
Ken Rogers ‘98 (Producer)
Shaun White: The Last Run
Jacob Schaer ‘20 (Associate Producer)
The Award for Outstanding Children's Program
Goosebumps
Paul M. Leonard ‘93 (Producer)
Neal H. Moritz ‘85 (Executive Producer)
The Award for Outstanding Short Form Program
Innovation Award
Body of Mine VR - WINNER
Cameron Kostopoulos ’22 (Producer)