Code-Writing Pioneers, It's Your Turn
New York Times
Public Understanding of Science and Technology
Film
Award-Winning Films
Through its partnership with six leading film schools, the Foundation recognizes outstanding filmmakers and screenwriters who bring innovative, compelling stories about science and technology to the screen. The awards provide financial support and are part of a nationwide effort to stimulate the next generation of filmmakers to create more believable and dramatic art about science and technology and to challenge existing stereotypes of scientists, engineers and mathematicians. Recent films recognized for excellence in production and screenwriting include:
Film School Winners 2012
American Film Institute
Production Award APP by Edouard de Lachomette, Alex Berman, R. Phillips, Edward Salerno Jr., Jeremy Lerman, Matt Novak
Tuition Award Hanna Vastinsalo
Carnegie Mellon University
1st Place Screenwriting Award The Diamond in the Sky by Kate Mickere
2nd Place Screenwriting Award To Boldly Go by Peter J. Roth
Columbia University
Screenwriting Award When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth by Avram Dodson
Screenwriting Award Hildegard’s Heir by Jess Baclesse
Production Award The King’s Pawn by Jonah Bleicher
Web Series Award Mammal Drama by Jefferson Moneo and Nyssa Chow
New York University
Screenwriting Award The Tender Peel by Ricardo Perez-Gonzalez
Screenwriting Award The Lost Coast by Kathryn Bancroft
Production Award Without Fire by Eliza Mcnitt
Feature Film Award Penny Stock by Grainger David
University of Southern California
Screenwriting Award Singularity by Alyssa Weinberg
Production Award Nzara ‘76 by Jon Noble
Production Award Edge of Manhattan by David Mccracken
Animation Award The Nose Hair by Louis Morton
University of California, Los Angeles
Screenwriting Award Waking Hours by Barnett Brettler
Screenwriting Award Mary and the Moon by Dawn Spinella
Production Award Wild Love by Eben Portnoy
Program Director:
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