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Awards Season Roundup
It’s Awards Season once again, that time of year when the entertainment industry recognizes its own for work well done in the previous 12 months. UCLA TFT alumni and an Executive Board member figure prominently as nominees — and others by association — in a number of major awards ceremonies, as outlined below. They all lead up to the Academy Awards, taking place on Sunday, Feb. 24. Alumnus Paul Schrader (M.A. ’70), already a winner at the Critics' Choice Awards and the Gotham Awards, is also an Oscar nominee this year, in the Best Screenplay category for his First Reformed script. This post will be updated with winners.
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ACADEMY AWARDS (Feb. 24)
Winner
MELISSA BERTON (B.A. ’89), producer, Period. End of Sentence.
Best Documentary Short
Nominees
PAUL SCHRADER (M.A. ’70), writer, First Reformed
Best Screenplay
BAFTA AWARDS (Feb. 10)
Nominee
ERIC ROTH (M.F.A. ’74), screenwriter, A Star Is Born
Adapted Screenplay
CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS (Jan. 13)
Winner
PAUL SCHRADER (M.A. ’70), writer, First Reformed
Best Original Screenplay
DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS (Feb. 2)
Winners
LOUIS J. HORVITZ (B.A. ’68), director, The 60th Annual Grammy Awards
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports — Specials
BEN STILLER, director, Escape at Dannemora
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Miniseries
Nominee
EYTAN KELLER (B.A. ’71), director, Iron Chef Gauntlet, “Episode 201”
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs
FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS (Feb. 23)
Winner
CHARLES D. KING (Executive Board Member), producer, Sorry to Bother You
Best First Feature
Nominee
PAUL SCHRADER (M.A. ’70), writer-director, First Reformed
Best Director, Best Screenplay
Alumni Involved in Nominated Projects
MICHAEL J. BENAVENTE, (B.A. ’78), dialogue editor, If Beale Street Could Talk (Best Feature)
AKIN MCKENZIE (B.A. ’02), production designer, Wildlife (Best First Feature)
SHEILA VAND (B.A. ’06), actress, We the Animals (Best First Feature)
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS (Jan. 6)
Nominee
BILLY PORTER (Professional Programs), actor, Pose
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Drama
Honoree
CAROL BURNETT, recipient
Inaugural Carol Burnett Award
Alumni Involved in Nominated Projects
MICHAEL J. BENAVENTE, (B.A. ’78) dialogue editor, If Beale Street Could Talk (Best Motion Picture Drama)
STEVEN CANALS (M.F.A. ’15), co-executive producer, Pose (Best Television Series Drama)
JASON GEORGE (M.F.A. ’11), co-producer, Vice (Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy)
ERIC ROTH (M.F.A. ’74), screenwriter, A Star Is Born (Best Motion Picture Drama)
GOTHAM INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS 2018 (Nov. 26)
Winner
PAUL SCHRADER (M.A. ’70), writer-director, First Reformed
Audience Award, Best Feature, Best Screenplay
Nominees
STEVEN CANALS (M.F.A. ’15), creator, Pose
Breakthrough Series, Longform
ANDREW GOLDBERG (M.F.A. ’02), creator and executive producer, Big Mouth
Breakthrough Series, Longform
TESS SWEET (M.F.A. ’11), creator, Cleaner Daze
Breakthrough Series, Shortform
Alumni Involved in Nominated Projects
MICHAEL J. BENAVENTE, (B.A. ’78) dialogue editor, If Beale Street Could Talk (Best Feature)
NICK MOCERI, (M.F.A. ’10) co-executive producer, Madeline’s Madeline (Best Feature)
ALEX O’FLINN, (M.F.A. ’09) film editing, The Rider (Best Feature)
PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS (Jan. 19)
Nominees
DHANA RIVERA GILBERT (M.F.A. ’96), producer, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 2)
Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
KEVIN J. MESSICK (B.A. ’89), producer, Vice
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
BEN STILLER, producer, Escape at Dannemora
Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television
CAROLINE WILLIAMS (M.F.A. ’04), producer, Maniac
Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television
WRITERS GUILD AWARDS (Feb. 17)
Winner
ORION WALKER (B.A. ’96), narrative design, God of War
Videogame Writing
Nominees
BENJAMIN ARFMANN (M.F.A. ’13), writer, Marvel’s Spider-Man
Videogame Writing
ERIC ROTH (M.F.A. ’74), screenwriter, A Star Is Born
Adapted Screenplay
Posted: January 22, 2019