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2013 DGA Student Award Winners Announced

Three TFT students are named

On Nov. 1, the Directors Guild of America announced the winners of the 2013 DGA Student Film Awards for African American, Asian American, Latino and Women directors in the West Region. The awards are designed to honor, encourage and bring attention to exceptional minority and women directors in film schools and select universities across the country. UCLA TFT had three winners: MFA directing candidate Dehanza Shreen Rogers was named the Best African American Student Filmmaker for her film “Sweet, Sweet Country”; Margot Ye, MFA ’12, was named Best Asian American Student Filmmaker for her film “Out of the Blue”; and the Jury Award went to Puja Maewal, MFA ’12, for “JAYA.”

Posted: Nov. 20, 2013

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