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2015

The 42nd Student Academy Awards | 2015
Samuel Goldwyn Theater
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Highlights

Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs

Meg Smaker Documentary Bronze Medal: 2015 Student Academy Awards

Henry Hughes, Narrative Gold Medal: 2015 Student Academy Awards

Memorable Moments
2015 Student Academy Awards gold medalists
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Actor Jason Mitchell (right) and Bennett Lasseter, winner of the bronze medal in the narrative film category
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Alternative film winners ChiHyun Lee (left) and Daniel Drummond
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WINNERS
Alternative

Daniel Drummond

2015 SAA Winner - Alternative
Gold Medal
"Chiaroscuro" BY Daniel Drummond
Chapman University, California

ChiHyun Lee

2015 SAA Winner - Alternative
Silver Medal
"Zoe" BY ChiHyun Lee
The School of Visual Arts, New York
Animation

Alyce Tzue

2015 SAA Winner - Animation
Gold Medal
"Soar" BY Alyce Tzue
Academy of Art University, San Francisco

Seth Boyden

2015 SAA Winner - Animation
Silver Medal
"An Object at Rest" BY Seth Boyden
California Institute of the Arts

Nicholas Manfredi and Elizabeth Ku-Herrero

2015 SAA Winner - Animation
Bronze Medal
"Taking the Plunge" BY Nicholas Manfredi and Elizabeth Ku-Herrero
The School of Visual Arts
Documentary

Alexandre Peralta

2015 SAA Winner - Documentary
Gold Medal
"Looking at the Stars" BY Alexandre Peralta
University of Southern California

Emily Kassie

2015 SAA Winner - Documentary
Silver Medal
"I Married My Family’s Killer" BY Emily Kassie
Brown University

Meg Smaker

2015 SAA Winner - Documentary
Bronze Medal
"Boxeadora" BY Meg Smaker
Stanford University
Foreign

Ilker Çatak

2015 SAA Winner - Foreign
Gold Medal
"Fidelity" BY Ilker Çatak
Hamburg Media School, Germany

Dustin Loose

2015 SAA Winner - Foreign
Silver Medal
"The Last Will" BY Dustin Loose
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Patrick Vollrath

2015 SAA Winner - Foreign
Bronze Medal
"Everything Will Be Okay…" BY Patrick Vollrath
Filmakademie Wien, Austria
Narrative

Henry Hughes

2015 SAA Winner - Narrative
Gold Medal
"Day One" BY Henry Hughes
American Film Institute, California

Jeremy Cloe

2015 SAA Winner - Narrative
Silver Medal
"This Way Up" BY Jeremy Cloe
American Film Institute

Bennett Lasseter

2015 SAA Winner - Narrative
Bronze Medal
"Stealth" BY Bennett Lasseter
American Film Institute