Student Academy Awards

35th Student Academy Award Winners

The Student Academy Awards is an annual competition for college and university filmmakers.  Winners – selected by the professional filmmaker members of the Academy – receive trophies (but not Oscar statuettes) and cash prizes.  Many have gone on to have successful careers in movies and television.

Past Winners

Amanda Micelli and James Longley

Past Winners

Many former Student Academy Award winners have gone on to prominent careers in the film and television industries, including Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis, John Lasseter and Trey Parker.

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Notable Winners

Oscar-nominated Winners

About the Awards

John Lasseter

John Lasseter on his Student Academy Awards Experiences

John Lasseter speaks about his two Student Academy Awards wins. Lasseter is a 5-time Oscar nominee whose recent projects include “WALL-E” and “Toy Story 3.”

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History

The Academy established the Student Academy Awards in 1972 to encourage and reward excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level.

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What’s New

Gary Oldman and Jeremy Joffee

36th Student Academy Awards Ceremony

Twelve students from eight U.S. colleges and universities were awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze awards on June 13 in Beverly Hills. An award for Honorary Foreign Film was also given to a student from Sweden.

See list of winners and watch clips from their films