78th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS

Wally Pfister (C '88)
Achievement in Cinematography, BATMAN BEGINS (nominee)

Robert Elswit (C '77)
Achievement in Cinematography, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. (nominee)

Pia Clemente (P '95)
Best Live Action Short Film, OUR TIME IS UP (nominee)

63rd ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

Stuart Stevens (P '76)
Best Television Series - Drama, COMMANDER IN CHIEF (nominee)

Jesse Alexander (S '92)
Best Television Series - Drama, LOST (winner)

Doug Ellin (D '92)
Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy, ENTOURAGE (nominee)

Bobby Bowman (TVW '96)
Best Televisions Series - Musical or Comedy, MY NAME IS EARL (nominee)

20th ANNUAL AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS (ASC) AWARDS

Robert Elswit, ASC (C '77)
Outstanding Achievement, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (nominee)

Wally Pfister, ASC (C '88)
Outstanding Achievement, BATMAN BEGINS (nominee)

Brian Burgoyne (C '05)
Jordan Cronenweth Student Heritage Award, THE RED VEIL (winner)

56th ANNUAL AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS AWARDS (ACE)

Steven Rasch (D '88)
Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television,
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM: "KAMIKAZE BINGO" (nominee)

Joo Wan "Jin" Lee (E '06)
Best Student Editing (winner)

Eric Potter (E '05)
Best Student Editing (nominee)

17th ANNUAL PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS

Doug Ellin (D '92)
Television Series: Comedy, ENTOURAGE (winner)
2005 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

Rodrigo García (C '86)
Best Director and Best Screenplay, NINE LIVES (nominee)

Robert Elswit (C '77)
Best Cinematography, GOODNIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. (winner)

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2006

Independent Feature Film Competition: Documentary Competition

Michael Cain (P '88)
Special Jury Prize, TV JUNKIE (winner)

CHINA-AMERICA FESTIVAL OF FILM AND CULTURE AWARDS

Justin Bull (D '05)
Nicolas Emiliani (P '07)
Short Film Competition, HOMEFRONT (winner)

SHOWTIME'S 2006 BLACK FILMMAKER SHOWCASE

Sheldon Collins (D '03)
Grant Winner, THE SUNDAY MORNING STRIPPER

NICHOLL FELLOWSHIP IN SCREENWRITING
Sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Nicholl Fellowship is a prestigious international screenwriting competition. In the past 10 years, seven AFI alumni have been awarded Nicholl Fellowships:

2001 Greg M. Dawless
2000 Gabrielle Burton
1998 Jacob A. Estes, Donna McNeely
1992 Susannah Grant
1991 Ray DeFilitta
1989 Deborah Pryor

DGA STUDENT FILM AWARD
Each year, the Directors Guild of America hosts Student Film Awards for African-American, Asian- American, Latino and women filmmakers:

2003