2012 Student Academy Awards Medal Winners Revealed
June 11, 2012

2012 Student Academy Awards Medal Winners Revealed

BEVERLY HILLS – Thirteen students from colleges and universities around the world were honored recently as winners at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 39th  Annual Student Academy Awards. In the Animation category, David Wolter from the California Institute of the Arts was awarded the Gold Medal for his short film “Eyrie.”
The medal  placements were announced at the awards ceremony, which featured as presenters actors Laura Dern, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Greg Kinnear and Mena Suvari, alongside  Academy President Tom Sherak at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
 
The winners are:


David Wolter, winner of the Gold Medal in the animated film category for "Eyrie." 

Animation
- Gold  Medal: “Eyrie,” David Wolter, California  Institute of the Arts
- Silver  Medal: “The Jockstrap Raiders,” Mark  Nelson, University of California, Los Angeles
- Bronze  Medal: “My Little Friend,” Eric Prah,  Ringling College of Art and Design


Actress Mena Suvari (left) and Ringling student Eric Prah, winner of the Bronze Medal in the animated film category for "My Little Friend," during the 39th Annual Student Academy Awards.  

Documentary
- Gold  Medal: Hiro: A Story of Japanese  Internment,” Keiko Wright, New York University
- Silver  Medal: “Dying Green,” Ellen Tripler,  American University
- Bronze  Medal: “Lost Country,” Heather Burky, Art  Institute of Jacksonville
 
Alternative
- Gold  Medal*: “The Reality Clock,” Amanda  Tasse, University of Southern California
*Only one winner was selected in this category. 

Narrative
- Gold  Medal: “Under,” Mark Raso, Columbia  University
- Silver  Medal: “Narcocorrido,” Ryan Prows,  American Film Institute
- Bronze  Medal: “Nani,” Justin Tipping, American  Film Institute 
 
Foreign  Film
- Gold Medal: “For  Elsie,” David Winstone, University of Westminster, United Kingdom
- Silver Medal: “Of Dogs and Horses,” Thomas Stuber, Film  Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Bronze Medal: “The Swing of the Coffin Maker,” Elmar Imanov,  The International Film School Cologne, Germany

The Academy established the Student Academy Awards in 1972 to support and encourage  excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level.  Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 46 Oscar nominations and have won or shared eight awards. At the 84th Academy Awards earlier this year, 2011 Student Academy Award winners Hallvar Witzø and Max Zähle were nominated in the Live Action Short Film category for “Tuba Atlantic” and “Raju,” respectively. James Spione, a Student Academy Award winner in 1987, earned a nomination in the Documentary Short Subject category for “Incident in New Baghdad.”