The Television Academy Foundation Announces the Nominees for the COLLEGE TELEVISION AWARDS
By: Kaitlin Milligan Jan. 14, 2019
The Television Academy Foundation today announced nominees for the 39th College Television Awards which recognizes and rewards excellence in student-produced programs.
The 25 nominees were selected from over 600 productions submitted by 174 colleges and universities nationwide. Designed to emulate the Emmys, the student entries are judged online by active Television Academy members. Television stars will present top honors to students at the awards ceremony on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California,where each winning project will receive a $3000 cash prize.
Three student-produced projects were nominated in each of eight categories: drama, comedy, animation, nonfiction, promotional, news, sports, and variety. One winner will be announced in each category. In addition, the College Television Awards announced the awardee for theLoreen Arbus Focus on Disability Scholarship, which recognizes a student-produced project that best portrays disability topics and issues, or helps emerging artists with a disability gain recognition.
Tickets for the 39th College Television Awards will be available for purchase beginning February 21, 2019, at TelevisionAcademy.com/RSVP-CTA. Tickets are $50 for adults and $25 for students with ID.
The nominees for the 39th College Television Awards, representing 17 colleges and universities, are listed below:
Animation Series:
In a HEARTBEAT (Ringling College of Art & Design)
Beth David, Producer
Esteban Bravo, Director, Writer
The Rose Garden (Ringling College of Art & Design)
Nina Gerstenhaber, Producer, Director, Writer
The Wishing Cranes (Ringling College of Art & Design)
Thomas Anderholm, Producer, Director, Writer
Comedy Series:
Everything's Fine: A Panic Attack in D Major (Columbia University)
Taylor Ortega, Producer
Zack Morrison, Director, Writer
Pickle (Chapman University)
Peter Henckel, Producer
Grant Moore, Director, Writer
Tree #3 (American Film Institute)
Iris Xuan Yang, Producer
Syndney Meadow, Writer
Omer Ben Shachar, Director, Writer
Drama Series:
Baby I'm Yours (Chapman University)
Marisa Messina, Producer
Hadley Hillel, Director, Writer
Noah Feinberg, Writer
Esta es tu Cuba (Chapman University)
John Sayage, Producer
Brian Robau, Director
Daniel Klein, Writer
Neemkomok' (American Film Institute)
Shanshan Sun, Producer
Douglas Cushnie, Director, Writer
Nonfiction or Reality Series:
Fear Builds Walls (ArtCenter College of Design)
Charlie McCarthy, Producer
Rudy Gold, Director, Writer
Native Voices: The Struggle for Life and Land (American University)
Kent Wagner, Producer, Director, Writer
Out of the Pills (Ithaca College)
Eric Barr, Producer
Casey McCracken, Producer, Director
Rebecca van der Meulen, Producer
Christian Schuepbach, Writer
Megan Trapani, Writer
Variety:
The 37th Annual EVVY Awards (Emerson College)
Victoria Bartkavage, Producer
Amelia Channin, Producer
Gemma Guerrazzi, Producer
Mateo Solis, Producer
Tristan Flanagan, Director
Samantha Yates, Writer
Joe Zappulla, Writer
The Blackout's Quarter Update (Northwestern University)
Peter Condie, Producer
Noah Frick-Alofs, Producer
Kathryn Karnaze, Producer
Max Kliman, Producer
Willa Barnett, Director
Ryder Chasin, Director
Grace Dowling, Director
Charlie Heveran, Director
Jake Daniels, Writer
Alex Fecteau, Writer
SCADurday Night Live (Savannah College of Art and Design)
Nick Golden, Producer
Carson MacKenzie Smith, Producer
Lexy Pazul, Director
Ana Bernot-Reilly, Writer
Katie Beyoglides, Writer
Joe Casper, Writer
Ellis Cox-McAllister, Writer
Courtney Fortner, Writer
Cynea Gamble, Writer
Karlie Kyser, Writer
Viktor Rodriguez, Writer
Loic Suberville, Writer
Cannon Wise, Writer
Nilufer Yuce, Writer
Commercial, PSA or Promo:
GE - One More Giant Leap (Brigham Young University)
Jason Murray, Producer
Jedediah Thunell, Director
Anthon Chase Johnson, Writer
Pests Do Not Mess with the Orkin Man (Brigham Young University)
Chris Petersen, Producer, Director, Writer
Seth Mollerup, Director, Writer
Bentley Rawle, Director
Weird (Savannah College of Art and Design)
Maegan Mann, Producer
Demi Waldron, Producer
Olivia O'Hara, Director
Mason Douglass, Writer
News:
Cronkite News (Arizona State University)
Hayley Brand, Producer
Azucena Martinez, Producer
Ben Jacobs, Director
Terra Pinckley, Director
Kevyn Gessner, Writer
Montclair News Lab: Hurricane Recover Mission to Puerto Rico (Montclair State University)
Natalie De La Rosa, Producer
Mariano Arocho, Producer, Director, Writer
Laura Galarza, Producer, Director, Writer
Babee Garcia, Producer, Director, Writer
Madison Glassman, Producer, Director, Writer
Genesis Obando, Producer, Director, Writer
Madijuene Traore, Producer, Director, Writer
UM-TV Newsvision: Tragedy in Parkland (University of Miami)
Kelly Saberi, Producer
Rebekah Chung, Producer, Writer
Amanda Herrera, Producer, Writer
Aaron Agrasanchez, Director
Sports:
Molloy Volleyball: A Cinderella Story (Molloy College)
Matthew Considine, Producer, Director, Writer
Sooner Sports Pad: Fall '17 Debut Show (University of Oklahoma)
Matthew Welsh, Producer
Torii Bicondova, Director
Sports Desk (University of Miami)
Luis Gonzalez, Producer
Valerie Ferrante, Producer
Amanda Fuentes, Producer
Amanda Herrera, Director
Isaiah Kim-Martinez, Writer
Jihad Shatara, Writer
Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability Scholarship Winner:
Woman of Steel (Florida State University)
Chris Violette, Producer, Director, Writer
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