26th College Television AwardsOutstanding Student Projects Honored
Talented students from colleges and universities around the country were honored for their film and video productions at the 26th Annual College Television Awards, presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation.
Hosted by Bryan Cranston of the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle, the ceremony, held Sunday, March 13, at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, bestowed awards in nine categories: drama, comedy, documentary, traditional animation, non-traditional animation, magazine shows, newscasts, music and children’s programming. The Bricker Family Award, a special accolade devoted to humanitarian concerns, was also handed out.
The entire program, including $30,000 in cash prizes, was sponsored by the Television Academy Foundation. First-place winners received $2,000, second-place winners $1,000 and third-place winners $500. The Kodak Worldwide Student Program, in cooperation with the Television Academy, presented Eastman Product Grants of $2,000 in film stock to the first-place winner in each category and $1,000 in film stock to the second-place winner in each category. The Bricker Family Award winner received an additional $4,000.
Selected from 415 entries submitted by students from 139 college and universities in 36 states, the young honorees received their awards from an esteemed list of presenters: actress Mary Steenburgen, of the CBS series Joan of Arcadia; actress Kelli Williams of the NBC series Medical Investigation; Greg Berlanti, executive producer of the WB’s Jack & Bobby and Everwood; actors Justin Berfield of Fox’s Malcolm in the Middle; actress Sara Rue of the ABC sitcom Less Than Perfect; animation legend Phil Roman; actress Pamela S. Adlon, who voices Bobby on Fox’s King of the Hill; actor Levar Burton, host of the PBS children’s series Reading Rainbow; Entertainment Tonight co-host Mark Steines; and CNN entertainment reporter Sibila Vargas.
The Bricker Family Award, which was presented by Tom Sarnoff, Chairman Emeritus of the Television Academy Foundation, went to Dan Krauss of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, for his documentary The Life of Kevin Carter, about the titular Pulitzer Prize-winning South African photographer. Krauss also received a second-place award in the documentary category.
For a complete list of winners, please click here.
Highlights of the evening included clips from the remarkable student projects, which revealed a profound sophistication and maturity. All first-place projects will be screened in their entirety this evening at the College Television Awards Festival, which gets underway at 7:00 p.m. at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre on the Television Academy campus in North Hollywood. Montages of the second and third place winners will also be screened. The event is open to the public.
The co-chairs of the Television Academy’s Educational Programs & Services Committee are Steve Gordon and Nancy Meyer. The College Television Awards ceremony was organized and overseen by Price Hicks, the Television Academy Foundation’s Director of Educational
Programs & Services, and her devoted staff, Nancy Robinson, Hap Lovejoy and Paulette Maiden.