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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight honored fifteen student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 41st Student Academy Awards ceremony, held at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Hollywood.

The gold, silver and bronze medals were announced and presented by actors Adrian Grenier, Nate Parker and Oscar nominee Demian Bichir, and the Oscar-winning directing/producing team from the animated feature Frozen, Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck and Peter Del Vecho.

The 2014 Student Academy Award® winners are:

Alternative

Gold Medal: “Person,” Drew Brown, The Art Institute of Jacksonville, Florida

Silver Medal: “Oscillate,” Daniel Sierra, School of Visual Arts, New York

Animation

Gold Medal: “Owned,” Daniel Clark and Wesley Tippetts, Brigham Young University, Utah

Silver Medal: “Higher Sky,” Teng Cheng, University of Southern California

Bronze Medal: “Yamashita,” Hayley Foster, Loyola Marymount University, California

Documentary

Gold Medal: “The Apothecary,” Helen Hood Scheer, Stanford University

Silver Medal: “White Earth,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight honored fifteen student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 41st Student Academy Awards ceremony, held at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Hollywood. The gold, silver and bronze medals were announced and presented by actors Adrian Grenier, Nate Parker and Oscar® nominee Demian Bichir, and the Oscar-winning directing/producing team from the animated feature “Frozen,” Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck and Peter Del Vecho. The 2014 Student Academy Award® winners are: Alternative Gold Medal: “Person,” Drew Brown, The Art Institute of Jacksonville, Florida Silver Medal: “Oscillate,” Daniel Sierra, School of Visual Arts, New York Animation Gold Medal: “Owned,” Daniel Clark and Wesley Tippetts, Brigham Young University, Utah Silver Medal: “Higher Sky,” Teng Cheng, University of Southern California Bronze Medal: “Yamashita,” Hayley Foster, Loyola Marymount University, California Documentary Gold Medal: “The Apothecary,” Helen Hood Scheer, Stanford University Silver Medal: “White Earth,...

Actors Demian Bichir, Adrian Grenier and Nate Parker, along with the writing/directing/producing team of Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck and Peter Del Vecho, who earned Oscars for Frozen, will present at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 41st Student Academy Awards on Saturday, June 7, at 6 p.m. at the DGA Theater in Hollywood. The awards ceremony caps a week of industry activities for the 15 student filmmakers from the U.S. and abroad who were selected as winners this year.

Lee, Buck and Del Vecho took home Oscars earlier this year for the Animated Feature Film winner Frozen, the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Along with becoming the first female feature director in the history of the Walt Disney Animation Studios, Lee also wrote the screenplay for Frozen and co-wrote the 2012 Oscar nominee Wreck-it Ralph. Co-director Buck’s other animated feature credits include Pocahontas and Tarzan, and...

Fifteen students have been selected as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 41st Student Academy Awards competition. They will arrive in Los Angeles for a week of industry activities that will culminate in the awards ceremony on Saturday, June 7, at 6 p.m., at the DGA Theater in Hollywood. The medal placements – gold, silver and bronze – in the five award categories will be announced at the ceremony.

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The winners are (listed alphabetically by film title):

Alternative

“Oscillate,” Daniel Sierra, School of Visual Arts, New York

“Person,” Drew Brown, The Art Institute of Jacksonville, Florida

Animation

“Higher Sky,” Teng Cheng, University of Southern California

“Owned,” Daniel Clark and Wesley Tippetts, Brigham Young University, Utah

“Yamashita,” Hayley Foster, Loyola Marymount University, California

Documentary

“The Apothecary,” Helen Hood Scheer, Stanford University

“One Child,” Zijian Mu, New York University

“White Earth,” J. Christian Jensen,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected fifteen student winners in the 41st Student Academy Awards competition. For winning in the competition, the students will get to enjoy a week in Los Angeles filled with industry activities, followed by an awards ceremony on Saturday, June 7 at the DGA Theater in Hollywood. Medal placements — gold, silver, and bronze — will be awarded at this time. Also read: Academy Renews Dawn Hudson's Contract as CEO The winners (listed alphabetically) in each of five categories are as follows: Alternative “Oscillate,” Daniel Sierra, School of Visual Arts, New York “Person,” Drew Brown,...