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Congratulations to our friends and alumni on their  successes in the 2006 awards season.



Academy Awards Emmy Awards
MPSE Golden Reel Award WGA
Independent Spirit Award Golden Globe Award
DGA PGA
NAACP Image Award ACE Eddie Award
ASC  

Academy Awards

Robert Elswit, ’75
Good Night, and Good Luck
Achievement in Cinematography

Don Hall
John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation

Doug Hemphill, ’79
Walk the Line
Achievement in Sound

Grant Heslov, ’86
Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Motion Picture
Best Original Screenplay

Steven Spielberg
Munich
Best Achievement in Directing
Best Motion Picture

MPSE Golden Reel Award

Richard Anderson ’73
Madagascar
Best Sound Editing in Feature Animation

David Bondelevitch, ’89
Battlestar Galactica
Best Sound Editing in Television- Short-Form Music

Patrick Hogan, ’98
Family Guy
Best Sound Editing in Television Animation

American Dad
Best Sound Editing in Television Animation

Lou Kleinman
The Island
Best Sound Editing in a Feature Film- SFX/Foley

Chuck Michael, ’87
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Best Sound Editing in a Feature Film- SFX/Foley

F. Hudson Miller, ’84
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Best Sound Editing in a Feature Film- SFX/Foley

WGA

Judd Apatow. ’87
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Best Original Screenplay

Javier Grillo-Marxuach*, ’93
Lost
Dramatic Series

Grant Heslov, ’86

Paul Selvin Award

Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Original Screenplay

Christina M. Kim*, ’03
Lost
Dramatic Series

Steven Maeda*, ’92
Lost
Dramatic Series

John Milius, ’67
Rome
New Series

Lisa Parsons, ’02
Arrested Development
Comedy Series

Ellen Perry
The Fall of Fujimori
Best Documentary Screenplay

Star Price, ’83
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Comedy/Variety Series

Shonda Rhimes, ’94
Grey’s Anatomy
Dramatic Series
New Series*

John Wells, ’82
The West Wing
Dramatic Series

Independent Spirit Award

Gregg Araki, ’85
Mysterious Skin
Best Director

Robert Elswit, ’75
Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Cinematography

Grant Heslov, ’86
Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Feature Film

Rian Johnson, ’96
John Cassavetes Award
Brick

Golden Globe Award

Bryan Burk*, ’91
Lost
Best Television Series- Drama

Javier Grillo-Marxuach*, ’93
Lost
Best Television Series- Drama

Grant Heslov, ’86
Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Motion Picture- Drama
Best Screenplay

Steven Maeda*, ’92
Lost
Best Television Series- Drama

John Milius, ’67
Rome
Television Series- Drama

Neal Moritz, ’85
Prison Break
Best Television Series- Drama

Charles Pratt, Jr.* , ’78
Desperate Housewives
Best Television Series- Comedy

Shonda Rhimes, ’94
Grey’s Anatomy
Best Television Series- Drama

Steven Spielberg
Munich
Best Director – Motion Picture

Tom Spezialy*, ’85
Desperate Housewives
Best Television Series- Comedy

DGA
Tony Croll* ’98
Three Wishes
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs

Star Price, ’83
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs

James Sadwith, ’04
Elvis
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television

Steven Spielberg
Munich
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures



PGA

Bryan Burk*, ’91
Golden Laurel Award
Lost
Best Television Series- Drama

Grant Heslov, ’86
Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Motion Picture

NAACP Image Award

Bryan Burk, ’91
Lost
Outstanding Drama Series

Javier Grillo-Marxuach, ’93
Lost
Outstanding Drama Series

Steven Maeda, ’92
Lost
Outstanding Drama Series

Shonda Rhimes*, ’94
Grey’s Anatomy
Outstanding Drama Series

John Singleton, ’90
Hustle & Flow
Outstanding Motion Picture

Four Brothers
Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film/Television Movie*

Tim Story, ’91
Fantastic Four
Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film/Television Movie


ACE Eddie Award

Jeffrey Ford, ’91
The Family Stone
Feature Film- Musical or Comedy

Ron Howard
ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year

ASC
Robert Elswit, ’75
Good Night, and Good Luck
Feature Film

Robbie Greenberg*
Warm Springs
TV Movie/Miniseries/Pilot

Nathan Hope*, ’95
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation “Who Shot Sherlock?”
Best Single Episode of a Regular Series

Woody Omens, ’65
Presidents Award

Bill Roe
Faith of My Fathers
TV Movie/Miniseries/Pilot

Joseph White, ’04
Jordan Cronenweth Heritage Award

Emmy Award

Russel Friend
House

Brian Grazer*
24

Brad Grey
The Sopranos

Evan Katz*
24

Garrett Lerner
House

Shonda Rhimes
Grey’s Anatomy

Bryan Singer
House

Gianna Maria Smart
The Sopranos

Matthew Weiner
The Sopranos

John Wells
The West Wing

Tim Atzinger
Survivor
Picture Editing for Nonfiction
Programming (Multi-Camera)

Tom Shelly
Survivor
Producer

Jane Boegel
Sleeper Cell
Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or
Special

Sarah Boyd
Lost
Single Camera Picture Editing for a Drama

Sandra Chandler
All Aboard! Rosie’s Family Cruise
Cinematography for Nonfiction
Programming (Single-Camera)

Kirk Ellis
Into the West
Outstanding Miniseries

Evan Finn*
The Amazing Race
Picture Editing for Nonfiction
Programming (Multi-Camera)

Brad Grey
Real Time with Bill Maher
Variety, Music or Comedy Series

Patrick Hogan
Sleeper Cell; Stephen King’s Desperation
Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or
Special

Tim McHugh
Into the West
Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a
Miniseries, Movie or a Special

Paul Neilsen
The Amazing Race
Picture Editing for Nonfiction
Programming (Multi-Camera)

Star Price
Penn & Teller: Bullshit
Writing for Nonfiction Programming

Shonda Rhimes
Grey’s Anatomy
Writing for a Drama

Steven Spielberg
Into the West
Outstanding Miniseries

Douglass M. Stewart
78th Annual Academy Awards, nomination
sequence
Picture Editing for a Special (Single or
Multi-Camera)

Sharyn Tylk-Gersh
ER
Sound Editing for a Series

John Wells
Mrs. Harris
Outstanding Made for Television Movie

Craig Zisk
Weeds
Directing for a Comedy



*Winner.
Congratulations to any alumni we may have missed. Please contact us at alumni@cinema.usc.edu if we overlooked you.

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