The Student Academy Awards are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in an annual competition for college and university filmmakers.^[1][2]

Description

The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first presented in 1973. The current name was adopted effective in 1991. Since 1975, the awards have been given annually. The event has been held in October since 2017 and usually takes place at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California.

The awards offer prizes in four categories: alternative (experimental film), animation, documentary, and narrative. Gold, silver, and bronze awards may be given in each category, with accompanying cash grants of $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000, respectively, as of 2005. Since 1981, a separate award has been given annually to a student filmmaker from outside the United States – however in the 49th annual SAA (2022), the academy has merged its domestic and international categories to provide everyone with an equal footing. This reduced the 7 categories (4 domestic & 3 international) into 4 = narrative, animation, alternative/ experimental and documentary.

Several award winners have gone on to significant achievement as filmmakers, including Robert Zemeckis, Bob Saget, Spike Lee, Trey Parker, Pete Docter and John Lasseter.^[3] Some of the award-winning student films have themselves been nominated for and/or won the Academy Award in the short film categories, including Chicks in White Satin, The Janitor, Karl Hess: Toward Liberty, The Lunch Date, 9, Quiero ser (I want to be...), Gang Cops,^[4] The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club,^[5] The Red Jacket, On the Line (Auf der Strecke), God of Love, The Confession, 4.1 Miles^[6] and Dcera (Daughter).^[7]

To extend the impact and honor beyond the competition, a compilation presentation of the gold medal award-winning films is circulated each year free of charge to educational and non-profit organizations nationwide.

Copies (and some elements) for over 90% of films honored with Student Academy Awards, along with recordings of many of the awards ceremonies, are held by the Academy Film Archive.^[8]

List of winners

1970s

1st Annual Student Film Awards – December 20, 1973

• Animation: Anti-matter, Lewis Hall, Carlos Guiterrez-Mena – University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
• Documentary: You See, I've Had a Life, Ben Levin, Mort Jordan – Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Dramatic: Manhattan Melody, Reuben Trane, Ken Wiederhorn – Columbia University (New York City)
• Special Jury (Dramatic): Norman Nurdelpick's Suspension: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Dahlin – Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)

2nd Annual Student Film Awards – July 1, 1975

• Animation: Euphoria, Vincent Collins – San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco)
• Documentary: Men's Lives, Josh Hanig, Will Roberts – Antioch College (Yellow Springs, Ohio)
• Dramatic: Swag, Bruce Postman – New York University School of the Arts (New York City)
• Experimental: Architecture of the Petroleum Age, Scott Thomas – Rice University (Houston, Texas)
• Special Jury (Dramatic): A Field of Honor, Robert Zemeckis^[9] – University of Southern California (Los Angeles)

3rd Annual Student Film Awards – June 23, 1976

• Animation: Fame,^[10] Mark Kirkland, Richard Jefferies – California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California)
• Documentary: What the Notes Say Karen Grossman, Richard O'Neill – Adelphi University (Garden City, New York)
• Dramatic: The Preparatory, Terence Cahalan – University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
• Experimental: After Lumiere, Joan Laine – University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
• Special Jury (Documentary): The American Love Affair, Lee M. Rhoads, Jr. – University of Southern California (Los Angeles)

4th Annual Student Film Awards – May 22, 1977

• Animation: The Muse, Paul W. Demeyer – California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California)
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: The Last of the Little Breweries, Frank H. Binney – University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas)
  • Merit: Guitar Craft, Rob Williams – Western States Film Institute and Metropolitan State College of Denver (both in Denver, Colorado)
• Dramatic: Sixteen Down, Carol L. Dysinger – New York University (New York City)
• Experimental: TRANSCENdance, Philip W. Pura – Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)

5th Annual Student Film Awards – May 21, 1978

• Animation: Mother Goose, David Bishop – University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: The Sixth Week, John Simeon Block – New York University (New York City)
  • Merit: Like Any Child, Only More So, Catherine Allan, Maile Ornellas – University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
  • Merit: Through Adam's Eyes, Robert Saget – Temple University, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Dramatic: Button, Button, Burton Lee Harry – University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
• Experimental: Triptych, Matthew Patrick – Hampshire College (Amherst, Massachusetts)

6th Annual Student Film Awards – June 3, 1979

• Animation:
  • Achievement: Lady and the Lamp John Lasseter – California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California)
  • Merit: The Walrus and the Carpenter, Tomas Gasek, Malcolm G. Spaull – Rochester Institute of Technology (Henrietta, New York)
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Since '45, Michael David Korolenko – Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Merit: Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff, Jan Krawitz, Thomas Ott – Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Merit: Everybody Needs a Forever Home, Mike Simpson – University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas)
• Dramatic: The Writers, Harriotte H. Aaron – New York University (New York City)

1980s

7th Annual Student Film Awards – June 8, 1980

• Animation: Nitemare, John Lasseter – California Institute of the Arts
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Karl Hess: Toward Liberty, Roland Hallé, Peter W. Ladue – Boston University
  • Merit: Crossroads/South Africa: The Struggle Continues, Jonathan Wacks – University of California, Los Angeles
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: Candy Store, Claude Kerven – New York University
  • Honorary: Happy Birthday, Randall Fried – University of Southern California
  • Merit: Murder in a Mist, Lisa Gottlieb – Columbia College Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
• Experimental: Sections, Sean Phillips – University of Southern California

8th Annual Student Film Awards – June 7, 1981

• Animation: A Bird's Eye View, Deborah Jo Short – San Francisco State University
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: I Remember Barbra, Kevin Burns – Boston University
  • Merit: Jazz, Albert Magnoli – University of Southern California
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: A Man Around the House, Caroline Emmons – New York University
  • Merit: Willie, Coleen Higgins, Ghasem Ebrahimian – State University of New York at Purchase
• Experimental: Commuter, Michael M. Patterson – California Institute of the Arts
• Foreign Student Film: Maedeli la brèche, Jaco Van Dormael – Institut National Superieur, Belgium

9th Annual Student Film Awards – June 6, 1982

• Animation:
  • Achievement: Guess Who's for Dinner, Kathy Zielinski – California Institute of the Arts
  • Merit: The Taming, Bill Jarcho – Emerson College
• Documentary: Face Value, Michael Kriegsman, Dan Montopoli – New York University
• Dramatic: For Heaven's Sake, Ken Kwapis – University of Southern California
• Foreign Student Film: Zone Surveillee (Monitored Zone), Olivier Langlois – Institut National Superieur, Belgium

10th Annual Student Film Awards – June 5, 1983

• Animation: No One for Chess, Richard Rosser – Washington and Lee University
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?, Christopher McLeod, Glenn Switkes – University of California, Berkeley
  • Merit: El Matador, Arturo Ruiz Esparza – University of Texas at Austin
  • Merit: Where Did You Get That Woman, Loretta Smith – Columbia College (Chicago, Illinois)
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: American Taboo, Steve Lustgarten – Portland State University
  • Merit: Children of the Corn, John Robert Woodward, Johnny Stevens – University of Texas at Austin
  • Merit: Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads, Spike Lee – New York University
• Experimental: Somnolent Blue, Monica Kendall – School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Foreign Student Film: Over My Dead Body, Ingrid Oustrup Jensen – National Film School of Denmark

11th Annual Student Film Awards – June 10, 1984

• Animation:
  • Achievement: The White Gazelle, Anthony Laudati – State University of New York at Purchase
  • Merit: Mr. Gloom, William G. Kopp – California Institute of the Arts
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Rodin's Balzac, Marilyn Waterman – Stanford University
  • Merit: The Wizard of the Strings, Alan Edelstein, Peter Friedman – New York University
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: Minors, Alan Kingsberg – New York University
  • Merit: The Lottery Rose, Gregory Popp, Frank Military – Northwestern University
• Experimental: Tuscola Moon, Dan Reed – University of Illinois at Chicago
• Foreign Student Film: Mother's Wedding, Jenny Wilkes – National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England

12th Annual Student Film Awards – June 16, 1985

• Animation: Observational Hazard, William G. Kopp – California Institute of the Arts
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Burley: Growing Tobacco in America, Robert Henson, Doron Schlair – New York University
  • Merit: On the Rocks, Kathryn Johnston, Iain C. Stobie – University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Merit: Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong, Lucy Ostrander – Stanford University
• Dramatic: Heroes, Camille Thomasson – University of Southern California
• Foreign Student Film: The Leahys: Music Most of All, Peter Weyman – York University, Toronto, Canada

13th Annual Student Film Awards – June 8, 1986

• Animation:
  • Achievement: Housecats, Peg McClure Moudy – De Anza College, Cupertino, California
  • Merit: Mangia!, Sheila Sofian – Rhode Island School of Design
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Songs of Wool: Vena Tipton's Hooked Rugs, Cathey Edwards – California Institute of the Arts
  • Merit: The Flapper Story, Lauren Lazin – Stanford University
  • Merit: Sam, Aaron D. Weisblatt – New York University
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: Jenny, John Travers – University of Bridgeport, Connecticut
  • Merit: Chicken Thing, Todd Holland – University of California, Los Angeles
• Experimental: The Three Cornered Hat, Angel Gracia – Miami Dade Community College
• Foreign Student Film: Come, I Have a Story To Tell You, Frederic Roullier-Gall – Institut National Superieur des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion, Belgium

14th Annual Student Film Awards – June 7, 1987

• Animation: Husband of Rat's Daughter, Karen McCoy Fremuth – Rhode Island School of Design
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Silver into Gold, Lynn Mueller – Stanford University
  • Honorary: Living with AIDS, Tina DiFeliciantonio – Stanford University
  • Merit: In the Wee Wee Hours, Izak Ben-Meir – University of Southern California
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: Bird in a Cage, Antonio Zarro – CBN University
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