USC School of Cinematic Arts
Alumni Nominations 2015
(as of 2/4/15)

Judd Apatow
Girls
Golden Globes
Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical

Paul Apelgren ’05
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
MPSE Awards
Best Sound Editing – Music in a Feature Film

Matteo Borghese ’11
Silicon Valley
WGA Awards
Comedy Series
New Series

Gregg Champion
The Gabby Douglas Story
NAACP Awards
Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie

Thierry J. Couturier ’83
Birdman
MPSE Awards
Best Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR in an English Language Feature

Kyle Dare ’14
The Night Guardian
MPSE Awards
Verna Fields Award for Student Filmmakers

Joshua Donen ‘79
House of Cards
Golden Globes
Best Television Series – Drama
NAACP Awards
Outstanding Drama Series

Joe Dzuban ’04
Birdman
MPSE Awards
Best Sound Editing – Effects and Foley in an English Language Feature

Megan Ellison
Foxcatcher
Golden Globes
Best Motion Picture ­– Drama

James Foley ‘79
House of Cards
Golden Globes
Best Television Series – Drama
NAACP Awards
Outstanding Drama Series

Albert Gasser ’83
Birdman
MPSE Awards
Best Sound Editing – Effects and Foley in an English Language Feature

Brian Grazer ’74
Get On Up
NAACP Awards
Outstanding Motion Picture

Jason Hall
American Sniper
Academy Awards
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
WGA Awards
Adapted Screenplay

Jamie Hardt ’00
Fury
MPSE Awards
Best Sound Editing – Effects and Foley in an English Language Feature

Dan Hegeman ’85
Unbroken
MPSE Awards
Best Sound Editing – Effects and Foley in an English Language Feature

Jonathan Igla ’05
Mad Men
WGA Awards
Drama Series
Episodic Drama – “A Day’s Work”

Heather Jeng Bladt ’05
Mad Men
WGA Awards
Drama Series

Zheng Jia ’14
The Night Guardian
MPSE Awards
Verna Fields Award for Student Filmmakers

Erin Levy ’05
Mad Men
WGA Awards
Drama Series

Vince Marcello ’06
American Girl: Isabelle Dances into the Spotlight
DGA Awards
Children’s Programming

Zahir McGhee ‘09
Scandal
NAACP Image Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

Aisha Muharrar
Parks and Recreation
NAACP Image Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Tim Nielsen ’99
World of Warcraft – Lords of War
MPSE Awards
Best Sound Editing – Computer Episodic (Webisode)
Overwatch – “The Exhibit”
MPSE Awards
Best Sound Editing – Game Cinematics

Brian Ott ’14
The Night Guardian
MPSE Awards
Verna Fields Award for Student Filmmakers

Jamari Perry ’13
The Night Guardian
MPSE Awards
Verna Fields Award for Student Filmmakers

Kate Powers ‘07
Rectify
WGA Awards
Episodic Drama – “Donald the Normal”

Shonda Rhimes ’94
Grey’s Anatomy
NAACP Awards
Outstanding Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
NAACP Awards
Outstanding Drama Series
Scandal
NAACP Awards
Outstanding Drama Series

Reese Robinson
The Night Guardian
MPSE Awards
Verna Fields Award for Student Filmmakers

Erica Shelton Kodish ’98
The Good Wife
WGA Awards
Drama Series

David H. Steinberg
The Simpsons
WGA Awards
Animation – “Pay Pal”

Addison Teague ’02
Big Hero 6
MPSE Awards
Feature Animation

Rob Turbovsky ’11
Silicon Valley
WGA Awards
Comedy Series
New Series

Matthew Weiner ’90
Mad Men
WGA Awards
Drama Series
Episodic Drama – “A Day’s Work”

Bernard Weiser ’83
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
MPSE Awards
Best Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR in Long Form Television
Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Long Form Television

Robert Yeoman ’79
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Academy Awards
Best Achievement in Cinematography
ASC Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Theatrical Release