Student Academy Awards

One of the Academy’s most popular annual events honors outstanding student filmmakers from across the country and abroad. This year’s winners will follow in some formidable footsteps. Past Student Academy Award winners have earned over 45 Oscar nominations (individual or collaborative), directed two films that received the Academy Award for Foreign Language Film, received a Special Achievement Oscar, and won or shared eight Academy Awards. Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis, John Lasseter, Pete Docter and Trey Parker are among the Student Academy Award winners who went on to prominent filmmaking careers.