High School Awards

The winners of the 7th Annual National Student Production Awards were announced today during a virtual ceremony hosted by ABC News correspondent, Rachel Scott. This competition is presented by the Foundation of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) which recognizes talented students from around the country.
With five winners each, the San Francisco/Northern California Chapter and the Chicago/Midwest Chapter led the list of winners in this year’s national competition. Three National Student Production Awards were given to students from El Diamante High School in Visalia, with the other two going to Franklin High School in Elk Grove and Whitney High School in Rocklin. Congratulations to all our region’s winners:
Fiction – Long Form
Come Home, El Diamante High School
Avery Hazard, Kevin Lau, Noah Lillywhite, Kai Willey, Samuel Zurek
Ellie Hebert, Advisor
Public Service Announcement
Johnny, Franklin High School
Marcus Farrar
Brad Clark, Advisor
Animation/Graphics/Special Effects
Shawn Singh Reel, Whitney High School
Shawn Singh
Ben Barnholdt, Advisor
Audio/Sound
Come Home, El Diamante High School
Noah Lillywhite, Avery Hazard
Ellie Hebert, Advisor
Photographer
Come Home, El Diamante High School
Kevin Lau, Sam Zurek
Ellie Hebert, Advisor

The San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Announces Nominations for the 2021-2022
NATIONAL STUDENT PRODUCTION AWARDS

 

Link to print Press Release

Link to National Press Release

The NATAS NorCal Chapter submitted the 18 regional recipients of excellence to the National Student Production Awards and 16 (89%) were nominated.

The Foundation of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 2022 National Student Production Awards. Nominees were selected from high school student entries across the country in 25 programming and craft categories.

“The EMMY® Awards are the “gold standard” in the television broadcast industry – recognizing the very best of the best. Similarly, our National Student Production Awards recognize the very best from our industry’s next generation of media creators and leaders.,” said Terry O’Reilly, Chairman, NATAS. “The work they’re doing today promises an amazing future ahead – for them, and for the entire television community.”

“The work created by our nominees is exemplary,” said Danielle Mannion, Education Chair, NATAS. “Each year the students and their teachers raise the bar of excellence higher. The future of the industry looks bright with these talented individuals leading the way!”

“Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter (18 nominations), San Francisco/Northern California Chapter (16 nominations), and Suncoast Chapter (15 nominations) lead the pack in this year’s national competition.” said NorCal Education Chair Toby Momtaz.  “Our chapter is honored that the work of our talented high school students has been acknowledged in this way.”

This year’s submissions were successfully culled from over 2,000 entries from the regional chapters of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Entries were judged by selected industry professionals and media academics.

Recipients will be announced November 17, 2022 beginning at 10am (PT) via a web stream produced by NATAS. This and all NATAS ceremonies are available on NATAS’ dedicated viewing platform powered by Vimeo, available on the web at Watch.TheEmmys.TV and via The Emmys® apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV, Roku and Samsung TV (full list at apps.theemmys.tv).

The list of NorCal nominees follows:                                               

                                                 PROGRAM CATEGORIES
                                                                         Newscast
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  Buchanan High School, Clovis;  “BNN 2022”
Lucille Malcolm, Producer; Gabriel Munro, Producer/Anchor/Camera/Editor; Rylee Gonzales, Producer/Anchor/Writer; Kelton Oliver, Ellianna Sandoval, Reporters; Daniel Hall, Reporter/Camera/Editor; Parker
Wyatt
, Alejandro Piedra Granados, Makayla Wyckoff, Camera/Editors; Phoenix Sadler, Ray Williams, Editors; Daniel Pearce, Advisor

                                                               Fiction – Short Form
NATIONAL NOMINEE:
  Moanalua High School;  “Pan de Vida”
Sara Brekke, Leigh Antoinette Medina, Producers; Caydie Furutani, Actress; Mark Ikenaga, Advisor

                                                                 Fiction – Long Form
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  El Diamante High School Media Arts Academy;  “Come Home”
Avery Hazard, Kevin Lau, Noah Lillywhite, Kai Willey, Samuel Zurek, Producers; Ellie Hebert, Advisor

                                                             Sports Story or Segment
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  Whitney High School WCTV19;  “Punching Her Fears Away”
Makena Locsin, Reporter; Alyssa Eimer, Photographer; Ben Barnholdt, Advisor

                                                   Public Service Announcement (PSA)
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  Franklin High School;  “Johnny”
Marcus Farrar, Writer/Director/Animator; Brad Clark, Advisor

                                                                        Commercial
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  Buchanan High School, Clovis;  “Amanda Rogers Photography”
Rylee Gonzales, Gabriel Munro, Producers; Daniel Pearce, Advisor

                                                          CRAFT CATEGORIES
                                                         Animation/Graphics/Special Effects
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  Whitney High School WCTV19;  “Shawn Singh Reel”
Shawn Singh, Graphic Artist; Ben Barnholdt, Advisor

                                                                           Audio/Sound
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  El Diamante High School Media Arts Academy;  “Come Home”
Noah Lillywhite, Audio; Avery Hazard, Foley; Ellie Hebert, Advisor

                                                                                Director
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  El Diamante High School Media Arts Academy;  “Come Home”
Kai Willey, Director; Ellie Hebert, Advisor
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  Tamalpais High School, Academy of Integrated Humanities and New Media (AIM);  “The Letter”
Cameran Ford, Director;  Mike Goldstein, Mike Lavezzo, Sharilyn Scharf, Advisors

                                                                                   Editor
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  Moanalua High School;  “forever;”
Sara Brekke, Editor;  Mark Ikenaga, Advisor

                                                                    Photographer
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  Buchanan High School, Clovis;  “Boboland”
Braden Estes, Director of Photography; Levi Hull, Camera Operator; Daniel Pearce, Advisor
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  El Diamante High School Media Arts Academy;  “Come Home”
Kevin LauSam Zurek, Cinematographers; Ellie Hebert, Advisor

                                                        Talent – News or Sports
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  Whitney High School WCTV19;  “Ken Munoz Reel”
Ken Munoz, On Air Talent;  Ben Barnholdt, Advisor

                                                              Talent Performer
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  Moanalua High School;  “forever”
Leigh Antoinette Medina, Talent; Mark Ikenaga, Advisor

                                                                           Writer
NATIONAL NOMINEE:  El Diamante High School Media Arts Academy;  “Come Home”
     Kai Willey, Writer; Ellie Hebert, Advisor

 

Mark your calendars Thursday, November 17, 2022 – 10am (PT) via aWatch.TheEmmys.TV a