The Foundation of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has announced the nominees for the 2021 National Student Production Awards. Nominees were selected from high school student entries across the country in 25 programming and craft categories.
“The future journalists, analysts, correspondents and entertainers of the next generation will be found among these talented young nominees represented here,” said Adam Sharp, President & CEO, NATAS. “Highlighting their work and encouraging their pursuit of excellence is one of the primary mandates of our Foundation.”
“The Foundation of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is thrilled to honor the incredible work of these talented students,” said Danielle Mannion, Education Chair, NATAS. “The students faced extraordinary challenges and produced dynamic and compelling stories. We also wish to acknowledge the dedicated work of their teachers who supported these productions.”
This year’s submissions were successfully culled from over 2000 entries from the regional chapters of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Entries were judged by selected industry professionals and media academics.
The San Francisco/Northern California Chapter is represented by 8 schools with 14 nominations in 11 categories:
Newscast
BNN 2021
Buchanan High School
Gabe Munro, Rylee Gonzales, Noah Robereto, Chris Pearce, Blaise Gonda, Nate Long, Canyon Vang, Caleb Pouliot, Michael Perez, Logan Garcia
Daniel Pierce, Advisor
Multimedia Journalist (MMJ) or Video Essay
Voices of the Valley
Tamalpais High School
Jessica Bukowski, Lily Travers, Aghalia Dorkin, Trevor Canto
Non-Fiction – Short Form
Cells vs. Zombies: The Role of Cellular Senescence in the Human Body
Amador Valley High School
Nitya Ayyagari
Mani Vemulakonda, Advisor
Music Video
Don’t Throw Out My Legos
Academy Of Arts, Careers and Technology
Isabella Wolf
Robert Zorn, Advisor
Fiction – Short Form
Incursion
El Diamante High School
Noah Lillywhite, Sam Zurek, Kai Willey
Ellie Hebert, Advisor
and
Performance Anxiety
Franklin High School
Shaina Ocampo
Brad Clark, Advisor
Commercial
Steam Club
Whitney High School
Alicia Chiang, Michaela Oh
Ben Barnholdt, Advisor
Animation/Graphics/Special Effects
Beasts in the Orange clouds
El Diamante High School
Mario Landeros
Ellie Hebert, Advisor
Audio/Sound
Notes
Buchanan High School
Noah Roberto, Chris Pearce
Daniel Pearce, Advisor
Editor
Mirage
Moanalua High School
Sara Brekke
Mark Ikenaga, Advisor
Photographer
Who’s Sorry Now
Buchanan High School
Noah Roberto
Daniel Pearce, Advisor
and
Mirage
Moanalua High School
Sara Brekke, Khloe Ringor
Mark Ikenaga, Advisor
Writer
Cells vs. Zombies: The Role of Cellular Senescence in the Human Body
Amador Valley High School
Nitya Ayyagari
Mani Vemulakonda, Advisor
and
Hello Kitty, Goodbye Innocence
Tamalpais High School
Jessica Bukowski
Mike Goldstein, Mike Lavezzo, Sharilyn Scharf, Advisors
All of our Chapter 2021 High School Award recipient video’s can be seen here.
2021 National Student Production Awards Ceremony will be on Tuesday, November 23 at 10am (PST) on watchtheemmys.tv. 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).