LMU School of Film and Television gathered at the end of last year to celebrate undergraduate and graduate students at their annual SFTV Awards ceremony. The SFTV Awards recognize excellence in each department.
“These students have spent countless hours honing their craft and have demonstrated exceptional talent in their respective fields. We congratulate them on their accomplishments and express our gratitude to the faculty and staff who mentored them during their time at LMU,” says Joanne Moore, dean of LMU School of Film and Television. Congratulations to the following awardees:
| Departmental Awards | |
| Maxwell Clemente Alvarez | Excellence in Recording Arts |
| Ethan Paul Tanti | Excellence in Screenwriting |
| Tia Kaiulani Kanaeholo | Excellence in Graduate Writing and Producing for Television |
| Scotty Villhard | Excellence in Graduate Writing for the Screen |
| Yiran Chen | Excellence in Cinematography |
| Tapio Tokunaga | Excellence in Film and Television Production |
| Rachel Elizabeth Mason | Excellence in Graduate Film and Television Production |
| Taylor Grace Skorupa | Excellence in Animation |
| Shawn Howell Wayans | Excellence in Film, Television and Media Studies |
The SFTV Awards followed LMU’s annual Student Academic, Service, and Leadership Awards (SASLA), which were announced on April 19. Below is a list of students honored at that ceremony. Go Lions!
| University Awards/SASLA | |
| Yinka Akinlade | Class of 2024 Valedictorian (Production) |
| Amy Carlyle | Presidential Citation; Raymunde McKay, R.S.H.M. Award (Screenwriting) |
| Syuen Chia | Program Scholar (Production) |
| Dominic Czarnota | Program Scholar (MFA Production) |
| Joseph Harrison | Program Scholar (Screenwriting) |
| Rachel “Rocky” Jacobs | Program Scholar; Presidential Citation (Recording Arts) |
| Caitlyn Kiehn | Program Scholar (Animation) |
| Ian Kirby | Program Scholar (Film, TV, and Media Studies) |
| Sara Lighthart | Raymunde McKay, R.S.H.M. Award (Screenwriting) |
| Nicole Lloyd | Program Scholar (MFA Writing and Producing for TV) |
| John Norton | SFTV Graduate Scholar (MFA Writing for the Screen) |
| Annabel Swangard | SFTV Undergraduate Scholar (Screenwriting) |
| Peter Villhard Jr. | Program Scholar (MFA Writing for the Screen) |
| Abbey Wineglass | Presidential Citation (Animation) |
