SCAD alumni to be honored at 93rd Academy Awards
In a year when the art of film and the audience experience changed along with the world, SCAD continued to do Oscar-worthy work.
This Sunday, April 25, 8 p.m. EDT, the 93rd Academy Awards will be broadcast on ABC. SCAD alumni worked on nominated films including “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “Da 5 Bloods,” “Do Not Split,” “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story,” “Greyhound,” “Hillbilly Elegy,” “If Anything Happens, I Love You,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Love and Monsters,” “Mank,” “The Midnight Sky,” “Mulan,” “News of the World,” “The One and Only Ivan,” “One Night in Miami,” “Onward,” “Over the Moon,” “Promising Young Woman,” “Soul,” “Tenet,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” and “The White Tiger,”
“In 1985, when we launched our first entertainment arts degree program, I dreamed our talented students would gain global attention,” says SCAD President Paula Wallace. “It seems the SCAD family has always been destined for greatness — and golden statuettes. They bring home the hardware!”
These alumni affirm the exceptional preparation for professional careers they received while students at SCAD, as implicitly acknowledged by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy is made up of approximately 9,000 voting members, including professionals from every facet of the business.
Let’s celebrate the unmistakable creative contributions of the following SCAD alumni to this year’s nominees:
Alyssa “Grizzly” Goldman (B.F.A., film and television) “Hillbilly Elegy”
Aaron McGriff (B.F.A., animation, 2005) “Soul”
Alex Shilt (B.F.A., visual effects, 2016) “Onward”
Alexander Curtis (M.F.A., animation, 2011) “Onward”; “Soul”
Amanda Beggs (B.F.A., film and television, 2008) “One Night in Miami”
Amanda Bell (B.F.A., animation, 2016) “Over the Moon”
Andrew Finley (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) “Onward”
Andy Lin (B.F.A., animation, 2008) “Onward”; “Soul”
Andy Siravanta (M.F.A., film and television, 2015) “Hillbilly Elegy”
Annee Jonjai (B.F.A., animation, 2008) “Soul”
Becki Tower (M.F.A., animation, 2009) “Onward”; “Soul”
Ben Zylberman (M.F.A./B.F.A., sequential art, 2010/2006) “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Bess Johnson (B.F.A., film and television, 2011) “Hillbilly Elegy”
Bill Ross IV (B.F.A., video/film, 2003) “Do Not Split”
Boon Shin Ng (M.A., film and television, 2008) “Mulan”
Brian McCann (B.F.A., visual effects, 2010) “Hillbilly Elegy”
Casey Seabolt (B.F.A., visual effects, 2019) “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story”
Catlin Rose Scroggie (B.F.A., animation, 2015) “Over the Moon”
Charles Cronkrite (B.F.A., animation, 2012) “Over the Moon”
Charlie B. Spaht (B.F.A., video/film, 2002) “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story”
Chris Foreman (M.F.A., computer art, 2005) “Soul”
Chris Forster (B.F.A., film and television, 2013) “Hillbilly Elegy”
Christopher R. Carter (B.F.A., animation, 2016) “Soul”
Dana Hunt (B.F.A., video/film, 2006) “Greyhound”
Dasha Titlebaum (B.F.A., photography, 2005) “If Anything Happens, I Love You”
Dave Hale (B.F.A., visual effects, 2009) “Onward”
David Seong Ng (M.A., animation, 2007) “Greyhound”
Dawoon Kim (B.F.A., animation, 2018) “The Midnight Sky”
Diana Chu (M.F.A., visual effects, 2019) “Mank”
Diana Li (B.F.A., visual effects, 2008) “Mulan”; “Over the Moon”
Dorien Gunnels (B.F.A., visual effects, 2010) “Onward”; “Over the Moon”
Drew Huntley (B.F.A., visual effects, 2011) “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story”
Gabrielle McMullan (B.F.A., film and television, 2016) “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
Gaurav Mishra (B.F.A., film and television, 2014) “Over the Moon”
Geena Schwitters (B.F.A., television production) “Da 5 Bloods”
Hiro Ren (B.F.A., visual effects, 2018) “The One and Only Ivan”; “Over the Moon”
Hosuk Chang (M.A., visual effects, 2008) “Soul”
Ian Steplowski (computer art, 2003) “Onward”; “Soul”
Jason Daoud (B.F.A., visual effects, 2019) “Love and Monsters”
Jason Davies (M.F.A., animation, 2003) “Soul”
Jason Koh (Yong Kiat Koh) (B.F.A., visual effects, 2016) “Mulan”
Jenn Epstein (B.F.A., visual effects, 2005) “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Jen Grubbs (B.F.A., production design, 2015) “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Jennifer Brooks (unspecified) “One Night in Miami”
Jesse Weglein (M.A., visual effects, 2008) “Soul”
John Lockwood (B.F.A., visual effects, 2013) “Soul”
Jonah Laird (B.F.A., visual effects, 2017) “Onward”; “Soul”
Jonathan Nelson (M.F.A., computer art, 2005) “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Jordan Rempel (B.F.A., visual effects, 2009) “Onward”
Josh Evans (B.F.A./M.F.A., visual effects, 2011/2013) “Mulan”; “Over the Moon”
Josh Holtsclaw (B.F.A., illustration, 2006) “Soul”
Josh Matthews (B.F.A., visual effects, 2017) “Love and Monsters”
Kayla Jane Adams (B.F.A., film and television, 2015) “One Night in Miami”
Kevin Fisch (B.F.A., visual effects, 2011) “Da 5 Bloods”
Kevin McDonald (M.F.A., visual effects) “Over the Moon”
Khushnuma Savai (M.F.A., visual effects, 2015) “Greyhound”
Kiki Mei Kee Poh (M.A., visual effects, 2010) “Onward”
Kimmy Birdsell (B.F.A., sequential art, 2017) “Onward”; “Soul”
Kirsten Yamaguchi (M.F.A., animation, 2009) “Soul”
Kori Amacker (B.F.A./M.F.A., animation, 2012/2017) “Over the Moon”
Kristen Kopp (unspecified) “News of the World”
Kunal Ahuja (M.F.A., visual effects, 2012) “The White Tiger”
Kyle Hause (B.F.A., visual effects, 2006) “Mank”
Kyle Mohr (B.F.A., animation, 2005) “Onward”; “Soul”
Kylie Wijsmuller (B.F.A., visual effects, 2017) “Onward”; “Soul”
Lawson Bruen (unspecified) “Hillbilly Elegy”
Leslie Elizabeth Martin (B.F.A., animation, 2014) “Over the Moon”
Marc Casey (B.F.A., film and television, 2009) “Hillbilly Elegy”
Maribeth E. Glass (B.F.A., visual effects, 2006) “Over the Moon”
Marq Faulkner (B.F.A., visual effects, 2009) “Over the Moon”
Matt Gorball (B.F.A., computer art, 2000) “Greyhound”
Matt Kiefer (B.F.A., visual effects, 2009) “Mulan”
Matthew Benson (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) “Onward”; “Soul”
Matthew Lindahl (unspecified) “Onward”; “Soul”
Matthew T. Perry (B.F.A., film and television, 2011) “Da 5 Bloods”
Max Bickley (B.F.A., visual effects, 2008) “Soul”
Mazyar Sharifian (M.A., visual effects, 2016) “Da 5 Bloods”
Meredith O’Malley (B.F.A., animation/visual effects, 2018) “Soul”
Michael Nieves (B.F.A., animation, 2014) “Soul”
Michael Pickering (B.F.A., visual effects, 2018) “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story”
Michelle Gao (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) “Over the Moon”
Michelle Ledesma (M.F.A., video/film, 2001) “Over the Moon”
Natalie Greenhill (B.F.A., visual effects, 2013) “Over the Moon”
Nathan Alexander (B.F.A., production design) “Hillbilly Elegy”
Neil Helm (M.F.A., animation, 2010) “Onward”; “Soul”
Nestor Prado (M.A., visual effects, 2012) “The Midnight Sky”
Nick Bartone (B.F.A., visual effects, 2008) “Onward”
Nick Caramela (B.F.A., sound design, 2015) “The White Tiger”
Peter Egan (B.F.A., dramatic writing, 2016) “Over the Moon”
Philip Fraschetti (B.F.A./M.F.A., computer art/visual effects, 2005/2007) “Mulan”
Rachel Boissevain (M.A., sound design, 2019) “Greyhound”; “Love and Monsters”
Rebecca Carfagna (M.A., arts administration, 2015) “Greyhound”
Rochelle Brown (B.F.A., film and television, 2009) “Judas and the Black Messiah”; “Promising Young Woman”
Sam Carter (B.F.A., video/film, 2004) “Hillbilly Elegy”
Sandro Blattner (B.F.A., visual effects, 2010) “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Sasha Ouellet (B.F.A., visual effects, 2019) “Soul”
Scott Clark (unspecified) “Soul”
Scott Englert (B.F.A., computer art, 2005) “Over the Moon”
Sean Loughran (B.F.A., visual effects, 2008) “Greyhound”
Shaun Galinak (B.F.A., visual effects, 2009) “Onward”; “Soul”
Stephanie Parker (M.F.A., production design, 2015) “One Night in Miami”
Steve DiNozzi (M.A., visual effects) “Hillbilly Elegy”
Steve LaVietes (B.F.A., computer art, 1996) “Onward”; “Soul”
Steven Blevins (B.F.A., sound design, 2018) “Da 5 Bloods”; “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story”
Taylor Aseere (B.F.A., animation, 2017) “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story”; “The One and Only Ivan”
Thomas J. Doolittle (B.F.A., sound design, 2020) “Hillbilly Elegy”
Timothy Preston (B.F.A./B.F.A., motion media design, sound design, 2015) “Da 5 Bloods”
Tom Fatora (B.F.A., film and television, 2014) “Hillbilly Elegy”
Walter Schneider (B.F.A., production design, 2009) “Tenet”
Wuyang Wang (M.F.A., visual effects, 2018) “Mulan”
Yolande Thame (M.F.A., production design, 2014) “Hillbilly Elegy”
Zachary Overcash (B.F.A., computer art, 2003) “Over the Moon”
Ziyan Tan (B.F.A., illustration, 2018) “One Night in Miami”
We acknowledged that, in all likelihood, this list is incomplete.
If you are aware of a name missing from this list, please email information (Name, Degree, Nominated Film) to blog@scad.edu.
Thank you.
