AWARDS & RECOGNITION

UNDERGROUND - SHORT FILM

Short film, a slave story told through song - winner of 21 awards in 28 film fests

• Student Emmy Award Winner, “Best Use of Music”

• Student Emmy Award Winner, “Bricker Humanitarian Award”

• Student Emmy Award Nominee, “Best Composition”

  • Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation
    National College Television Awards, 2011, Hollywood, CA

• Special Screening - US President Abraham Lincoln's Home in Illinois

• 1st Place  (out of 287 films) – Palm Beach International Film Festival, 2011 - Florida

• Best Director-Short (out of 341 films)-Action On Film International Film Festival, 2011-Los Angeles

• Best Film - Greater August Town Film Festival, 2013 - Kingston, Jamiaca

• Best of Brouhaha – Florida Film Festival, 2011 – Orlando

• Best Short Film - Twin Cities Black Film Festival (HBO Sponsored), 2011 – Minnesota

• Best Short Film – San Diego Black Film Festival, 2011 - California

• 1st Place (out of 109 films) – Ft Lauderdale International Film Festival, 2010 - Florida

• Winner, Honorable Mention, Hollywood Black Film Festival, 2011 – Hollywood, California

• Best Young Actress - Action On Film Interntaional Film Festival, 2011 – Los Angeles

• Best Student Short - Independents Film Festival, 2012 - Tampa, Florida

• Founder's Award - International Black Film Festival of Nashville, 2011 - Tennessee

• Best Film, Shortcutz Film Festival, July 2013 – Chicago, IL

• Best Short Film – Texas Black Film Festival, 2011 - Dallas, TX

• Best Student Short, Tallahassee Film Festival, 2011 – Florida

• Best Short Film - International Black Film Festival of Nashville, 2011 – Tennessee

• Audience Award - Gasparilla International Film Festival, 2012 - Tampa, FL

• Best Graduate Film - Ivy Film Festival, 2012 Providence, Rhode Island

• Audience Award, Beijing Film Academy ISFVF, 2011 – Beijing, China

• Audience Award- Greater August Town Film Festival, 2013 - Kingston Jamaica
  
  
  

• Official Selection, Urbanworld Film Festival (HBO & BET Sponsored), 2011 – New York City

• Official Selection, Big Bear Lake International Film Festival, 2011 – California

• Official Selection, Newport Beach Film Festival, 2011 – California

• Official Selection, Jacksonville Film Festival, 2011 – Florida

• Official Selection, Treasure Coast Film Festival, 2011 – California

• Official Selection, San Francisco Black Film Festival, 2011 – California

• Official Selection, Stony Brook Film Festival (HBO Sponsored), 2011 – New York

• Official Selection, BronzeLens Film Festival, 2011 – Atlanta, GA

• Official Selection, Treasure Coast Film Festival, - 2012, Florida

• Official Selection, Love Your Shorts Film Festival - 2013, Sanford, FL

• Official Selection, Fort Myers Beach Film Festival - 2012, Florida

• Official Selection, Tolosa Tourne Film Festival - 2012, Tolouse, France

OTHER RECOGNITIONS

July 12, 2023

• Chosen as #7 in the "Top 100 Indie Filmmakers in the World", 2014
  Del & Teresa Weston, Los Angeles, AOF Creators 
  
  

• "2014 Best of Tallahassee Award in Motion Picture and Video Distribution"
  Tallahassee Award Program

• Proclamation, City of Tallahassee, FL- Mayor John Marks, 2011

• ​Resolution, Leon County, FL County Commissioners, 2011

• 1st Place, Access Florida Business Plan Writing Competition 2011 , Feature Length "Underground" Business Plan - Orlando, FL

• 1st Place Win, Battle of the Hair Salons Fashion Show 2007 - Akil DuPont, Director for Faces Modeling Troupe Inc. -Orlando, FL

THEN THERE WAS YOU

A love story told through the art of music and poetry.
Co-Producer & Production Designer

• Best Film - San Diego Black Film Festival
  
  

• Best Actor - San Diego Black Film Festival

• Best Actress - San Diego Black Film Festival

• Best Director - San Diego Black Film Festival

• Best Score - Hollywood Dreamz 

• Official Selection - Action On Film International Film Festival 2017