American Movie Awards

The American Movie Awards honor excellence in film and screenwriting. The first two ceremonies occurred in 1980 & 1982, with winners including Meryl Streep, Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood, and Steven Spielberg. The event relaunched in 2013 with a focus on independent film. The more recent winners include American actresses Lea Thompson and Tracy Middendorf.
Winners
1980
*Best Film: Rocky II
*Best Actor: Alan Alda (The Seduction of Joe Tynan)
*Best Actress: Sally Field (Norma Rae)
*Best Supporting Actor: Robert Duvall (Apocalypse Now)
*Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep (The Deer Hunter)
*Best Director: Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter)
*Best Screenplay: The China Syndrome
*Best Original Song: Every Which Way But Loose (Every Which Way But Loose)
*Favorite Film Star - Female: Jane Fonda
*Favorite Film Star - Male: Burt Reynolds
*Special Marquee: Clint Eastwood
1982
*Best Film: Raiders of the Lost Ark
*Best Actor: Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond)
*Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn (On Golden Pond)
*Best Supporting Actor: John Gielgud (Arthur)
*Best Supporting Actress: Jane Fonda (On Golden Pond)
*Best Director: Steven Spielberg (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
*Best Screenplay: Raiders of the Lost Ark
*Best Original Song: Endless Love (Endless Love)
*Favorite Film Star - Female: Sally Field
*Favorite Film Star - Male: Alan Alda
*Special Marquee: John Williams
*Special Marquee: Hal B. Wallis
*Special Marquee: Warren Beatty (Reds)
2014
*Grand Jury Price: Magic Magic (Director: Sebastián Silva)
*Special Marquee Award: The Woodsman and The Farmer (Director: Cory Malkin)
*Special Marquee Award: Femme - Women Healing the World (Director: Emmanuel Itler)
*Best Narrative Feature: Another Sertao (Director: Warlise Weller)
*Best Narrative Short: Living Memories (Director: Nathan Colquhoun)
*Best Documentary Feature: Soldiers' Sanctuary (Director: Luke L. Hansen)
*Best Documentary Short: Simple As That (Directors: Kari Branch, Ashley McCue, Russell Walker)
*Best Animated Film: Payada pa' Satan (Directors: Antonio Balseiro, Carlos Balseiro)
*Best Foreign Film: Break-Up (Director: Alexander Tuschinski)
*Best Student Film: Enlightenments (Director: Wilson Mbiavanga)
*Best Experimental Film: Muve (Director: Rob Anderson)
*Best Film Directing: 3:13 (Director: David Jaure)
*Best First Time Director: Vinod Bharathan (Karma Cartel)
*Best Music Video: Korn - Love & Meth (Director: Giovanni Bucci)
*Best Cinematography: Don't Ask Questions (Director: Dotty Diehl)
*Best Editing: All About Me (Director: Marlene Adler)
*Best Production Design/Art Direction: Korn - Never Never (Director: Giovanni Bucci)
*Best Produced Screenplay: Crisis (Director: Matthew Paris)
*Best Actor: Gianpiero Alicchio (')
*Best Actress: Lea Thompson (The Trouble with the Truth)
*Best Supporting Actor: Jared Ward (Check Please)
*Best Supporting Actress: Cooper Shaw (Belleville)
2015
*Grand Jury Price: Tom's Restaurant - A Documentary about Everything (Director: Gian Franco Morini)
*Special Marquee Award: Snowflake (Director: Francesco Roder)
*Special Marquee Award: Suparhearo: A True Tail By Chance (Director: Sean McCarthy)
*Best Narrative Feature: The Stalker Cycle (Director: Joe Borg)
*Best Narrative Short: If The Trees Could Talk (Director: Michael Weinstein)
*Best Documentary Feature: Beauty and the Breast (Director: Liliana Komorowska)
*Best Documentary Short: The Urban World (Directors: Warren Bass)
*Best Animated Film: The Umbrella Factory (Directors: Nick Trivundza, Lexie Trivundza)
*Best Foreign Film: Journey to Mt. Fuji (Director: Cris Ubermann)
*Best Student Film: The Last Human (Director: Neda Kirilova)
*Best Experimental Film: Icarus - Casting from the Clouds (Director: David Ondaatje)
*Best Film Directing: Let's Play Ghost Director: Damien Dematra
*Best First Time Director: Greece (Director: Sarah Deakins)
*Best Music Video: The Ramona Flowers Tokyo (Director: Bouha Kazmi)
*Best Cinematography: Decay (Director: Mike Stern Sterzynski)
*Best Editing: The Box (Director: Hugo Martinez)
*Honorable Mentions: The Kids from the Marx and Engels Street (Director: Nikola Vukcevic), Art House (Director: Don Freeman), Guy Moments (Director: Nathan Cox)
*Best Production Design/Art Direction: You Can't Stop Me (Director: M.C. Martin)
*Best Produced Screenplay: Get it Together (Director: Ingrid Stobbe)
*Best TV Pilot: Todd and Anne: Water in the Pot (Director: Jeffrey Engels)
*Best Trailer: Break The Rock Concept Trailer (Director: )
*Best Actor: Stelio Savante - Once We Were Slaves (Director: Dallas Jenkis)
*Best Actress: Tracy Middendorf - Snowflake (Director: Francesco Roder)
*Best Supporting Actor: Roberto D'Antona - Insane (Director: Eros D'Antona)
*Best Supporting Actress: Cassidy Stone - Focus (Director: David Gwynn)
*Feature Screenplay Competition: Grand Prize: The Snakeman (Jeffery Ryback)
*Feature Screenplay Competition: Special Marquee Award: Blood Sugar (James D. Alexander & Nicolas T. Monaco)
*Feature Screenplay Competition: Silver Prize: The Apocalypse Chronicles (Nathan Ludwig)
*Feature Screenplay Competition: Bronze Prize: Winter Garden (Tucker Hannah)
2016
* Grand Jury Prize: Intersection Directed by Tim French
* Special Marquee Award: Along The River (Directed by Daniele Nicolosi)
* Special Marquee Award: Shelter in the City (Directed by Terence Donnellan)
* Narrative Feature: American Bred (Directed by Justin Chambers)
* Narrative Short: Bound for Greatness (Directed by Jimmy Gadd)
* Documentary Feature: The No Hand King (Directed by Patrick Shanahan)
* Documentary Short: Reinventing the Reel (Directed by Michael J. Gorlick)
* Animated Film: September Sketch Book (Directed by Ronnie Cramer)
* Foreign Film: The Stranger (Directed by Olivier Polia)
* Student Film: You Can Play (Directed by Anders Helde)
* Experimental Film: Echoes of Time (Directed by Ema Kugler)
* Film Directing: Land of Smiles (Directed by Bradley Stryker)
* First-Time Director: Tears Of Ghost Directed by Natasha Dematra
* Music Video: Stiff Arm (Directed by R. Carey)
* Cinematography: The Circle Park (Directed by Samuel Lancaster)
* Editing: The Words Hear the Light (Directed by Diego Fiori & Olga Pohankova)
* Production Design / Art Direction: Pressure-Man (Directed by Kai Kuei-Chieh Hsu)
* Produced Screenplay: East of Hollywood (Directed by Chris Caccioppoli)
* TV Pilot: Lilac (Directed by Hank Isaac)
* Trailer: The Plague Doctor (Directed by Emanuele Mengotti)
* Best Actor: Alex Kruz in The Promise (Directed by Alex Leu)
* Best Actress: Constance Ejuma in Ben and Ara (Directed by Nnegest Likke)
* Best Supporting Actor: Harry Lennix in Timeless (Directed by Alexander Tuschinski)
* Best Supporting Actress: Polly Mckie in One Second Changes Everything (Directed by Cristhian Andrews)
2017
* Grand Jury Prize: Poison in the Water (Directed by Romeo Candido)
* Special Marquee Award: Pasquale's Magic Veal (Directed by D.J. Higgins)
* Special Marquee Award: The Children of the Noon ('Directed by Diego Fiori and Olga Pohankova)
* Narrative Feature: The Last Beautiful Girl (Directed by James Christopher)
* Narrative Short: Me3 (Directed by Jason Baumgardner)
* Documentary Feature: Nanny Culture (Directed by Paul James Driscoll)
* Documentary Short: Do You Like Peacocks? (Directed by Mary Clay Fields)
* Animated Film: Schirkoa (Directed by Ishan Shukla)
* Foreign Film: Too Much Stress From My Heart (Directed by Ludovica Lirosi)
* Student Film: Endurance (Directed by Jimmy Carter)
* Sci-Fi Film: Capsule (Directed by Andrew Martin)
* Experimental Film: The Martian VR Experience (Directed by Robert Stromberg)
* Film Directing: Love 2.0
* First-Time Director: Heart: Flatline to Finish Line (Directed by David Watkins)
* Music Video: Bobgoblin "Danger" (Directed by Hop Litzwire)
* Cinematography: My Last Concert (Directed by Selcuk Cara)
* Editing: Death in a Day (Directed by Lin Wang)
* TV Pilot: Shoot Me Nicely (Directed by Elias Plagianos)
* Trailer: Immune (Directed by Dustin Prince)
* Best Actor: Kim Sønderholm in Run (Directed by Cato ML Ekrene)
* Best Actress: Monica Calhoun in Eveything But A Man (Directed by Nnegest Likke)
* Best Supporting Actor: Devone Jones in Pizza Shop (Directed by Devone Jones)
* Best Supporting Actress: Anna Bauert in Horizon (Directed by Stephan Elliott)
2018
* Grand Jury Prize: We Are Stronger (Directed by Jake Allen)
* Special Marquee Award: Chambers Gate (Directed by Charles Ross and Mukesh Asopa)
* Special Marquee Award: Identification" (Directed by Julia Deak)
* Narrative Feature: Redwood (Directed by Tom Paton)
* Narrative Short: Requiem For a Shallow Heart (Directed by Nicholas Zebrun)
* Documentary Feature: Forged in Fire - Cricket's Greatest Rivalry (Directed by Peter Dickson)
* Animated Film: We Are Friends (Directed by Charles Mandracchia)
* Drama Film: Once More (Directed by Rachel Zhou)
* Student Film: The Audition (Directed by Andrew Kim)
* Sci-Fi Film: Anamnesis (Directed by Priit Pohjala)
* Experimental Film: Little Darling (Directed by Michael Oshins)
* Film Directing: Teleios (Directed by Ian Truitner)
* First-Time Director: The Meanest Man in Texas (Directed by Justin Ward)
* Music Video: Dance into the Party (Directed by Wayne Isham)
* Cinematography: On the Road (Directed by Bartosz Nowacki)
* Editing: Just Within Reach (Directed by Anna Bamberger)
* TV Pilot: Tell the World: Ep 2 (Directed by Kyle Portbury)
* Trailer: Searching For Paradise (Directed by Chris Young and Chloe Bellande)
* Best Actor: Bramwell Noah in I, Timon (Directed by Dan and Bramwell Noah)
* Best Actress: Sonia Conlin in Kindhard (Directed by Matthew Soule)
* Best Supporting Actor: Edward Darling in Emmott & Rowland (Directed by Aneel Ahmad)

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