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    DGA reveals winners of 20th Annual Student Film Awards in West Region

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    LOS ANGELES --

    The Directors Guild of America announced the winners of the 2014 DGA Student Film Awards for African American, Asian American, Latino and Women directors in the West Region. The awards are designed to honor, encourage and bring attention to exceptional diverse directors in film schools and select universities across the country.

    “It is our honor to shine a spotlight on these gifted young directors through the 20th Annual DGA Student Film Awards,” said DGA president Paris Barclay. “The talent and promise demonstrated in their winning short films prove what the DGA has long believed–that exceptional filmmaking knows no boundaries. Congratulations to all of our awardees.”

    The 2014 winners, selected by blue ribbon DGA member panels, are:

    BEST AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT FILMMAKER:
    West Region:
    Award Winner: Adam Tyree of USC for Without You
    Jury Award: Stephanie Hoston of California State University, Northridge for Diana Leigh

    BEST ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENT FILMMAKER:
    West Region:
    Award Winner: Yoko Okumura of AFI for Kimi Kabuki
    Jury Award: Yoonhee Ye of AFI for MUSH

    BEST LATINO STUDENT FILMMAKER:
    West Region:
    Award Winner: Maicon Desouza of USC for Pasaporte
    Jury Award: Melanie D’Andrea of USC for South Arcadia St.

    BEST WOMAN STUDENT FILMMAKER:
    West Region:
    Award Winner: Shayna Cohen of Chapman University for Gefilte Fish
    Jury Award: Jean Barker of Chapman University for One More Day

    The awards rules and procedures mandate that competing films must have been made in the 2013/2014 school year (September 2013 through August 2014), and must have been produced as a student project under the supervision of a faculty member. Dramas, comedies and documentaries are all eligible–animated and experimental films are not. Applicants must be enrolled in, or be a recent (one-year) graduate from, an accredited post-secondary institution in California or DGA-selected university offering a degree in film or television. Eligible films are those in which a student held every major crew position. Productions in which a non-student, professional or a faculty member served as cinematographer, camera operator, sound recordist, editor, lighting designer or screenwriter may be disqualified.

    The award-winning films will be screened and the awards will be presented in a ceremony at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 6.

    The winners for the East Region will be announced next month, with the winning films screened and the awards presented in a ceremony at the Directors Guild of America Theater in New York on Thursday, December 11.

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    Actor Anthony Head, known for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Ted Lasso,” dies at 72

    Friday, June 5, 2026
    Anthony Head arrives for the European premiere of 'The Iron Lady' on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short, File)

    Anthony Head, the suave, smooth-voiced British actor known for roles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Ted Lasso," has died, his family said Friday. He was 72.

    Head's daughters, actors Emily and Daisy Head, told the Press Association news agency that the actor passed away due to complications from pneumonia.

    The stage and TV performer became well known to British audiences in the 1980s as one half of a will-they, won't-they romantic couple in a series of ads for Nescafe Gold Blend instant coffee. The ads were later re-shot for a U.S. audience for Taster's Choice.

    Head achieved wider fame as librarian Rupert Giles, mentor to the title character in the cult-favorite supernatural series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," which ran from 1997 to 2003.

    He most recently played Rupert Mannion, the villainous ex-husband of Hannah Waddingham's character Rebecca, in "Ted Lasso."

    "Our grief is far greater than the hole he has left behind, but we know his legacy will live on, in the shows he was a part of, and in the audiences that love them," his daughters said. "How lucky we are to know we are able to watch him doing what he loved, even when he is no longer with us."

    Head was born in London on Feb. 20, 1954 to Seafield Head, a documentary filmmaker, and Helen Shingler, an actor. His older brother, Murray, is also an actor.

    Other notable roles included playing Geoffrey Howe, the deputy to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, played by Meryl Streep, in the Oscar-winning "The Iron Lady."

    Head portrayed a prime minister himself in the sketch comedy show "Little Britain," as well as King Uther Pendragon, the father of Prince Arthur, in the "Merlin" TV series. He also appeared in "Motherland," Manchild," and "Silent Witness," along... Read More

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