Selected Awards and Honors

From the Video: “Full Moon” (2001)

1981: Artist Fellowship in Media Arts. Awarded for the support of the film Film-Wipe-Film; The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

From Film-Wipe-Film (1983)

1983: Mid-Atlantic Region Media Arts Fellowship. Awarded for the support of the film Object Conversation; National Endowment for the Arts and the American Film Institute.

1983: Artist Fellowship in Media Arts. Awarded for continued work in drawing and animated film; Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

1985: Individual Artist Grant in Media Arts: Awarded for work in film animation; National Endowment for the Arts.

1986: Mid-Atlantic Region Media Arts Fellowship. Awarded for support of work in progress: Under the Sea; Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

1986: Guggenheim Fellowship. Awarded for work in film animation, travel, and research in Japan; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York.

1987: Creative Advancement Grant. Awarded for travel and research in Japan; Administered by the Howard Heinz Endowment and Pittsburgh Foundation on behalf of an anonymous sponsor.

1988: American Film Institute Independent Filmmaker Grant. Awarded for support of the film Under the Sea; American Film Institute.

Still Image: “Under the Sea” (1989)

1991: Mid-Atlantic Region Media Arts Fellowship. Awarded for continued experimentation in computer art and animation; Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

1994: Mid-Atlantic Region Media Arts Fellowship. Award for continued work in computer art and animation; Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

1995: Artist Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Art. Awarded for continued work in drawing, painting, video, and computer art; Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

Still Image: “Academy Leader Variations” (1987)

1988: First Prize. Blue Ribbon, 1988 American Film and Video Festival; New York, NY; Award shared for the collaborative film Academy Leader Variations.

1989: Ohio University Alumni Medal of Merit. Presented by the National Alumni Board of Directors of the Ohio University Alumni Association; Award for Outstanding Achievement in Art, Filmmaking, and Education.

1989: Grand Prize. Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival; West Orange, NJ; Award to the film Under the Sea.

Still Image: “Under the Sea” (1989)

1990: Special Jurors’ Award. For Technical Excellence in Animation; 14th Annual Atlanta Film and Video Festival; Atlanta, GA; Award to the film Under the Sea.

1990: Best of Animation Award. 28th Ann Arbor Film Festival; Award to the film Under the Sea.

1990: Jury Award. Sinking Creek Film Festival; Nashville, TN; Award to the film Under the Sea.

2000: Director’s Choice Award. Black Maria Film and Video Festival; West Orange, NJ; Award to the computer animation video Red Fence

2001: Artist of the Year. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts; Awarded by a selection panel of regional art leaders and artists; Pittsburgh, PA.

1978: First Prize in Animation. Marin County National Film Competition; San Rafael, CA; Award to film Diagram Film.

1978: Special Juror’s Award. Marin County National Film Competition; Awarded by juror Gunvor Nelson to Diagram Film.

1979: Jury Award. ASIFA-East Animation Awards; New York, NY; Merit Award for Sound Direction of the film Diagram Film.

1979: Jury Award. Ann Arbor Film Festival; Award to the film Diagram Film.

1979: First Prize. Big Muddy Film Festival; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL; Award to the film Diagram Film.

1979: First Prize. Athens International Film Festival; Animation Category; Athens, OH; Award to the film Diagram Film.

1979: First Prize. Baltimore International Film Festival; Experimental Film Category; Award to the film Diagram Film.

1979: Jury Award. New York Filmmakers Exposition; Award to the film Diagram Film.

1979: Jury Award. The Cinematheque; San Francisco Art Institute; Award to the film Diagram Film.

1980: Jury Award. Sinking Creek Film Festival; Nashville, TN; Award to the film Five Improvisations.

1980: Jury Award. Ann Arbor Film Festival; Award to the film Five Improvisations.

1983: Grand Prize. Thomas Edison Black Maria Film and Video Competition; West Orange, NJ; Award to the film Film-Wipe-Film

1983: Silver Hugo Award. Chicago International Film Festival; Animation Category; Award to the film Film- Wipe-Film.

1985: Grand Prize. Thomas Edison Black Maria Film and Video Festival; West Orange, NJ; Award to the film Object Conversation.

1986: First Prize. Best Experimental Film; 10th Atlanta Film and Video Festival; Atlanta, GA; Award to the film Object Conversation.

1986: First Prize. Athens International Film Festival; Animation Category; Athens, OH; Award to the film Object Conversation.

1987: Jury Award. 1987 CINAMINA International Film Festival; Espinho, Portugal; Award shared with 19 other animators for the collaborative film Academy Leader Variations.

From the Drawing Series Accounting For #40 (2009)

Still Image: “Under the Sea” (1989)

From the Drawing Series Accounting For #50 (2009)

Still Image: “Object Conversation” (1985)