Awards/Honors



• Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
• Best Animation, Neum Animation Festival, Croatia, 2023
• Best in Show, 2022 ASIFA-East (Assoc. Internationale du Film d'Animation). 
• Gold Play Button Award for 1 Million subscribers, YouTube, 2020.
• Audience Award, Grand Rapids Comic Con 2023.
• Best Animation, Grand Rapids Comic Con 2022.
• Best Animation, Mobile Animation Film 2022.
• Best Animation, Amarcort Film Festival 2021, Italy
• Jury's Choice Award Animation, Black Maria Film Festival 2021
• Best Experimental, Fargo Film Festival 2021
• Maverick Award for Best Animation, Woodstock Film Festival 2020
• Audience Award, Woods Hole Film Festival 2020
• Youth Jury Award, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2020
• Jury Award for Global Issues, Palm Springs International Animation Festival, 2020
• Jury Award Ann Arbor Film Festival, 2019
• Jury Award, Interfilm Berlin, 2019
• First Prize International Competition, Seoul Metro International Film Festival, Korea.  2019
• Best Experimental, 2019 Zebra Animation Festival, Slovenia.  2019
• Best Professional film, 2019 ASIFA-San Francisco
• Best Documentary Short, 2019 Literally Short Film Festival.
• Best Experimental Short, 2019 ASIFA-East (Assoc. Internationale du Film d'Animation).
• Best Sound Production, 2019 ASIFA-East (Assoc. Internationale du Film d'Animation).
• Best Animation, 2018 Queen City Film Festival.
• Best Animation TMFF October 2018.
• Best Animation, Independent Shorts Awards, IMDB 2018.
• Best Animation, Comicpalooza Film Festival, 2018.  
• Best Animation, Durango Film Festival, 2018.
• Best Animation, NYC Downtown Short Film Festival, 2018.
• Best Music Video, Festival Internacional Chilemonos, 2018.
• Best Story, Animation Studio Festival, 2018.
• Best Animation, ZEBRA Animation Festival, Slovania 2018.
• Best Animation, Woodstock Film Festival 2017
• Best Experimental Short, Santa Cruz Film Festival 2017
• Best Animation, Bend Film Festival 2017
• Best Animation, Raleigh Film Festival 2017
• Spencer Barnett Memorial Fund Visiting Artist, Sarah Lawrence College.
• American Filmatic Arts Award 2017
• Audience Award, 2017 ASIFA-San Francisco Film Festival
• Best Sound, 2017 ASIFA-East
• Audience Award 2017 ASIFA-San Francisco.
• Emmy Nomination, Wynton Marsalis, Outstanding New Approaches.
• Streamy Nomination, Best Animation.
• Best Animation, Santa Clarita Valley Film Festival.
• Jury Award, Durango Film Festival.   
• Jury Award, Anima Mundi, Brazil.
• Grand Jury Prize, Barcelona International Film Festival 2014
• Golden Palm Award, Mexico International Film Festival

• Platinum Award, Int. Independent Film Awards 2014
• Gold Award, Documentary & Short International Movie Awards
• Award of Excellence, Canada International Film Festival
• Gold Award, World Humanitarian Awards
• Excellence in Animation, ASIFA-East.
• Best Animation, Naperville Independent Film Festival.
• Best Animation, Wild Rose Independent Film Festival.
• Best Animation, Back Seat Independent Film Festival.
• Best Animation, Arizona Underground Film Festival.
• Best Animation, Dragon Con Film Festival.
• Best Animation, Great Lakes Film Festival.
• Best Animation, Phoenix Film Festival.
• Best Animation, First Sundays Film Festival, New York City.
• Surreal Animation Award, Dragon Con Film Fest, Presented by Ralph Bakshi.
• 1st Place, Dragon Con Film Festival, Atlanta.
• Best Music Video, No Exit Music Video Festival.
• Best Animation, Northampton Independent Film Festival.
• Best Animation, Action on Film Festival, Los Angeles.
• Best Animation, Griffin International Film Festival.
• Best Animation, Signals International Film Festival, UK.
• Best Animation, Grand Festival Award, Berkeley Film Festival.
• Best Animation, Garden State Film Festival.
• Best Animation, Myrtle Beach Film Festival.
• Best Animation, Temecula Valley International Film Festival.
• Best Animation, Myrtle Beach Film Festival.
• Best Animation, Golden Film Festival.
• Best Animation, Spindletop Film Fesitval.
• Best Animation, Long Island Film Expo.
• Best Animation, Black Point Film Festival.
• Best Music Video, Oxford Film Festival.
• Jury Award, Savannah Film Festival. Presented by Producer Don Bluth.
• 1st Place, ASIFA-East (Association Internationale du Film d'Animation).
• Pulcinella Award, Cartoons on the Bay, Italy.
• Best Animation, Northampton Film Festival.
• Jury Prize, China International Cartoon Animation Festival.
• Best Music Video, Urban Mediamakers Film Festival.
• Winner, IMVF, International Music Video Festival.
• Winner, Sponsored Films, ASIFA-East Animation Festival.
• 1st Place, ASIFA-East(Association Internationale du Film d'Animation).
• Winner, "The One to Watch" Award, Chicago Animation Festival.
• Gold Pencil Award, The One Club.
• DTC National Communication Bronze Award.
• Best Debut Film, New York Film Expo.
• Jury Award, Holland Animation Festival.
• Fellowship Grant. New York Foundation for the Arts.
• Bronze Award. BDA(Broadcast Design Assoc.)
• Fellowship Grant. Cable Endowment of Springfield Public Service Grant.