2007 crystal reel award winners

November 10, 2007 at 3:47 pm | In Film Studios, Awards/Award Shows, Filmmakers, Movies, Tampa Bay Area, Florida (Not Bay Area) |

(This is from the end of October, via the Florida Film Commission website.)

2007 CRYSTAL REEL AWARD WINNERS!

It’s a wrap! The 2007 Crystal Reel Awards (CRA) were fabulous! The Florida Motion Picture and Television Association (FMPTA), a trade association initiated in 1973 by professionals within the Florida film industry, maintains the primary objective to encourage and facilitate increased film, video and sound recording production within the state of Florida. Indoctrinated in the late 1980s by FMPTA, the Crystal Reel Awards (CRA) honors Florida filmmakers for their fine work in fields such as motion pictures, videos, screenwriting, acting, music, print models and numerous other categories. Winning a Crystal Reel Award is a unique distinction among Florida filmmakers. A great BIG thank you goes out to the Tampa Chapter for hosting this year’s terrific program. Plans are already underway for the 2008 CRA.

The winners for the CRA 2007 event are:

Crystal Awards:

  • Best Feature Film Over $1 Million and Under $5 Million — Real Premonition, Z International Productions, Ziad Ahmed, executive producer
  • Best Broadcast Pilot — Pawn D, Sean Michael Davis
  • Best Short Film/Video — Mr. Bubbs, Stars North
  • Best Leading Actress — Kendall Ganey, Mr. Bubbs
  • Best Broadcast Series — 3-part series Miracle of Mendoza, Peter Heer
  • Best Leading Actor — Ziad Ahmed, Real Premonition
  • Best Director of a Feature Film — Ziad Ahmed, Real Premonition
  • Best Director of a Pilot or Broadcast Series — Sean Michael Davis, Pawn D
  • Best Director of a Short Film/Video — Todd Thompson, Mr. Bubbs
  • Best Stunt Coordinator and Stunts in a Feature Film Over $1 Million and Under $5 Million — Jerry Alan, Real Premonition
  • Best Print Media Photographer — Michael Wiatrak, Real Premonition
  • Best Web Site Design for a Feature Film — Michael Wiatrak, Real Premonition
  • Best Underwater Photography — Michael Wiatrak, Real Premonition
  • Best Documentary/Special Program — Nanette Fenton, producer, Secrets of a Medicine Man
  • Best Editing — Tammy Peralta, Secrets of a Medicine Man

Silver Awards:

  • Feature Film $1 Million and Under — South Beach Dreams, Errol Falcon
  • Broadcast Commercial $5,000 and Over — Smooth, Frank/Best International
  • Short Film/Video — Little Angel, Sue Dontell
  • Documentary/Special Program — Revenge of the River, Bill Retherford
  • Documentary/Special Program — Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary, Bill Murphy
  • Educational Program — Sanitation Safety, Phantom Films of Florida
  • Talk Show Host/Interviewer — Bill Murphy, Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary
  • Produced Documentary Script — Secrets of A Medicine Man, Nanette Fenton
  • Produced Feature Script — Real Premonition, Ziad Ahmed
  • Non-Produced Feature Script — Night of the Beasts, Chris Battle
  • Non-Produced Feature Script — Damaged & Deadly – An Unnatural Born Killer, Barbara Cronin Harrington
  • Non-Produced Short Feature — The Ransom of Sweetie Pie, Miriam Goodspeed
  • Director of Short Film/Video — Sean Michael Davis, RFP Productions, Autographs for French Fries
  • Narration/Documentary — J. LaRose, Secrets of A Medicine Man
  • Animation — Re\Visioned:Lara Croft:Tomb Raider, Turner Broadcasting/Game Tap
  • Actress in Short Film/Video — Oceanna Krasny, Little Angel
  • Composer/Score for Documentary/Special Program — Greg Vadimsky, Secrets of A Medicine Man

Bronze Awards:

  • Broadcast Commercial $5,000 and Over — Mysterious Beach, Frank/Best International
  • Short Film/Video — Autographs for French Fries, Sean Michael Davis
  • Documentary/Special Program — An Advancing Army, NFocus Communications, Inc.
  • Educational Program — Marker Memories – Part 1, Robert G. Jakobsen
  • Marketing/Corporate/Infomercial — Florida Tech:Golden Anniversity Campaign, Barry Eager, Phantom Films of Florida
  • Director of Short Film/Video — John Taddeo, Zoom Suit #1
  • Produced Feature Script — The Green Monster, Bill Retherford
  • Public Affairs Program — Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary, Ralph T. Heath
  • Animation — Revenge of the River, Bill Retherford
  • Special Effects–Computer Generated — Zoom Suit #1, John Taddeo
  • Graphic Design — The Green Monster, Bill Retherford
  • Director of Short Film/Video — Bryan Foster, A View From Heaven
  • Animation/Marketing — SeaAway, Communications Concepts, Inc.
  • Short Film/Video — A View From Heaven, Communications Concepts, Inc.
  • Broadcast Series/Pilot — Skating’s Next Star, Communications Concepts, Inc.

FMPTA is dedicated to the promotion of film, television, recording, print and digital media in Florida.

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees! To learn more about the FMPTA, visit www.fmpta.org.

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