The Method Fest All-Time Awards List
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The 2005 Awards Ceremony sparkled, while earlier the Bridges Family was honored for its contributions. |
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The Method Fest 1999 awards |
| Best Feature: |
Mud Season; dir. Anthony Hall |
| John Garfield Award for Best Actor: (tie) |
Noble Willingham, The Corndog Man / Russ DeWees, Mud Season |
| Geraldine Page Award for Best Actress: |
Linda Shing, Mud Season |
| Best Director, Feature Film: |
Richard Schenkman, Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God, Be Back By Five |
| Best Screenplay, Feature: |
Richard Schenkman, Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God, Be Back By Five |
| Maverick Award for Quality in a Low-budget film: |
My Brother Jack; dir, Anthony Caldarella |
| Audience Award, Feature: |
Do You Wanna Dance |
| Best Supporting Actor, Feature Film: |
George Woodard, Mud Season |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film: |
Daphne Ashbrooke, Dumbarton Bridge |
| Festival Director's Maverick Film Award: |
Kirk Harris, My Sweet Killer
Peter Gerety, Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God, Be Back By Five |
| Jury Award for Best Short Film: |
The Lonelys; dir. Henry Barrial |
| Best Director, Short Film: |
J. Miller Tobin, 4 AM Open All Night |
| Audience Award, Short Film: |
Creampuff; dir. Jared Seide |
| Best Actor in a Short Film: |
Matt Casada, The Lonelys |
| Best Actress in a Short Film: |
Danna Hansen, Every Night and Twice on Sundays |
| The Method Fest Lifetime Achievement Award: |
Maximillian Schell |
| The Method Fest Indie Supporter Award: |
Karen Black |
The Method Fest 2000 awards |
| Best Feature: |
Stanley's Gig |
| John Garfield Award for Best Actor: |
Hill Harper, The Visit |
| Geraldine Page Award for Best Actress: |
Robin Dearden, Last Chance |
| Festival Director's Breakout Filmmaking Award: |
The Young Unknowns; dir. Catherine Jelski
Trash; dir. Mark Anthony Galluzzo |
| Best Director, Feature Film: |
Bryan Cranston, Last Chance |
| Best Short Film: |
Boundaries, dir. Greg Durbin |
| Maverick Award for Quality in a Low-budget film: |
The Stonecutter, dir. Stephen Ericksen |
| Audience Award, Feature Film: |
The Visit |
| Audience Award, Short Film: |
Mutual Love Life |
| Best Screenplay, Feature Film: |
Post-Mortem, scr. Louis Belanger |
| Best Supporting Actor, Feature Film: |
Brent Glenen, Rollercoaster |
| Best Supporting Actress, Feature Film: |
Marla Gibbs, The Visit |
| Best Actor, Short Film: |
Allen Garfield, Men Named Milo Women Named Greta |
| Best Actress, Short Film: |
Tippy Hedren, Mulligans! |
The Method Fest 2001 awards |
| Jury Award for Best Feature: |
John, John in the Sky, Directed by Jefferson Davis, Starring Randy Travis, Romy Rosemont, Rusty Schwimmer, Matt Letscher |
| Geraldine Page Award for Best Actress: |
Romy Rosemont - John, John in the Sky |
| John Garfield Award for Best Actor: |
David Cubitt - The Perfect Son |
| Jury Award for Best Director: |
Jefferson Davis - John, John in the Sky |
| Jury Award for Best Screenplay: |
Jeff Probst - Finder's Fee |
| Maverick Award for Quality in a Low-Budget Film: |
Falling Like This (digital video feature) / Hard Luck (film feature) |
| Audience Award for Best Feature: |
Rustin, Directed by Rick Johnson; Starring Rick Johnson, Ashley Johnson, Meatloaf Aday, Zachery Ty Bryan, Michael Papajohn, Sean Weatherly |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film: |
Rusty Schwimmer - John, John in the Sky |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film: |
Matthew Faber - Hard Luck |
| Breakout Acting Award: |
D.W. Warren - Lansdown |
| Jury Award for Best Short: |
Egg, Directed by Jacques Thelemaque; Starring Diana Gaidry |
| Best Actress in a Short Film: |
Naomi Watts - Ellie Parker |
| Best Actor in a Short Film: |
Kenny Morrison - Bobby Starr |
| Best Short Screenplay: |
Jason Grant Smith - Santa's Little Helper |
| Audience Award for Best Short: |
Santa's Little Helper; Directed by Jason Grant Smith; Starring Anita Barone, David Kelsey, Taylor Nichols |
| Audience Award for Best Student Film: |
Chaperone, Directed by Victor Buhler |
| Lifetime Achievement Award: |
James Earl Jones |
| Maverick Actor Award: |
Jon Jacobs |
| Festival Director's Award for Feature Film Excellence: |
The Restless; Falling Like This |
| Festival Director's Award for Acting Excellence: |
Kirk Harris, Hard Luck / Irina Bjorklund, The Restless |
The Method Fest 2002 awards |
| Best Picture Award - |
Sunday, dir. Charles McDougall |
| Best Director Award - |
Charles McDougall, Sunday |
| Best Actor Award, Feature Film - |
Soren Pilmark, Flickering Lights |
| Best Actress Award, Feature Film - |
Laurie Maria Baranyay, Walk Backwards |
| Best Screenplay Award, Feature Film - |
X-Patriots, Darien Sills-Evans |
| Maverick Award for Quality in Low Budget Feature - |
X-Patriots, dir. Darien Sills-Evans |
| Best Supporting Actress Award, Feature Film: |
Lyn Shaye, Surfacing |
| Best Supporting Actor Award, Feature Film - |
Sakae Kimura, To End All Wars |
| Best Ensemble Cast Award, Feature Film - |
X-Patriots, dir. Darien Sills-Evans |
| Audience Award, Feature Film - |
After Freedom, dir. Vahe Babaian |
| Festival Director Award - |
Killer Me, dir. Zachary Hansen and Man of the Year, dir. Straw Weisman |
| Audience Award, Short Film - |
Verrouillage Central, dir. Genevieve Mersch |
| Best Actor Award, Short Film - |
Larry Pennell, 5 Minutes |
| Best Actress Award, Short Film - |
Anne Wells, Falsehood |
| Best Writer/Director Award, Short Film - |
Kenneth Lui, Falsehood |
| Best Picture, Short Film - |
Bullet in the Brain, dir. David Von Ancken |
| Best Student Film Award, Short Film - |
Falsehood, dir. Kenneth Lui |
| The Method Fest Lifetime Achievement Award: |
Rod Steiger |
| Casting Society of America and The Method Fest Heart Of Performance Award: |
Mali Finn |
The Method Fest 2003 awards |
| Best Actor |
Currie Graham - "Angels Crest", Chris Bauer - "Angels Crest" |
| Best Actress |
Petra Wright - "Sam & Joe" |
| Best Picture |
Three Days of Rain" - dir. Michael Meredith |
| Best Director |
Agnieszka Holland, "Julie Walking Home |
| Best Ensemble Cast |
"Three Days of Rain" - dir. Michael Meredith |
| Best Supporting Actor |
Jeffrey Donovan - "Sam & Joe" |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Jeannetta Arnette - "Dunsmore" |
| Best Screenplay |
"I Witness" - scr. Colin Greene, Robert Ozn |
| Maverick Award for Best Low-Budget Feature |
"Sam & Joe" - dir. Jason Ruscio |
| Audience Award for Best Feature |
"Searching for Wooden Watermelons" - dir. Bryan Goldsworthy |
| Best Actor in a Short Film |
Mark Overholt - "First Time" |
| Best Actress in a Short Film |
Jude Narita - "The Nisei Farmer" |
| Best Short Film |
"Bun Bun" - dir. Katie Fleischer |
| Best Student Film |
"Saoirse" - dir. Matt Kirbus/Billy Sale |
| Audience Award for Best Short Film |
"Waiting for Ronald" - dir. Ellen Gerstein |
| Lifetime Achievement Award |
Peter Falk |
| Indie Auteur Award |
Henry Jaglom |
| The Method Fest Acting Competition Award |
Tania Verafield |
The Method Fest 2004 awards |
| Charter Communications' Geraldine Page Award, Best Actress Feature Film |
DEBORAH KARA UNGER in "EMILE." |
| Tarantula Azul, John Garfield Award Best Actor Feature Film Best Actor (Feature) |
DAN BRENNAN in "BEAUTIFUL KID" |
| Downtown Burbank Best Feature Film Award |
"SEVEN TIMES LUCKY" |
| SAG Indie Award for Best Director (Feature) |
WIKTOR GRODECKI for "INSATIABILITY" |
| Gordon Biersch Award for Best Screenplay (Feature) |
"SEVEN TIMES LUCKY" |
| Media City Center Audience Award for Best Feature |
"THE SNOW WALKER " |
| Reels on Wheels Award, for Best Supporting Actor (Feature) |
JOHN CARTY in "BEAUTIFUL KID" |
| Metrolink Award for Best Supporting Actress (Feature) |
ANITA BARONE in "ONE LAST RIDE" |
| Southwest Airlines Award for Best Ensemble Cast (Feature) |
" NOON BLUE APPLES" |
| FilmFinders Maverick Award for Quality in Low Budget Film |
"LANDERS," directed by Sean Findley |
| Festival Director Award |
"LITTLE KINGS" and " ARAM " |
| Aarmadillo Award for Best Short |
"THE OLD MAN AND THE STUDIO," directed by Eric Champnella |
| Marquee Productions Award for Best Actor (Short) |
MICHAEL CAVANAUGH in "CHANCE" |
| Crown Realty Development Award for Best Actress (Short) |
TESS HARPER in "LONELY PLACE" |
| Sony Award for Best Student Short |
"SHUI HEN," directed by Maximilian Jezo-Porowsky |
| Christie Digital Audience Award for Best Short |
"RENT A PERSON" |
| Special awards: |
| PacifiCare Method Fest Actor Competition Award, winner |
Germaine DeLeon |
| Enterprise Rent-A-Car "Indie Hero" |
Chazz Palminteri |
| Fuji Film/"Lifetime Achievement" |
Dennis Hopper |
| KRTH "Forerunner" |
Martha Coolidge |
| Casting Society of America (CSA) "Heart of Performance Award" |
Ronnie Yeskel |
| "Future Filmmakers Screenwriting Competition" |
Bryce Alley, Jordan Middle School , Burbank ; Ryan Williams, Luther Middle School , Burbank ; |
The Method Fest 2005 awards |
| PacifiCare Geraldine Page Award for Best Actress in a Feature Film |
Emily Stiles ( East of Sunset ) |
Standard Pacific Homes John Garfield Award for Best Actor in a Feature Film |
Hunter Parrish ( Steal Me ) |
| Charter Communications Award for Best Feature Film |
Runin - Banished ( Japan ), dir. Ejiji Okuda, starring Keiko Matsuzaka, Kazuhiro Nishijima |
| Valley of the Stars Breakout Acting Performance in a Feature Film |
Tamara Hope ( Nickel Children ) |
| City of Calabasas Audience Award for Best feature |
Waterborne, dir. Ben Rekhi, starring Shabana Azmi, Jon Gries, Christopher Masterson, Ajay Naidu |
| New Millennium Homes Award for Best Director |
Melissa Painter ( Steal Me ) |
| The Daily News Award for Best Screenplay |
David L. Paterson, Love, Ludlow |
| JetBlue Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film |
Craig Lachman ( Pee Stains and Other Disasters ) |
| Bob Smith BMW Award for Best Supporting Actress in a feature Film |
Tovah Feldshuh ( The Tollbooth ) |
| LA.com Award for Best Ensemble Cast |
Waterborne , dir. Ben Rekhi, starring Shabana Azmi, Jon Gries, Christopher Masterson, Ajay Naidu |
| Corona Maverick Award for Quality in a Low Budget Film |
East of Sunset, dir. Brian McNelis, starring Emily Stiles, Jimmy Wayne Farley, Dikla Marshall |
| Calabasas Motorcars Award for Best Short Film |
Sugar Mountain , dir. Aaron Himelstein |
| The Auto Gallery Audience Award for Best Short Film |
Jihad , dir. Michael Shapiro |
| Country Inn & Suites Award for Best Actor in a Short Film |
Luke Ebrel ( Sugar Mountain ) |
| Enterprise Rent-A-Car Award for Best Actress in a Short Film |
Ann Devaney ( Ugly ) |
| Adelphia Award for Best Student Short Film |
The Break, dir. Geri Ulrey |
| SAGIndie Festival Director's Award for Excellence in Film |
Brothers, dir. Susan Bier |
| Festival's Director Award for Excellence in Acting |
Keiko Matsuzaka ( Runin - Banished) |
| Festival Director's Award for Excellence in Short Filmmaking |
The Clown, dir. Karl Hirsch |
| Special awards |
| Lifetime Achievement Award |
Martin Landau, presented by Mark Rydell |
| Bridges to Cinema - Family Legacy Award |
The Bridges Family, Jeff, Beau, and their late father Lloyd |
| Maverick Actor Award |
Crispin Glover, presented by Werner Herzog |
| Rising Star Award |
Monet Mazur |
| Method Fest Actor Competition winners |
Judges winner: David Lloyd Smith
People's Choice Winner: Bob Bledsoe |
