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2024:  Nominee, Best Dramatic Screenplay, The Virgin Knot, Climax Internacional de Cinema Independiente, Madrid, Spain

           Nominee, Best Animated Feature,  Coriander and a Penny's Worth of Lonesome, Climax Internacional de Cinema Independiente, Madrid, Spain

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2023:  Winner, Best Comedy Feature Screenplay, The Virgin Knot, Houston     Comedy Film Festival

           Official Selection,  Coriander and a Penny's Worth of Lonesome, Sensei Filmfest, Tokyo, Japan

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2022:  Semi-Finalist, Best Comedy Screenplay, The Virgin Knot, Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards

           Nominee, Best Comedy Feature Screenplay, The Virgin Knot, Austin     Comedy Film Festival

           Nominee, Best Comedy Feature Screenplay The Virgin Knot, Georgia Comedy Film Festival

           Honorable Mention, The Virgin Knot, Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition

          Monthly Pick, Screenplay, The Virgin Knot, Rome Prisma Film Awards

          Artist Residency, Arte Studio Ginestrelle, Assisi, Italy

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2021:  Winner: Best Unproduced Screenplay, The Virgin Knot, LA Sun Film Fest

           Nominee, Best Unproduced Screenplay, The Virgin Knot, Montreal Independent Film Festival

           Official Selection: Screenplay, The Virgin Knot, Chicago Indie Film Awards

           Official Selection: Screenplay, The Virgin Knot, Boston Independent Film Awards

           Official Selection: Screenplay, The Virgin Knot, Toronto Film and Script Awards

           Official Selection: Screenplay, The Virgin Knot, LA Independent Film Channel Festival

           Official Selection: Screenplay, The Virgin Knot, New York Independent Cinema Awards

           Artist Residency, Arte Studio Ginestrelle, Assisi, Italy

           

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2020:  Gold Award Winner, Coriander and a Penny’s Worth of Lonesome, International Independent Film Awards
          Honorable Mention, Coriander and a Penny's Worth of Lonesome, Santa Monica International Film Festival

           Official Selection,  Coriander and a Penny's Worth of Lonesome, LA Lift-Off Film Festival

           Official Selection,  Coriander and a Penny's Worth of Lonesome, Global Lift-Off Film Festival

           Official Selection,  Coriander and a Penny's Worth of Lonesome, Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival

           Official Selection,  Coriander and a Penny's Worth of Lonesome, Melbourne Lift-Off Film Festival

           Official Selection,  Coriander and a Penny's Worth of Lonesome, London Lift-Off Film Festival

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2019:  Artist Residency, Arte Studio Ginestrelle, Assisi, Italy

          Faculty Development Award, Columbia College Chicago

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2013:  Official Selection, Close Quarters, Chicago On Screen Film Showcase

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2012:  Official Selection, Close Quarters, Blue Whisky Independent Film Festival

 

2011:  Nominee, Best Screenplay, Close Quarters, Best of the Midwest Awards of the Midwest Film Festival
           Nominee, Best Picture (co-producer), Close Quarters, Best of the Midwest Awards of the Midwest Film Festival

           Official Selection, Typing, Chicago Comedy Film Festival

           Official Selection, Typing, Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner

           Official Selection, Typing, Friars Club Comedy Film Festival

           Official Selection, Typing, Big Bear Lake Film Festival

           Official Selection, Typing, LA Shorts Film Festival

           Official Selection,  Close Quarters, Montreal World Film Festival (selected as US representative for World Film Award)

           Official Selection, Close Quarters, Kansas City Film Festival

           Official Selection, Close Quarters, Chicago Comedy Film Festival

           Official Selection, Close Quarters, Friars Club Comedy Film Festival

 

2010:  Community Spirit Award, Chicago International Film Festival

           Nominee, Chicago Award (Short Subject), Typing, Chicago International Film Festival

 

2009:  Official Selection and Presentation, opera Coriander and Penny’s Worth of Lonesome, Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival

 

2007:  Finalist Award, Illinois Arts Council for screenplay, Unity in Love

 

2005:  Faculty Development Award, Columbia College Chicago

 

2005:  Finalist Award, Illinois Arts Council for screenplay, Hope's Dash

 

2000:   Recipient, Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship in Screenwriting

            Finalist, 2000 Illinois/Chicago Screenwriting Competition for screenplay, When Mara Went Shopping

 

1998:  Semifinalist, 1998 Illinois/Chicago Screenwriting Competition for screenplay, Santorello's Pig

           Official Selection, FilmBureau 606, Circus '98 for screenplay, Santorello's Pig

 

1997, 1999-2009, 2011:  Artist in Residence, The Ragdale Foundation (twelve residencies)

 

1987:  Joseph Jefferson Recommendation (Producer); Awakenings, City Lit Theatre Company

 

1986:  Recipient, Illinois Arts Council grant; Used to develop Outta Joint, an original musical with maximum security prisoners at Illinois' Stateville Correctional Center.  Completed in August 1986

 

1982:  Joseph Jefferson Recommendation (Director); Tartuffe, Pegasus Players