2023 IMPA Award Nominees

2023 NOMINEES

ACTOR, ACTRESS, SUPPORTING ACTOR, SUPPORTING ACTRESS

DIRECTION, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

EDITING, VISUAL EFFECTS, LIGHTING

PRODUCTION

LIVE ACTION

DOCUMENTARY

SCREENPLAY

ANIMATION

ART DIRECTION

EPISODIC OR WEB SERIES, MUSIC VIDEO

ORIGNIAL MUSIC SCORE

TV NEWS FEATURE OR SERIES

COMMERCIALS, MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS

Actor

Braxton Thalberg

Charcoal Skies

Kevin Isaacson

Pre-Existing

Patrick Gimm

Rosie's Necklace

Orion Risk

Roulette Girl

John Victor Allen

Complete Bull

Christopher Cole

Elephant Man Scene 10

Cooper Gasper

Investigating Christmas

Actress

Sydney Ginther

Ellie and Natalie

Erica Faye

Generational Curses

Caitlin Allen

Rosie's Necklace

Ally Jo Williams

Roulette Girl

Hannah Ruwe

Complete Bull

Patricia Holly

Elephant Man Scene 10

Kevin Isaacson

Pre-Existing

Supporting Actor

Shawn McAninch

Charcoal Skies

Philip William McKinley

Complete Bull

Kevin Isaacson

Pre-Existing

Joe Frenna

Roulette Girl

Supporting Actress

Ella "Sassy" Henderson

Charcoal Skies

Miriam Lee

Complete Bull

Actor

Demian Alan Mancino

Chinese Food & A Movie

Jake Parks

Launch Sequence

Bernd Wittneben

Reveille

Michael Banks

The Last Guardian of Magic

Demian Alan Mancino

You Should Have Killed Me

Actress

Caitlin Grace

Between the Lines (Feature Film)

Alannah Swenka

Chinese Food & A Movie

Alannah Swenka

D.O.A

Kiera McGregor

Let me know when your name gets to Mars

Erica Faye

Mercy

Katie O'Regan

Painting Jane

Mara Rothman

Rot

Linnea Sumner

The Tower

Supporting Actor

Wyatt Coonfare

Chinese Food & A Movie

Cam Everett

Shut The Box

Cole Chauvin

Shut The Box

Matty Weiland

You Should Have Killed Me

Supporting Actress

Sue Valker

Between the Lines (Feature Film)

Linnea Sumner

Rot

Rhianon Kesali

Shut The Box

Jenna Greve

The Tower

Direction - Long Form (60 minutes +)

Max Allan Collins

Mickey Spillane's Encore for Murder

Michael James Minard

You Should Have Killed Me

Direction - Medium Form (30 minutes-59 minutes)

Carrsan T. Morrissey

Rot

Direction - Short Form (less than 30 minutes)

Jason Fragale

RIVIERA

Carrsan T. Morrissey

The Tower

Matty Weiland

TORCH

Director of Photography

Carrsan T. Morrissey

Rot

Jason Strong

Ahead of Their Time

Michael Huntington

Arturo

Shelby Hagerdon

Between the Lines (Feature Film)

Tristan Bennett

Launch Sequence

Phillip W. Dingeldein

Mickey Spillane's Encore for Murder

Benjamin Schmidt

TORCH

Carrsan T. Morrissey

The Tower

Michael Huntington

You Should Have Killed Me

Editing - Narrative Long Form (60 minutes +)

Shelby Hagerdon

Between the Lines (Feature Film)

Nathan Frankoff, Mike Burch

Reveille

Editing - Narrative Short Form (less than 30 minutes)

Jason Fragale

RIVIERA

Michael Huntington

Shut The Box

Benjamin Schmidt and Emille Lacsa

TORCH

Visual Effects (Mechanical)

Mike Burch, Doug Strong

Reveille

Educational Production

Kelly Rundle & Tammy Rundle

Places to be Wild

Jane Hawley & Jay Raabe

Sensing (i)dentity

Dick DeAngelis

The Honey War

Student Production (K-12)

Logan Westin

(Un)alarmed

Lejla Halilovic

Phenomenon

Luke Garcia

Ring

Abrianna Hilson

What Once Was

Student Production (Undergraduate)

Andrew Senneff

A Profile of the Maquoketa River Watershed Management

Matthew Williams, Loras College Media Studies

Alice

Graco Sextro

Bound

Michael D. Allen, Director/Co-Writer, Deklin Emmons, Producer/Co-Writer

DUCKED

Nate Kaiser

The Way It Was

Jonah Hofmeyer, Nathan Hopkins, Johnathon Carlo, Ellie Runia, Jess Brander, Mark Volkers

The Woodsman

Matthew Williams Loras College Media Studies

Why Not Me?

Student Production (Graduate)

Shelby Hagerdon

Between the Lines (Feature Film)

Live Action - Short Form

Madison Marie Chidester

A Real Friend

Hannah Rosalia Wright

Betsabé

Arik Hess

Big Iron

Cintree Films, Dojolo Films

Chinese Food & A Movie

Michael E. Berg, Director Spilled Ink Cinema; J.J. Hillard, Writer; Michael E. Berg, J.J. Hillard, Wes Worthing, Andrews McDowell, Producers

Counterfeit

Nicole Jones-Dion and Debra Dee Walters Griffith

In The Deathroom

Kazek Israni-Winger, Abby Bjorholm

Launch Sequence

Jason Fragale, Michael Long, Jayvo Scott

RIVIERA

Dojolo Films, Cintree Films

Shut The Box

Jack Schilling

The Artist

Matty Weiland

TORCH

Live Action Entertainment - Long Form – Includes Feature Films – Budgets $50,000 and over (60 minutes +)

Pierre Doanetto

CRIMSON ARCHER a gi joe fan film

Michael Akkerman

Reveille

Anthony Hornus

Silent Night In Algona

Shelby Hagerdon

Between the Lines (Feature Film)

Max Allan Collins

Mickey Spillane's Encore for Murder

Michael James Minard

You Should Have Killed Me

Live Action Entertainment - Medium Form (30-59 minutes)

Thomas Florek and Doug Gentile

Epic and Sustained Failure LIVE

Erica Faye & Brittany Benedict, Erica Faye Productions

Mercy

Courtney Ball, Writer, Producer, Co-Director; Adam Orton, Co-Director

The Bridge

Documentary - Long Form (over 30 minutes)

Chris Ward

A Long Way From Nowhere

Dick DeAngelis, Fair Field Productions

Ahead of Their Time

Marie Wilkes, Producer; Kevin Kelley, Director; New Mile Media Arts

Standing Strong: Elizabeth Catlett

Documentary - Short form (under 30 minutes)

Brandon Gries

Bare Metal

Muse Story Telling

#ChooseHopeStory

Kelly Rundle & Tammy Rundle

An Infantryman from Hero Street

Russ Fry, Director; KC Fleming, Narrator

Does the University of Iowa Have Black Hawk’s Remains?

Quinn Early

INTO THE LIONS DEN

Eric Benson, Bus-Stop Productions

Very Local - Howard Clark of Morgan Valley Forge

Documentary Direction - Long Form (over 30 minutes)

Dick DeAngelis, Fair Field Productions

Ahead of Their Time

Jacob Daniels

Combined Efforts: Changing Perspectives of Disabilities through Performance

Documentary Direction - Short form (under 30 minutes)

Brandon Gries

Bare Metal

Editing - Documentary - Short form (under 30 minutes)

Brandon Gries

Bare Metal

Michael Huntington, Bus-Stop Productions

Systems to the Rescue

Jason Strong

The Honey War

Editing - Documentary - Long Form (30+ minutes)

Jason Strong, Dick DeAngelis

Ahead of Their Time

Screenplay (Produced) (Over 20 pages)

Shelby Hagerdon

Between the Lines

Kevin Shepherd

Chinese Food & A Movie (Screenplay)

Screenplay (Unproduced) (Under 20 Pages)

Nicole Friess-Schilling

Clipped

Dave Stuck

Watching

Screenplay (Unproduced) (Over 20 Pages)

Michael White

The Cross

Carrsan T. Morrissey

The Salvages

Kevin Isaacson

Until the Music Fades

Jason Fredregill

Vow of Silence

Script Writing (Produced) (Under 20 Pages)

Jason Fragale, Christopher Fragale

RIVIERA

Dave Stuck

TJ - A Waterworks Park Mystery

Animated Entertainment - Short Form (under 5 minutes)

Dick DeAngelis, Bonita Versh

The Honey War

Animated Entertainment - Long Form (5 minutes+)

Director/Animator, Paul Huenemann, Music by Ross Huenemann, Models by Bill Rosell

The House on the Borderland

Animation - Tag or Logo

Chris Corkery, Bus-Stop Productions

Systems to the Rescue

Art Direction

Shelby Hagerdon

Between the Lines (Feature Film)

Michael Akkerman

Reveille

Lorelai Shepherd

Shut The Box

Graphic Art Direction/Design

Bonita Versh

The Honey War

Episodic or Web Series

Jack Schilling

cEDH Summer Slam

Jack Schilling

Mayhem cEDH

Eric Benson & Kevin Thorn, Bus-Stop Productions

Systems to the Rescue

Landon Sheetz and Joey Laboda

The Polterguys (Series Pilot)

Music Videos

T1 Entertainment

Black Excellence by Tone Da Boss

Editing Music Videos

Kristopher Gathercoal, Tyler Gathercoal, Tollef Sorenson

Moonlit Masquerade

Original Music Score

Tim Gelhaus

TORCH

TV News Feature or Series

Eric Benson & Kevin Thorn, Bus-Stop Productions

Alex Jackson Trial

Commercials (Under $1,000)

First Security Bank & Trust

Banker Ball

First Security Bank & Trust

Meet Andy

First Security Bank & Trust

True Fraud Stories: Fraudulent Email (Commercial Version)

Leslie Nelson Market Place Media

Central Park Dentistry: Back to the Future

Leslie Nelson Market Place Media

Forest City Ford

Leslie Nelson Market Place Media

Holland Tire and Service

Leslie Nelson Market Place Media

Larson's Hardware Hank

Commercials ($1,000 to $4,999)

Leslie Nelson Market Place Media

Boeing Speltz and Wernimont Family Dentistry

Corporate & Community Marketing

First Security Bank & Trust

First Security Donates to Marble Rock Fire Department

Eric Benson, Bus-Stop Productions

NASW 3 Question Promotion

Merkle Retirement Planning

Retiring Today: Back to the Future Edition

Leslie Nelson Market Place Media

RRD

First Security Bank & Trust

True Fraud Stories: Fraudulent Email

Eric Benson, Bus-Stop Productions

Very Local - Des Moines Botanical Gardens

Leslie Nelson Market Place Media

WCTA "We're 100 per cent Fiber"

Leslie Nelson Market Place Media

WCTA: We're Local

First Security Bank & Trust

Your Change Bank

Digital Marketing

First Security Bank & Trust

Banker Ball

First Security Bank & Trust

Rudd House of Horrors

Eric Benson, Bus-Stop Productions

Very Local - The Slaughterhouse Attraction

Eric Benson, Bus-Stop Productions

Very Local - West End Salvage

Corporate Internal Communications

Eric Benson & Kevin Thorn, Bus-Stop Productions

NASW 2021 Social Worker of Excellence & Catherine G. Williams awardee Video

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