Music Composition Awards

Selected Composer 2025
2025 Veneto Art and Music Summit 
​Veneto, Italy

Selected Composer 2025
Composing in the Wilderness
Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival
Stephen Lias, Founder and Leader
​Anchorage, Alaska

Winner Best COVID-19 Impact
Action on Film Festival, August 2021
Las Vegas, NV

Honorable Mention
2021 World Championship in Composition
The Owens Valley
Franz Schubert Conservatory
Vienna, Austria​

Winner Best Song in A Film
Honorable Mention
2021 The Los Angeles Film Awards
Goodnight Zoom
Los Angeles, CA
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Selected Composer 2020
Sophia Symphonic Summit
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Music Director Nayden Torodov.​
​Sophia, Bulgaria

Winner Best Composition, Best Soundtrack
Nominated Best Musical
The Mulholland Suite for Orchestra​
The Blood of the Soil
2019 Action on Film Int. Film Festival
Las Vegas, NV

Winner Best Musical, Best Composition, Best Soundtrack
The Mulholland Suite for Orchestra​
The Blood of the Soil
2019 Hollywood Dreamz Film Festival
Las Vegas, NV

Winner Best Score Short Film
The Mulholland Suite for Orchestra​
The Owens Valley
2018 Action on Film Int. Film Festival
Las Vegas, NV

Finalist & Special Mention Film Music
The Mulholland Suite for Orchestra​ Requiem
2016 Maurice Ravel International Composition Contest,
Vespolate (Novara), Italy

Winner Awards of Merit
Film Score
Accolade Global Film Competition, 2016
La Jolla, CA

Winner Best Film Score
The Other Venice Film Festival, 2013
Venice, CA

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Veneto Art and Music Summit 2025

Composing in the Wilderness 2025

Film Awards

Best Short Film
Believe in Your Dreams and Fly
Arkansas Film Festival,  May 2018
Waldron, AR

Nomination Best Direction
Logcinema Music Film Festival, January 2018
Miami, FL

Winner Best Fantasy
Finalist for Best Picture
Los Angeles Film Awards, October 2017
Los Angeles, CA

Nomination for Best Young Performer 
Clifton Film Celebration, November 2017
Clifton, VA

Winner Best Actress Female (Diamond Award)
Winner Best Student Film (Platinum Award)
LA Shorts Awards, October 2017
Los Angeles, CA

​Nomination for Best Student Film
Hollywood Verge Film Awards, September 2017
Hollywood, CA

Nominations for Best Young Performer in a Short or Feature, Best Cinematography, and  Best Sound Design
Hollywood Dreamz International Film Festival, August 2017
Las Vegas, NV

Award of Merit Short Film
IndieFEST, July 2017
La Jolla, CA

Nomination for Best US Short Film
LOVE International Film Festival, July 2017
Beverly Hills, CA

Winner Best Director Student Short Film
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, March 2017
Los Angeles, CA

Winner Best Student Film
San Pedro International Film Festival, 2016
San Pedro, CA

Winner Rising Star Award (Madelyn Sprigg)
Glendale International Film Festival, 2016
Glendale, CA

Nominations Best Actress Short Film and Best Student Film
Glendale International Film Festival, 2016
Glendale, CA

Winner Silver Award Student Film
FAME'US International Film Festival, Summer 2016
Hollywood, CA

Winner Awards of Merit
Lead / Supporting Actors, Cinematography, Film Score
Accolade Global Film Competition, 2016
La Jolla, CA

Winner Best Student Film
The Los Angeles Movie Awards, 2016
Hollywood, CA

Winner Excellence in Directing a Short Film
The International Film Festival of Cinematic Arts, 2015
Beverly Hills, CA

Nominations for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Script
Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, 2015
Idyllwild, CA

Winner Best Young Female Performer in a Short Film
Action on Film, 2014
Monrovia, CA