2012 Alex Hakobian
Just retired; Mr. Hakobian has been teaching filmmaking for the past 26 years with Los Angeles Unified School District. Hakobian started his career as a stage actor, then moved to film, worked as a screenwriter and then became a teacher. Hakobian immigrated to the United States from Germany at a young age; after serving in […]
2011 Edward Asner
Versatile, committed, eloquent and talented are all adjectives that describe actor/activist Edward Asner. Perhaps best known for his comedic and dramatic crossover as the gruff but soft-hearted journalist Lou Grant, the role he originated on the landmark TV news room comedy The Mary Tyler Moore Show and continued in the newspaper-set drama Lou Grant, which […]
2011 Jeff Rudkin
In 1995, Jeff Rudkin began the B-TV program at Lora Batchelor Middle School in Bloomington, Indiana to give middle school students the opportunity to use technology to produce video and other media related projects. The program began with 30 students and has grown to around 300 members each school year. In the spring of 2000, […]
2010 Iris Yamashita
Robin Saban, Founder and President of the International Student Film Festival Hollywood (ISFFH) is pleased to announce Iris Yamashita as the recipient of the Award of Excellence at the 8th annual International Student Film Festival Hollywood. The Awards Ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 14, 2010 at Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn in the NoHo […]