IAWTV Awards 2017

Held at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles October 4, 2017

Best Comedy Series
A Whole New Irving
Bruce the Series (Winner)
Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party
Gridlocked: The Web Series
Say Hello
Shiny Baby Goats
YidLife Crisis

Best Drama Series
Brown Girls
Jade of Death (Winner)
Petrol
Restoration
Running with Violet
The Pepper Project

Best Documentary or Educational Series
#Unframed [The Series]
Dish
The E.A.T.S. Community
Uncharted
Zyara (Winner)

Best Animated Series
Fantasy Hospital
This is Desmondo Ray! (Winner)
Uberdude

Best Children’s Series
Jiwi’s Machines (Winner)
Kitchen Little
Tiny Kitchen

Best Non-English Series
Girl Cave
Sofi in Spain
YidLife Crisis (Winner)

Best Live Series
Mario Armstrong’s Never Settle Show (Winner)
Quantum Earth
MomCave LIVE

Best Pre-Recorded Hosted Series
Alice in Paris
Frankie’s World (Winner)
Slacker Mom

Best Branded Series
Taco Tales (Winner)
The E.A.T.S. Community
Uncharted

Best Female Performance Comedy
Carla Bonner – The Agent
Anna Jailer – Right Hand Man
Sierra Pitkin – Young & Reckless
Rachel Reyes – Say Hello (Winner)
Paula Rhodes – New Adventures of Peter & Wendy

Best Female Performance Drama
Olivia Baptista – Here We Wait
Diane Chen – Here We Wait
Dana Jeffrey – Teenagers
Chloe Rose – Teenagers
Bernie Van Tiel – Jade of Death
Odessa Young – High Life (Winner)

Best Male Performance Comedy
Lloyd Ahlquist – Epic Studios
Chase Anthony – A Whole New Irving (Winner)
Percy Daggs III – The New Adventures of Peter &Wendy
Devon Ferguson – Young & Reckless
Zack Gold – Gridlocked: The Web Series
Sean Persaud – Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party

Best Male Performance Drama
Raymond Ablack – Teenagers
Rob Ceriello – Here We Wait
Ryan Hellquist – L.A. Macabre (Winner)
Emmanuel Kabongo – Teenagers
Nicholas Hope – Jade of Death
Jonathan Robbins – Out With Dad

Best Ensemble Comedy
A Whole New Irving (Winner – Tie)
Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party
Epic Studios
Gridlocked: The Web Series
Shiny Baby Goats (Winner – Tie)
Young & Reckless

Best Ensemble Drama
Here We Wait
Jade of Death (Winner)
Petrol
Shakespeare Republic: #LoveTheBard
Teenagers

Best Host
Frankie Celenza – Frankie’s World (Winner)
Mark Gardner – This Doesn’t Suck
Jess Lizama – Jess Lizama Visits Shakey’s Pizza!
Jennifer Weedon Palazzo – Slacker Mom

Best Directing (Comedy)
Steve Baker – This is Desmondo Ray!
Terry Dawson – A Whole New Irving
Tony Rogers – Bruce the Series (Winner)
Dan Riddle – Driving Arizona
William J. Stribling – Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party
Scott M. Brown, Zack Gold – Gridlocked: The Web Series

Best Directing (Drama)
Sam Bailey – Brown Girls
Luke Eve – High Life (Winner – Tie)
Erin Good – Jade of Death (Winner – Tie)
Ant Horasanli – Petrol
M.H. Murray – Teenagers

Best Directing (Non-Fiction)
Mike Darling – Jess Lizama Visits Shakey’s Pizza!
Gwen Titley – Notorious Beaver County
Clenet Verdi-Rose – Kitchen Little (Winner)

Best Writing (Comedy)
Terry Dawson – A Whole New Irving
Warwick Holt, Mat Blackwell – Bruce the Series (Winner)
Sean Persaud, Sinead Persaud – Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party
Kevin Iso, Dan Perlman – Flatbush Misdemeanors
Zack Gold – Gridlocked: The Web Series
Alice Nicholas Wood – Shiny Baby Goats

Best Writing (Drama)
Fatimah Asghar – Brown Girls
Rebecca Davey, Marie-Claire Marcotte – Running with Violet
Glen Dolman – High Life (Winner)
Adam Henry Garcia – Conversations From the Afterlife
Erin Good – Jade of Death
Julie Kalceff – Starting From Now
Jason Leaver – Out With Dad
Bridget McManus – Maybelle

Best Cinematography
Alice in Paris
Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party
L.A. Macabre
Running with Violet
The Pepper Project
Uncharted (Winner)

Best Production Design
Jade of Death
Jiwi’s Machines (Winner)
LARPs
Sounds of Freedom
The League of S.T.E.A.M.
The New Adventures of Peter & Wendy

Best Editing
Epic Studios
High Life (Winner)
LARPs
Petrol
Save Me

Best Costume Design
Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party
Jade of Death
LARPs
The New Adventures of Peter & Wendy
The League of S.T.E.A.M. (Winner)

Best Makeup
Bad Timing
Jade of Death (Winner)
LARPs
Tinsel’s Town

Best Sound
Jade of Death
LARPs
L.A. Macabre (Winner)
Petrol
Riley Parra
Shakespeare Republic: #LoveTheBard

Best Original Music
Break: The Musical
Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party
Epic Studios (Winner)
Here We Wait
Jade of Death
Maybelle

Best Visual Effects
Gridlocked: The Web Series
The League of S.T.E.A.M. (Winner)
The Pantsless Detective

Paul Kontonis

Paul is a strategic marketing executive and brand builder that navigates businesses through the ever changing marketing landscape to reach revenue and company M&A targets with 25 years experience. As CMO of Revry, the LGBTQ-first media company, he is a trusted advisor and recognized industry leader who combines his multi-industry experiences in digital media and marketing with proven marketing methodologies that can be transferred to new battles across any industry.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kontonis/
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