Inaugural IAWTV Awards 2012

Held at CES in Las Vegas January 12, 2012

Best Comedy Web Series
Gigi: Almost American
Pretty
The Guild (Winner)
The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour
Video Game Reunion

Best Drama Web Series
AIDAN 5
Anyone But Me
CELL: The Web Series
Pioneer One
RCVR/Web Series (Winner)

Best Documentary Web Series
Beyond the Gallery
Deja View
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
The Founders
White Collar Brawler (Winner)

Best Animated Web Series
CliffsNotes Films
Dick Figures
Red vs. Blue (Winner)
Sketch 22
The World of Bruce McCall

Best Educational Web Series
DadLabs (Winner)
Engineer Your Space
Financially Fit
The Great Camera Shootout 2011
What You Can Do

Best Variety Web Series
Fanboy Funhouse
Kids React (Winner)
Mark Malkoff
Stripped Down Live
Team Unicorn

Best News Web Series
Breakout
Daily Ticker
Tech News Today (Winner)
The Philip DeFranco Show
The Woodward Report

Best Hosted Live Web Series
Geek Beat LIVE
Indie Intertube
Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show
Stupid For Movies
What’s Trending with Shira Lazar (Winner)

Best Hosted Taped Web Series
A Comicbook Orange
ETC – Entertainment, Technology, Culture
Immersion
NextMovie Daily
The Web.Files (Winner)

Best Female Performance (Comedy)
Alexis Boozer (Brynn Arbor) – Leap Year
Emma Caulfield (Emma Caulfield) – Bandwagon
Julie Ann Emery (Emily) – Then We Got HELP!
Felicia Day (Codex) – The Guild (Winner)
Hillary B. Smith (Ellie) – Fumbling Thru the Pieces

Best Female Performance (Drama)
Jourdan Gibson (The Woman/Sarah) – CELL: The Web Series
Rachael Hip-Flores (Vivian McMillan) – Anyone But Me (Winner)
Jeri Ryan (Sonya Blade) – Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Maya Sayre (Det. Morgan Riley) – AIDAN 5
Taryn Southern (Jamie Phillips) – BlackBoxTV: The Series

Best Male Performance (Comedy)
Yuri Baranovsky (Aaron Morrison) – Leap Year
Jeff Lewis (Vork) – The Guild
Jeff Lewis (Stan) – The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour (Winner)
Jonathan Nail (Scott Drizhal) – SOLO: The Series
Sandeep Parikh (Zaboo) – The Guild

Best Male Performance (Drama)
Dingani Beza (Patrick Aubert) – Asylum
Bryan Michael Block (Det. James Aidan) – AIDAN 5
Daniel Bonjour (Luke Weber) – RCVR/Web Series (Winner)
Maxwell Glick (Hicks) – Night of the Zombie King
Kevin McCarthy (The Man) – CELL: The Web Series

Best Host (Live)
April Grant, Amanda Shockley – Indie Intertube
Mark Keizer, Wade Major – Stupid For Movies
Shira Lazar – What’s Trending with Shira Lazar (Winner)
Kevin Pollak – Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show
Curt Smith – Stripped Down Live

Best Host (Taped)
Khail Anonymous – ETC – Entertainment, Technology, Culture
Burnie Burns – Immersion
Kristyn Burtt – The Web.Files (Winner)
Casey McKinnon – A Comicbook Orange
Brad Powell – DadLabs

Best Directing (Comedy)
Sean Becker – The Guild (Winner)
Sean Becker – The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour
Sandeep Parikh – Legend of Neil
Steve Silverman – Pretty
Frederick Snyder – SOLO: The Series

Best Directing (Drama)
Ben Bays – AIDAN 5
David Nett – Night of the Zombie King
Chris Preksta – The Mercury Men (Winner)
David Van Essen – RCVR/Web Series
Tina Cesa Ward – Anyone But Me

Best Directing (Non-Fiction)
Danny Cameron – DadLabs
Benny Fine, Rafi Fine – Kids React
Sandra J. Payne – The Web.Files
Brett Register – What’s Trending with Shira Lazar (Winner)
Mike Rotman – Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show

Best Writing (Comedy)
Felicia Day – The Guild (Winner)
Jeff Lewis – The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour
Marilyn Anne Michaels, Dominic Conti – The Best Friend
Jessica Mills – Awkward Embraces
Steve Silverman – Pretty

Best Writing (Drama)
Vidas Barzdukas – AIDAN 5
Mark Gardner – CELL: The Web Series
Susan Miller, Tina Cesa Ward – Anyone But Me (Winner)
David Nett, Rick Robinson, Andrew R. Deutsch – Night of the Zombie King
David Van Essen, Brian Horiuchi – RCVR/Web Series

Best Writing (Non-Fiction)
Benny Fine, Rafi Fine – Kids React
Grace Helbig – DailyGrace
Rudy Jahchan – A Comicbook Orange (Winner)
Scott Lynch – The Great Camera Shootout 2011
Nar Williams – NextMovie Daily

Best Cinematography
Andrew R. Deutsch – Night of the Zombie King
Christopher Charles Kempinski – Riese: Kingdom Falling
C. Kim Miles – Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Iskra Valtcheva, Michael Morlan – CELL: The Series
Joost van Starrenburg – RCVR/Web Series (Winner)

Best Design
Greg Aronowitz – Dragon Age: Redemption (Winner)
Ben Brown, Jason Mowry – AIDAN 5
Jonathan Nail, Michael Levinson – SOLO: The Series
Kelly Wasserman – RCVR/Web Series
Eric Whitney – Continuum

Best Editing
Fawaz Al-Matrouk – Goldilocks
Jeff Cowan – RCVR/Web Series
Matthew Lyons, Kirby Jinnah – Riese: Kingdom Falling
Chris Preksta, Tyson VanSkiver – The Mercury Men
Tony E. Valenzuela – BlackBoxTV: The Series (Winner)

Best Costume Design
Katie Broad – Fallout: Nuka Break
Jenny Green, Dan Crawley, Thais Yuki – Video Game Reunion
Kristin Ingram – The Guild
Megan Leson – Riese: Kingdom Falling
Shawna Trpcic – Dragon Age: Redemption (Winner)

Best Makeup/Special Effects
Greg Aronowitz, Kimberly Graczyk – Dragon Age: Redemption(Winner)
Michael Del Rossa – RCVR/Web Series
Kimberly Graczyk – The Guild
Ralis Kahn, Bianca Appice, Shintaro Kakioka – Fallout: Nuke Break
Jamie Register – A Good Knight’s Quest

Best Original Music
Rob Gokee – Night of the Zombie King (Winner)
Rob Gokee – SOLO: The Series
Mike Jackson – AIDAN 5
PEACE Nistades – Dragon Age: Redemption
Brian Satterwhite – CELL: The Web Series

Best Visual Effects (Digital)
Chad Briggs – Continuum
Lawson Demming – Rocket Studios and Tunnel
Keegen Douglas – Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Shawn Likely – AIDAN 5
Post – RCVR/WebSeries
Chris Preksta – The Mercury Men (Winner)

Best Distribution Platform
Blip.tv (Winner)
Crackle
Dailymotion
Hulu
Joost

Best Web Site Design
AIDAN 5
Engineer Your Space
RCVR/Web Series
Ruby Skye P.I.
The Guild (Winner)

Best Supplemental Content
Kids React
RCVR/Web Series
The Further Adventures of Cupid and Eros
The Mercury Men (Winner)
Vampire Zombie Werewolf

Best Interactive/Social Media Experience
CliffsNotes Films
Kids React
RCVR/Web Series
Stupid For Movies
What’s Trending with Shira Lazar (Winner)

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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