Acker Gets the Gold at Student Academy Awards
Shane Acker from University of California, Los Angeles won the Gold Medal for his film, 9, in the animation category in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 32nd Annual Student Academy Awards competition June 12, 2005. He was among 12 winning film students that participated in several days of industry-related activities and social events prior to the awards presentation ceremony at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.