2006-2007 (Freestyle's inaugural year)

Iphigenia Karantzas will study Visual Communication or Cinema
Michael Roccaforte will study Advertising and Industrial Design
Daniel Kirsch will study Psychology
Hanae Aoki will study Visual Communications
Arielle Sarnoff will study Major:Visual Communications-Film Production, Minor: business

San Jose State University

Alyssa Raven will study Animation
Amanda Zimmerman will study Criminal Justice

Southern Methodist University

Emily Munoz will study Communications, Marketing, and Psychology

University of British Columbia

Julia Pressman will study Education to eventually become a Kindergarten teacher

University of California at Los Angeles

Lily Zhou will study Design Media Arts
Noorin Dorosti will study Design Media Arts

University of California at San Diego

Natalie Hon will study Visual Arts with a photography track with Scholarship = $1,667 from Social Issues Documentary Festival Award

Raime Shah will study Human Biology

University of California at Santa Cruz

Hujun Cui will study Computer Engineer
Robbie Hinson will study Film Production/Photography

University of Denver

Amanda NeSmith will study Digital Media Studies and Communication

University of Missouri

Julia Cox will study English

University of Southern California

Irene Lee will study Design with Scholarship = $500 from Bay Street Film Festival Award
Eric Cook will study Film and Television Production
Kalyn Nakano will study Computer Science and Business Administration, Minor in Interactive Media and the Culture of New Technologies

West Valley College

Talina Rapo will study Fashion design or the arts in general.

Undecided

5 students

Class of 2010 Awards
2010 May	Irene Lee was awarded 2nd Place and $300 in the Digital Category at the 2010 Blue Coat Art Show with her piece titled "Surprise Pregnancy". Christian Armada was awarded 3rd Place and $100 in the Photography Category at the 2010 Blue Coat Art Show with his piece titled "Enlightened" Raime Shah's "Criminal" Animation created with After Effects was awarded 1st place in the Short Film category and 2nd in the 'Ligne d'Or' Prize or Best In Show at the Inaugural FaultLine Animation Festival for South Bay Schools Anna Sakoi - Laguna College of Art and Design: Scholarship $5,000 Karina Muranaga - New York University : Scholarship $8,000 per year Kyle Laffey - Loyola Marymount University: Scholarship = $12,000 per year Luc Delamare - Loyola Marymount University: Scholarship = $26,000 per year Michaela Stewart - Chapman University : Dean's Scholarship $15,000 per year Sena Absar - Menlo College: Scholarship $33,000
2010 Feb	A Freestyle film by the 2008-2009 Junior student team of Natalie Hon, Emily Munoz with their Film "Art Works" WON 1st Place at the 2010 Social Issues Documentary Festival in San Jose on Saturday 2/6/10 where 300+ high school films were judged by an expert panel. "Art Works" received $10,000 which is to be distributed among the non-profit Imagine Bus Project profiled in the documentary, Freestyle Academy, and Natalie/Emily (in the form of a cash scholarship.) Other Freestyle students Jules Walton, Nati Rich with their film "Service to the World" also received Honorable Mention (6th place). [ Read more or watch our films ... ]
2009 Nov	Eggs Have Dreams Too a Narrative Animation by Irene Lee and Raime Shah was awarded 1st Place at the 2009 Bay Street Animation Film Festival for films/animations under 2 minutes. The animation was created in the Fall of 2008 when Irene and Raime were Juniors. Irene and Raime received $250 each and $1000 was donated to Freestyle in their names.
2009 Aug	Eric Cook received $100 from YoungArts National Foundation for the Advancment in the Arts for his film "Over the Cliffside" placing 16th out of over 400 submissions.

2010-2011 (Freestyle's 5th year)

Artist In Residency Program

Farewell to Mr. Jack

Junior Productions

Senior Productions

Experimental I Websites

Experimental I Animated Poems

Photonarrative Ditychs

Narrative Illustrations

Narrative Websites

Self-Portrait Websites

Self-Portrait Films

Self-Portrait Diptychs

Self-Portrait Illustrations

Self-Portrait Podcasts

2010-2011 Students

Experimental II Websites

Senior Blink Books

Senior Project Websites

Senior Project Films

After Effects Animations

Narrative 2 Films

Surreal Photography

10 Year Future Illustrations - TBA

Character Portraits

Character Illustrations

Mise en Scene Photography

Music Videos by Film Students

Music Videos by WebAudio Students

Music Video Flash Websites

Congrats to the Freestyle Class of 2011

Academy of Arts in SF

Julie Cremoux will study Graphic Design

Biola University

Tyler Cash will study Studio Art and Graphic Design

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Catherine Halliday will study Art & Design
Nicholas Giles will study Graphic Communications

Cal State University Sacramento

Jacqueline Oslan will study something

California College of the Arts

Blake Bowers will study Industrial Design with a Scholarship = $28,000

Chapman University

Carl Elson will study Animation/Digital Arts
Danielle Lorberbaum will study Communications, maybe Advertising/Public Relations or Graphic Design with a Scholarship = $20,000 per year
Kimberly Fletcher will study something
Layla Kovacevic will study Philosophy, Creative Writing, Visual Art, Photography, Vocal Performance, and Sociology with a Scholarship = $20,000 per year

Cornish College of the Arts

Zoe Maddalena will study Art, Photography, and Printmaking with a Scholarship = $13,000

DeAnza College

Joshua Anderson will study Mechanical Engineering and Marketing

Drexel University

Mike Romeo will study Animation and Visual Effects

East West College of the Healing Arts

Marjorie Pomeroy will study Massage Therapy and will be podcasting

Foothill College

Ames Thomas will study Web Design, Programing and possibly Fashion Design
Daniel Negrete will study Business, Creative Arts and Music Tech
Jesse Dyer will study Web Design, Psychology, Political Science
Lizette Hernandez will study Communication Arts
Melissa Steiner will study Animal Studies
Michael Anderson will study Music Composition and Music Technology
Rayna Barton will study English Literature, Biology and Photography

JP Catholic

Andrew Barth will study something

Loyola Marymount University

Allyson Watanabe will study Marketing and Studio Arts with a Scholarship = $5,400 per year
John Bashyam will study 3D Animation, Recording Arts or Computer Science
Rachel Wood will study Film Production with a Scholarship = $6,400

Kalamazoo College

Andrew Haughey will study Film, Journalism, Music and Art with a Scholarship = $32,000 along with $500 per year

Mission College

Jozza Millano will study Psychology

New York University

Dani Grant will study Advertising and Neuropsychology
Eve Survilo will study Studio Art, Media, Culture, and Communications

San Francisco State University

Jacob Hampel will study Film/Cinematography
Rachel Weinberg will study Marine Biology

San Jose State University

Kendra Passaro will study Industrial Design

Seattle University

Alyssa De la Vega will study Nursing with a Scholarship = $9000 per year and Social Issues Documentary Semifinalist $300

Université Laval, Quebec

Johan Hugoo will study Graphic Design and Animation Design

University of Arizona

Kamron Sherkat will study Economics, Entrepenuership, and Management Information Systems with a Scholarship = $4,000 per year

University of California Berkeley

Anya Schultz will study Architecture with a Scholarship = $2,000 from Social Issues Documentary Festival Semifinalist

University of California Irvine

Blake Thiessen will study something

University of California Los Angeles

Helen Owen will study Design Media Arts

University of California Riverside

Phoebe Chen will study Business and Graphic Design

University of California San Diego

Matthew Salinero will study Electrical Engineering

University of California Santa Barbara

Magali Gauthier will study Communications, Spanish, and Photography
Miller Wrenn will study Music and Economics

University of California Santa Cruz

Alejandro Aguilar will study Game Design with a Scholarship = $12,000
Callie Dick will study something
Davida McFadden will study something
Jimmy Tran will study Electrical Engineering
Nicole Bennett will study Psychology and Child Development
Rosie Struve will study Film

University of Oregon

Julia Mandeberg will study Cinema Studies with a Scholarship = $20,000

University of San Francisco

Susie Reynolds will study Art History / Art Management and Film with a Scholarship = $19,000 per year

University of Southern California

Ben Malenka will study Communications and Cinema/Television

University of Wisconsin- Madison

Katrina Officer will study Marketing

Gap Years / Work

Aaron Breetwor will work at Skate[Slate] and eventually study Photography and English at New York University
Stefano McCoy will work in Italy
Zachary Wilson will travel and eventually study Marine Biology and/or Graphic Design

4 students did not provide information

Class of 2011 Awards

2011 April

Social Issues Documentary (SIDoc) Film Festival results on April 30th, 2011

Freestyle Senior student awards

Anya Schultz won 2nd place in the non-profit category with her film Life Learning Academy. Prize of $6,000 to be divided three ways - $2K to student, $2K to Freestyle, $2K to Life Learning Academy in the film.
Rachel Wood and Callie Dick won 4th place in the non-profit category with their film Man in the Mirror. Prize of $1500 to SF Gay Men's Chorus.
Rachel Wood received 1st place in the "Flex" category for her film For Social Good. Prize of $2,000 to Freestyle Academy.

Semi-Finalists whose organizations received $300:

Ben Malenka & Tyler Cash
Alyssa de la Vega & Susie Reynolds
Catherine Halliday

Honorable mentions with $200 going to organizations in films by

Blake Thiessen and Julia Mandeberg

The Terry McElhatton Memorial Award recognizes the dedication of an educator to the teaching of documentary filmmaking, as represented by the number of films submitted to the SI DocFest. It is named after its original winner and friend of the SI DocFest, the late Terry McElhatton. The winner this year was Sue Kefauver of Freestyle Academy, and a $1,500 award was presented to Freestyle Academy's video production program in Sue's honor.

More details on http://www.sidocfest.com

Official Press Release: http://www.sidocfest.com/images/PRESS_RELEASE_2011_FINALS.pdf

Alejandro Aguilar - University of California Santa Cruz: Scholarship = $12,000

Allyson Watanabe - Loyola Marymount University: Scholarship = $5,400 per year

Alyssa De la Vega - Seattle University: Scholarship = $9,000 per year

Andrew Haughey - Kalamazoo College: Scholarship = $32,000 along with $500 per year

Blake Bowers - California College of the Arts: Scholarship $28,000

Danielle Lorberbaum - Chapman University: Scholarship = $20,000 per year

Layla Kovacevic - Chapman University: Scholarship = $20,000 per year

Julia Mandeberg - University of Oregon: Scholarship = $20,000

Kamron Sherkat - University of Arizona: Scholarship = $4,000 per year

Rachel Wood - Loyola Marymount University: Scholarship = $6,400

Susie Reynolds - University of San Francisco: Scholarship = $19,000 per year

Zoe Maddalena - Cornish College of the Arts: Scholarship = $13,000

Post-Freestyle News

Nov. 15, 2011 - At Berkeley, Anya Schultz (Class of 2011) joined the Daily Cal as a multimedia producer for the new multimedia department that started about a year ago. We basically produce films that correspond with the news articles as well as make our own projects. They have Final Cut 7 and we use canon cameras. The department is new, so it is cool to be one of the people that help shape it. Also, all the film experience from Freestyle put me at SUCH an advantage for getting on and recognized.

You probably heard about the protests for Occupy Cal that happened on Wednesday (Nov. 9, 2011) in Berkeley. I shot and edited this video about it, and it's pretty exciting so you should take a look! The only part that I didn't shoot are the aerial shots from above.

I definitely wouldn't have found a love for film if it wasn't for Freestyle.

Sept 14, 2011 - Since graduating in June, 2011, Blake Bowers (Class of 2011) has been living and working as a designer in San Francisco. Blake's latest work for Kestral.

Kestrel 4000 for Pip Taylor by Ube's Icecream Shop

2011-2012 (Freestyle's 6th year)

All students
Click to enlarge and see funny versions

Singing Valentine to Mr. Greco.

Junior Productions

Senior Productions

Self-Portrait Websites

Self-Portrait Films

Self-Portrait Diptychs

Self-Portrait Illustrations

Self-Portrait Podcasts

Narrative 1 Flash Animations

Narrative 1 Films

Photonarrative Diptychs

Narrative 1 Illustrations

Experimental Websites

Experimental Animated Poems

Experimental Art

2011-2012 Students

Character Portraits

Senior Project Films

Senior Project Websites

Surreal Photography

Mise en Scene Illustrations

Comic Strips

Music Videos

Music Video Flash Websites

10-Year Future Art - TBA

Explorations Websites

Congrats to the Freestyle Class of 2012
Brooklyn College of CUNY Gregory Cottarel will study something Cabrillo College Elizabeth Milner will study something Chapman University Alanna Rice will study English Literature and Educational Studies with a Chancellor's Scholarship = $20,000 per year. Annalise Tahran will study Broadcast Journalism and Television Production with a Scholarship = $18,900 per year Julia White will study Graphic Design and Computer Science with a Scholarship = $31,700 Teresa Zarmer will study Creative Productions with a Scholarship = $15,000 per year Cogswell Polytechnical College Frank Grabowski will study Computer Animation and Design with a Scholarship = $1000 De Anza College Tara Swan will study something Drexel University Sam Carmel will study something Emerson College Sarah Weber will study Television Production Shefali Vasudevan will study Film Foothill College Fernando Martinez will study something Hannah Kirn will study Digital and Media Arts Matthew Wagner will study Audio Engineering and Recording Arts Parker Anderson will study Psychology, Film, or Game Design Connor Crutcher will study Photography/Arts Harvard Jerry Chang will study Computer Science / Engineering Hendrix Zachary Baier will study Business Hofstra University Avery Grimes-Farrow will study Computer Science with a Hofstra University's Pride Award of $7,500 Johns Hopkins University Neil Mallinar will study Computer science, physics, economics, music. Makati Medical Center College of Nursing, Philippines Elizabeth Sarinas will study Nursing Mission College Robert Perreira will study Culinary Arts Oregon State University Maya Shaanan will study Marketing and Communications with a Scholarship = $2,000 Pitzer Katya Schaefer will study something with a Scholarship = $5,000 per year Purdue University Francis Sullivan will study something San Francisco State University Devan Shah will study Cell & Molecular Biology San Jose State University Carlo Pio di Savoia will study Computer Science Jonathan Olivo will study Film / Television / Radio Rida Ilyas will study Graphic Design Sierra Pollock will study Psychology or Biology and Design Zachary Williams will study Computer Science and Business	Santa Barbara City College Caroline Dew will study Global Studies and Digital Arts Santa Clara University Adam Spencley will study Business Management and Music with a Scholarship = $12,000 Sonoma State University Dominick Montelaro will study something Stanford University Devon Zuegel will study Symbolic Systems that combines Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Linguistics, and Philosophy University of British Columbia, Canada Zachary Daniloff will study something University of California at Berkeley Sophie Ho will study Political Science with a Dow Jones News Fund Scholarship = $1000 and the Los Altos Town Crier Scholarship = $1000 University of California at Los Angeles Dora Parnanen will study something Lauren Amorese will study Graphic Design Maxine Tsang will study Design/Media Arts University of California at Santa Barbara Kateryna Fomenko will study something University of California at Santa Cruz Camille Siegel will study Literature and Education Pierre-Henri Joubert will study Game Design University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Michal Krupa will study Computer Science University of Oregon Madisen McBride will study Vocal Performance and Digital Arts with a Dean's Scholarship = $7,000 per year Sean Hinson will study something University of Redlands Samantha Pann will study Business, Communications, Psychology, or Economics with a Scholarship = $16,000 University of San Francisco Elise Vanderlip will study Media Studies with a Scholarship = $10,000 and $2,000 Social Issues Documentary Film Festival Award University of Southern California Alexis Miller will study Interactive Media Kyle Fitz will study Theatre Acting Michael Francisco will study Film and Critical Studies University of Washington Nicholas Wilson will study something Vanguard University of Southern California Ben Wilson will study Film with a Scholarship Washington University in St. Louis Aiden Zucker will study Communication Design Wesleyan University Arian Dehnow will study Neuroscience or Film West Valley College Rachel Hayward will study Pharmacology Western Washington University Joshua Kirsch will study English Information not provided Bobby Andris Caleb Fowler Elize Manoukian Ryan Johnson Sheilah Smith Taura Golafshan
Freestyle Senior Superlatives as voted on by Freestyle Seniors
Best dressed: Katya Schaefer Best laugh: Michal Krupa Most hipster: Sarah Weber Most artsy: Hannah Kirn Most likely to win a Webby: Francis Sullivan Most likely to win an Oscar: Annalise Tahran Most likely to write a best-seller: Matthew Wagner Best baker: Sheilah Smith Best sense of humor: Jonathan Olivo	Most swag: Adam Spencely Most likely to lock themselves out of the studio: Dominick Montelaro Most likely to join a frat: Bobby Andris Most likely to join a sorority: Caroline Dew Most helpful: Joshua Kirsch Most ridiculous: Devan Shah Cutest Freestyle couple: Devon Zuegel & Francis Sullivan Best photographer: Connor Crutcher

Class of 2012 Awards

2012 April

Freestyle Academy students win awards at the
2012 Social Issues Documentary Film Festival

The Fifth Annual Bay Area Social Issues Documentary Film Contest (SI DocFest http://www.sidocfest.com/ ) was held at the Camera 12 Cinemas on Saturday, April 28, 2012. A panel of independent judges ranked 13 semi-finalist student films submitted by Bay Area schools. These judges were Blanche Araj-Shaheen, TV production professional and past host of KTEH's "Video I;" Dr. Felix Gutierrez, Professor of Journalism and Communication at USC Annenberg School; and Michael Whalen, Professor of Communication at Santa Clara University and independent television and film producer.

Freestyle Academy is proud to announce that Freestyle Senior student Ellie Vanderlip won $2,000, placing 1st in the Flex Category for her film "The Human Motor"; dealing with Critical Mass and the conflict between automobile and bicycle transportation. Placing 2nd in the traditional Non-Profit Category, Juniors Hannah Hansen and Nikki Kashani won $6,000, to be divided between Freestyle, the filmmakers, and Abilities United, for "The Path to Integration," dealing with the organization's efforts to provide educational opportunities to people with disabilities. Placing 4th in the non-profit category and earning $1,000 for the organization Kenya Dream of Cupertino was "Can You Dream," a film by Juniors Janna Wang and Rebecca Walton. The film profiles the organization's goals and accomplishments.

In recognition for their outstanding accomplishments, two other semi-finalist films in the Flex category, "Birdies," by Juniors Noah Hoffman and Lauren Salinero, and "A Freestyler For Change," by Senior Lauren Amorese, received $300.

Official SI Doc Press Release