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    Radio Mercury Awards.jpg
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    Turnip Theater Festival NYC

    Turnip Theater Festival NYC

    "Coitus-Hateus" BEST ACTRESS BEST DIRECTOR 1998

    New Jersey State Council on the Arts

    New Jersey State Council on the Arts

    $15,000 DISTINGUISHED ARTIST FELLOWSHIP for Multi-Disciplinary Achievement 1988

    International Film&TV Festival of NY

    International Film&TV Festival of NY

    "How to be Donna Reed" Nick at Night - Viacom GOLD MEDAL

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    Film Fest New Haven

    Film Fest New Haven

    "Sullivan's Last Call" AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD 1997

    Cinekink Film Festival

    Cinekink Film Festival

    "Sullivan's Last Call" HONORABLE BEST MENTION 2009

    Chicago International Film Festival

    Chicago International Film Festival

    "Sullivan's Last Call" CERTIFICATE OF MERIT 1997

    East Village Film Festival

    East Village Film Festival

    "Sullivan's Last Call" AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD 1998

    More Magazine Screenplay Competition

    More Magazine Screenplay Competition

    "Mafia Wives, Incorporated" QUARTER FINALIST 2010

    Moviemaker Magazine

    Moviemaker Magazine

    ARTIST TO WATCH Student, younger generation, and mid-career American filmmakers who are writing the history of the present. Any ten minutes of one of these filmmaker's films has more genuine insight into life than the complete work of Oliver Stone, Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee. Todd Haynes, Tom Noonan, Sean Penn, Francesca Rizzo, Jim Jarmusch...

    Sundance Institute Screenplay

    Sundance Institute Screenplay

    "Talk to Me" LEVEL TWO 1999

    Action on Film Festival

    Action on Film Festival

    "The Poet Englestrom" BEST PERFORMANCE 2010

    Skyfest Film & Script Festival

    Skyfest Film & Script Festival

    "The Poet Englestrom" Directed by Francesca Rizzo First Place Short Film 2010

    Harvard Film Archive

    Harvard Film Archive

    Stepping Stone Film Festival

    Stepping Stone Film Festival

    "The Poet Englestrom" OFFICIAL SELECTION 2009

    Skyfest

    Skyfest

    "Five Valid Reasons for Murdering Lisa" OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011

    Action on Film Festival

    Action on Film Festival

    "Five Valid Reasons for Murdering Lisa" OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011

    Telly Awards

    Telly Awards

    "This is Lynne Thigpen" Directed by Francesca Rizzo MovieBaby Productions SILVER TELLY

    Telly Awards

    Telly Awards

    "Neurotic in New York" Directed by Francesca Rizzo MovieBaby Productions SILVER TELLY

    Telly Awards

    Telly Awards

    "Behind the Scenes with David Shatraw" Directed by Francesca Rizzo MovieBaby Productions SILVER TELLY

    Honors

    “You rarely win, but sometimes you do."
     

    – Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)