The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected a Newman Smith graduate as a winner of its 43rd Annual Student Academy Awards for 2016.
Echo Wu, Class of 2012 , was voted by the Academy as one of 17 student winners in its prestigious competition. Her winning film is The Wishgranter (animation).
Wu, a student at Ringling College of Arts and Design, will be presented with a Student Academy Award during ceremonies in Los Angeles Sept. 22, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills. Spike Lee, Cary Fukunaga, and John Lasseter are past Student Academy Awards winners. Congratulations to Echo Wu.
The Academy received student entries totaling 1,749 films from 286 domestic and 95 international colleges and universities.