5th Indie Series Awards

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5th Indie Series Awards
Date2014

Awards

Winners will be listed first and highlighted in boldface: [1] [2]

Contents

Best Web Series (Drama)
Best Web Series (Comedy)
  • Professional Friend
    • Husbands
    • Noirhouse
    • Pete Winning and the Pirates
    • Twenty Five
    • Wrecked
Best Directing (Drama)
Best Directing (Comedy)
  • Mike Fly and Simon Fraser, Versus Valerie
    • Henryk Cymerman and Tim Russ, Bloomers
    • Steve Silverman, Dating in the Middle Ages
    • Eli Gonda, Husbands
    • Shaun Wilson, Noirhouse
    • Nate Golon, My Synthesized Life
Best Lead Actor (Drama)
  • Peter Halpin, 3some
    • J. Julian Christopher, Bulk
    • Richard Cutting, Milgram and the Fastwalkers
    • Van Hansis, EastSiders
    • Jason Kuykendall, Dark Pool
    • Sebastian La Cause, Hustling
Best Lead Actor (Comedy)
  • Brad Bell, Husbands
    • Brent Bailey, My Synthesized Life
    • Jonathan Biver, Professional Friend
    • Brennan Caldwell, Twenty Five
    • Mike Donis, Pete Winning and the Pirates
    • Ron Hanks, Golden California
Best Lead Actress (Drama)
Best Lead Actress (Comedy)
  • Bhama Roget, Wrecked
    • Lisa Valentine Clark, Pretty Darn Funny
    • Jourdan Gibson, Super Knocked Up
    • Tracy Ryerson, Kiss Her I'm Famous
    • Hannah Spear, Versus Valerie
    • Alex Trow, Twenty Five
Best Supporting Actor (Drama)
Best Supporting Actor (Comedy)
  • Christian Blackburn, Professional Friend
    • Robert Bergin, Wrecked
    • John Cramer, He's With Me
    • Cameron Cronin, DECo
    • Gibson Frazier, Wallflowers
    • Al Thompson, Entangled with You
Best Supporting Actress (Drama)
Best Supporting Actress (Comedy)
  • Jessica Martin, Wrecked
    • Jessica DiGiovanni, Twenty Five
    • Katie Gill, My Synthesized Life
    • Deidre Hall, Dating in the Middle Ages
    • Swati Kapila, Bloomers
    • Darcie Siciliano, He's With Me
Best Ensemble (Drama)
Best Ensemble (Comedy)
  • Fumbling thru the Pieces
    • Adopted
    • Bloomers
    • Nights at the Round Table
    • Noirhouse
    • Wallflowers
Best Guest Star (Drama)
Best Guest Star (Comedy)
Best Writing (Drama)
  • Lisa Gifford, 3some
    • Michael Caruso, DeVanity
    • Kelsey Jorissen, The Dreamers
    • Sebastian La Cause, Hustling
    • Armando Saldanamora, Progress
    • Kathryn O'Sullivan, Thurston
Best Writing (Comedy)
  • Rob Raffety, Andrew Heaton and Satya Thallam, Cap South
    • Julie A. Smith and Donna Hurst, Fumbling thru the Pieces
    • Brad Bell and Jane Espenson, Husbands
    • Jeff Parkin, Jared Cardon, Lisa Valentine Clark, Adrienne Cardon, Kacy Faulconer and Tom Quinn, Pretty Darn Funny
    • Eric Bilitch, Professional Friend
    • Liz Ellis, Courtney Meaker, Gabriel A. Carbajal and Lizzie Sivitz, Wrecked
Best Production Design (All Shows)
  • David King, Progress
    • Lynn Malmberg, Dark Pool
    • Nicole Vardi, Destroy the Alpha Gammas
    • Michael Caruso and Barbara Caruso, DeVanity
    • Mike Fly, Simon Fraser and Stephanie Kaliner, Versus Valerie
    • Natasha Diak, Gay Nerds
Best Cinematography (All shows)
  • Boa Simon, Progress
    • Peter Hermes, The Inn
    • David M. Gil, mI promise
    • Derek Kimball and David C. Miller, Ragged Isle
    • Jonathan Holbrook, STILL
    • Daniel Gilbert, Wrecked
Best Editing (All Shows)
  • Phil Bucci, Destroy the Alpha Gammas
    • Nate Atcheson, Husbands
    • Paul Lada, Progress
    • Barry Dodd, Ragged Isle
    • Jonathan Holbrook, STILL
    • Nathaniel Buechler and Liz Ellis, Wrecked
Best Visual/Special Effects (All Shows)
  • Philip Cook, Malice
    • Doug Drexler, Adventures of Superseven
    • Jeff Sinasac, Clutch
    • Animation by Natalie Garceau, VFX by Jason Leaver and Dan Turner, Out With Dad
    • Daniel DeFabio and Christopher Vincelette, Super Knocked Up
    • Davin Lengyel, Nick Montgomery and Xerxes Cortez, Versus Valerie
Best Soundtrack (All Shows)
  • Scott Thomas, Professional Friend
    • Kalup Linzy, As Da Art World Might Turn
    • Fernanda Espíndola, Wiley B. Oscar, Matt Palazzolo and Alex Paris, Bloomers
    • SIRPAUL, Hustling
    • Carly Rhiannon, LESlieVILLE
    • Adrian Ellis, Rebecca Rynsoever and Jason Leaver, Out With Dad
Best Original Score (All shows)
  • Aaron Tsang, Pete Winning and the Pirates
    • Brian "Tweex" Arnold, Abigail
    • Michael H. Daniel, Bennington Gothique
    • Adrian Ellis, Clutch
    • TJ Kross, Justice Woman
    • Keith Stacey, Progress
Best Costume Design (All Shows)
  • Kathryn O'Sullivan, Thurston
    • Mary Jo Anderson, Dating in the Middle Ages
    • Liz Goulding, Noirhouse
    • Lis de Tuerk Ghadar and Otessa Marie Ghadar, Orange Juice in Bishop's Garden
    • Samantha Aylsworth, Pete Winning and the Pirates
    • Shannon Arrant, Progress
Best Makeup (All Shows)
  • Angelle Clarke, Bloomers
    • Eric Kirker, Renonda Bray, Dre Lamparello and Anna Habrat, The Bay
    • Kylie Pressley, DeVanity
    • Liz Goulding, Noirhouse
    • Michelle Laino, Proper Manors
    • Tara Brawley, Monik Walmsley, Joe Primeau and Lucie Cheng, Versus Valerie

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References

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  2. Indie Series Awards, Awards history. Retrieved 2015-02-11.