National Student Film Institute
national student film institute nsfi formerly los angeles student film institute lasfi founded brenda norman dave master jutti marsh ralph rogers festival film made child kindergarten ninth grade two year later expanded include work high school student first became annual festival included approximately student entered film student film festival involved two thousand student throughout los angeles area together entered film film festival held year director guild theater hollywood demand workshop advice support teacher grew nsfilas board director expanded activity organization include workshop teacher equipment loan support filmmaking program school prominent member film television animation industry came support nsfi endeavor corporate level involvement came cbs nbc abc director guild amblin entertainment warner brother universal lucasfilm others individual film television animation industry would serve board advisor capacity steve allen ralph bakshi ray bradbury lloyd bridge charles champlin jackie cooper bill cosby june foray sharon gless tom hatten arthur hiller cal howard ollie johnston chuck jones fay kanin kathleen kennedy walter lantz jack lemmon bill littlejohn lynne littman leonard maltin delbert mann walter matthau bill melendez lee mishkin grim natwick daphne maxwell reid tim reid joan river george schaefer frank thomas arthur wilde robert wise indicates past honorary chairperson generally one person would hold position honorary chairperson year grimmy award elementary grade – animation elementary grade – live action juniorsenior high school grade – animation juniorsenior high school grade – animation public service announcement juniorsenior high school grade – live action bill scott award grimmy award annual award given individual supported institute student filmmaking generally one grimmy awarded luminary within industry one educator award named institute first honorary chairperson grim natwick creator betty boop established memory bill scott longtime advisor institute award created draw attention concern shared scott institute writing skill emphasized much possible award acknowledges good story well told four bill scott award awarded year onward judging criterion graduated four award awarded following age group kindergarten nd grade simple story make idea happen rd th grade welltold story beginning middle end th th grade welltold story affect audience emotionally th th grade welltold story affect audience tell story original personal way mids retirement founder brenda norman job change founder dave master became impractical institute festival continue dissolved