The Hollywood Reporter’s Key Art Student Awards 2008

FIDM Graphic Design Student Wins The Hollywood Reporter’s Publisher’s Award

FIDM Graphic Design Student Sarah Neyhart won the highly coveted Publisher's Award at The Hollywood Reporter's 2008 Key Art Student Awards reception held at the FIDM Museum & Galleries in Downtown Los Angeles.

College students from all over the United States--and as far away as Greece--took part in the well-known magazine's celebrated competition, which is judged by entertainment industry insiders and calls for entrants to design either a movie poster (known in the industry as a “one-sheet”) or a movie trailer.

Contestants were asked to choose from among the movies 300, Knocked Up, and Dreamgirls. Sarah's winning movie poster for the film Knocked Up clearly impressed The Hollywood Reporter’s publisher, Eric Mika, who selected it from among the other entries.

In an interview with Sarah prior to the awards ceremony, she revealed that she was given the opportunity to go to college because, as she puts it, "A complete stranger stepped in, got me through school, and completely changed my life to give me this opportunity."

In addition to winning the Publisher's Award, Sarah was one of three FIDM Students who were finalists in the Key Art Awards Student Competition. "Of the twelve finalists in the Trailer division, FIDM took two places, and in the 'One- Sheet' or poster division, we took one spot among the twelve," reports FIDM Department Chair Marlene Morbitt-Dunn.