Opal awards

 

Opal Awards

Will now be celebrated every two years

Join us at the Women In Film and Television International Summit

for our 2014 Opal Awards


 

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The Opal and Patti Burns Awards were first awarded in 2007 to recognize women in film and television for exemplary professional achievement as well as their contribution to the economic and cultural development of the region. The WIFM Scholarship to an outstanding film student was initiated in the same year. The Awardees were:

Adrienne Wehr

2011

Opal Awards: Adrienne Wehr, Actress, Producer, Art Director; Nancy Mosser, Casting Director;  & Kim Moses, Executive Producer

Patti Burns Award: Marilyn Brooks, TV host/reporter, WTAE-TV

WIFM ScholarshipHeidi Schlegel

Point Park ScholarshipOlivia Vaughn

 

2009

Opal Awards: Shirley Jones, Singer & Actress;  Liz RIchards, Filmmaker, Professor, Point Park University

Marilyn Brooks & Stephen Black

Patti Burns Award: Tonia Caruso, TV anchor, Comcast & OnQ

WIFM Scholarship: Cait Murray

Point Park Scholarship: Shannon Hager

 

2008

Opal Awards: Margaret Loesch, Producer and CEO of Hub TV; Melissa Martin, Director; Donna Belajac, Casting Director

Patti Burns Award: Yvonne Zanos, TV anchor/reporter, KDKA-TV

WIFM Scholarship: Paige Berry & Maranda Wodzinski

Tonia Caruso

 

 2007

Opal Awards: Suzanne DeLaurentiis, Producer; late Amy Lamb, Production Manager

Patti Burns Award: Late Patti Burns, TV ancor KDKA-TV.

WIFM Scholarship:  Heather Mallak