Oglethorpe Award

Each year, the Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema will be bestowed upon a feature film or short film that was produced in Georgia.

2024

• "Civil War" (Alex Garland) - RUNNER UP
• "Color Book" (David Fortune)
• "The Forge" (Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick)
• "The Idea of You" (Michael Showalter, Robinne Lee, Jennifer Westfeldt)
• "Juror #2" (Clint Eastwood, Jonathan A. Abrams)
• "Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World" (short; Julio Palacio, Makayla Cain)
• "The Piano Lesson" (Malcolm Washington, Virgil Williams, August Wilson)
• "The Preakness" (short; Akshay Bhatia)
• "Saturday Night" (Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan)
• "The South Got Something to Say" (Ryon Horne, Tyson Horne, Ernie Suggs, DeAsia Paige)

2023

• “Blue Beetle” (Angel Manuel Soto, Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer)
• “Chipper” (short; Shaun MacLean, Lane Skye, Ruckus Skye)
• “The Color Purple” (Blitz Bazawule, Marcus Gardley)
• “Creed III” (Michael B. Jordan, Keenan Coogler, Zach Baylin)
• “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (James Gunn)
• “May December” (Todd Haynes, Samy Burch)
• “Origin” (Ava DuVernay) - RUNNER UP
• “She Watches Blindly” (Bryan Tan)
• “They Cloned Tyrone” (Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier)
• “This World is Not My Own” (Petter Ringbom, Marquise Stillwell, Ruchi Mital)

2022

• “Bad Dream” (short; Camilo Diaz Caro, Colby Hollman) 
• “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole) 
• “Devotion” (J.D. Dillard, Jake Crane, Jonathan Stewart) 
• “Emergency” (Carey Williams, K.D. Dávila) 
• “Glitter Ain’t Gold” (short; Christian Nolan Jones) 
• “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” (Adamma Ebo) 
• “I Want You Back” (Jason Orley, Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger) 
• “The Menu” (Mark Mylod, Seth Reiss, Will Tracy) - RUNNER UP
• “Refuge” (Erin Levin Bernhardt, Din Blankenship) 
• “Till” (Chinonye Chukwu, Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp)

2021

• “Angie” (short; Ines Michelena)
• “Black Widow” (Cate Shortland, Eric Pearson)
• “Clean Slate” (Jared Callahan)
• “Congratulations” (short; Asad Farooqui)
• “Copshop” (Joe Carnahan, Kurt McLeod)
• “A Fire Within” (Christopher Chambers)
• “Red Notice” (Rawson Marshall Thurber)
• “Respect” (Liesl Tommy, Tracey Scott Wilson)
• “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Jon Watts, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers)
• “The Suicide Squad” (James Gunn)

2020

• “The Banker” (George Nolfi, Niceole Levy, Davis Lewis Smith, Stan Younger)
• "Freaky” (Christopher Landon, Michael Kennedy)
• “The Glorias” (Julie Taymor, Sarah Ruhl)
• “Greenland” (Ric Roman Waugh, Chris Sparling)
• “In the Cold Dark Night” (Nick Hampson, Stephen Robert Morse, Miikka Leskinen, Max Peltz)
• “Irresistible” (Jon Stewart)
• “John Lewis: Good Trouble” (Dawn Porter)
• “Love Bite” (short; Charles de Lauzirika, Carlee Baker)
• “Petting Zoo” (short; Daniel Robin)
• “Three Men Named Mantas” (short; James Mackenzie)

2019

• "Avengers: Endgame” (Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely)
• “Doctor Sleep” (Mike Flanagan)
• “Ford v Ferrari” (James Mangold, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Jason Keller)
• “Greener Grass” (Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe)
• “Gryphon Animo” (short; Matthew Maloney)
• “Jumanji: The Next Level” (Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg)
• “Just Mercy” (Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham)
• “The Peanut Butter Falcon” (Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz)
• “Reckoning” (Lane Skye, Ruckus Skye)
• “Richard Jewell” (Clint Eastwood, Billy Ray)
• "Summer Night” (Joseph Cross, Jordan Jolliff)

2018

• "Avengers: Infinity War" (Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely)
• "Black Panther" (Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole)
• "Boy Erased" (Joel Edgerton)
• "The Emissary" (short; Bryan Tan)
• "First Man" (Damien Chazelle, Josh Singer)
• "Game Night" (John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Mark Perez)
• "The Hate U Give" (George Tillman Jr., Audrey Wells)
• "Love, Simon" (Greg Berlanti, Elizabeth Berger, Isaac Aptaker)
• "Poor Jane" (Katie Orr)
• "Still" (Takashi Doscher)

2017

• "Baby Driver" (Edgar Wright)
• "Birthday Cake" (short; Brantly Jackson Watts)
• "Born River Bye" (Tim Hall)
• "Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2" (James Gunn)
• "Holden On" (Tamlin Hall)
• "I, Tonya" (Craig Gillespie, Steven Rogers)
• "Logan Lucky" (Steven Soderbergh, Rebecca Blunt)
• "My Indian Rhapsody" (short; Abijeet Achar, Logan J. Freeman, Sean Temple)
• "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers)
• "Thank You For Your Service" (Jason Hall)

2016

• "The Accountant" (Gavin O'Connor, Bill Dubuque)
  
• "The Arbalest" (Adam Pinney)
  
• "Captain America: Civil War" (Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely)
• "The Fundamentals of Caring" (Rob Burnett)
• "Hidden Figures"  (Theodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder)
• "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" (Nicholas Stoller, Andrew Jay Cohen, Brendan O'Brien, Even Goldberg, Seth Rogen)
• "The Nice Guys" (Shane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi)
• "Presenting Princess Shaw" (Ido Haar)
• "Saultopaul" (John Henry Summerour)
• "Sully" (Clint Eastwood, Todd Komarnicki)

2015

• "Ant-Man" (Peyton Reed, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay, Paul Rudd)
• "Bessie" (Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois)
• "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" (Stephen Herek, Pamela K. Long)
• "CROW HAND!!!" (short; Brian Lonano)
• "Dante's Down the Hatch" (Jef Bredemeier)
• "The DUFF" (Ari Sandel, Josh A. Cagan)
• "Furious 7" (James Wan, Chris Morgan)
• "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2" (Francis Lawrence, Peter Craig, Danny Strong)
• "Ir/Reconcilable" (short; Gabrielle Fulton)
• "A Walk in the Woods" (Ken Kwapis, Michael Arndt, Bill Holderman)

2014

• "21 Years: Richard Linklater" (Michael Dunaway, Tara Wood)
• "A is for Alex" (Alex Orr, Adam Pinney, Katie Rowlett)
• "Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse" (short; Jonathan Rej, Eddie Ray)
• "The Homesman" (Tommy Lee Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald, Wesley A. Oliver)
• "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" (Francis Lawrence, Peter Craig, Danny Strong)
• "Kill the Messenger" (Michael Cuesta, Peter Landesman)
• "Limo Ride" (Gideon C. Kennedy, Marcus Rosentrater)
• "Sabotage" (David Ayer, Skip Woods)
• "Selma" (Ava DuVernay, Paul Webb)
• "Starlight" (short; Tamarind King, Shir Wen Sun, Marisa Tontaveetong, Yu Ueda, Michael Horse)

2013

• "A.C.O.D." (Stu Zicherman, Ben Karlin)
• "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" (Adam McKay, Will Ferrell)
• "Congratulations!" (Mike Brune)
• "euphonia" (Danny Madden, Benjamin Weissner)
• "Gideon's Army" (Dawn Porter, Matthew Hamachek)
• "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (Francis Lawrence, Michael Arndt, Simon Beaufoy)
• "Prisoners" (Denis Villeneuve, Aaron Guzikowski)
• "The Spectacular Now" (James Ponsoldt, Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber)
• "Sweet, Sweet Country" (short; Dehanza Rogers)
• "Three Days at Foster" (Keith Dunnavant)

2012

• "4:00AM" (short; Chris Tsambis)
• "Everything's For Sale" (short; Eric Haviv, R. Phillip Maxwell)
• "Flight" (Robert Zemeckis, John Gatins)
• "John Portman: A Life of Building" (Ben Loeterman)
• "Lawless" (John Hillcoat, Nick Cave)
• "Superhero" (short; Kristin Wright)
• "Trouble With the Curve" (Robert Lorenz, Randy Brown)

2011

• "Sahkanaga" (John Henry Summerour)