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The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences (AMAS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and advocacy of the machinima industry. Founded in March 2002 by ILL Clan co-founder Paul Marino and other machinima producers, the AMAS holds film festivals for machinima. As part of these festivals, exemplary machinima productions are recognized through awards nicknamed the Mackies.
2002 Machinima Film Festival
On July 17, 2002, the first Machinima Film Festival, sponsored by NVIDIA, was held as part of QuakeCon 2002. However, according to David Stellmack of TG Daily, the larger QuakeCon event seemed to overshadow the festival, which was "not very well attended".
| 2002 Machinima Film Festival awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Award | Winner | Other nominees |
| Best Picture | The Movie | |
| Best Acting | Hardly Workin' | |
| Best Direction | Thin Ice | |
| Best Sound | Militia II | |
| Best Editing | Smart Gun | |
| Best Writing | The Movie | |
| Best Visual Design | Fake Science | |
| Best Independent Film | Smart Gun | |
| Best Technical Achievement | The Movie | |
| Honorary Award | id Software | none |
2003 Machinima Film Festival
| 2003 Machinima Film Festival awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Award | Winner | Other nominees |
| Best Independent Machinima Film | Red vs Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles | |
| Best Commercial/Game Machinima | In the Waiting Line | |
| Best Technical Achievement | Anna | |
| Best Editing | The Outcome | |
| Best Writing | Red vs Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles | |
| Best Sound | Hero | |
| Best Visual Design | In the Waiting Line | |
| Best Virtual Performance | Common Sense Cooking with Carl the Cook | |
| Best Direction | In the Waiting Line | |
| Best Picture | Red vs Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles | |
2005 Machinima Film Festival
The 2005 Machinima Film Festival was held on November 12, 2005 at the American Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York.
| 2005 Machinima Film Festival awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Award | Winner | Other nominees |
| Best Picture | On | |
| Best Direction | Whiplash: The Movie | |
| Best Virtual Performance | A Few Good G-Men | |
| Best Visual Design | Person 2184 | |
| Best Sound | Only The Strong Survive | |
| Best Writing | PANICS | |
| Best Editing | Strangerhood Studios | |
| Best Commercial/Game Machinima | On | |
| Best Independent Machinima | Red vs Blue: Season 3 | |
| Best Off-the-Shelf Machinima | Return | |
| Best Machinima Series | This Spartan Life | |
| Academy Honorary Award | David Wright | none |
References
External links
"Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences"