Austin's Movie Wins a Telly!

Note: Tim Nagae is one of the supervisors at our local community cable station. He is entirely too modest about his own gifts in creating such a compelling short documentary.



Dear Friend:

"Austin's Movie" won another national video and film award from the "Telly Awards" - 2009 30th Annual Telly Awards - Bronze (Finalist) TV Documentary.

The "Telly Award" is one of the most exclusive awards most known as an award for TV commercials, but it is also for non-broadcast/broadcast TV programs. It is not easy to win this award; in fact, my previous production, "Haley and Madonna," which won an EMMY, did not win it. So it is quite an honor to be awarded.

The Telly Awards' website is http://www.tellyawards.com/ (The winners for the 2009 awards are not yet listed.) And there's an article about the Telly Awards on the Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telly_Awards

I was lucky enough to produce "Austin's Movie," which has been very well received and won the "Accolade" and "Telly." I really appreciate the fact that CTN, the public access TV station, gave me this opportunity to produce this movie, and that WFUM Flint broadcast it. Without them, it wouldn't have reached this much accomplishment. However, this acknowledgment really comes from Austin and his family, who touched so many people's hearts. I was just a lucky guy who made this movie about him and his family, and this project made me a better person than I used to be. Thank you.

Tim