Alfred P. Sloan Prize
This article is about the film prize. For the cancer research award, see Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize.
The Alfred P. Sloan Prize is an award given each year, starting in 2003, to a film at the Sundance Film Festival. The prize is given to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme, or depicts a scientist, engineer, or mathematician as a major character.
Each winner is presented with a $20,000 cash award provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Winning films
| Year | Film | Director | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Dopamine[1] | Mark Decena | Mark Decena & Timothy Breitbach |
| 2004 | Primer[1] | Shane Carruth | Shane Carruth |
| 2005 | Grizzly Man[1] | Werner Herzog | Werner Herzog |
| 2006 | The House of Sand[2] | Andrucha Waddington | Elena Soarez |
| 2007 | Dark Matter[3] | Chen Shi-zheng | Billy Shebar |
| 2008 | Sleep Dealer [4] | Alex Rivera | Alex Rivera & David Riker |
| 2009 | Adam[5] | Max Mayer[6] | Max Mayer [6] |
| 2010 | Obselidia[7] | Diane Bell | Diane Bell |
| 2011 | Another Earth[8] | Mike Cahill | Mike Cahill & Brit Marling |
| 2012 | Robot & Frank[9] | Jake Schreier | Christopher Ford |
| Valley of Saints[9] | Musa Syeed | Musa Syeed | |
| 2013 | Computer Chess[10] | Andrew Bujalski | Andrew Bujalski |
| 2014 | I Origins[11] | Mike Cahill | Mike Cahill |
| 2015 | The Stanford Prison Experiment[12] | Kyle Patrick Alvarez | Tim Talbott |
| 2016 | Embrace of the Serpent[13] | Ciro Guerra | Ciro Guerra & Jacques Toulemonde |
See also
- Alfred P. Sloan
- Sloan Science & Film for all award winners
- List of Sundance Film Festival award winners
References
- 1 2 3 "Sundance Film Festival Films Honored 1985-2007" (PDF). Sundance Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- ↑ "House of Sand Wins Alfred P. Sloan Prize at 2006 Sundance Film Festival" (PDF). Sundance Institute. 2006-01-27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- ↑ "2007 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury and Audience Awards" (PDF). Sundance Institute. 2007-01-27.
- ↑ "Sleep Dealer Wins Alfred P. Sloan Prize at 2008 Sundance Film Festival" (PDF). Sundance Institute. 2008-01-25.
- ↑ Bates, Bridgette (January 25, 2009). "Awards Celebrate 2009 Storytellers". Sundance Institute. Archived from the original on 2010-03-19. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- 1 2 "Adam (2009)". IMDb: The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ↑ "Sundance/Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship and Commissioning Grants Also Announced". Sundance Institute. January 29, 2010.
- ↑ Andrew Stewart (January 28, 2011). "'Earth' awarded Sundance's Sloan prize". Variety. Retrieved January 29, 2011.(subscription required)
- 1 2 "Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prizes Awarded to Robot & Frank and Valley of Saints at 2012 Sundance Film Festival". Sundance Institute. Jan 27, 2012.
- ↑ "2013 Sundance Film Festival Announces Feature Film Awards". Sundance Institute. January 26, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- ↑ "2014 Sundance Film Festival Announces Feature Film Awards". Sundance Institute. January 25, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Alfred P. Sloan Prize News Release for 2015" (PDF). January 27, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ↑ "SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES $60,000 IN SLOAN SCIENCE IN CINEMA AWARDS". January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
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