Eight Troy University design student projects were named winners in the 46th annual Telly Awards, which honor excellence in video and television across all screens and are judged by leaders from video platforms, television, streaming networks and production companies.

Last year, Chris Stagl, Assistant Chair for the department of Art and Design, submitted a music video by Studio 207, a team of five recent design graduates, and the group won a silver ADDY for their video, Tonight You Are Mine. This year, following that success, Stagl submitted three short film trailers, three title sequences, two music videos and a commercial, all student work produced within the past 12 months.

“Once again, we are blown away with our student’s success in this national competition,” Stagl said. “I could not be prouder of these students and all they have accomplished.”

Connor Evans, a graphic design alumnus from Montgomery, Alabama, came away with two silver and one bronze Telly.

“This is insane that we, here at TROY, are competing and winning on a national scale for

these video projects,” Evans said. “I want to thank Professor Stagl for infusing video into our curriculum because I feel like without that opportunity none of us would be being recognized right now.” 

Nathan Hobbs, another graphic design alumnus from Black, Alabama, won a bronze Telly and is excited to see his work recognized nationally against other, much bigger, schools.

“Even after recently transitioning into the industry I still get excited when I think about what we were all able to accomplish at Troy,” he said. 

This year’s Telly winners from Troy University include:

Silver Telly:
Stuart Blake and Dylan Blackinton: Double Life, Music Video

Silver Telly:
Icie Wallace: Coraline, Title Sequence

Silver Telly:
Connor Evans: Money Heist, Title Sequence

Silver Telly:
Connor Evans: Jeep Commercial

Silver Telly
Anna Kautz: SPLIT, Title Sequence

Silver Telly
Nathan Hobbs: CAIN, Trailer

Bronze Telly
Anna Kautz, Charlie Williams, Icie Wallace, Mallory Burcham: The King, Music Video

Bronze Telly
Connor Evans: Are You Coming Home, Trailer

The full list of the 46th Annual Telly Awards winners can be found at www.tellyawards.com/winners.

The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 13,000 entries from all 50 states and five continents. Entrants are judged by The Telly Awards Judging Council—an industry body of over 200 leading experts including advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks, reflective of the multiscreen industry The Telly Awards celebrates. Partners of The Telly Awards include the Gotham Institute, NAB, Stash, NYWIFT, LAPPG, Production Hub, Green the Bid, Video Consortium, and Series Fest. New Partners include FWD- Doc, AI Film Festival, Reel Abilities Film Festival, and Film Fatales.

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