Category Archives: Awards

MAUDE IS ON SHORT OF THE WEEK

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Don Swaynos

Anna Margaret Hollyman’s Sundance and SXSW selected, Vimeo Staff Pick directorial debut is currently featured on Short of the Week, which profiled my short Don’t Ever Change a while back.

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MAUDE IS A VIMEO STAFF PICK

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Don Swaynos

Anna Margaret Hollyman’s short Sundance comedy Maude is now online as a Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere. Watch it below and read all about it at the Vimeo blog.

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DAY 5 IS NOMINATED FOR A STREAMY

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Don Swaynos

The Streamy Awards recognize “the best creators, content and marketing in online video” and I’m happy to announce that Rooster Teeth’s Day 5 has been nominated for Best Action or Sci-Fi Series. The awards will be announced at a live … Continue reading →

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DON’T EVER CHANGE ON SHORT OF THE WEEK

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Don Swaynos

I’m happy to announce that my film Don’t Ever Change was featured on the prestigious Short of the Week, where they describe it as “a bloody hilarious 10min treat” and “the most fun I’ve had watching a short in ages.” … Continue reading →

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DON’T EVER CHANGE IS A VIMEO STAFF PICK

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Don Swaynos

I’m excited to announce that my dark comedy Don’t Ever Change has been selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick by the curation team at Vimeo. You can watch the film here.

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HEROES FROM THE STORM

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Don Swaynos

I recently had the honor of editing Heroes from the Storm, a short documentary about five Houstonians who did extraordinary things in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The film was directed by Ben Steinbauer for The Bear in collaboration with … Continue reading →

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HIGH PROFITS IS NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Don Swaynos

I’m excited to announce that High Profits, the CNN docs-series I edited (as part of an incredible team of talented editors and story producers) is nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy. If you missed the eight episode series when … Continue reading →

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THE SAMARITANS WINS BEST TEXAS SHORT

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Don Swaynos

I’m happy to announce that John Bryant’s dark comedy The Samaritans (which I edited) took home the Jury Prize for Best Texas Short at the SXSW Film Festival.

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PIT STOP COMING TO DVD, VOD IN 2014

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Don Swaynos

Yen Tan’s award-winning drama Pit Stop is coming to DVD and VOD in early 2014 through Wolfe Video. In the meantime the film continues an impressive festival run, taking home awards such as Best Actor at Outfest (a tie between the … Continue reading →

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“BEST OF 2012”

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Don Swaynos

A bunch of my projects have ended up on some “Best of 2012” lists. Mark Bell at Film Threat called Cinema Six the second best film of the year (only after Django Unchained) and Don Simpson at Smells Like Screen Spirit listed … Continue reading →

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