Oglethorpe Award

Each year, the Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema will be bestowed upon a feature film or short film that was produced in Georgia.

2023
  • “Blue Beetle” (Angel Manuel Soto, Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer)
  • “Chipper” (short; Shaun MacLean, Lane Skye, Ruckus Skye)
  • “The Color Purple” (Blitz Bazawule, Marcus Gardley)
  • “Creed III” (Michael B. Jordan, Keenan Coogler, Zach Baylin)
  • “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (James Gunn)
  • “May December” (Todd Haynes, Samy Burch)
  • “Origin” (Ava DuVernay)
  • “She Watches Blindly” (Bryan Tan)
  • “They Cloned Tyrone” (Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier)
  • “This World is Not My Own” (Petter Ringbom, Marquise Stillwell, Ruchi Mital)

2022
  • “Bad Dream” (short; Camilo Diaz Caro, Colby Hollman) 
  • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole) 
  • “Devotion” (J.D. Dillard, Jake Crane, Jonathan Stewart) 
  • “Emergency” (Carey Williams, K.D. Dávila) 
  • “Glitter Ain’t Gold” (short; Christian Nolan Jones) 
  • “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” (Adamma Ebo) 
  • “I Want You Back” (Jason Orley, Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger) 
  • “The Menu” (Mark Mylod, Seth Reiss, Will Tracy) - RUNNER UP
  • “Refuge” (Erin Levin Bernhardt, Din Blankenship) 
  • “Till” (Chinonye Chukwu, Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp)

2021
  • “Angie” (short; Ines Michelena)
  • “Black Widow” (Cate Shortland, Eric Pearson)
  • “Clean Slate” (Jared Callahan)
  • “Congratulations” (short; Asad Farooqui)
  • “Copshop” (Joe Carnahan, Kurt McLeod)
  • “A Fire Within” (Christopher Chambers)
  • “Red Notice” (Rawson Marshall Thurber)
  • “Respect” (Liesl Tommy, Tracey Scott Wilson)
  • “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Jon Watts, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers)
  • “The Suicide Squad” (James Gunn)

2020
  • “The Banker” (George Nolfi, Niceole Levy, Davis Lewis Smith, Stan Younger)
  • "Freaky” (Christopher Landon, Michael Kennedy)
  • “The Glorias” (Julie Taymor, Sarah Ruhl)
  • “Greenland” (Ric Roman Waugh, Chris Sparling)
  • “In the Cold Dark Night” (Nick Hampson, Stephen Robert Morse, Miikka Leskinen, Max Peltz)
  • “Irresistible” (Jon Stewart)
  • “John Lewis: Good Trouble” (Dawn Porter)
  • “Love Bite” (short; Charles de Lauzirika, Carlee Baker)
  • “Petting Zoo” (short; Daniel Robin)
  • “Three Men Named Mantas” (short; James Mackenzie)

2019
  • "Avengers: Endgame” (Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely)
  • “Doctor Sleep” (Mike Flanagan)
  • “Ford v Ferrari” (James Mangold, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Jason Keller)
  • “Greener Grass” (Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe)
  • “Gryphon Animo” (short; Matthew Maloney)
  • “Jumanji: The Next Level” (Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg)
  • “Just Mercy” (Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham)
  • “The Peanut Butter Falcon” (Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz)
  • “Reckoning” (Lane Skye, Ruckus Skye)
  • “Richard Jewell” (Clint Eastwood, Billy Ray)
  • "Summer Night” (Joseph Cross, Jordan Jolliff)

2018
  • "Avengers: Infinity War" (Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely)
  • "Black Panther" (Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole)
  • "Boy Erased" (Joel Edgerton)
  • "The Emissary" (short; Bryan Tan)
  • "First Man" (Damien Chazelle, Josh Singer)
  • "Game Night" (John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Mark Perez)
  • "The Hate U Give" (George Tillman Jr., Audrey Wells)
  • "Love, Simon" (Greg Berlanti, Elizabeth Berger, Isaac Aptaker)
  • "Poor Jane" (Katie Orr)
  • "Still" (Takashi Doscher)

2017
  • "Baby Driver" (Edgar Wright)
  • "Birthday Cake" (short; Brantly Jackson Watts)
  • "Born River Bye" (Tim Hall)
  • "Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2" (James Gunn)
  • "Holden On" (Tamlin Hall)
  • "I, Tonya" (Craig Gillespie, Steven Rogers)
  • "Logan Lucky" (Steven Soderbergh, Rebecca Blunt)
  • "My Indian Rhapsody" (short; Abijeet Achar, Logan J. Freeman, Sean Temple)
  • "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers)
  • "Thank You For Your Service" (Jason Hall)

2016
  • "The Accountant" (Gavin O'Connor, Bill Dubuque)
  • "The Arbalest" (Adam Pinney)
  • "Captain America: Civil War" (Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely)
  • "The Fundamentals of Caring" (Rob Burnett)
  • "Hidden Figures"  (Theodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder)
  • "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" (Nicholas Stoller, Andrew Jay Cohen, Brendan O'Brien, Even Goldberg, Seth Rogen)
  • "The Nice Guys" (Shane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi)
  • "Presenting Princess Shaw" (Ido Haar)
  • "Saultopaul" (John Henry Summerour)
  • "Sully" (Clint Eastwood, Todd Komarnicki)

2015
  • "Ant-Man" (Peyton Reed, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay, Paul Rudd)
  • "Bessie" (Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois)
  • "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" (Stephen Herek, Pamela K. Long)
  • "CROW HAND!!!" (short; Brian Lonano)
  • "Dante's Down the Hatch" (Jef Bredemeier)
  • "The DUFF" (Ari Sandel, Josh A. Cagan)
  • "Furious 7" (James Wan, Chris Morgan)
  • "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2" (Francis Lawrence, Peter Craig, Danny Strong)
  • "Ir/Reconcilable" (short; Gabrielle Fulton)
  • "A Walk in the Woods" (Ken Kwapis, Michael Arndt, Bill Holderman)

2014
  • "21 Years: Richard Linklater" (Michael Dunaway, Tara Wood)
  • "A is for Alex" (Alex Orr, Adam Pinney, Katie Rowlett)
  • "Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse" (short; Jonathan Rej, Eddie Ray)
  • "The Homesman" (Tommy Lee Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald, Wesley A. Oliver)
  • "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" (Francis Lawrence, Peter Craig, Danny Strong)
  • "Kill the Messenger" (Michael Cuesta, Peter Landesman)
  • "Limo Ride" (Gideon C. Kennedy, Marcus Rosentrater)
  • "Sabotage" (David Ayer, Skip Woods)
  • "Selma" (Ava DuVernay, Paul Webb)
  • "Starlight" (short; Tamarind King, Shir Wen Sun, Marisa Tontaveetong, Yu Ueda, Michael Horse)

2013
  • "A.C.O.D." (Stu Zicherman, Ben Karlin)
  • "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" (Adam McKay, Will Ferrell)
  • "Congratulations!" (Mike Brune)
  • "euphonia" (Danny Madden, Benjamin Weissner)
  • "Gideon's Army" (Dawn Porter, Matthew Hamachek)
  • "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (Francis Lawrence, Michael Arndt, Simon Beaufoy)
  • "Prisoners" (Denis Villeneuve, Aaron Guzikowski)
  • "The Spectacular Now" (James Ponsoldt, Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber)
  • "Sweet, Sweet Country" (short; Dehanza Rogers)
  • "Three Days at Foster" (Keith Dunnavant)

2012
  • "4:00AM" (short; Chris Tsambis)
  • "Everything's For Sale" (short; Eric Haviv, R. Phillip Maxwell)
  • "Flight" (Robert Zemeckis, John Gatins)
  • "John Portman: A Life of Building" (Ben Loeterman)
  • "Lawless" (John Hillcoat, Nick Cave)
  • "Superhero" (short; Kristin Wright)
  • "Trouble With the Curve" (Robert Lorenz, Randy Brown)

2011
  • "Sahkanaga" (John Henry Summerour)