11 Annual Indie Series Awards Nominations
People like us / Poz Roz, / The Bay
The 11th Annual Indie Series Awards nominations are out. The ceremony an annual event hosted by We Love Soaps, based in Los Angeles, California, honoring the best in independently produced, scripted entertainment created for the web. People of color whether as apart of a diverse cast or ethnic-themed production raked in 51 nominations.
African American/Black: 26
Asian/AAPI: 11
Hispanic/Latino: 5
Diverse: 9
Note: Nominees of color appear in bold text in each category.
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Before We Go
FabUless
F#CKING 40
Indoor Boys
La règle de (3)
The Ninth
Poor Us
Three Year Letterman
BEST DIRECTING – COMEDY
The Boxcar Adults, Julie Pearson
FabUless, Nathan Chang
Indoor Boys, Wesley Taylor & Alex Wyse
The Ninth, Daniel AM Rosenberg
Shangri-LA, Drew Rosas
True Dating Stories, Zack Russell
BEST WRITING – COMEDY
FabUless, Victor Albaum, Jenny Zigrino & Desiree Abeyta
F#CKING 40, Bill Caco
Indoor Boys, Wesley Taylor & Alex Wyse
The Ninth, Michael Goldlist & Daniel AM Rosenberg
True Dating Stories, Emma Malm
Shangri-LA, Drew Rosas & Nick Sommer
BEST LEAD ACTOR – COMEDY
Bill Caco, F#CKING 40
Jeremy Dozier, Poor Us
James Franco, Ozara and Katessa
Caleb Leach, Three Year Letterman
Nick Sommer, Shangri-LA
Alex Wyse, Indoor Boys
BEST LEAD ACTRESS – COMEDY
Inessa Frantowski, True Dating Stories
Lee Garlington, Before We Go
Léane Labrèche-Dor, La règle de (3)
Kate Linder, Donna On The Go
Alyse McCamish, Three Year Letterman
Diane Robin, Strange Therapy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – COMEDY
Matthew Brent, Cutoffs
Kalup Linzy, Ozara and Katessa
Ryan Long, True Dating Stories
Freddie Rivas, True Dating Stories
Sean Grandillo, Indoor Boys
Wesley Taylor, Indoor Boys
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – COMEDY
Desiree Abeyta, FabUless
Samiah Alexander, Scales
Carolee Carmello, Indoor Boys
Veanne Cox, Indoor Boys
Jessie Kahnweiler, Shangri-LA
Carrie Schroeder, F#CKING 40
BEST GUEST ACTOR – COMEDY
Mitchell Blackburn, Poor Us
Andrew Chappelle, FabUless
Frankie Grande, Indoor Boys
Kyle Harris, Indoor Boys
Robert Lesser, Strange Therapy
Michael Tacconi, Indoor Boys
BEST GUEST ACTRESS – COMEDY
Kathy Fitzgerald, Indoor Boys
Ann Harada, Indoor Boys
Krysta Rodriguez, Indoor Boys
Elise Santora, FabUless
Jonée B Shady, Poor Us
Melinda Shankar, True Dating Stories
BEST ENSEMBLE – COMEDY
The Boxcar Adults
FabUless
F#CKING 40
Indoor Boys
The Ninth
Poor Us
BEST DRAMA SERIES
After Forever
The Bay
Bronx SIU
People Like Us
A Place Called Hollywood
Poz Roz
Save Me
Studio City
BEST DIRECTING – DRAMA
After Forever, Tina Cesa Ward
Blackout, Tanya Hoshi
A Place Called Hollywood, Gregori J. Martin
The Rehearsal, Jaclyn Bethany
Save Me, Fab Filippo
Studio City, Timothy Woodward, Jr
BEST WRITING – DRAMA
After Forever, Michael Slade & Kevin Spirtas
A House Divided, Dan Garcia
The Rehearsal, Jaclyn Bethany
Save Me, Fab Filippo
The Square Root, Misti Boland & Jeremy Osbern
Studio City, Michele Kanan & Lauren de Normandie
BEST LEAD ACTOR – DRAMA
Kristos Andrews, A Place Called Hollywood
Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Save Me
Sean Kanan, Studio City
Kevin Spirtas, After Forever
Adam David Thompson, The Rehearsal
Brian White, Bronx SIU
BEST LEAD ACTRESS – DRAMA
Jaclyn Bethany, The Rehearsal
Sarah Joy Brown, Studio City
Emily Hampshire, Save Me
Cady Huffman, After Forever
Paula Jai Parker, A House Divided
Chauntae Pink, Poz Roz
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA
Matthew Ashford, The Bay
Hemant Ashoka, People Like Us
Steven Clark, Poz Roz
Tristan Rogers, Studio City
Derrell Whitt, A Place Called Hollywood
Lenny Wolpe, After Forever
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA
Patrika Darbo, Studio City
Celeste Fianna, The Bay
Anita Gillette, After Forever
Carolyn Hennesy, Studio City
Melissa L. Williams, Poz Roz
Jacklyn Zeman, Misguided
BEST GUEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Sean Blakemore, The Bay
A Martinez, The Bay
Ade M'Cormack, A Place Called Hollywood
Christopher J. Hanke, After Forever
NORIStar, People Like Us
Scott Turner Schofield, Studio City
BEST GUEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Tina Benko, The Rehearsal
Marylou Depeiza, Unconditional Love
Meg Foster, A Place Called Hollywood
Grace Kalaiselvi, People Like Us
Joy McElveen, Poz Roz
Cynthia Watros, Misguided
BEST ENSEMBLE – DRAMA
After Forever
The Bay
Bronx SIU
Poz Roz
The Rehearsal
Studio City
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Cling The Series, Lamontt "Spechouse" Blackshire
People Like Us, Michelle Ong
A Place Called Hollywood, Michael Balch
Poor Us, Jeremy Dozier
Poz Roz, Malachi Rivers
Three Year Letterman, Seth Morton & Nick Davis
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Faithful” from Cling The Series by Kim Cash Tate
“Girl Stop Playing” from Poz Roz by Mike Damn
“Letting Go” from Poz Roz by Davi Akei
“Smooth Sailing” from Bronx SIU by Ameal Cameron
“Shangri-LA” from Shangri-LA by Drew Rosas
“Stay Close To Me” from Cling The Series by Kim Cash Tate & Lamontt "Spechouse" Blackshire
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
As Da Art World Might Turn, Kalup Linzy
The Bay, Gabrielle Sciabbarrasi
A Place Called Hollywood, Melissa Morin
Poor Us, Jeremy Dozier
Poz Roz, Ashanti T. Mozelle
True Dating Stories, Vanessa Fischer
BEST MAKEUP
As Da Art World Might Turn, Haley Hayes, Laura Meckling, Mel at Mac Cosmetics (Tulsa)
The Bay, Ren Bray, Noreen Diani, Eric Kirker, Sosi Bournazyan, Shane Harris, Emily Isaac, Kirara Scranton & Leyla Van Hassel
Blackout, Shawn Hunter
Poor Us, Joe Selph
Poz Roz, Reginald Raphael
Ozara and Katessa, Nana Fischer & Darci Snider
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blackout, Christina Ienna
La règle de (3), Simon Villeneuve
The Ninth, David Suddaby
People Like Us, Looi Wan Ping
The Square Root, Jeremy Osbern & Matt Jacobson
Studio City, Pablo Diez
BEST EDITING
How to Make it in Hollywood (When you are Foreign AF), Alessandro Miro
The Ninth, Micah Rix-Hayes
Save Me, Sam Thomson & Thom Smalley
The Square Root, Stephen Deaver
Studio City, Wayne J. Liu
True Dating Stories, Marianna Khoury
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
After Forever, Scott Michael Salame
As Da Art World Might Turn, Kalup Linzy
The Bay, James Flook, Bryan Barbosa, Amber Connelly,
Michael Laymon, Mikki Peterson & Ryder Ray
A Place Called Hollywood, Alessandro Marvelli
Poz Roz, Ashanti T. Mozelle
The Square Root, Andreina Byrne
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Bronx SIU, Gregory De Lulio
FabUless, Louis Robert King
A House Divided, Gregori De lulio
Ozara and Katessa, Kalup Linzy
The Rehearsal, Dalal Bruchmann & Jeff Franzel
The Square Root, Nathan Towns