13th Annual Indie Series Awards Nominations
Indie Series Awards
Nominees for the 13th Annual Indie Series Awards were announced on February 1st, 2023. The Indie Series Awards celebrate the best in independently produced entertainment created for the Web. Complicated was the big winner with 10 nominations. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at 7:00 PM PT at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, California.
Special Notes: Only the live-action series categories are covered, and POC nominees appear in bold.
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Chateau Laurier
Complicated
Kith & Kin
Studio City
Treading Yesterday
BEST DIRECTING - DRAMA
Chateau Laurier, James Stewart
Complicated, Johnny Sizemore
Kith & Kin, Rainni Moran
Studio City, Timothy Woodward, Jr.
BEST WRITING - DRAMA
Complicated, Kerrick Greer
BrothAhood, Karlton T. Clay
Kith & Kin, Theresa Labreglio & Melissa Malone
Studio City, Michele Kanan, Sean Kanan & Timothy Woodward Jr.
BEST LEAD ACTOR - DRAMA
Courtney Gray, BrothAhood
Luke Humphrey, Chateau Laurier
Sean Kanan, Studio City
Kai Morgan, Treading Yesterday
Brynn Mosley, Complicated
BEST LEAD ACTRESS - DRAMA
Erica J. Green, Complicated
Carolyn Hennesy, Studio City
Melissa Malone, Kith & Kin
Kyla Sylvers, Treading Yesterday
Tymika Tafari, Chateau Laurier
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - DRAMA
Iroko Anyogu, Complicated
Jax Buresh, Treading Yesterday
Jason Gray, Chateau Laurier
Emmanuel Kabongo, Chateau Laurier
Tristan Rogers, Studio City
Justin Torkildsen, Studio City
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - DRAMA
Natalie Burn, Studio City
Kim Grant, BrothAhood
Whitney Morrow, Complicated
Brittany Raymond, Chateau Laurier
Juliet Vega, Studio City
Ellen B. Williams, Kith & Kin
BEST GUEST PERFORMER - DRAMA
Adam Brudnicki, Kith & Kin
Shawn Francis, Complicated
Lilly Melgar, Studio City
Fiona Reid, Chateau Laurier
BEST ENSEMBLE - DRAMA
BrothAhood
Chateau Laurier
Complicated
Kith & Kin
Studio City
Treading Yesterday
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Best Interests, Better Intentions
Fairytale Fallout
Hot Set
King & Pawn
Millennials
Status Updates
BEST DIRECTING - COMEDY
Daddy's Divas, David Tittone (Episode 2)
Detention Adventure, Joe Kicak
Fairytale Fallout, Adam Henry Garcia
King & Pawn, Taylor Olson
Status Updates, Brad Ulbrich
BEST WRITING - COMEDY
Daddy's Divas, David Tittone & David Torre (Episdoe 6)
Fairytale Fallout, Adam Henry Garcia (Episode 4)
Hot Set, Tyler Holme & Jenny Urice
Millennials, Rugg Williams, Oren Williams & Zachary Isaiah Williams
Status Updates, Brad Ulbrich
BEST LEAD ACTOR - COMEDY
Adam Henry Garcia, Fairytale Fallout
Aaron Grady, Millennials
Eric Lutz, Status Updates
Reid Price, King & Pawn
Tomaso Sanelli, Detention Adventure
Brad Ulbrich, Status Updates
BEST LEAD ACTRESS - COMEDY
Teresa “Topnotch” Celeste, Millennials
Sheevani Desai, Hot Set
Krista Hovsepian, Fête
Simone Miller, Detention Adventure
Gabby Seed, Best Interests, Better Intentions
Jessie Vane, Chill Girl
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - COMEDY
Philip Bolden, Millennials
Brandon George, Fête
Keagan Harry, Best Interests, Better Intentions
Jordan Moore, Chill Girl
Taylor Olson, King & Pawn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - COMEDY
Lilly Bartlam, Detention Adventure
Samantha Casesa, Chill Girl
Marni Lustig, Status Updates
Tamara Perry, Fête
Taylor Valley, Pretty...If You Squint
BEST GUEST PERFORMER - COMEDY
George Barr, Status Updates
Devon-Deshaun Stewart, Millennials
Carolyn Taylor, Detention Adventure
Shelley Thompson, King & Pawn
Chris Welles, Chill Girl
Jona Xiao, Fête
BEST ENSEMBLE - COMEDY
Best Interests, Better Intentions
Daddy's Divas
Detention Adventure
Fête
King & Pawn
Millennials
BEST EDITING
Detention Adventure, Mike Lobel and Joe Kicak
Fairytale Fallout, Adam Henry Garcia
The Rapscallion Agency, Luke Allen & Robin Shore
Studio City, Fady Jeanbart
We're Alive: Descendants, Victoria Cheng & Michael Keane
The White Vault, Dayn Leonardson & Travis Vengroff
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Chateau Laurier, Melissa Bessey
Chill Girl, Caitlin Charles
Fairytale Fallout, Adam Henry Garcia
Hot Set, Jenny Urice
Millennials, Tamea Scales
The Swiss Traveller, Atilla Vegh
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Detention Adventure, Sebastian Harder
Fairytale Fallout, Adam Henry Garcia, Michael Fisher
King & Pawn, Tieren Hawkins & Jessica McDonald
Millennials, Rugg Williams & Valicia Evans
Hot Set, Jennifer Picaso
Chateau Laurier, Glen Charles Landry
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Chateau Laurier, Michael Stanutz
Daddy's Divas, Frank Cogliano
Dark Dice, Brandon Boone, Steven Melin, Hitoshi Sakimoto & Travis Vengroff
Geomapping Love, Maxime Hervé
The Rapscallion Agency, Luke Allen
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Chateau Laurier, Michael Stanutz
Complicated, Kerrick Greer & Johnny Sizemore Detention Adventure, Ari Posner, Amin Bhatia, Sarah Slean & Antonio Naranjo
Fairytale Fallout, Adam Henry Garcia
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Here Comes The Boar Knight” from The Boar Knight by Steven Melin, Mike Pettry, Travis Vengroff & Kaitlin Statz
“Clown Wolf” from Chill Girl by Stage Wombat Collective
"Oh, May" from Kith & Kin by Judith Avers
“Millennials – Main Theme” from Millennials by Ezra Moore, Damone Arnold & Rugg Williams
BEST INTERNATIONAL SERIES
Chateau Laurier
Detention Adventure
Geomapping Love
Hotel Sweet Hotel
ISA13 SPOTLIGHT AWARD
Chill Girl
Fête
Grievance Gulch: Bamboozo
Hey Toby Hey Owen: This is Not Sponsored by Valvoline
The Swiss Traveller