
"This is one of the few festivals that actually like filmmakers, unlike most that just screen your film and kick you out right after. I highly recommend this festival...had a lot of fun last year, great venue and organizers with a great host."
- Vlad Nikitin, Director, 'Grand Chinatown Robbery'
11th ANNUAL!!!
Aug. 31st to Sept. 7th, 2023

5240 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601

Richard Lawson, Lifetime Achiement Award

We are pleased to honor Actor/Director Richard Lawson with the 2023 Studio City Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award.
Richard has had an amazing career that has spanned over 50 years, with performances in movies and television, including Grey's Anatomy, Being Mary Jane, Soul Food, Touched by an Angel, Wag the Dog, All My Children (132 episodes), Dynasty, St. Elsewhere, Magnum, P.I., Poltergeist, The White Shadow, Coming Home, Dirty Harry, and on and on.
Richard also served 21 months in Vietnam as a medic. Currently, he is a master teacher at his theater, WACO Theater Center in North Hollywood. Most recently, he acts and directs in the film "Black Terror" which will screen prior to the Awards Show on Sept. 7th.