Award Winning, Nominated Atchity Productions!

A  STORY MERCHANT company

The Meg - Awards

2 wins & 5 nominations

 2021

New Zealand Cinematographers Society

Won, Gold Award

Specialised Cinematography

Kina Scollay

Underwater photography

 2019

Golden Trailer Awards

Nominated, Golden Trailer

Best Home Ent Horror/Thriller

Warner Bros. Pictures, Trailer Park

Nominated, Golden Trailer

Best Billboard

 2019

Young Artist Awards

Nominated, Young Artist Award

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress

Shuya Sophia Cai

2018

Chinese American Film Festival (C.A.F.F.)

Won, Golden Angel Award

Best Actress

Bingbing Li

Won, Golden Angel Award

Best US-China Co-Production Film

 2018

Golden Trailer Awards

Won, Golden Trailer

Golden Fleece

Warner Bros. Pictures, Trailer Park

 2018

IGN Summer Movie Awards

Nominated, IGN Award

Best Action Movie

2018

New Zealand Cinematographers Society

Won, Gold Award

Specialised Cinematography

Andrew McGeorge

Kennedy Detail  - Awards

1 Nomination

 2011

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

Nominated, Emmy

Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form

Lisa McCubbin (producer), Kenneth Atchity (executive producer), Gerald S. Blaine (producer), Brooke Runnette (executive producer), Chi-Li Wong (executive producer), Grant Axton (producer), David Garfinkle (executive producer), Jay Renfroe (executive producer), Vince DiPersio (co-executive producer), Liza Maddrey (producer) Discovery Channel

Erased - Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

2015

SOCAN Awards

Won, SOCAN Award

Domestic Feature Film Award

Jeff Danna

 2014 - Jutra Awards

Nominated, Jutra

Best Make-Up (Meilleur Maquillage)

Colleen Quinton

Nominated, Jutra

Best Editing (Meilleur Montage Image)

Dominique Fortin

Hysteria – Awards

2 nominations

2012

Casting Society of America, USA

Nominated, Artios Award

Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Feature - Studio or Independent Comedy

Gaby Kester (casting director)

2011

Rome Film Fest

Nominated, Golden Marc'Aurelio Award

Tanya Wexler

Gosepl Hill – Awards

2 wins

 2009

Nashville Film Festival

Won, Rosetta Miller Perry Award

Giancarlo Esposito

 2008

Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival

Won, Jury Award

Seashell Best of Fest

Giancarlo Esposito

Adam Resurrected - Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

 2009

Valladolid International Film Festival

Nominated, Golden Spike

Best Film

Paul Schrader

 Won, Best Music

Gabriel Yared

Joe Somebody - Awards

1 nomination

2002

Young Artist Awards

Nominated, Young Artist Award

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress

Hayden Panettiere

Falling Over Backwards - Awards

4 nominations

1991

Genie Awards

Nominated, Genie

Best Achievement in Sound

Abbey Neidik National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

 Nominated, Genie

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Paul Soles

Nominated, Genie

Best Sound Editing

Diane Le Floc'h, Gudrun Christian, Abbey Neidik, Andy Malcolm, Michele Cook

 

1990

Valladolid International Film Festival

Nominated, Golden Spike

Best Film

Mort Ransen

  

Angels in the Snow - Awards

1 nomination

 2016

Young Artist Awards

Nominated, Young Artist Award

Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, Special or Pilot - Young Actor

Kolton Stewart

 

The Lost Valentine - Awards

1 win & 6 nominations

 2012

Movie Guide Awards

 Nominated, Grace Award

Most Inspirational Television Acting

Betty White

 Nominated, Grace Award

Most Inspiring TV Program

 Nominated, Grace Award

Most Inspirational Television Acting

Katie McGrath

 Nominated, Grace Award

Most Inspirational Television Acting

Sean Faris

 Won, Faith and Freedom Award

 Television

 2012

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Nominated, Actor

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Betty White

 

2011

Gold Derby Awards

Nominated, Gold Derby TV Award

TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actress

Betty White

  

Story Merchant has experience in all realms of entertainment placement, from television series, specials, and movies, to studio, mini-major, and independent feature films.

As a producer’s representative, our team analyzes a film’s potential and determines the best distribution channels, whether theatrical, DVD, television, or some combination of the above. With our experience in the international market, we also identify the sales company that best fits an individual film based on our relationships with key executives at dozens of sales companies. Once we identify the best suited sales company, we negotiate all terms of the sales agency agreement to the producer’s and his financer’s best interests.

We focus on securing the most trustworthy distribution avenue that will maximize audience outreach. Our management of the film’s distribution guarantees that the producer retains control of the film’s success.
Contact Ken Atchity for more information.

William Diehl with Kenneth John Atchity's Seven Ways to Die is The Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal Winner in Best Mystery/Thriller E-Book

The Independent Publisher Book Awards

Congratulations Royce Buckingham on Your 2013-14 Sunshine State Young Readers Award and Sasquatch Book Award Nominations for The Dead Boys!

Sasquatch Book Award Nominee

Titles are selected by Librarians in the State of Washington in order to encourage students to read some of the best new books published each year.

http://www.wlma.org/sasquatch


The Sunshine State Young Readers Award (SSYRA) is a program co-sponsored by the Office of Library Media and the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME). This program for students in grades 3-8 is designed to entice students to read high interest, contemporary literature for personal enjoyment.

http://www.fldoe.org/bii/Library_Media/ssyrap.asp

The television winner of the Faith & Freedom Awards Goes to “The Lost Valentine!”

Christian Oscars Honor Family Friendly Films

Written by Raven Clabough

On Friday, February 10, the winners of the 20th Annual Faith and Values Awards were announced at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Hollywood. A number of worthy films and television programs received prizes for their positive elements from patriotism to family values.

The Movieguide Faith and Values Awards are sponsored by the Christian Film & Television Commission and Movieguide, founded by Dr. Ted Baehr. The glittering event, also dubbed the “Christian Oscars” attracted a number of Hollywood executives, producers, writers, and directors, and major celebrities including Joe Montegna, Kevin Sorbo, James Patrick Stuart, and Pat Boone.

Story Merchant Client Royce Buckingham's The Dead Boys has been nominated for the Oklahoma Library Association’s Sequoyah Book Awards 2012 – 2013 Intermediate Level Masterlist.

The Nominees for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Tuesday. CRAZY HEART received two nominations:

ACTOR - DRAMA

Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"The Weary Kind" from "Crazy Heart"

Hollywood’s second biggest film honors after the Academy Awards, the The Golden Globes are a key ceremony that sort out the prospects leading up to the Oscar nominations Feb. 2.

The 67th annual Globes will be handed out Jan. 17, six days before nomination voting closes for the Oscars.

The Globes are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group of about 85 critics and reporters for overseas outlets.

The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) - Single by Ryan Bingham - Buy On I Tunes

SAN FRANCISCO BOOK FESTIVAL CALLS FOR ENTRIES BEST BOOKS OF SPRING SEASON

SAN FRANCISCO _ The 2009 San Francisco Book Festival has issued a call for entries for its annual program celebrating the best books of the Spring season.

The San Francisco Book Festival will consider non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books, compilations/anthologies, teenage, how-to, cookbooks, science fiction, audio/spoken word, history, wild card, gay, photography/art, poetry, unpublished, travel and spiritual works. There is no date of publication deadline.

Our grand prize for the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival winner is $1500 cash and a flight to San Francisco for our gala awards ceremony. The winning author will also have a choice of a free vendor table at our family of festivals day events, including events in New York and Hollywood.

Genre category winners will receive a combination of books, software, cash awards and free vendor tables at our New York or Hollywood Book Festivals.

Submitted works will be judged by a panel of industry experts using the following criteria:

1) General excellence and the author's passion for telling a good story.
2) The potential of the work to reach a wider audience.

ENTRIES: Please classify your book and enter it in the following categories. Multiple entries must be accompanied by a separate fee for each book.

• General Non-fiction
• General Fiction
• Children's books
• How-to
• Spiritual
• Photography/Art
• Gay
• Poetry
• History
• Teenage
• Biography/Autobiography
• Audio/spoken word
• Compilations/Anthologies
• Best Unpublished Short Story
• Cookbooks
• Science Fiction
• Wild Card
  

In addition to honoring the top selections in the above categories, The San Francisco Book Festival will award the following chosen from submissions:

1) Author of the Year- Honors the outstanding book of the competition.
2) Book Design of the Year - Honors outstanding and innovative design.
3) Publisher of the Year- Honors the top publisher based on materials displaying
excellence in marketing and promotional materials, as determined by our judges.

FESTIVAL RULES: San Francisco Book Festival submissions cannot be returned. Each entry must contain the official entry form, including your e-mail address and contact telephone number. All shipping and handling costs must be borne by entrants.

NOTIFICATION AND DEADLINES: We will notify each entry of the receipt of their package via e-mail and will announce the winning entries on our web site (www.sanfranciscobookfestival.com). Because of the anticipated high volume of entries, we can only respond to e-mail inquiries.

Deadline submissions in each category must be postmarked by the close of business on April 25, 2009. Winners in each category will be notified by e-mail and on the web site. Please note that judges read and consider submissions on an ongoing basis, comparing early entries with later submissions at our meetings.

TO ENTER: Entry forms are available online at sanfranciscobookfestival.com or may be faxed/e-mailed to you. Please contact our office at 323-665-8080 for fax requests. Applications must be accompanied by a non-refundable entry fee of $50 in the form of a check, money order or PayPal online payment in U.S. dollars for each submission. Multiple submissions are permitted but each entry must be accompanied by a separate form and entry fee.

Entry fee checks should be made payable to JM Northern Media LLC. We're sorry, but entries must be mailed and cannot be delivered in person or by messenger services to the JM Northern Media offices.

Entry packages MUST include:

1) One copy of the book;
2) A copy of your official entry form or a reasonable facsimile;
3) The entry fee or receipt for online payment;
4) Any press/marketing materials you wish to send. Marketing is used as a tie-breaking
consideration by our judges.

Entries should be mailed to:

JM Northern Media LLC
attn: San Francisco Book Festival
7095 Hollywood Boulevard
Suite 864
Hollywood, CA 90028-0893
Phone: 323-665-8080

AWARDS: The San Francisco Book Festival selection committee reserves the right to determine the eligibility of any project.

The 2009 San Francisco Book Festival is part of the JM Northern Media family of festivals, which include the DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books, New York Book Festival and Hollywood Book Festival. The San Francisco Book Festival is sponsored by The Larimar St. Croix Writers Colony, The Hollywood Creative Directory; eDivvy, Shopanista and Westside Websites.
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323-665-8080