Awards
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A tremendous honour, my Oscar and Grammy … personalized good wishes from my favorite singer Irina Allegrova and favorite actor, Anjelica Huston. Immense Inspiration. Favorites from my youth until now.
For #Inspiration, got the rare signed Lego Grammy and Oscar by incredible museum-artist, Nathan Sawaya (the official Lego Oscar came directly from The Academy Museum and is one of the few utilized and shown in the 2015 ceremony).
With the legendary Harry Belafonte, Julie Robinson and music collaborator Marshall Mabhena at the 2000 Grammy Awards (Red carpet, I was a Voting member at the time).
Below, at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences during several film screenings and The Student Academy Awards.
BBC no. 6/10 'Strangest'
Above ... Medal of Birth, December 30th Leningrad (St. Petersburg, Russia).
Below ... Family Medal of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg, Russia and an image with Dearest Grand-Mother Sophia at High School Graduation
Lobster Award given at UC Davis, for the Darksoul™ Show, The Magician's Key
Select Special Dates
1978 - Medal of Birth Gifted in Leningrad (St. Petersburg, image above)
1993 - Congratulations for Anti-drug art from MA House of Representatives - VIEW HERE
1993 - Created Darksoul (tm) Performance Art
1997 - Won Battle of the Bands, San Francisco's #1 Radio, KFOG - LISTEN HERE
2001 - UC Davis Golden Lobster Roast Award for 'Stupid Cow' solo performance
2001 - B.A. - DIPLOMA
2000, 2002 - Attended the Grammy Awards (red carpet)
2002 - #1 in Sales Award, CAS Systems. Oakland, CA
2003 - Visited Delphi, Athens and Rhodes. Also St.Petersburg, Russia (Family Received 300th Anniversary Medal, image above)
2004 - Co-star role on ALIAS with Isabella Rossellini
2005 - Attended the American Music Awards
2005 - Played role of the devil in Italian film 'Full Moon'
2006, 2007, 2010 - Won Ovation Awards at NBCUniversal, Universal City, CA
2006, 2007 - Attended the Razzie Awards
2006 - 'Disturb Things' Premiere at the Anchorage Int'l. Film Festival
2006 - An inspirational letter from Chuck Palahniuk (part 1) (part 2)
2007- Attended the Daytime Emmy Awards
2007 - Released 1st book 'Art Studio of Life'
2007 - Directorial Debut 'Believe, Smile & Love' Premiere on JLTV (US)
2007 - Featured Artist on CreateSpace (an Amazon company)
2008 - Attended the Cannes Film Festival in Southern France
2008 - Artistic Commendation from the City of Los Angeles, CA (see above)
2009 - Partnership Compass Award at NBCUniversal, Universal City, CA
2006-onward - Letters from Her Majesty's Office, The Queen (see above and Royal Polo and Letters section)
2009 - 'Expired Love' Premiere at Washougal Int'l. Film Festival
2009 - Visited Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan / Premiered Show Soul Photography
2009 - Top 10 on BBC's Edinburgh Fringe 'Strangest' List + BBC Interview
2009 - Design finalist for Moleskine notebook, Hong Kong
2009 - Attended the Official Memorial for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center by winning the 'Golden Ticket Lottery' ... a powerful and soulful experience
2009 - 'MPP' Film Premiere at the Oldenburg International Film Festival & was nominated for a German Independence Award - Best Short Film (IMDB Pro link)
2010 - Visited Moscow's MOSFILM, Konchalovsky Studios, The Bolshoi & MXAT
2010 - Attended Academy Award Foreign Language Symposium
2010 - Premiered 'FTSO' show & music album at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood
2010 - Presented at the 1st Hollywood Fringe Awards - VIDEO HERE
2010 - Visited Malaki Native American Reservation Museum & PowWow - BLOG
2010 - Became Member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians (see below)
2010 - Magic Castle classes with master magician Mark Wilson - VIEW IMAGE
2010 - Appeared on billboard at ArcLight Cinemas, LA - VIEW IMAGE
2010 - Received Award for 'People Skills' - Universal City, CA
2010 - Attendance at the Playboy Mansion as The Young Rasputin - BLOG
2011 - Voting Member, Grammy Awards
2011 - Attendance at the Desperate Housewives Block Party
2011 - Guinness World Record (tm) for 'Longest title of a music single' (see above)
2011 - 5 Year Tenure Award at the Studio
2011 - Attendance at preview showing of IRIS (Kodak Theater)
2011 - Attendance at Centennial Royal Polo in SB, CA - CBS Radio Interview Here
2011 - Attendance at the Primetime Emmy Awards, LA - red carpet photo below
2012 - Attendance at Celine Dion's show in Vegas, Leonard Cohen's show in LA, Streisand's and Allegrova's shows in LA
2012 - Attendance at Oscar Night America Mend red-carpet event - table photo below
2012 - From Dame Shirley Bassey (Diamonds are Forever, The Diamond Jubilee) - see here
2012 - Tree Planted in honour of 79 relatives who died in the Holocaust (Israel)
2012 - Darksoul Theatre (tm) announced via 3 Times Square, NY Reuters Billboard
2012 - 6 Performances in Vancouver, British Columbia along w/ letter of partial proceeds to food bank (above)
2013 - Darksoul Theatre receives USPTO Trademark & ServiceMark (above)
2013 - Proclamation for original feature film premiere from the City & Mayor of West Hollywood
2013 - Press Conference (as featured director) and five dollar baby film screenings (2 in Texas, 2 in Russia and 1 at the Laemmle Theatre in NoHo via the Valley Film Festival)
2013 - Attended opening gala of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills (a thank you to Gerri)
2013 - Red carpet guest of multi-octave diva, Chanté Moore/R&B Divas LA finale (image in photo gallery)
2013 - Title of Count (for fun). Interview with Prince Michael followed several years later.
2013 - "Willa' chosen as Top 5 Dollar Baby film in Russia (certificate above)
2013 - Original 'Sir Tank' Artwork created by the extraordinary Canadian artist, Wayne Hoecherl
2014 - Testament of Solomon book signing event at Vroman's Pasadena
2014 - Media Rating System original idea published
2014 - Limited record deal with BearManor
2015 - SCORE Award for Entrepreneurship / Creativity in Business
- 2015 - Presented original Jungian psychology paper at the Art and Psyche Conference in Sicily, in part, to Jung's family
2016 - PhD in Religious Studies
2016 - Dollar Baby Russia Award for Directing (see here)
VIDEO 1 VIMEO + VIDEO 2 VIMEO
- 2017 - Invitation to be Keynote Speaker at LSR2017 (article)
- 2017 - Invitation to provide social media coverage by NASA
- 2017 - Special Letter from USHMM.org (read here)
- 2018 - Invitation to present at Nobel Prize Winning Institute
- 2018 - ARAS shared Freud Interview (Archetypal Mosaic)
- 2018 - Held 1st ever published Zohar (1558, Italy) ... pictured by Professor Daniel Matt (Interview guest) image a image b
- 2018 - NASA Social post
- 2020 - Wizard's Award (IBM) (decade membership) image
- 2022 - Exclusive and Rare NATHAN SAWAYA LEGO® OSCAR, Signed and Directly from The (Oscar) Academy Museum. One of the 20 utilized in the 2015 Broadcast ~ (For Inspiration, images above)
- 2022 - Exclusive and Rare NATHAN SAWAYA LEGO® GRAMMY, Signed ~ (For Inspiration, images above)
