Tom At The Oscars

What an honor to have been part of the team that won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Subject

It was such an honor to re-write the final draft of a script supporting one of the world’s most respected animators – John Canemaker.

None of that would have happened without the film’s incredibly talented Producer, my sister Peggy Stern. who brought me aboard the project. Plus, I even gave the film its title: “The Moon and the Son.”

To sit in the Kodak Theatre and to hear the name of your project called as a winner… I literally jumped out of my seat. Let’s face it, the Oscar is the granddaddy of awards. Sure, I had previously achieved a ten-year streak, winning Best Corporate Recruiter at my firm every single time. But it just didn’t mean as much. Maybe because I was the sole proprietor.

Click below to watch Peggy’s acceptance speech where she was generous enough to thank me: