Lynn Redgrave (left), Jordan Waid

In addition to the previously listed awards, the Honorary Foreign Student Award was presented by Academy Award-winning writer and past president of the Academy, Fay Kanin, at the June 13 ceremony to Marc-Andreas Bouchert of the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf" in Germany for his film "Small Change" ("Kleingeld"). Bochert's 15-minute film, "Small Change," was selected from an original field of 28 entries from 21 countries.

This is the third year in a row and the fifth time overall that a German student film has won the Honorary Foreign Student Award, although each of the five winners has represented a different school. Germany now holds the record for the number of times a student has won the award, followed by England, which has been represented four times.

The Directors Guild of America's Student Film Award was presented by Hanson to Marni Banack, the director of "John," winner of the Narrative Gold Medal.

And, for the first time, the American Society of Cinematographers' Student Award was presented at the Academy event to David A. Armstrong of the American Film Institute. Armstrong was the cinematographer on the Narrative Category Gold Medal winning film, "John." Academy Award-winning cinematographer Russell Carpenter ("Titanic") presented Armstrong with a commemorative ASC plaque and the award's $1,000 prize.

While the students knew that they would each receive an award, the level of that award - gold, silver or bronze - was not revealed until the presentation ceremony. Only Benson, the sole recipient in the documentary category and therefore an automatic gold medal winner, and Bouchert attended the ceremony knowing exactly what they had won. Besides trophies, gold medalists receive $2,000, silver medalists are awarded $1,500 and bronze medal recipients are presented with $1,000.

Steve Guttenberg (left), Daniel Kanemoto

The student winners were flown to Los Angeles to participate in a week of industry-related activities and social events that culminated with Sunday's awards presentation ceremony at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

One of this year's recipients, Jamie Maxfield, is now a two-time Student Academy Award winner. He was previously recognized in 1993 with a Gold Medal for his animated film "Above Average." Only three other people in the history of the competition have received two awards, though Maxfield has a span of six years between them; the others received their awards in consecutive years.

Students first competed in one of three regional competitions. Each of those regions was permitted to send to the Academy as many as three films in each of the four categories as finalists. Academy members then screened the films and voted to select the winners.

The Student Academy Awards were established by the Academy in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level.

A complete list of 1999 Student Academy Awards Winners may be found here.