Notable Festival Award Winners
WorldFest gave first honors to Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott, The Coen Brothers, David Lynch, Brian De Palma, Oliver Stone, John Lee Hancock, Randal Kleiser, Shane Stanley, Daniele Gangemi and many more. Sci-Fi director David Winning has won twenty-two Gold/Platinum Remi Awards from 1994 to present, making him the winningest filmmaker in the history of Worldfest.
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