Awards + Press
Festival Awards and Official Selections
2017 Official Selection - Kids First Film Festival – “Welcome to the Neighborhood”
2016 Official Selection – Women’s Only Entertainment Film Festival
2016 Official Selection – Grand Indiewise Selection - “Welcome To the Neighborhood,” Miami, FL
2015 First Place Winner - The Capital City Black Film Festival – “Sunshine, Noodles and Me,” Austin, Texas
2015 Bronze Award (3rd Place Winner) - Kingdomwood Christian Film Festival – “Sunshine, Noodles and Me,“ Buckhead, Georgia
2015 Official Selection - Greater Cleveland Urban Black Film Festival – “Sunshine, Noodles and Me,” Cleveland, Ohio
2015 Official Selection - Pan African film Festival – “Sunshine, Noodles and Me,” Los Angeles, CA
2015 Top Finalist - American Black Film Festival (ABFF) – Animated McDonald’sSpec Commercial – Animated short, “This, That and The Other,” New York, NY
2015 Winner of the Award of Merit - IndieFest Film Awards – “Kill Me,” Los Angeles, CA
2015 Winner of the Pelican Award - Mykonos Biennale Greek Film Festival – “Kill Me,” Mykonos, Greece
2014 3rd Place Winner- Indi.com and Hollywood Black Film Festival Mobile Film Challenge -
”Identity Confirmed,” Los Angeles, CA
2014 Official Selection - SoCal Film Festival - ”Identity Confirmed,” Huntington Beach, CA
2013 The Golden Kahuna Award for Best TV Pilot - Honolulu Film Festival - “Animal Control TV,”
Oahu, HI
2012 Programmer’s Choice - Hollywood Black Film Festival - “Animal Control TV,”
Los Angeles, CA
PRESS
THE COLOR OF MEDICINE: THE STORY OF HOMER G. PHILLIPS HOSPITAL (DOCUMENTARY)
02/26/15 - BWE WOMENS EMPOWERING RADIO - ‘THE COLOR OF MEDICINE with Dr. Earle Robinson MD and Joyce Fitzpatrick VIEW MORE
SUNSHINE, NOODLES AND ME (DOCUMENTARY)
06/2016 SYLLISA BENNET, publicist du jour – Breast Cancer Documentary Helmed By The Director Joyce Fitzpatrick Set To Air On National Pink Day! VIEW MORE
04/20/16 - CAPITAL CITY BLACK FILM FESTIVAL - #BlackFilmLife: Cheryl Ash-Simpson VIEW MORE
10/26/15 – BlackDoctor.org – Blessed, Beautiful and Bald VIEW MORE
10/01/15 – FierceforBlackWomen.com – Featured on Homepage VIEW MORE
07/15/15 – JetMag.com – SURVIVOR STORY: Breast Cancer and Wedding Bells VIEW MORE
06/23/15 – Examiner.com – Breast Cancer film Sunshine Noodles and Me shows the ‘Playbook’ for survival on PBS for National Pink Day VIEW MORE
06/16/15 – Lady Charmaine TV – Breast Cancer Survivor Cheryl Ash-Simpson talks about her documentary ‘Sunshine Noodles and Me’ VIEW MORE
05/06/15 – Empower Magazine – ‘Sunshine, Noodles and Me’ is the story of survival VIEW MORE
03/19/15 – Making a Difference Daring to Be Me with Becky Robinson VIEW MORE
02/10/15 – LA Talk Radio – Cheryl Ash- Simpson boldly joins Mother Love in studio to share her Warrior Queen healing and to give light and hope to others dealing with breast cancer VIEW MORE
02/06/15 - BLACK HOLLYWOOD LIVE – Cheryl Ash-Simpson Interview on SUNSHINE, NOOODLES AND ME l BHL’s Phenomenal Women VIEW MORE
10/24/14 – United Technologies (UTC.com) – NBC’s Today Show Features Pratt & Whitney Employee VIEW MORE
10/22/14 – Madame Noire – Cheryl Ash-Simpson on being diagnosed with breast cancer days before her wedding: “We didn’t tell anybody.” VIEW MORE
10/02/14 – “Today Show” video segment VIEW MORE
Press Releases
07/29/15 – “Sunshine, Noodles and Me” among lineup at Third Annual Capital City Black Film Festival and Historical Harlem Lights! Awards Show VIEW MORE
2015 – Breast cancer documentary helmed by female director Joyce Fitzpatrick set to air on national pink day! VIEW MORE
2015 – Kingwood Christian Festival VIEW MORE
WAITING FOR SUPERMEN?!
2012 - WAITING FOR SUPERMEN?! Production! – INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN VIEW MORE
RUNNING
12/2014 - ‘RUNNING’ – KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN VIEW MORE
“ANIMAL CONTROL TV” TV PILOT
04/06/13 - ANIMAL RADIO – “Mock” Reality Animal TV VIEW MORE
01/26/13 - ‘ANIMAL CONTROL TV” BTS REEL VIEW MORE
‘DISCOVERING MARY”- DOCUMENTARY
03/16/2011 - Our Weekly Los Angeles – Black women filmmakers: Determination personified VIEW MORE
A LAUGH, A TEAR
‘A LAUGH, A TEAR” – TELEVISION SPECIAL STARRING WHOOPI GOLDBERG VIEW MORE
HOLLYWOOD.COM – A LAUGH A TEAR l FULL CAST AND CREDITS VIEW MORE
TCM TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES - OVERVIEW VIEW MORE