These are awards that have been given to Linda for her work as a script consultant and for innovation in the film industry.
Achievement Awards
The Louis T. Benezet Award comes from Linda’s alma mater Colorado College, for innovation in the field of drama and theology. It was given to her at her 50th college reunion in 2017. The award is given to two people a year recognizing outstanding achievement in one’s chosen field, excellence through unusual success or contribution, innovation or research that has advanced a profession or a cause, and/or extraordinary contributions and achievements that have impacted people’s lives and exemplify the values of a liberal arts education.
Linda Talks About Drama & Theology
Linda received the Candlelight Award in 2000 from Regent University for “being a light to the entertainment industry.”
Linda received the Redemptive Storyteller Lifetime Achievement Award from the Redemptive Film Festival in 2010 for “more than three decades of meritorious service to exemplary redemptive storytelling.”
In 2019, Linda received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, given by the Marquis Who’s Who Publications Board for those who “have achieved career longevity and demonstrated unwavering excellence in their chosen field.”
In 2002, Linda received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Pacific School of Religion where she received her MA in Religion and the Arts in 1973.
And she received the Medallion from the City of Marseilles, France, for a seminar she team-taught with Kathie Fong Yoneda.
She received the Living Legacy Award in 2001, which is the beautiful mermaid necklace in the foreground of the photo of all the awards above, from the Moondance International Film Festival for her contributions and support of women in the film and television industry.