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- Humanitas Prize Winners for the Year 2000 are Announced; Humanitas Prize Celebrates 26 Years at the Annual Prize Luncheon
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LOS ANGELES, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The winners of this year's HUMANITAS PRIZES were announced today at the Humanitas annual luncheon at the Hilton Universal City and Towers. These prestigious prizes and $130,000 were awarded to those film and television writers whose produced scripts "communicate those values which most enrich the human person." The 2000 winners were selected from eight different categories and a total of 439 entries. The first Humanitas Prize winner of the new Sundance Feature Film category is Gina Prince-Bythewood for "Love and Basketball."
- The 2000 winners are:
- Feature Film Category ($25,000)
THE INSIDER (Buena Vista) Written by: Eric Roth & Michael Mann
- 90 Minute or Longer Network Category ($25,000)
"Tuesdays With Morrie" (ABC) Written for television by: Tom Rickman
- 90 Minute or Longer PBS/Cable Category ($25,000)
"A Lesson Before Dying" (HBO) Teleplay by: Ann Peacock
- 60 Minute Category ($15,000)
"Take This Sabbath Day" THE WEST WING (NBC)
Teleplay by: Aaron Sorkin
Story by: Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. & Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin
- 30 Minute Category ($10,000)
"Something About Dr. Mary" FRASIER (NBC)
Written by: Jay Kogen
- Children's Live Action Category ($10,000)
"The Color of Friendship" (The Disney Channel)
Written by: Paris Qualles
- Children's Animation Category ($10,000):
"The Sissy Duckling" HAPPILY EVER AFTER (HBO)
Written by: Harvey Fierstein
- Sundance Feature Film Category ($10,000):
"Love and Basketball"
Written by: Gina Prince-Bythewood
- The HUMANITAS PRIZE was founded in April 1974 to encourage the creation of humanizing TV and motion picture productions. It was created with an initial three-year grant of $180,000 from the Lilly Foundation, and is now financed by an endowment put together by the broadcast and entertainment industries. To date, the HUMANITAS PRIZE has dispensed over 175 awards and almost $1.8 million in prize money to television writers whose produced work helps its viewers grow and develop and become fulfilled human beings.
- Visit the web site at: www.humanitasprize.org
- SOURCE Humanitas Prize Organization
07/12/2000 17:00 EDT http://www.prnewswire.com
- Earlier Story - we were directed to both of these news story by Mike Okuda.
- Humanitas Prize 2000 Nominees Are Announced:
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LOS ANGELES, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Father Ellwood Kieser, President of the
ecumenical Humanitas Prize organization, announced today the nominations for
the prestigious HUMANITAS PRIZE. The PRIZE, created 26 years ago, annually
honors writers in the entertainment industry whose work enriches and
enlightens their audiences. The prizes and $130,000 are given to the writers
of those television programs and motion pictures which do the most to
communicate human values to their viewers....
"There is much junk in American entertainment, shows that dehumanize, that
trade on lies and violence," said Father Kieser, President of the Humanitas
Prize organization. "But the best of American entertainment has never been
so good."
"In previous years the problem was sometimes finding a show we felt was
humanizing enough to merit a Humanitas Prize. This year the problem was
choosing among the many shows to which we could happily award the Prize."
The HUMANITAS PRIZE nominees [include]:
[Television]
60 Minute Category ($15,000):
- "In Excelsis Deo" THE WEST WING (NBC)
Written by: Aaron Sorkin and Rick Cleveland
- "Strangers and Brothers" ONCE AND AGAIN (ABC)
Written by: Richard Kramer
- "This Sabbath Day" THE WEST WING (NBC)
Story by: Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. & Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin
"Some great writing is being done in American television and motion pictures
today," said Father Ellwood Kieser, President of the Humanitas Prize
Organization. "Many shows deeply probe the meaning of human life, challenge
the exercise of human freedom, and motivate viewers to reach out in respect
and compassion to their fellow human beings. In TV, the hour dramas and the
cable movies stand out especially."
The HUMANITAS PRIZE was founded in April 1974 to encourage the creation of
humanizing productions. The HUMANITAS PRIZE was created with an initial
three-year grant of $180,000 from the Lilly Foundation, and is now financed
by an endowment from the broadcast and entertainment industries. To date,
the HUMANITAS PRIZE has dispensed over 182 awards and almost $1.9 million in
prize money to television and motion picture writers whose work best
encourages human values. Please visit the website at www.humanitasprize.org.
The original HUMANITAS PRIZE consisted of three prize categories for
prime-time network television programming: $25,000 for a two-hour or longer
teleplay; $15,000 for a one-hour show; and $10,000 for a thirty-minute show.
In 1985, two Children1s programming awards were added -- Live-Action and
Animation. 1990 saw the addition of two new $25,000 prizes, one for
Prime-Time Cable/PBS, the other for Feature Films. Winners of the HUMANITAS
PRIZE in these categories have included Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues);
Alan Alda (M*A*S*H); Gary David Goldberg (Family Ties); Horton Foote (William
Faulkner's OLD MAN); Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List); Tim Robbins (Dead
Man Walking); Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (Good Will Hunting); Frank Darabont
(The Shawshank Redemption); and Lewis Colic (October Sky).
SOURCE Humanitas Prize Organization
06/27/2000 09:01 EDT http://www.prnewswire.com - we were directed to the full news story by Mike Okuda.
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