Humanitas Prize is an award for film and TV writing deemed to promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom. It began in the 1970s with Father Ellwood Kieser, but is generally not seen as specific religious cinema or TV. In 1975Ray Bradbury, Father "Bud", and Robert Abernathy announced the first winners on the Today show. It began as primarily a television award. The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Ray Bradbury in 1945. ... Robert Abernathy (1924 - 1990) was an American science fiction author during the 1940s and 1950s. ...
The award is currently broken up into Feature Film, Prime Time TV 90 minute, Prime Time TV 60 minute, Prime Time TV 30 minute, Children's Live Action, Children's Animation, Sundance Feature Film, and The Angell Comedy Fellowship. The fellowship was started after David Angell and Lynn Angell were killed in Flight #11 on 9-11. For the North American Indian ceremony, see Sun Dance sundance channel is an independent film network in the United States owned by Viacom, Robert Redford, and NBC Universal. ... David Angell, a popular television producer, was a victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City. ... 9-11 can refer to: The September 11, 2001 attacks A collection of interviews of Noam Chomsky by a variety of European publications and individual interviewers during the month after the September 11, 2001 attacks September 11 (month-day date notation) 9 November (day-month date notation) The North American...
In 2005 Humanitas winners included Hotel Rwanda(feature film), and The West Wing(60 minutes). Movie poster for Hotel Rwanda Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 drama film directed by Terry George. ... The West Wing may refer to multiple topics: A television drama set in the West Wing of the White House. ...
The Prize offers sizable cash awardsand coveted recognitionto film and television writers whose scripts convey those values which most enrich the human person. Writers, of course, are the key determiners of a shows moral vision and tone, whether humanizing or dehumanizing.
Humanitas is the Latin word for humanity. The Prize seeks to promote the full realization of humanitythe best instincts and values of the human spirit.
Over the years, says Father Kieser, the HumanitasPrize has grown from three prizes totaling $50,000 to seven prizes totaling $120,000. And next year, an eighth prize, developed by Humanitas in collaboration with the Sundance Institute, will be added.
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 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....
The HUMANITASPRIZE 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.
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