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Finalists have been revealed for the 2020 Humanitas Prize, which honors film and television writers whose work inspires compassion, hope, and understanding in the human family. Titles include awards-season heavies Bombshell, It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and The Farewell on the film side and When They See Us…

Disney/Marvel’s blockbuster Black Panther and NBC’s This Is Us are among the nominees for the 44th annual Humanitas Prize. Winners will be revealed in a ceremony February 8 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The prize was created to honor film and TV writers whose work inspires compassion, hope, and understanding in the…

The Humanitas Prize winners were unveiled tonight, awarded annually to encourage, stimulate and sustain the nation's screenwriters. The 43rd annual honors for the first time separated feature film categories by genre, with Netflix’s Mudbound and Fox’s The Post tying for drama, A24’s Lady Bird winning for comedy and…

The 43rd annual Humanitas Prize has its finalists. Nine films from a combined 21 screenwriters will compete in three categories, a first this year. The award was created to honor film and TV writers whose work inspires compassion, hope and understanding in the human family. The finalists are vying in the categories of…

It was a double double win at the Humanitas Prize ceremony today, with Hidden Figures and Hacksaw Ridge taking the top feature film award and Ava DuVernay's 13th and Jim: The James Foley Story sharing top documentary honors. Nate Parker's The Birth of a Nation won in the Sundance Feature Film category. (see full…

Thirty two writers have been named as finalists in nine categories for the 42nd annual Humanitas Prize. Honoring film and television writers whose work inspires compassion, hope, and understanding, the nominees will be competing for $100,000 in prize money to be handed out at the annual luncheon, set for Wednesday…

Thirty-eight writers, including Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer, Laura Poitras and Peter Saji are finalists in ten categories for the 41st Annual Humanitas Prize. The writers will compete for $225,000 in prize money to be handed out at the annual cocktail gala February 11 at Directors Guild of America. The…

Nearly 11 months after he picked up the Adapted Screenplay Oscar for 12 Years A Slave, John Ridley and his script won the Humanitas Prize for Feature Film today. Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash script, which scored an Oscar nom yesterday, took the award in the Sundance Feature Film category. The 40th annual awards, which…

Thirty-one writers, including John Ridley, Bob Nelson and Nic Pizzolatto, are finalists in eight categories for the 40th annual Humanitas Prize. The writers will compete for $90,000 in prize money to be handed out at the annual luncheon January 16 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The Humanitas Prize was created to honor…

Twenty-seven writers including John Gatins, Quentin Tarantino and David O. Russell were named finalists in nine categories for the 39th annual Humanitas Prize. The writers will compete for $95,000 in prize money to be handed out at the annual luncheon September 20 at the Montage Beverly Hills. The Humanitas Prize was…

David Seidler’s The King’s Speech and an episode of Friday Night Lights penned by Jason Katims were among the winners of the Humanitas Prize, which were unveiled today during a ceremony at Montage Beverly Hills. A total of 11 winners received took home a total of $85,000 in prize money for films and TV shows that…

Oscar contenders The King’s Speech, The Fighter and 127 Hours will face off again, this time as finalists in the feature film category for this year’s Humanitas Prizes, which recognize writers whose work “entertain, engage and enrich the viewing public.” The series finale of DirecTV’s Friday Night Lights made the cut…