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 “entertain, engage and enrich the viewing public.” The organization also bestowed its Kieser Award to Gary David Goldberg. Here’s the full list of winners:
Feature Film Category ($10,000)
David Seidler: THE KING’S SPEECH
90 Minute Category ($10,000)
George Stevens, Jr.: THURGOOD
60 Minute Category ($10,000)
Jason Katims.: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS “Always”
30 Minute Category ($10,000)
Abraham Higginbotham: MODERN FAMILY “The Kiss”
Sundance Feature Film Category ($10,000)
Thomas McCarthy: WIN WIN
Children’s Animation Category ($10,000)
Jonathan Groff & Jon Pollack: KUNG FU PANDA
The HUMANITAS Documentary Award – Sponsored by OWN ($5,000)
Greg Jacobs & Jon Siskel: LOUDER THAN A BOMB
The David & Lynn Angell Fellowship in Comedy Writing ($10,000)
Robin W. Morton: Spec Script of MODERN FAMILY “Life is Beautiful” (UCLA)
The HUMANITAS Student Drama Fellowship ($10,000)
Amy Ripley: Original Script of INKLINGS “Pilot” (USC)


Jason Katims, the guy who made Roswell … who would have knew he’d have so much success — good for him!! He’s a terrific talent.
Congrats to all the winners! Now everyone at Humanitas can focus all their energy on New Voices.
Jason Katims is a huge talent and a very good guy.
Seidler’s King Speech was such ineffably terrific writing. This honor, atop of his well-known Oscar triumph, is so richly deserved. Not familiar with Katims’s writing though he is associated with some terrific shows. Congrats to him and Seidler. Onward and upward. (Bonus points: both men appear to be such cool, down to earth dudes! Awesome!)