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‘Nostalgia For The Light’ Takes IDA’s Feature Documentary Award

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday December 3, 2011 @ 2:13am PSTTags: Humanitas, International Documentary Association, Position Among The Stars, POV

Nostalgia for the Light from Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzman was named best feature Friday night at The International Documentary Association’s 2011 Awards at the DGA Theatre in West Hollywood. Event was hosted by avant-garde impresario Josh Fox, Sundance veteran/Webby Awards founder Tiffany Shlain and IDA Board President Eddie Schmidt. Documentary filmmaker Lucy Walker lent her DJ skills spinning live during the show. Les Blank was recognized for Career Achievement for a body of work encompassing the lives and music of people at the periphery of American society. Iraq and Afghanistan war photographer/correspondent Danfung Dennis received the Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award. READ MORE »

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Tom Fontana Elected Humanitas President

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday September 13, 2011 @ 2:00pm PDTTags: David Shore, Humanitas, New Voices, Tom Fontana

Tom Fontana, who won a Humanitas Prize for his work on St. Elsewhere during that show’s run, has been elected president of Humanitas, the nonprofit that supports and rewards TV and film writers whose works “entertain, engage and enrich the … Read More »

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Humanitas Taps Consulting Producer For New Voices Program

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday June 30, 2011 @ 5:49pm PDTTags: Humanitas, Humanitas New Voices, New Voices

EXCLUSIVE: Humanitas’ New Voices initiative, a program designed to help up-and-coming television writers break into the business, has had plenty of success since launching in November 2010, with five projects ordered to script at various studios. Now the organization … Read More »

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Humanitas’ ‘New Voices’ Program Lands First Script Orders For Emerging Writers

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 31, 2011 @ 8:42am PDTTags: Humanitas, New Voices
Nellie Andreeva

Four-and-a-half months after it was announced, Humanitas’ New Voices initiatives for emerging TV writers has received its first four script orders from participating studios/networks. Back in November, 20th Century Fox TV, NBC Universal, CBS, ABC Studios, Lionsgate and HBO each made blind commitments to buy two scripts written by up-and-coming writers under the supervision of a Humatitas’ Trustee or Board member. Since then, FX has joined the group, bringing the total number of blind script commitments to 14.

And now, 20th TV, its cable division Fox 21, CBS TV Studios and ABC Studios has each ordered one pilot script, with a fifth script deal pending. 20th TV has bought a pilot script for Mambo Palace, a single-camera comedy by Luisa Leschin, with Humanitas Trustee Ali LeRoi, creator of Everybody Hates Chris, supervising. CBS Studios has ordered Neil Cohen’s single-camera script Judge School, which is being supervised by Trustee Gary David Goldberg. Fox 21 has ordered a pilot script for the one-hour drama Majestic from Will Pascoe with Trustee and Bones creator Hart Hanson supervising. ABC Studios ordered a script for Christian Trokey’s one-hour drama Map, Myth, Bone, with Trustee Marc Guggenheim (No Ordinary Family) supervising. Read More »

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Humanitas, Major TV Networks & Studios To Develop Pilots By Emerging Writers

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday November 15, 2010 @ 11:15pm PSTTags: Humanitas, Humanitas New Voices, John Wells, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATE: For those who inquired about application rules: Because of Humanitas’ limited staff, there will be no open submission. Writers can submit scripts through their agents, Humanitas-affiliated film schools or any of the Humanitas board of directors or board of trustees members or other TV showrunners who want to pitch them. There is no age limit for the applicants.

PREVIOUS: Humanitas is launching a New Voices initiative designed to help up-and-coming writers trying to break into the business. It includes agreements with 20th Century FOX TV, NBC Universal, CBS, ABC Studios, Lionsgate and HBO Entertainment to develop a total of twelve TV pilots by emerging writers. Each company has made blind commitments to buy two scripts, each of which will be written under the supervision of a member of Humatitas’ Board of Trustees. Read More »

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Advertisers Create $10 Million TV Fund For Developing Family-Friendly Fare

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday June 22, 2010 @ 2:30pm PDTTags: Advertising, Humanitas
Nellie Andreeva

The Association of National Advertisers Alliance for Family Entertainment, comprised of a number of top advertisers, is launching a $10 million media fund to sponsor the development of family-friendly drama and comedy series. That is in addition to a content development fund for TV and digital projects ANA launched in … Read More »

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