‘Don’t Look Up,’ ‘Black-ish,’ ‘Pachinko’ Among Humanitas Prize Winners

Larry Wilmore hosted the occasion for the forty sixth annual awards that additionally included recognition for 'Encanto' and 'Girls of the Motion.'

Don’t Look Up, Black-ish and Pachinko had been among the many winners of the forty sixth annual Humanitas Prizes introduced Friday from a luncheon on the Beverly Hilton Resort in Los Angeles.


The awards, honoring the craft of screenwriting, featured winners in 9 juried classes spanning movie and tv. These included Don’t Look Up from author Adam McKay for comedy function movie, The Starling from Matt Harris for drama function movie and Encanto from Charise Castro Smith and Jared Bush for household function movie.


On the TV aspect, Black-ish author Robb Chavis prevailed for comedy teleplay, Pachinko creator Soo Hugh received for drama teleplay and Girls of the Motion creator Marissa Jo Cerar was tops for restricted sequence, TV film or particular.


Larry Wilmore hosted the occasion, and presenters included Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Humanitas board president Jenny Bicks. Additionally honored had been the 2020, 2021 and 2022 cohorts of the New Voices Fellowship, David and Lynn Angell School Comedy Award and Carol Mendelsohn School Drama Award.


The total checklist of juried winners follows.

CHILDREN’S TELEPLAY
El Deafo, written by Cece Bell and Will McRobb (WINNER)
Karma’s World: “Hair Comes Bother,” written by Kellie R. Griffin and Halcyon Particular person
Snoopy Presents: To Mother (and Dad), With Love, written by Alex Galatis
The Babysitters Membership: “Claudia and the Unhappy Goodbye,” written by Sascha Rothchild

COMEDY FEATURE FILM
Don’t Look Up, written by Adam McKay (WINNER)
All the pieces In all places All at As soon as, written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Queen Bees, written by Donald Martin
Tick, Tick…Increase!, written by Steven Levenson

COMEDY TELEPLAY
Abbott Elementary: “Pilot,” written by Quinta Brunson
Black-ish: “If a Black Man Cries within the Woods,” written by Robb Chavis (WINNER)
Any person Someplace: “BFD,” written by Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen
The Conners: “Triggered,” written by Lecy Goranson

DOCUMENTARY
Finish of the Line: The Girls of Standing Rock, Shannon Kring
Frederick Douglass: In 5 Speeches, Julia Marchesi
Within the Similar Breath, Nanfu Wang (WINNER)
Via Our Eyes: “Shelter,” Smriti Mundhra

DRAMA FEATURE FILM
A Hero, written by Asghar Farhadi
CODA, written by Sian Heder
9 Days, written by Edson Oda
The Starling, written by Matt Harris(WINNER)

DRAMA TELEPLAY
Chicago P.D.: “Burnside,” written by Ike Smith
Pachinko: “Chapter One,” written by Soo Hugh (WINNER)
Queen Sugar: “Might 27, 2020,” written by Anthony Sparks
Swagger: “Radicals,” written by Reggie Rock Bythewood & George Dohrmann
That is Us: “The Challenger,” written by Dan Fogelman

FAMILY FEATURE FILM
8-Bit Christmas, written by Kevin Jakubowski
Cinderella, written by Kay Cannon
Encanto, written by Charise Castro Smith & Jared Bush (WINNER)
Spin, written by Carley Steiner and Josh A. Cagan

LIMITED SERIES, TV MOVIE OR SPECIAL
Love Life: “Mia Hines,” written by Rachelle Williams-BenAry & Sam Boyd
Maid: “Snaps,” written by Molly Smith Metzler
Three Months, written by Jared Frieder
Girls of the Motion: “Mom and Son,” written by Marissa Jo Cerar (WINNER)

SHORT FILM
Far From the Tree, written by Natalie Nourigat
Women Are Sturdy Right here, written by Scott Burkhardt (WINNER)
Leap, written by Margaret Nagle
Nona, written by Louis Gonzales

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