Humanitas has announced the nominees for the 46th annual Humanitas Prizes. A total of 45 writers have been nominated for their work across nine juried categories, with winners to be announced live at an on-ground awards luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on 9 September 2022.
After a two year hiatus, Humanitas is excited to celebrate the nominees’ work, as well as the emerging writers, selected to participate in the professional development programs, the New Voices Fellowship and College Screenwriting Awards, from early 2020 to present. Additional honoree, host, and web series nominee announcements are forthcoming.
The list of nominated writers include:
- Children’s Teleplay:
El Deafo: Written by Cece Bell and Will McRobb
Karma’s World: “Hair Comes Trouble”: Written by Kellie R. Griffin and Halcyon Person
Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), with Love: Written by Alex Galatis
The Babysitters Club: “Claudia and the Sad Goodbye” : Written by Sascha Rothchild
- Comedy Feature Film:
Don’t Look Up: Written by Adam McKay
Everything Everywhere All At Once: Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Queen Bees: Written by Donald Martin
tick, tick…BOOM!: Written by Steven Levenson
- Comedy Teleplay:
Abbott Elementary: “Pilot” – Written by Quinta Brunson
black-ish: “If A Black Man Cries in the Woods…”: Written by Robb Chavis
Somebody Somewhere: “BFD”: Written by Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen
The Conners: “Triggered”: Written by Lecy Goranson
- Documentary:
End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock: Shannon Kring
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches: Julia Marchesi
In the Same Breath: Nanfu Wang
Through Our Eyes: “Shelter”: Smriti Mundhra
- Drama Feature Film:
A Hero: Written by Asghar Farhadi
CODA: Written by Siân Heder
Nine Days: Written by Edson Oda
The Starling: Written by Matt Harris
- Drama Teleplay:
Chicago P.D.: “Burnside”: Written by Ike Smith
Pachinko: “Chapter One”: Written by Soo Hugh
Queen Sugar: “May 27, 2020”/: Written by Anthony Sparks
Swagger: “Radicals”: Written by Reggie Rock Bythewood & George Dohrmann
This 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
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
Women of the Movement: “Mother and Son”: Written by Marissa Jo Cerar
- Short Film:
Far from the Tree: Written by Natalie Nourigat
Girls Are Strong Here: Written by Scott Burkhardt
Leap: Written by Margaret Nagle
Nona: Written by Louis Gonzales
Since 1974, the Humanitas Prizes have honoured professional film and television writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced and meaningful way. The event is attended by hundreds of distinguished writers, producers, directors, executives, agents, managers, and nonprofit representatives across multiple sectors. Funds raised at the Humanitas Prizes event provide essential support for the Humanitas Prizes, New Voices Fellowship, College Screenwriting Awards, and public programs.
