Humanitas has announced the nominees for the 46th annual Humanitas Awards, a tribute to the craft of screenwriting. In nine jury categories, including both television and film, 47 writers have been nominated for their work.
Among the nominees are Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson (comedy teleplay) and Academy Award-winning CODA writer-director Sian Heder (drama feature film). Adam McKay, who was also nominated for an Oscar this year for Netflix’s don’t look upalso received a nomination for comedy feature film, along with Everything everywhere at once writers and directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.
“The Humanitas Awards were created to recognize writers whose work explores the beauty and complexity of the human experience, and the 2022 nominees are doing just that,” Humanitas director Michelle Franke said in a statement. “These stories, varying in scope, style and perspective, underline our ties, history and responsibility to each other in the present, as well as possibilities for the future. Especially in challenging times, writers are committed to the stories that connect and entertain us.”
The Humanitas Prizes event, which will take place on September 7 during an in-person awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. 9, raises vital funds to support program and event initiatives, including the New Voices Fellowship and College Screenwriting Awards, which support underrepresented film and television writers in the early stages of their careers. The emerging writers selected for the 2022 New Voices fellowship, the David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Award and Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award will also be celebrated at the Humanitas Prizes event.
The full list of nominees follows.
TELEGAME FOR CHILDREN
the deafwritten by Cece Bell and Will McRobb
Karma’s World: “Hair Gets in Trouble” Written by Kellie R. Griffin and Halcyon Person
Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Lovewritten by Alex Galatis
The Babysitters Club: “Claudia and the Sad Goodbye”, written by Sascha Rothchild
COMEDY FEATURE FILM
don’t look upwritten by Adam McKayo
Everything everywhere at oncewritten by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
queen beewritten by Donald Martin
Tap, tap… Boom!written by Steven Levenson
COMEDY TELEGAME
Abbott Elementary: “Pilot”, written by Quinta Brunson
black is: “When a Black Man Cries in the Woods”, written by Robb Chavis
someone somewhere: “BFD”, written by Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen
The Conners: “Triggered”, written by Lecy Goranson
DOCUMENTARY
End of the Line: The Women of Standing RockShannon Circle
Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesJulia Marchesic
In the same breathNanfu Wang
Through our eyes: “Shelter,” Smriti Mundhra
DRAMA FEATURE FILM
To Herowritten by Asghar Farhadi
CODAwritten by Sian Heder
nine dayswritten by Edson Oda
the starlingwritten by Matt Harris
TELEGAME DRAMA
Chicago PD: “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 MOVIE
8-bit Christmaswritten by Kevin Jakubowski
Cinderellawritten by Kay Cannon
charmwritten by Charise Castro Smith & Jared Bush
To spinwritten 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 monthswritten by Jared Frieder
Women of the Movement: “Mother and Son”, written by Marissa Jo Cerar
SHORT MOVIE
Far from the treewritten by Natalie Nourigat
Girls are strong herewritten by Scott Burkhardt
to jumpwritten by Margaret Nagle
Ninthwritten by Louis Gonzales