‘Hacks’, ‘Fellow Travelers’, Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ Among 2024 Humanitas Prize Recipients

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September 13, 2024 8:29am

Ava DuVernay at Humanitas Prizes ceremony

Ava DuVernay Shannon Cottrell

Hacks, Fellow Travelers and Ava DuVernay’s feature film Origin were among the recipients of the 2024 Humanitas Prizes for television and film writers whose work “explores the human condition in a nuanced way.”

This year’s honors were announced and presented at the organization’s annual awards ceremony last night at the Avalon Hollywood. The event was emceed by June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie, Abbott Elementary) and Paul Scheer (The League, Veep).

See the complete list of recipients below.

In all, 56 writers were nominated for their work across nine film and TV categories. During this year’s event, each winner received their trophy and delivered remarks to an audience of industry professionals. Winners also receive a $10,000 cash prize.

Also honored were the the recipients of the 2024 New Voices Fellowship, The David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Award, and The Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award. Kathryn Busby, President of Original Programming for Starz, presented the Starz #TakeTheLead Award to Jeanine Daniels (Snowfall).

The 2024 Humanitas Prize Winners:

Children’s Teleplay: Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (“Ride or Die”), Halima Lucas Comedy Feature Film: Jules, Gavin Steckler Comedy Teleplay: Hacks (“Yes, And”), Samantha Riley, Lucia Aniello, Jen Statsky, and Paul W. Downs Documentary: The Cowboy and the Queen, Andrea Nevins and Graham Clark Drama Feature Film: Origin, Ava DuVernay Drama Teleplay: Black Cake (“Nine Night”), Marissa Jo Cerar Family Feature: Nimona, Robert L. Baird and Lloyd Taylor Limited Series Teleplay: Fellow Travelers (“Your Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire”), Anya Leta Short Film: The Ballad of Tita and the Machines, Luis Antonio Aldana and Miguel Angel Caballero

New Voices Fellows

Winners of the New Voices Fellowship program receive $7,500 and are paired with showrunners and screenwriters for one-on-one mentorship focused on a submitted project, participate in a series of professional development workshops, and receive additional benefits.

This year, Alex Gansa (Homeland) will mentor New Voices Fellow Kim Lee Winslow on her pilot Verve, Matt Harris (The Starling) will mentor Lucas Miller on his feature Always, Forever, Michael Lannan (Looking), will mentor AJ Currie on their pilot American Rainbows: Up Stairs, and Molly Smith Metzler (Maid) will mentor Mads Summerfield on her pilot Sideshow, and Martín Zimmerman (Ozark) will mentor

George Pérez on his pilot El Titan.

College Screenwriting Awards Winners

Recipients of The Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award and the David and

Lynn Angell College Comedy Award receive a $20,000 award and additional

benefits. Recognized at the event were:

The Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award Winner: Ina Ycasas

The David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Award Winner: Anushka Thorat Starz #TakeTheLead Award was presented to Jeanine Daniels (Snowfall), who will receive

a blind script deal with Starz, and mentorship and professional development for

one year from Starz executives.