Special Achievement Awards 2013
| ANIMATION WRITERS CAUCUS ANIMATION WRITING AWARD | PAUL SELVIN AWARD | |
Matt Groening
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Tony Kushner
Photo: Joan Marcus |
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“Matt Groening, with his creation of The Simpsons, changed the way the entire world looks at television animation. Not since The Jetsons and The Flintstones first debuted – as primetime series aimed at adults – has there been this kind of attention paid to animation on television.” - AWC Chair Craig Miller |
“Tony Kushner’s eloquent script for Lincoln reminds us that, though we like to think of ourselves as the land of the free, in practice, freedom and equality are never a given, and that they are won only through struggle, often by the narrowest of margins and the greatest of sacrifice.” - WGAW President Christopher Keyser |
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| JEAN RENOIR AWARD | ||
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Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryûzô Kikushima, & Hideo Oguni
“These four men, working in loose collaboration, are responsible for writing many, many masterpieces – films that reflect the Japanese culture, and have given all of us a taste of the sublime.” - WGAW Vice President Howard A. Rodman PRESS RELEASE |
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Special Achievement Awards
The Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award is given to that member of the Animation Writers Caucus and/or the Guild who, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, has advanced the literature of animation in film and/or television through the years and who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of the animation writer.
The Paul Selvin Award is presented to that member whose script best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere and to those whose defense Paul Selvin committed his professional life.
The Jean Renoir Award is given to “that international writer who has advanced the literature of motion pictures through the years and who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of screenwriter.” |
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