UCLA announces Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards winners November 4, 2014 - 13:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Han-Yee Ling (Spaghetti Bridges) won first prize at the 59th annual Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards held at UCLA on Nov. 3, The Hollywood Reporter said. Kevin Human (Hell is Other Cowboys) and Gaia Violo (Absentia) tied for second, Teresa Sullivan and A.J. Marchisello (Doubleblind) took third, and Dan Patrick (The Village of Sweet Dreams) earned honorable mention. Judges for 2014 were filmmmaker Allison Anders (herself a past Goldwyn winner), producer Ben Feingold, former Sony Pictures president worldwide home entertainment, digital distribution and product acquisitions, and Screen International U.S. editor Jeremy Kay. Previous winners of the award have won a collective 27 Oscars, 35 Golden Globes, and 87 Emmys, and the list includes Francis Ford Coppola, Pamela Gray, Eric Roth and novelist Jonathan Kellerman. “These very talented students now join the ranks of three generations of Goldwyn winners whose talent, craft and education have enriched and advanced the art of filmmaking,” said Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. in a statement.  Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.   Partner news |  Latest news Pashinyan visits flood-hit region  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.€3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms.Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan.U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |
