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The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation
Created in 1989, The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation has its own Constitution, Officers and independent Board of Trustees.
ach year, The Foundation administers the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award.The competition is designed to motivate non-American novice writers under the age of 30, and offer them the recognition and encouragement that might lead to a successful career in television scriptwriting. Entrants are asked to create a completed half-hour to one-hour Englishlanguage television drama script. The award winner receives $2,500, a trip to New York City, and an invitation to the International Emmy® Awards Gala in November.The 2014 winning script, Fealty by Caitlin D. Fryers of Canada, was read by professional actors in front of an audience at the International Emmy® World Television Festival. Special thanks to the 2014 Ustinov Jurors: Terry Bailey, Aberystwyth University Louisa Burns-Bisogno, Screenwriter/International Media Consultant Felicity Carpenter, Scriptwriter Jaclyn Chan, Screenwriter Brian Samuel Davis, Screenwriter Jorge de Sá Gouveia, Curly Films, storytelling office Rosy Deacon, 2013 Sir Peter Ustinov Winner Dean M Drinkel, Writer / Director, Writer’s Guild of Great Britain Richard Dubin, Screenwriter; Professor, S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications/Syracuse University Cristina Ferreira Gomes, Script consultant, Screenwriter, Director
Jez Freedman, Viva Films Robert Goldsbrough, Screenwriter Ayanda Halimana, Commissioning Editor Kevin Jackson, Big Fish Films (NI) Limited Sandra Kawar, Producer/Director Cynthia Larsen Link, Writer Katerina Marinaki, Screenwriter, Former President of F.S.E. (Federation of Scriptwriters in Europe) and E.S.E (Scriptwriters’ Guild of Greece) Kelly Marshall, London College of Communication Kathryn Millard Mark Montefiore, New Metric Media Nomafu Mpinda, SABC Alaa Nemeh, Abu Dhabi Art House Nicolette Pearce, Screenwriter, Script Consultant, Imagineer Julie M. Poll, Freelance Writer Jared Rappaport, Screenwriter; Professor of Screenwriting, Cal State Northridge Laurie Scheer, Author, Instructor, and Media Goddess Katharina Schenk, ORF Becky Smith, Film Director Jason Spencer, Screenwriter Scott J. Thompson, Screenwriter Robbie Thorpe, Producer Matt Toner, Zeroes 2 Heroes Media Claire Tonkin, Network Ten Australia Gordon Webb, Ithaca College (Ret.)
2013 winner Rosy Deacon for her script Shards with the actors who read her script at the International Emmy World Television Festival and Academy Chairman Fred Cohen
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