The Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award is a prestigious
television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...
writing award bestowed annually by the
International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) is an American nonprofit membership organization, based in New York City, composed of leading media and entertainment executives across all sectors of the television industry, from o ...
non-American novice writers under the age of 30.
The late Sir
Peter Ustinov gave his name to the International Academy for its Foundation’s television scriptwriting award. The competition is designed to motivate novice writers worldwide, and offer them the recognition and encouragement that might lead to a successful career in television scriptwriting.
The successful screenwriter is presented with the award in November at the
International Emmy Awards Gala in
New York City
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. The award winner also receives US $2,500, is given a
staged reading
A stage reading, also known as a staged reading, is a form of theatre without sets or full costumes.
The actors, who read from scripts, may be seated, stand in fixed positions, or incorporate minimal stage movement.
There is an overlap with t ...
of their script by professional actors, and is offered the opportunity to work with an established writer as a mentor.
Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award Winners
*2019 - Violet MacDonald (United Kingdom) ''The Wolf''
*2018 - Lexi Savoy (Canada) ''Who Killed Heather McAdams?''
*2017 - Joe Brukner (Australia) ''Judas''
*2016 - C.S. McMullen (Australia) ''Living Metal''
*2015 – Gabriel Bergmoser (Australia) ''Windmills''
*2014 – Caitlin D. Fryers (Canada) ''Fealty''
*2013 – Rosy Deacon (United Kingdom) ''Shards''
*2012 –
Sophie Petzal (United Kingdom) ''Sanctioned''
*2011 – Robert Goldsbrough (United Kingdom) ''The Forge''
*2010 – Jason Spencer (Australia) ''Spirits of the Past''
*2009 – Claire Tonkin (Australia) ''Me and Mine''
*2008 – Jez Freedman (United Kingdom) ''The Storyteller''
*2007 – Felicity Carpenter (Australia) ''Touching People''
*2006 – Nimer Rashed (United Kingdom) ''The Great McGinty''
*2005 – John Allison (United Kingdom) ''Distant Relatives''
*2004 – Caroline Doherty (South Africa) ''Passion Gap''
*2003 – Jo Kasch (Australia) ''Upstream''
*2002 – Howard Hunt (United Kingdom) ''Lie of the Land''
*2001 – Colm Maher (Ireland) ''True Story''
*2000 – Sylke Rene Meyer (Germany) ''Who is Anna Walentynowicz?''
*1999 – Glenn Weller (Australia) ''Beautiful Music''
*1997 – Tatyana Murzakova (Russia) ''Smile of the King''
External links
Official site of the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award
{{International Emmy Award categories
International Emmy Awards
Screenwriting awards for television