Top Row (l-r): The winners! James G. Hirsch, Writer/Producer, Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment, Stephanie Austin, Producer, Beachwood Productions, Dan Cohen, President, Worldwide Licensing, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Michele Nasraway, Executive Producer, Vin Di Bona Productions, and Alfonso Ribeiro, Host, America’s Funniest Home Videos.
Second Row: The Caucus Co-chairs Robert Papazian (L) and Tanya Hart (R) presented the Gold Circle Scholarship Awards to Amanda Renee Knox and Emilie Silvestri.
Third Row: Co-Hosts Actors James Pickens, Jr., Aimee Garcia with Alfonso Ribeiro.
The Caucus for Producers, Writer & Directors’ 35th Annual Caucus Awards Dinner was perfect, entire and lacking nothing at The Skirball Cultural Center. The full house of Hollywood’s elite enjoyed an enchanted evening of watching their peers receive honors in the entertainment industry. Co-chairs Robert Papazian and Tanya Hart, along with Executive Producer Chuck Fries, and Producers/Awards Vice Chairs Lee Miller and Vin Di Bona, carried out a memorable awards show.
This years’ Caucus Award honorees and grantees winners were; Dan Cohen, President, Worldwide Licensing, Paramount Pictures Corporation was presented the Executive of the Year Award; James G. Hirsch, Writer/Producer, Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment the Caucus Lifetime Achievement Award, Stephanie Austin, Producer, Beachwood Productions the Chair’s Award, Michele Nasraway, Executive Producer, Vin Di Bona Productions with the Caucus Distinguished Service Award and Alfonso Ribeiro, Host, America’s Funniest Home Videos with the Entertainer of the Year Award.
Director of the Year Award went to Chris Long, The Americans, the Producer of the Year to Kenya Barris, Black-ish and Writer of the Year to Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski for American Crime Story.
The 2017 Caucus Gold Circle Awards were presented to:
First Place Winner: Panavision Camera Package – Amanda Renee Knox
Second Place Winner: Emilie Silvestri
About the Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors
The Caucus is leading the evolution of television by providing a creative forum for
The Caucus is leading the evolution of television by providing a creative forum for
Producers, Writers & Directors to explore the issues of the ever-changing landscape of content and exhibition. The Caucus is proud of its rich history and esteemed membership of television innovators. For over 42 years, The Caucus has provided an opportunity for the best and the brightest talent to network and voice the 'creative conscience' of the Television Industry. Today, we continue to stand for better and meaningful content across all platforms. As Producers, Writers, and Directors we support a working environment that fosters, through our various programs, the best content that we can create for our audiences.
In addition to its professional membership, The Caucus is proud of its non-profit work through The Caucus Foundation. Established in 2000 to help launch the careers of future entertainment professionals in film, television and emerging media; The Foundation provides completion grants to student thesis productions from accredited universities and colleges. To date, The Caucus Foundation Grant Program has given over $1.7 million dollars in cash and in-kind awards.
Current members of The Caucus also include Tom Hanks, JJ Abrams, Chuck Fries, James Burrows, Tanya Hart, Robert Papazian, Vin Di Bona, Suzanne de Passe, Charles Floyd Johnson, Dennis Doty, Norman Powell, Lee Miller and other leading producers, writers and directors. For additional information on The Caucus visit: www.caucus.org
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