New York Television Festival Announces Winners

The sixth annual New York Television Festival announced the winners of its Independent Pilot Competition, NYTVF People's Choice award, FOX-NYTVF Comedy Script Contest, IFC "Out of the Box" and MTV Animation awards tonight at a ceremony hosted at the SVA Theatre in Manhattan. The winners of the FOX-NYTVF Comedy Script Contest, Austen Earl and Luke Cunningham for "Red Delicious," received a $25,000 prize and a development deal. IFC's "Out of the Box" award winners Matt Yeager and Jeff Skowron received a $25,000 development deal for their pilot "Greg and Donny." The Independent Pilot Competition winners were selected from 42 independent television projects created by writers and producers from across the U.S., Canada and the UK.

Here is a complete list of the awards and their winners.

NYTVF Special Competition Winners

Voted by popular choice at Festival screenings to honor the audience's favorite submission in the Independent Pilot Competition, the 2010 NYTVF People's Choice Award for Best Pilot was presented to Matt Fisher, Alden Ford, and Justin Tyler for "Illuminati Brothers." The pilot follows two fun-loving brothers who inherit the leadership of a secret society that has been running the world for centuries.

The comedy pilot "Red Delicious" was named the winner of the FOX-NYTVF Comedy Script Contest. As part of this distinction, Austen Earl and Luke Cunningham will receive $25,000 and a development deal with Fox Broadcasting Company. The script follows an overweight Philadelphia kid's attempt to escape the neighborhood that torments him.

NYTVF Independent Pilot Competition Winners:

Best Comedy Pilot: "Illuminati Brothers" Created by: Matt Fisher, Alden Ford, and Justin Tyler (Brooklyn, NY) Two fun-loving brothers inherit the leadership of a secret society that has been running the world for centuries.

Best Drama Pilot: "Pioneer One" Created by: Josh Bernhard (New York, NY) An object from space spreads radiation over North America. Fearing terrorism, U.S. Homeland Security agents are dispatched to investigate and contain the damage.

AETN's Best Nonscripted or Alternative Pilot: "Til Death Do Us Parts" Created by: Frank Mosca, Joe Ferrer, John Morena, Stephen Franciosa (Brooklyn, NY) Joe, the hard working owner of BS&F Auto Parts in the South Bronx must choose between his high-stress business life or his health and well-being.

MTV Animation Award: "9 AM Meeting" Created by: Dan McCoy (Brooklyn, NY) Two unassuming office drones are stuck in an early morning meeting that their boss may or may not have entirely forgotten. The award was accompanied by a $5,000 development deal.

Best Web Series Pilot: "Jack In A Box" Created by: Michael Cyril Creighton with Marcie Hume (New York, NY) A mild-mannered young man with a BFA in acting and no life skills, Jack takes a job at a box office because it doesn't involve lifting, blazers or Excel. Thousands of customers later, Jack finds himself less mild-mannered than ever before.

Best Actor: Ryan Judd for "Sugar Babies" (New York, NY) Joe Billings is a path-of-least-resistance slacker and heir to a fortune built on sanitary supplies who learns from his dying father that his entire inheritance is being willed to Joe's future children.

Best Actress: Kate Manning for "Gelber and Manning in Pictures" (Brooklyn, NY) Gelber and Manning are everyone's favorite romantic vaudeville duo both on and off the stage, and are on the verge of making it big, however a "peculiar condition" threatens the very foundation of their love.

Best Nonscripted Host: Kurt Braunohler for "Pointless" (New York, NY) Three comedians compete in a game show with challenges such as insulting injured people, making suggestions for how to improve the evolution of animals, and drawing penises based on a theme suggested by the studio audience.

Best Writing: Nipper Knapp, Matthew Letscher, Andrew Newberg for "Gentrification" (Los Angeles, CA) Offers up a plate of honest, unflinching perspectives as two young families navigate their way through the ever-shifting landscape in which they are the minority - blending in like a kazoo in a Mariachi band.

Best Directing: Justin Dec for "Rolling" (Miami, FL) Two friends Danny and Harry chase their dream of making television by starting at the bottom, landing jobs working on the hit crime show Citizen's Arrest: Miami.

USA's Characters Welcome Award: "David Atkins" as played by French Stewart for "The Horrible, Terrible Misadventures of David Atkins" (Los Angeles, CA) David Atkins is a once high-flying writer-director who has moved to L.A. in hopes of reinvigorating his career.

IFC's Out of the Box Award: "Greg and Donny" Created by: Matt Yeager and Jeff Skowron (Los Angeles, CA) The Out of the Box Award is given to the most innovative or genre-expanding pilot in competition. This year's winner "Greg and Donny" features the adventures of two friends, Greg and Donny, from a small town in western Pennsylvania. The 2008 Out of the Box Award winner, "Food Party," has aired as a series on IFC for two seasons.

 

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