Seidler, Katims take Humanitas awards

"The King's Speech," "Friday Evening Lights" and "Modern Family" were one of the those who win revealed Friday in the 37th annual Humanitas Prize kudos.The honours recognize TV and have film authors whose work states the dignity from the human person, probes this is of existence and enlightens using human freedom.For his script of "The King's Speech" -- a entertainment from the dilemma King George Mire faced in attempting to overcome his stuttering -- David Seidler won for feature film. Jason Katims required the 60-minute TV category for his focus on the series finale episode of "Friday Evening Lights." Within the 30-minute category, Abraham Higginbotham required top honors for his "Modern Family" script entitled "The Hug."George Stevens Junior. won for 90-minute TV script for his on-screen adaptation from the play "Thurgood," which went on Cinemax and starred Laurence Fishburne.Within the Sundance feature film category, Thomas McCarthy was chosen perfect for his script "Mutually Beneficial.Inch In children's animation, Jonathan Groff and Jon Pollack won for "Kung Fu Panda."Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel won the docu award for "Even louder Than the usual Explosive device." Robert W. Morton won the David & Lynn Angell fellowship in comedy writing for any spec script of "Modern Family" entitled "Existence Is Beautiful," and USC's Amy Ripley won a student drama fellowship on her original script from the "Inklings" pilot.Gary David Goldberg, founding father of Ubu Prods. and creator of Michael J. Fox sitcom "Family Ties" received the Kieser Award, named after Rev. Ellwood "Bud" Kieser. Kudo has additionally been succumbed previous years to Bill Moyers, Fay Kanin, Frank Pierson, Colin Callender and Ray Gelbart. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com