The 10th annual New York Television Festival was pleased to announce there were 20 development deals and 2 pilot orders during its October 20-25 festival. The awards show took place at the SVA Theatre in Chelsea on Saturday evening after a preview screening of the Fox show Mulaney, which happened to have 2 of its stars in-house for a Q&A.
The winners were announced by the producers of the festival interspersed with representatives from television and broadcast companies. All of the winners including festival superlatives along with recipients of development deals are listed below in the order they were announced.
Pitch Awards:
truTV - Greg Ash
SundanceTV - David Harris
WEtv - Dan Berk and Robert Olsen
FremantleMedia/Tiny Riot! - Sutton Dewey and Mark Millner
Investigation Discovery - Nicole Paglia and Daniel Brierly
Conde Nast Entertainment - Ramiro Castro Jr. and Pedro Castro
Channel 4 - Nicole Paglia and Daniel Brierly
Red Arrow Entertainment - Jessica Coleman
National Geographic Channels - Steve Sera, Tim Egan, and Bob Sylvester
H2 - Carrie Preston and Kate Rigg
FYI - James Spokoini and Massimiliano Bulgheroni
Travel Channel / ULIVE - Jim Kozyra and Chris Petlak
Independent Pilot Competition Winners:
Best Actress - Caroline Fox for "This Old Thing"
Best Actor - Chris Mast for "Go, Bolivia, Go!"
Best Editor - Matt VanDaniker for "The Neighborhood"
Best Director - David Eisenberg for "Witnesses"
Best Writing - Sean Skelton with "Trouble"
A big thank you was given to the BAFTA-Rocliffe participants, Just for Laughs "Set to Screen: TV Comedy Search", and BravoFACT Passport Program.
Independent Pilot Competition Winners (continued):
Best Animation - Henry Dalton and Paul Cope for "Future Duck!"
Best Unscripted Pilot - Rich Seng and Nicholas Charles Peters for "Love Spitters"
Best Short-Form Web Series - Daniel Hsia, Elaine Low, and Brian Yang for "Annie Undocumented"
Best Comedy Pilot - Daniel Clark, Megan Green, Joe Kwaczala, Joe McAdam, and Chris Stephens for "Cowards"
Best Drama or Dramedy - Dan Berk and Robert Olsen for "Dispatch"
Audience Award - James Manzello and Matt Pavich for "The Neighborhood"
Festival Development Awards:
Comedy Central - Caroline Fox and Daniel Obzejta for "This Old Thing"
Lionsgate/Sea to Sky - Channel 4 Drama Co-Development Award: Ben Snyder and Ari Issler for "The Come Up"
The Orchard GO Project - Jim Kozyra for "The Jamz"
Lifetime Unscripted Development Pipeline Finalists:
Mark Haapala and Stewart Gold for "Pinky & The Fan Girls"
Ryan Basham for "Doctor Diva"
Nathan Stoll for "Can't Knock The Hustle"
Kate Hendricks for "Kate the Wasp"
Terri Lee Ryan for "Rori's Party"
The winner of the Lifetime Unscripted Development Pipeline will be announced at a later date.
The HISTORY Unscripted Development Pipeline winner was the team of Gary Simson and Andrew Giacometti with their "Wreck Hunters".
The A&E Unscripted Development Pipeline winner was Eric Kutner with "Risk".
The final award winners of the evening were the Critics Award and Best of the Fest. The Critics Award went to David Eisenberg and Jon Higgins with "Witnesses" and the Best of the Fest award went to Dan Berk and Robert Olsen for "Dispatch".
Below are photos from the awards show.
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Festival Founder and Executive Director Terence Gray
truTV's Christine Walters
Greg Ash - truTV pitch winner
David Harris - Sundance Channel pitch winner
Robert Olsen and Dan Berk - WEtv pitch winners
Fremantle North America's Gayle Gilman presenting the Tiny Riot! award
Sutton Dewey and Mark Millner - tiny riot! pitch winners
Daniel Brierly and Niole Paglia - Investigation Discovery and Channel 4 pitch winners
Brothers Ramiro Castro and Pedro Castro - Conde Nast Entertainment pitch winners
Brothers Ramiro Castro and Pedro Castro - Conde Nast Entertainment pitch winners
Jessica Coleman - Red Arrow Entertainment pitch winner
James Spokoini & Massimiliano Bulgheroni - fyi pitch winners
Jim Kozyra - Travel Channel and ulive pitch winner
Festival Director of Artistic Operations Laura Heckman
Independent Pilot Competition - Best Actress: Caroline Fox for "This Old Thing"
Independent Pilot Competition - Best Actor: Chris Mast for "Go, Bolivia, Go!"
Independent Pilot Competition - Best Editor: Matt VanDaniker for "The Neighborhood"
Independent Pilot Competition - Best Director: David Eisenberg for "Witnesses"
Indepedent Pilot Competition - Best Writing: Sean Skelton for "Trouble"
Congratulations was given to the BAFTA Rocliffe participants.
Congratulations was given to the winners of the "Set to Screen" Comedy Pitch Competition.
Congratulations was given to the winners of the BravoFACT Passport Program.
Festival Coordinator & Office of the Executive Director Maggie Fremont and Programming Manager Ian Thake
Independent Pilot Competition - Best Animation: Paul Cope and Henry Dalton with "Future Duck!"
Independent Pilot Competition - Best Unscripted Pilot: Rich Seng and Nicholas Charles Peters for "Love Spitters"
Independent Pilot Competition - Best Short-Form Web Series... Bueller? Bueller?
Has anyone seen Daniel Hsia, Elaine Low, and Brian Yang? They won with "Annie Undocumented"
Independent Pilot Competition - Best Comedy: Daniel Clark, Joe Kwaczala, Megan Green, Joe McAdam, and Chris Stevens
Independent Pilot Competition - Best Drama or Dramedy: Dan Berk and Robert Olsen with "Dispatch"
Independent Pilot Competition - Audience Award: Matt Pavich and James Manzello with "The Neighborhood"
Comedy Central Development Award - Caroline Fox and Daniel Obzejta for "This Old Thing"
The Orchard GO Project Development Deal - Jim Kozyra with "The Jamz"
Lifetime Unscripted Development Pipeline Finalists: Nathan Stoll (entering left), Mark Haapala (middle), Stewart Gold, Ryan Basham (right)
Lifetime Unscripted Development Deal Finalists: Mark Haapala, Stewart Gold, Ryan Basham, Kate Hendricks (foreground)
Lifetime Unscripted Development Deal Finalist - Nathan Stoll
Lifetime Unscripted Development Deal Finalist - Ryan Basham
Lifetime Unscripted Development Deal Finalists: Mark Haapala (second from left), Steward Gold (foreground), Nathan Stoll (right)
Independent Pilot Competition Critics Award - David Eisenberg and Jon Higgins with "Witnesses"
Festival Founder and Executive Director Terence Gray
Independent Pilot Competition Best of the Fest - Dan Berk and Robert Olsen with "Dispatch"