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2008 Princess Grace Foundation Announces Award Recipients

July 31, 2008—New York, NY Sindy Gordon
NEW YORK, -- The Board of Trustees of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA and its Chairman, Hon. John F. Lehman, announced yesterday the recipients of 2008 Princess Grace Awards. The Awards for theater, dance/choreography and film continue the legacy of Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, who anonymously helped emerging artists pursue their goals throughout Her lifetime.

The Princess Grace Foundation-USA, a public charity, was formed after the death of Princess Grace in 1982. They award scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships to assist artists with career development.

The Foundation cultivates a diverse group of nearly 500 artists to date who continue to advance the spectrum of performing arts with innovative, cutting-edge, vibrant theater, dance, film, playwriting and design. Among some notable Princess Grace Awards recipients in Theater are 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Direction of a Play, Anna D. Shapiro; Pulitzer and Tony Award winning playwright Tony Kushner and Academy Award winner Eric Simonson. Film recipients include Stephen Hillenburg, creator of SpongeBob SquarePants; Eric Darnell, director of Madagascar 1 and 2 and Antz and Greg Mottola, director of Superbad. Recipients of Princess Grace Dance Awards include ballet dancers Maria Kowroski and Ethan Stiefel, and choreographers Robert Battle and Dawn Stoppiello.

Each year, the Foundation announces a select group of Princess Grace Awards for distinction in the areas of theater, dance, and film. Students are eligible for scholarships; emerging artists working in companies qualify for apprenticeships and fellowships. A playwriting fellowship is available for individual artists through a residency at New Dramatists in New York City. In addition to these, the Foundation also gives honorable mention grants to applicants through Honoraria.

 

FILM

 Caitlin Craggs, Lake Stevens, WA
 Animation Undergraduate Film Scholarship, University of Southern
 California

 Derrick A. Jones, Youngstown, OH
 Documentary Graduate Film Scholarship, Ohio University

 Nikyatu S. Jusu, Atlanta, GA
 Narrative Graduate Film Scholarship, New York University

 Deirtra Thompson, Baltimore, MD
 John H. Johnson Film Award
 Experimental Graduate Film Scholarship, Bard College

 Josh Weissbach, Austin, TX
 Cary Grant Film Award
 Documentary Undergraduate Film Scholarship, Hampshire College

 Iman K. Zawahry, Panama City, FL
 Narrative Graduate Film Scholarship, Florida State University

 Kimberly Bautista, Pasadena, CA
 Documentary Film Honoraria, UC Santa Cruz

 Henry C. Fernandez, E. Los Angeles, CA
 Narrative Film Honoraria, California State University, Northridge, Radio,
 TV & Film

 Jordan C. Greenhalgh, Albany, NY
 Experimental Animation Film Honoraria, Rochester Institute of Technology

 David Horowitz, Chicago, IL
 Animation Film Honoraria, University of Southern California

 Erica Lisette Murphy, Rogue Valley, OR
 Animation Film Honoraria, School of The Museum of Fine Arts


 SPECIAL PROJECT AWARDS
 Rosemary Newcott, Theater
 Chi Wang Yang, Theater
 Ilya Chaiken, Film
 Miwa Materyek, Film
 Julie Wyman, Film


 WORKS IN PROGRESS AWARDS
 Shelia Callaghan, Playwriting
 Maureen Towey, Theater