WINNERS FROM OVER 25 COUNTRIES HONORED AT THE HUGOS



The Chicago International Television Competition announced the winners of its 40th Annual Hugo Awards at Park West this evening. Ten different countries won awards in this year’s competition, with Silver Hugos being awarded to Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and Slovakia. “This is truly an international event,” said Founder and Artistic Director Michael Kutza. “With hundreds of excellent entries, the jury decisions were extremely difficult and we feel privileged to honor all the talented people behind them.

The evening also featured the presentation of Career Achievement Awards to Joe Pytka, the legendary director of countless unforgettable TV commercials, and highly regarded television journalist Carol Marin. Both of these widely honored figures were met with enthusiastic applause from the audience of over 200 people.

Two Gold Hugos were awarded, as well as The Chicago Award, which goes to the best production from a Chicago or Illinois entrant. The winners of these three prestigious awards were:


Best TV Commercial
School
Leo Burnett Company

A public service announcement for the United Nations Ad Council’s AIDS Awareness efforts
Directed: Ralf Schmerberg
Produced: Mike Antonucci
Award accepted by Creative Directors John Condon and Per Johnson

Best Television Production, winner of The Chicago Award
The New Americans
Kartemquin Films and ITVS
A PBS miniseries following immigrants and refugees through their beginnings in America
Executive Producers: Steve James and Gordon Quinn
Series Producer: Gita Saedi

A complete list of award recipients follows.
INDIVIDUAL TELEVISION PROGRAMS

Overall


Gold Hugo Chicago Award
The New Americans
Kartemquin Films


Awards Event


Silver Plaque
1st Annual Miss Dog Beauty Pageant
LMNO Productions


Children's Program

Silver Hugo
Love Lost Count
Radio Television Hong Kong

Certificate of Merit
Too Many Gods
Carlton Television


Comedy

Certificate of Merit
Kath and Kim - Obsession
ABC TV Drama & Narrative Comedy
Documentary: Arts/Humanities


Gold Plaque
Bellaria - As long As We Live!
WDR Koln
ARTE Educational Staff



Gold Plaque
Offstage
Very Small Films

Gold Plaque
The Role of Play
Radio Television Hong Kong

Silver Plaque
American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i
bluestocking films, inc.

Certificate of Merit
Cirque for Life
Adobe Productions Int'l

Certificate of Merit
The Mad Rythms of Madagascar
Cinetig

Documentary: History/Biography

Silver Hugo
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
Question Why Films

Silver Plaque
JFK: Breaking the News
KERA

Documentary: Science/Nature

Silver Hugo
The Origins of AIDS
Galafilm Productions


Documentary: Social/Political


Gold Plaque
Frontline: Kim's Nuclear Gamble
Rain Media


Gold Plaque
Frontline: Truth, War and Consequences
Rain Media

Gold Plaque
Wide Angle: A State of Mind
Thirteen/WNET New York

Silver Plaque
The Beijing Massacre
Barna-Alper Productions, Inc.

Silver Plaque
Dangerous Living
After Stonewall, Inc.

Certificate of Merit
How Arnold Won the West
Alex Cooke

Dramatic Series

Gold Plaque
Andromeda: Double or Nothing
Groundstar Entertainment

Gold Plaque
Andromeda: Machinery of the Mind
Groundstar Entertainment


Gold Plaque

A Mission for Equal Opportunity

Radio Television Hong Kong



Gold Plaque

Tear Down the Wall

Radio Television Hong Kong



Educational - Adult Audience



Silver Hugo

Making Sense of Place - Phoenix: The Urban Desert

Northern Light Productions



Gold Plaque

Difficult Life - Caught in the Low Tide

Radio Television Hong Kong



Gold Plaque

Smoke Free Planet - Tobacco on Impoverished Soil

Radio Television Hong Kong



Silver Plaque

ABC News: Court TV Safety Challenge

ABC News



Silver Plaque

Experiment: Gay and Straight

WFLD-TV Fox



Silver Plaque

Sakharov: Conscience of a Country

Barna-Alper Productions, Inc.



Certificate of Merit

ABC News: Court TV Safety Challenge

ABC News



Certificate of Merit

Arts Unlimited - Project Hope for Art

Radio Television Hong Kong



Certificate of Merit

The High Price of Prejudice

VOA TV




Feature Length Telefilm – Drama



Silver Hugo

Rudy - The Rudy Giuliani Story

Carlton Television



Gold Plaque

Holy Cross

BBC N.I. Drama



Certificate of Merit

Queen of Hearts

Seymour Films




Investigative Reporting / News Documentary



Silver Hugo

ABC News: Columbia Final Mission

ABC News



Gold Plaque

ABC News: Uprising

ABC News




Silver Plaque

Bloody Disgrace

Barna-Alper Productions, Inc.



Silver Plaque

Suspino - A Cry for Roma

Bullfrog Films



Certificate of Merit

ABC News: 20/20 - Martha Stewart

ABC News



Certificate of Merit

ABC News: White House at War

ABC News



Public Affairs / Video News Release



Silver Hugo

A Message That Can't Be Ignored

Radio Television Hong Kong



Special Performance Event



Silver Hugo

Amelia

Amerimage-Spectra



Sports Program



Certificate of Merit

The Sweet Science

Wieden + Kennedy




Student Produced Program



Gold Plaque

alt.news 26:46

WSIU



Certificate of Merit

Strictly Family: Changing the Definition

Downtown Community TV Center





TELEVISION SERIES



Animated Series



Silver Hugo

Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

Mike Young Productions, Inc.



Certificate of Merit

I Spy

Scholastic Entertainment




Children's Series



Certificate of Merit

Cyberchase

Thirteen/WNET



Certificate of Merit

IMNY: Episode 19 & 20

Downtown Community TV Center



Certificate of Merit

Legacy of the Silver Shadow

The Australian Children's Television Foundation



Comedy Series




Gold Plaque

My New Best Friend

Tiger Aspect




Educational/Documentary Series



Gold Plaque

American Masters

Thirteen/WNET New York



Gold Plaque

Wide Angle

Thirteen/WNET New York



Silver Plaque

The Blues

Vulcan Productions



Certificate of Merit

Inside Chicago: Open Heart Surgery

Blueline Productions



Certificate of Merit

Tell It Like It Is: Meddling and Letting Go

Associated Producers Ltd.



Certificate of Merit

What's Going On?

RCN Entertainment




Entertainment News Series



Gold Plaque

Inside Chicago: Chicago Board of Trade

Blueline Productions





Instructional Series



Certificate of Merit

Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices

WGBH




Mini-Series



Silver Plaque

Dreamkeeper

Hallmark Entertainment



Silver Plaque

Jessica

Screentime, Australia



National News Series



Silver Plaque
Iraq - Where Things Stand

ABC News




News Magazine Series



Certificate of Merit

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Thirteen/WNET-Religion & Ethics Newsweekly




Variety/Entertainment Series



Silver Plaque

Soundstage

WTTW Chicago



SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT



Special Achievement: Animation


Silver Plaque

Futurama: "The Sting"

Rough Draft Studios



Special Achievement: Cinematography


Silver Hugo

Dreamkeeper

Hallmark Entertainment



Gold Plaque

Nature: Under Antarctic Ice

Thirteen/WNET New York



Special Achievement: Computer Graphics



Silver Plaque

History

Circle R Media



Special Achievement: Direction



Silver Hugo

Jessica

Screentime, Australia




Gold Plaque

Andromeda: Double or Nothingness

Groundstar Entertainment



Gold Plaque

Dreamkeeper

Hallmark Entertainment



Gold Plaque

Neighbours: Freud and Hitler in Vienna

Barna Alper Productions Inc.



Special Achievement: Humor



Gold Plaque

Meijer "Action Figures"

DeVito/Verdi




Special Achievement: Music Score

Silver Plaque

Feel This

Foote, Cone and Belding



Silver Plaque

Rock On

Foote, Cone and Belding




Special Achievement: Special Effects



Silver Plaque

Advantage "Western"

Rhythm + Hues Commercials



Silver Plaque

Smirnoff "Lathe"

Quiet Man Inc.




Special Achievment: Technical




Gold Plaque

School's Out

Leo Burnett




Special Achievement: Writing




Silver Hugo

Kellogg's Special K "All Talking," "Chad," "John"

Cutters



Gold Plaque

Bus Stop

Leo Burnett



Certificate of Merit

D-Day on Juno Beach

Barna-Alper Productions, Inc.



TELEVISION COMMERCIALS



Overall




Gold Hugo

School

Product: UN Ad Council

Leo Burnett



Alcoholic Beverages



Silver Hugo

Genius / Mr. Silent Killer Gas Passer

Product: Bud Light

DDB Chicago



Silver Hugo

Ref Tune Out

Product: Budweiser

DDB Chicago



Silver Hugo

Washed Ashore

Product: Bud Light

DDB Chicago



Gold Plaque

Genius/Mr. Wedding Band Guitar Player

Product: Bud Light

DDB Chicago



Gold Plaque

Talkin' Smack / NBA

Product: Bud Light

DDB Chicago




Apparel



Silver Plaque

Fashion

Product : JC Penney

DDB Chicago




Banking / Financial




Silver Hugo

Kevin

Product: Morgan Stanley

Leo Burnett



Gold Plaque

Julie

Product: Morgan Stanley

Leo Burnett




Beverages




Certificate of Merit

Speedwalker

Product : Mineral Water Budiš

Wiktor Leo Burnett




Computers/Technology



Gold Plaque

Endzone

Product: Microsoft Office

McCann-Erickson



Gold Plaque

Globe

Product: Microsoft Realizing Potential

McCann-Erickson



Gold Plaque

Slide

Product: Microsoft Office

McCann-Erickson



Confections / Snacks



Silver Hugo

Traveling Curiosities

Product: Altoids

Leo Burnett



Gold Plaque

Metal Box

Product: Altoids

Leo Burnett



Entertainment



Silver Hugo

Vending Machine

Product: New Orleans Saints

Peter A. Mayer Advertising



Silver Plaque

"Remix"

Product: Universal Music

DeVito/Verdi



Food Product




Silver Hugo

"Spinach"

Product: Meijer Food Products

DeVito/Verdi



Silver Hugo

Office

Product : Special K Red Berries

Leo Burnett



Silver Plaque

Rolling Can

Product: Chef Boyardee

Leo Burnett





Infomercial



Silver Plaque

Introducing the RDW Company Infomercial

Product: The RDW Company

Two Ticks and the Dog Prods.



Certificate of Merit

Light Saber

Product: Master Replicas

Hawthorne Direct Inc.




Certificate of Merit

You Can Tan

Product: Testor Spray Tanning

Hawthorne Direct Inc.



Insurance




Certificate of Merit

Dress

Product: State Farm

DDB Chicago



Public Service Announcement




Silver Hugo

Exceptional Children - Girl

Product: Disabled Children’s Fund

Wiktor Leo Burnett



Silver Hugo

Exceptional Children - Water

Product: Disabled Children’s Fund

Wiktor Leo Burnett



Retail Store




Silver Hugo

"Mom"

Product: Meijer

DeVito/Verdi



Silver Hugo

Rubberband Man

Product: Office Max

DDB Chicago



Gold Plaque

"Pencil"

Product: Meijer

DeVito/Verdi



Toiletries



Silver Plaque

Androids

Product: Degree

DDB Chicago




Commercial Campaign



Silver Hugo

"Talkin' Smack," "Two Minute Break," "Introductions"

Product: Bud Light

DDB Chicago



Gold Plaque

Saints TV Campaign

Product: New Orleans Saints

Peter A. Mayer Advertising



Silver Plaque

The Call / The Operator / The Stumbler

Product: Delta Airlines

Leo Burnett