Friday, May 15, 2015

Amazon Studios to Receive Innovation Award For Transgender Show



Amazon Studios to Receive Innovation Award For Transgender Show
by Kipp Jones 14 May 2015Los Angeles, CA
After a successful awards season, Amazon’s half-hour original drama about a family coping with its father’s gender identity issues is not finished.

In addition to honoring producer/director Jill Soloway with the Showrunner of the Year award this June for the transgender series Transparent, the Canadian 2015 Banff World Media Festival plans to present Amazon Studios with Banff’s Award of Innovation, according to a press release obtained by TheWrap.

Transparent stars Jeffrey Tambor as transgender woman Maura Pfefferman (born Mort), who realized at an early age he identified as female. Struggling with shame, Mort hid his feelings from his wife and children, but came out as Maura once he felt the time was appropriate.

“Jill Soloway has made history with ‘Transparent,’ a game changing series which has really shifted the traditional television landscape, while Amazon Studios has really revolutionized the current entertainment climate with their innovative programming model,” said Ferne Cohen, executive director of the Banff World Media Festival, via TheWrap.

He continued: “We are delighted to honor them both at this year’s Banff World Media Festival …We are delighted to welcome them to BANFF and give our delegates access to such incredible talent and creativity.”

Tambor was presented with the 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical, while the series brought home the award for Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical, becoming the first online series to do so.

The show has also won a Directors Guild of America award, a GLAAD Media Award, multiple Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA) awards, and a Satellite Award, in addition to multiple other awards and nominations.

Transparent has been praised by critics, and has performed well as one of the studio’s first original shows. A second season was ordered last October, which made it only the second Amazon series to receive a second season order, the other being the political satire comedy Alpha House.

Amazon Studios
Amazon Studios
Amazon Studios is Amazon.com's division that develops television shows, movies and comics from online submissions and crowd-sourced feedback.[1] It was started in late 2010.[1] Content would be distributed through Amazon Instant Video, Amazon’s digital video streaming service, and a competitor to services like Netflix and Hulu.[2] For film, Warner Bros. is a partner.

Note: Nicolas J. Hanauer was an early investor in Amazon.com, Inc, a director at the Democracy Alliance, and is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.
John Stocks is the chairman for the Democracy Alliance, and an executive director for the National Education Association.
John I. Wilson was an executive director for the National Education Association, and is a director at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.
Warren E. Buffett is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, a trustee & major donor for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and Howard G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father.
Patricia Q. Stonesifer was the CEO for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and is a director at the Amazon.com, Inc.
Jamie S. Gorelick is a director at the Amazon.com, Inc., a trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Urban Institute (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the International Rescue Committee, Aspen Institute (think tank), the Harlem Children's Zone, and the Robin Hood Foundation.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a member of the Democracy Alliance, and a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone.
Nicolas J. Hanauer is a director at the Democracy Alliance, an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and was an early investor in Amazon.com, Inc.
John Stocks is the chairman for the Democracy Alliance, and an executive director for the National Education Association.
John I. Wilson was an executive director for the National Education Association, and is a director at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Howard G. Buffett is Warren E. Buffett’s son, and a director at the ONE Campaign. 
ONE Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.
Clifford S. Asness is a director at the International Rescue Committee, was a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation, and supported same-sex marriage in New York.
Susan A. Buffett is Warren E. Buffett’s daughter, and a director at the ONE Campaign. 
Michelle Obama is an advocate for the ONE Campaign. 
L. John Doerr is a director at the ONE Campaign, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was a director at Amazon.com, Inc.
Michael R. Bloomberg is an advocate for the ONE Campaign, the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, was the New York (NY), mayor, a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone, and a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation.
Nicolas J. Hanauer is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and was an early investor in Amazon.com, Inc.
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a donor for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Patricia Q. Stonesifer was the CEO for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and is a director at the Amazon.com, Inc.
Warren E. Buffett is a trustee & major donor for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and Howard G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Jamie S. Gorelick was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and is a director at the Amazon.com, Inc.






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