Women's Image Network Awards
Women's Image Network (WIN) is a charity that produces The Women's Image Awards, "Advancing a gender-balanced world and increasing the value of women and girls by celebrating outstanding film and television." The awards show is produced during the Hollywood awards season to promote deserving media and drive attention to feature films also contending for Golden Globe and Academy Awards. WIN was founded in 1993 to promote gender parity because, to the extent that women's voices remain silent, everyone is robbed of their contribution. Its founder, film producer and director Phyllis Stuart , known for her films "Wild Daze" and "" made WIN successful through the ongoing support, advice and assistance of many seasoned entertainment professionals including Sherry Lansing and Arthur Hiller, two of WIN's founding advisory board members. Selecting only media submitted from film studios and television networks, their jury adjudicates and nominates work which either tells a dimensional female character's story or nominates work that is produced, written or directed by a woman. In this way, these awards celebrate both male and female artists whose film and television work also increases the value of women and girls. In addition to  awarding nominated film and television work, WIN honors deserving individuals, including Lauren Bacall, Senator Barbara Boxer, Lily Tomlin, Cecilia DeMille Presley, Abigail Disney, Ambassador Swanee Hunt, Suzanne Roberts, Maria Arena Bell, Diane Ladd, Jane Campion, Anne Archer, Carrie Fisher and Irena Medavoy, among others. The WIN Awards 1993. In 1993, WIN held its first awards ceremony, honoring Tichi Wilkerson Kassel with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Tichi was the first female publisher of "The Hollywood Reporter" and co-founder of Women In Film. Her friend Charles Champlin (a former "Los Angeles Times" arts editor and film critic) presented her award. Film  producer Laura Ziskin ("Spider-Man") (who also founded Stand Up to Cancer before she succumbed to the disease at age 61) was honored that same year and her former boss, producer Jon Peters, presented her Woman of The Year tribute. The WIN Awards 1994. In 1994, for WIN, producer Phyllis Stuart created and executive-produced the ABC Primetime Special "Fifty Years of Funny Females" starring John Ritter, Annie Potts, Paula Poundstone, Debbie Allen and Pam Stone. This clip show aired twice on ABC and again on Lifetime Television. The WIN Awards 1999. For four years, The WIN Awards coincided with  The WIN Femme Film Festival created to support emerging and/or first-time filmmakers. WinFemme Film Festival Wants Women's Stories The WIN Femme Film Festival programmed independently produced short films, documentary feature films and full-length feature films which told a woman's story, had a female protagonist, but which were created either by male or female artists. Best documentary went to Paolo di Florio for her film, "Speaking In Strings.". WIN created this festival to help filmmakers find distribution, get agents and win other awards; "Speaking In Strings" went on to win an Academy Award nomination. Director John Putch  (son of Jean Stapleton) won best feature with "Valerie Flake" starring Susan Traylor (wife of Bob Dylan's son director, Jesse Dylan) who also garnered a Spirit Award for best actress. The WIN Awards 2000. Actress Lauren Bacall accepted WIN's first Living Legend tribute. That night New Zealand film director Jane Campion was also honored and her "Piano" film star Sam Neill accepted her tribute on her behalf. The WIN Awards 2001. Both Lynn Redgrave (Living Legend) and Pierce Brosnan (Humanitarian) were honorees. A few presenters were Lisa Gay Hamilton, Gavin Scott, and Allana Ubach. The WIN Awards 2001  winners The WIN Awards 2002. Actress Lily Tomlin was honored as a Lifetime Achievement honoree. In lieu of a tribute video, Tomlin was applauded with 'Lily Love Letters' sent from famous friends and serenaded by director David O. Russell. Ruth Buzzi of "Laugh In" presented. Presenters included Laraine Newman, Kathy Najimy, Ruth Buzzi, Doris Roberts, Melissa Joan Hart, Anne-Marie Johnson, Arthur Hiller, Dava Savel, Sally Kirkland and Alex Ben Block. Winners The WIN Awards were part of the closing night of the final WinFemme Film Festival. The three filmmaker Audience Award winners were: (Feature Film), "Controlled Chaos", director, Azita  Zendel, (Documentary Feature) "Searching For Paradise", director, Binnur Karaevli and (Short Film), "Katherine", director, Mary Louise Stoughton. The WIN Awards 2003. Hosted by Will Sasso and Sara Rue, producer Lauren Shuler Donner received a Lifetime Achievement Award from presenter Rachel Weisz. Held at the historic Culver City Studios, director Vicky Jensen ("Shrek") was honored with WIN's first Kiera Chaplin Limelight directing award. British model and actress Kiera Chaplin is the granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin and great-grand daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Presenters and guests included Carrie Fisher, Richard Donner, Bonnie Palef, Peter Guber, Yeardley Smith, Melissa Joan Hart , Brittany Snow, Holliston Coleman, Al Jean, Sarah Ramos, Sean Patrick Thomas, Jane Anderson, Valarie Pettiford, Dayna Devon, Neal McDonough, Charlie Robinson and Suzanne Sena. Winners The WIN Awards 2004. WIN added advertising awards with advertising industry artists judges like Charlotte Moore, Sally Hogshead, Amee Shah, Ellen Steinberg, Joyce King Thomas, Liz Paradise (Jury Chair) and David Oakley. Winners The WIN Awards 2005. Kathy Griffin hosted The WIN Awards 2005. Christine Lahti, Andrea Parker, Amy Davidson, Lainie Kazan, Gurinder Chadha, Dan Wieden, Lu Chekowsky, Maureen Shirreff, Jennifer Hall, Lindsay Crouse and Danielle Panabaker were among the presenters, and its nominated actors , directors, writers and producers celebrated for having created outstanding work that dispelled stereotypes of women. Gurinder Chadha picked up the Chaplin Limelight Award for directing presented by Charlie Chaplin's granddaughter Kiera Chaplin for whom this award was created. The animated series "Kim Possible" and Kathy Najimy also won this same award two years later. Winners The WIN Awards 2006. Held at UCLA, Senator Barbara Boxer accepted The Woman of The Year Honor. British actress Helen Mirren won two WIN tributes which actress Katie Holmes accepted on her behalf. Event co-chairs were Martha Luttrell, Jane Fonda and Susan Sarandon . Harry Shearer hosted; "American Idol" Ace Young performed. Winners The WIN Awards 2007. Held at The Pacific Design Center, Diane Ladd accepted her Lifetime Achievement Award. Frances Fisher presented. Winners: The WIN Awards 2008. WIN honored Cloris Leachman with its Living Legend Tribute and added interactive awards (video games) for the first time. WIN honored INTERACTIVE LIVING LEGEND Mary Dolaher. Patty Smyth and her band Scandal performed. Comic Judy Tenuta hosted and Tig Notaro also performed. Presenters:Timothy Bottoms, Rick Overton, Hannah Simone, Bob Carrigan, John Savage, Sean Young, Diane English, Annie Wersching, Keith David, Eric Roberts. Annie Wersching at  Women's Image Network 2009 WIN Awards - Arrivals | TopNews The WIN Awards 2008 Winners Presenters: Timothy Bottoms, Rick Overton, Hannah Simone, Bob Carrigan, Diane English, Annie Wersching, Keith David, Eric Roberts The WIN Awards 2009. The Career Achievement Honoree was "The Hollywood Reporter" editor Elizabeth Guider. Winners The WIN Awards 2010. This was a big awards show year for The WIN awards as WIN created two new Lifetime Achievement awards. These recipients were Suzanne Roberts and Dame Elizabeth Taylor. Elizabeth Taylor friend Mickey Rooney accepted this "Living Legend" award to celebrate Taylor's lifetime work in Hollywood and her  charity work advancing HIV/AIDS activism. The 2010 WIN Awards also honored Suzanne Roberts for her many career achievements. Her sons, Douglas Roberts and Brian L. Roberts (chairman of Comcast and NBC/Universal), and her husband, Ralph J. Roberts, presented to Mrs. Roberts. Produced at The Broad Stage, Wendy Liebman hosted. "Glee", Claire Danes, Sally Hawkins, Jennifer Aniston, Diane Lane, Joey King, Selena Gomez, Jane Lynch, Susan Sarandon and Maggie Smith were among the many WIN Awards nominees. Show presenters included: Carl Reiner, Lea Thompson, AJ Michalka, John Savage (actor), Sean Young, Sara Rue, Kahi Lee, and Sally Kirkland. Winners : The Women's Image Awards 13. Winners The Women's Image Awards 14. Style from the 14th Annual Women's Image Network (WIN) Awards WIN Humanitarian Honoree was producer, writer and arts patron Maria Arena Bell, which Lisa Kudrow"Friends" presented. Show co-hosts were Melissa Peterman, Bruce Vilanch. The presenters included Beverly Johnson, Nadine Velazquez, and Ace Young. Singer, Diana DeGarmo, an "American Idol" winner, performed and presented. The WIN Awards 2012 were produced at The Paramount Theater on Paramount Studios. The WIN Awards 2012 were produced at The Paramount Theater on Paramount Studios. Actress Lisa Kudrow presented to Humanitarian  Honoree, producer and philanthropist Maria Arena Bell. Winners The Women's Image Awards 15. Grammy winner David Foster and Ruben Studdard performed at The WIN Awards. Cecilia DeMille Presley grand daughter to Cecil DeMille, Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Rosalind Jarrett were all honored, while Oprah and Kerry Washington were nominees, among others. Presenters included Anne Heche, Collette Burson, Kelsey Scott, Yolanda Foster, Kathy Connell (SAG AWARDS), Carlos Gomez and Kearann Giovanni. Honroee Ambassador Swanee Hunt Arrival In 2012, WIN approached its gender parity goal with humor by creating a logline SEE US IN 3D, NOT JUST DOUBLE D, which many  WIN nominees recorded including Selena Gomez and Jane Lynch. Because if women and girls are portrayed well in the media, girls and women everywhere may one day be well-treated. The Women's Image Awards 2013 The Women's Image Awards 16. The show opened with a posthumous Joan Rivers tribute and featured guest comics Brittany Furlan and T. J. Miller who discussed and demonstrated how Joan influenced their comedy. WIN also honored filmmakers Lauren Paul and Molly Thompson, with its first Community Service tribute for having created "Finding Kind", a documentary film about middle school female bullying. Their film  launched a movement and school program based upon the powerful belief in KINDness, that brings awareness and healing to the negative and lasting effects of girl-against-girl crime. Wife of "Breaking Bad" star Aaron Paul, Lauren was bullied in middle school and contemplated suicide. In 2014, Grey's Anatomy star, Chandra Wilson won a directing award. Julia Roberts, Whoopi Goldberg and Cicely Tyson were nominees. Melissa Rivers, (who was also nominated as a producer) attended to accept a posthumous WIN award for her mother, Joan Rivers, who competed and won in the OUTSTANDING REALITY SERIES category for "Fashion Police . Fashion designer Sophie Simmons collaborated with WIN to promote self-confidence with her Twitter campaign, 'Send Us Your Selfie' which advanced fashion as means for self-esteem. Baroness Kimberly Moore received its Humanitarian Honor. Writer Caprice Crane (daughter of Tina Louise (Gilligan's Island")) and comic Gary Shapiro, co-hosted. Film & Television Nominees & Winners Documentary Film Comedy Series Actress Comedy Series Made For Television Movie / Mini-Series Actress Made For Television Movie / Mini-Series Reality Series Actress Reality Series Drama Series Actress Drama Series Film Produced By a Woman Drama Series Produced By a Woman Comedy Series Produced By a  Woman Comedy Series Directed By A Woman Drama Series Directed By A Woman Drama Series Written By A Woman Comedy Series Written By A Woman Feature Film Actress in a Feature Film The Women's Image Awards 17. The 17th Women's Image Awards ceremony was held at Royce Hall UCLA on February 10, 2016. Philanthropist and activist Irena Medavoy and documentary filmmaker Abigail Disney both accepted Woman of the Year tributes. The Starz series "Outlander" received five nominations, including a nomination in the Drama Series category. Caitriona Balfe, who plays the leading character in the show, also received a  nomination in the Actress Drama Series category. Fox Searchlight's "He Named Me Malala" also received two nominations, including Best Documentary and Best Producer. Fox Searchlight also received nominations for "Mistress America", "Far from the Madding Crowd", "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl", and "Brooklyn". Twentieth Century Fox received nominations for "New Girl", "Modern Family", "Empire", and "Fresh Off the Boat". National Geographic received a nomination for a role played by Emmanuelle Chriqu in "Killing Jesus". Hosted by Carol Leifer, other guests included honorees, Irena Medavoy and filmmaker, Abigail Disney, who is the "Armor of Light" director, who said  at the show: "It's time for women to start asserting themselves in media. The filmmaker, One of the Women's Image Awards' Women of the Year, says women need to work together and promote each other in order to overcome the challenges facing women in the entertainment industry and in society as a whole". The film, MAKERS: Women Who Make America won in its Outstanding Documentary Category. Women's Image Award: Outstanding Documentary for MAKERS: Women Who Make America Other guests included Yue-Sai Kan, Francesca Eastwood, Frances Fisher, Joyce Giraud, Breeda Wool, Sam Elliott, Mark Steines, Mark Burnett , Roma Downey, Nzingha Stewart, Marti Noxon, Olivia d'Abo, Quincy, Catherine Bach, Ronald. T. Moore Felicity Huffman, Jennifer (Flavin) Stallone, Joely Fisher, Lisa Edelstein, Lily Tomlin Xriss Jor, Cheryl Hines and Rosanna Arquette, Quincy Jones' client, rising Jordanian singer, Xriss Jor sang a Michael Jackson song. The Women's Image Awards 17 Nominees & Winners: The Women's Image Awards 18. Courage Award honoree (posthumously): Carrie Fisher Humanitarian Award honoree: Anne Archer Unity Award honoree: Karen Sharpe-Kramer Nominees and winners: Documentary Film Comedy Series Actress Comedy Series Made For Television Movie/Miniseries Actress Made For Television Movie/Miniseries Reality Series Actress  Reality Series Drama Series Actress Drama Series Film or Show Produced By a Woman Film or Show Written By a Woman "Film" "Show" Films and Shows Directed By a Woman "Film" "Show" Feature Film Actress Feature Film 20th Women's Image Awards. Made For Television Movie / Limited Series Actress Made For Television Movie / Limited Series Comedy Series Actress Comedy Series Show Written by A Woman Show Directed by A Woman Film Written By a Woman Film Directed by A Woman Film Produced by a Woman Show Produced by a Woman Reality Series Actress Reality Series Documentary Film Drama Series Actress  Drama Series Feature Film Lead Actress Feature Film Supporting Actress Feature Film 21st Women's Image Awards. The Women's Image Awards 21 Nominees & Winners 22nd Women's Image Awards. The Women's Image Awards 22 Nominees & Winners Vikings Star Katheryn Winnick Celebrates as She Scoops WIN Award Outlander notes: Caitriona Balfe's gin arrives & another honor 23rd Women's Image Awards. Honorees were Helen Shaver its Living Legend recipient and JoJo Siwa its inaugural Rising Musical Star recipient. Celebrating Helen Shaver & JoJo Siwa at the 23rd Women's Image Awards -- WIN Announces Its Honorees & 18 Film & Television Nominee Categories  While attending The Women's Image Network's 23rd Women's Image Awards at The Saban Theater in Beverly Hills Thursday, Chung opened up to PEOPLE exclusively about wanting to return for a Real World: San Diego reunion. Marvel’s new release ‘Black Widow’ leaves superhero fans with mixed emotions Women's Image Network ANNOUNCES its 23rd WOMEN’S IMAGE AWARDS FILM & TELEVISION NOMINEES Women could reach their full potential when all media depicts girls and women as complex and ever-evolving human beings. To advance the value of women and girls, since its 1993 founding Women's Image Network , (WIN), has produced The Women's Image Awards to celebrate artists whose work depicts dimensional female media images. The Women's Image Awards 23 Nominees Other charities. Although Women's Image Network is a 501(c)3 non-profit, it has also supported several other charities including The Mary Magdalene Foundation, Women's Care Cottage, The Mission, Gilda's Club, The American Cancer Society. WIN supports charities whose efforts range from fighting homeless, rehabilitating prostitutes, curing HIV/AIDS and cancer, eliminating poverty, biodiversity conservation and wild animal rescue. In some years, proceeds from the WIN Awards Gala have been used to fund  other WIN events, such as in 2006 when the charity created the Day in the Life program designed to mentor at-risk girls. Women's Image Network Advisory Board. Since its 1993 inception, and founded by filmmaker / actress Phyllis Stuart, Women's Image Network has benefited from guidance from seasoned industry professionals Current (a few former and deceased) WIN Advisory Board members include: Tamara Asseyev, Todd Black, Helen Gurley Brown, David Brown, Blake Edwards, Eizabeth Forsythe-Hailey, Elaine Hastings Edell, Mariette Hartley, Arthur Hiller, Henry Jaglom, Norman Jewison, Alan Landsburg, Sherry Lansing, Lauren Lloyd, Bryan Lourd, Dan Lupovitz, Amanda Mackey  Johnson, Laurence Mark, Jayne Meadows, Baroness Kimberly Moore, Peter Newman, Bonnie Palef, Sarah Pillsbury, Polly Platt, Peggy Rajski, Alyse Rosenberg, Fred Schepisi, Linda Shayne, Lauren Shuler Donner, George Stevens Jr., Allyn Stewart, Ellen Travolta and Lili Fini Zanuck.