The 59th Annual Christopher Award Winners
2008 Christopher Leadership Award
John Cardinal Foley
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2008 Christopher Life Achievement Award
David McCullogh
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2008 Special Christopher Award
American Masters
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BOOKS FOR ADULTS
Brother, I'm Dying, by Edwidge Danticat (Alfred A. Knopf/Random House, Inc.)
The Florist's Daughter, by Patricia Hempl (Harcourt, Inc.)
The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers, by Harry Bernstein (Ballatine Books/Random House, Inc.)
The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness, by Michael Stein, M.D. (William Morrow/HarperCollins Publishers)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah (Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, by David W. Blight (Harcourt, Inc.)
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BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Preschool
Taking a Bath with the Dog and Other Things That Make Me Happy, by Scott Menchin (Candlewick Press)
Ages 6 – 8
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?, by Margaret McNamara; Illustrated by G. Brian Karas
(Schwartz & Wade Books/Random House Children's Books)
Ages 8 – 10
Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship, by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff & Dr. Paula Kahumbu; Photographs by Peter Greste (Scholastic Press/Scholastic, Inc.)
Ages 10 – 12
The Wild Girls, by Pat Murphy (Viking/Penguin Young Readers Group)
Young Adult
Diamonds in the Shadow, by Caroline B. Cooney (Delacorte Press/Random House Children's Books)
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FEATURE FILMS
Amazing Grace (Walden Media, Samuel Goldwyn Films & Roadside Attractions)
Director: Michael Apted; Screenwriter: Steven Knight; Producers; Edward R. Pressman, Terrence Malick, Patricia Heaton, David Hunt & Ken Wales; Co-Producer: Mark Cooper; Executive Producers: Jeanney Kim, James Clayton & Duncan Reid
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax Films & Pathe Renn)
Director: Julian Schnabel; Screenwriter: Ronald Harwood; Producers: Kathleen Kennedy & Jon Kilik; Executive Producers: Pierre Grunstein & Jim Lemley
The Great Debaters (The Weinstein Company & MGM)
Director: Denzel Washington; Screenwriter: Robert Eisele; Producers: Todd Black, Kate Forte, Oprah Winfrey & Joe Roth; Co-Producer: Molly Allen; Executive Producers: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein & David Crockett
Juno (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Director: Jason Reitman; Screenwriter: Diablo Cody; Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick & Russell Smith; Co-Producers: Jim MIller, Kelli Konop & Brad Van Arragon; Executive Producers: Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane & Daniel Dubiecki
The Kite Runner (Paramount Classics)
Director: Marc Forster; Screenwriter: David Benioff; Producers: William Horberg, Walter F. Parkes, Rebecca Yeldham & E. Bennett Walsh; Executive Producers: Sidney Kimmel, Laurie MacDonald, Sam Mendes & Jeff Skoll; Co-Executive Producer: Bruce Toll
Ratatouille (Walt Disney Pictures & Pixar Animation Studios)
Director: Brad Bird; Co-Director: Jan Pinkava; Screenwriter: Brad Bird; Producer: Brad Lewis; Executive Producers: John Lasseter & Andrew Stanton
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TELEVISION & CABLE
Flashpoint: Kimberly Dozier and the Army's 4th I.D. - A Story of Bravery,
Recovery and Loss (CBS-TV)
Producers: Judy Tygard, Paul F. Ryan, Michael McHugh, Gregory F. McLaughlin & Chris Young; Co-Producer: Joe Halderman; Executive Producer: Susan Zirinsky
In God's Name (CBS-TV)
Directors: Jules Naudet & Gedeon Naudet; Producers: Nancy Kramer, Mead Stone, Paul Barrois, Peter Schweitzer, Michael Vele & Basil Pappas; Co-Producers: Susan Mallie & Sara Prior; Executive Producers: Jules Naudet, Gedeon Naudet, Susan Zirinsky, Virginie Luc & Mark Koops
Longford (HBO)
Director: Tom Hooper; Writer: Peter Morgan; Producer: Helen Flint; Executive Producers: Peter Morgan & Andy Harries
Pictures of Hollis Woods (CBS-TV)
Director: Tony Bill; Writers: Ann Peacock, Daniel Petrie, Jr. & Camille Thomasson; Producer: Dan Paulson; Co-Producer: Cameron Johann; Executive Producer: Brent Shields
The War miniseries (PBS/WETA Washington, DC)
Directors: Ken Burns & Lynn Novick; Writer: Geoffrey C. Ward; Producers: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein; Co-Producers: Peter Miller & David McMahon; Executive Producer: Ken Burns
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