Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.

Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.
proudly presents the
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Honorary Chairman: John Landgraf
CEO, FX Networks and FX Productions
Airing: September 2014
with
FX Network
(flagship simulcast airing partner)
A Special Showcase
supporting
National Recovery Month
September 2014
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Spotlight Message from the PRISM Awards Honorary Committee Chairman
John Landgraf
CEO, FX Networks and FX Productions
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
On behalf of the PRISM Awards Honorary Committee, I am pleased to welcome
you to this evening of celebration recognizing the entertainment industry for
authentic, engaging, and enlightening storytelling of mental health and substance
use, prevention, treatment and recovery issues. As we gather for the 18th Annual
PRISM Awards, I would like to congratulate all of the nominees and winners as well as those who submitted their
work for consideration.
The entertainment industry has the ability to cross cultural and social boundaries, not only to entertain but also
to reduce stigma and discrimination on important health and social issues through relatable characters and
powerful storylines. PRISM honorees continue to raise the bar every year with the bodies of work they submit. The
commitment displayed by those of you here tonight on getting these issues right, inspires me. You are commended
for all of your hard work.
I am honored to serve as the Honorary Committee Chairman and to join forces with the Entertainment Industries
Council once again. EIC is an organization that has always supported the efforts of our industry to tell engaging and
authentic stories without stifling creativity and protecting the right to freedom of expression. EIC continues to expand
its programs and resources to make sure the creative community has timely, fact-based, and anecdotal health and
social information at their fingertips at any time.
I am also pleased to announce that along with airing the PRISM Awards Showcase on FX for the 12th year in a
row, we will also be airing it on FX Networks newest channel, FXX. We look forward to expanding the airings of
the PRISM Awards Showcase in order to raise awareness of the good works that the entertainment industry is doing
through accurate storytelling. I would also like to recognize my colleagues at FX and the many other PRISM Awards
Showcase Airings Partners for all their support in making these issues a priority.
Congratulations to the honorees this evening and to the EIC team that made tonight possible. Know you are
appreciate and that your work is helping to make a difference in the lives of others.
Sincerely,
John Landgraf
Chairman, PRISM Awards Honorary Committee
President & General Manager, FX Networks
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PRISM Awards Honorary Committee
Committee Chairman
John Landgraf
President & General Manager, FX Network
PETER ENGEL
JORDAN LEVIN
Executive Producer,
Peter Engel Productions
Exec. VP, Xbox Ent. Studios
Television Personality
CHARLES W. FRIES
PAUL LEVITZ
DORIS ROBERTS
Writer, DC Comics
Chairman/President/CEO,
Chuck Fries Productions, Inc.
PETER LIGUORI
DICK ASKIN
President & CEO,
Askin & Company
JOHN BADHAM
Director/Producer
The Badham Company
CAROLE BLACK
LEEZA GIBBONS
CEO & Executive Producer,
Leeza Gibbons Enterprises
BRIAN GRADEN
Board Director,
Time Warner Cable
Owner, Brian Graden Media
JAY BOBERG
DAVID GRANT
CEO, Upfield Management
President, Popsugar Studios
JANET BORELLI
SANDY GRUSHOW
Sr. VP, Network Standards & Practices,
MTV Networks
Principal, Filmaka
BONNIE HAMMER
Principal, BermanBraun
President, NBC Universal
Cable Ent.
JIM CAPARRO
TED HARBERT
CEO, Yamani Global Equities Inc.
Chairman, NBC Broadcasting
JIM CHABIN
GARRY HART
President, International 3D Society
Television Executive
HANK COHEN
MARIETTE HARTLEY
CEO & Partner
Trifecta Entertainment & Media
Actor
MINDY HERMAN
TIM CONWAY
Chief of Content/Digital, Redbox
Actor/Producer, Conway Enterprises
STEVEN JENSEN
JOHN F. COOKE
Manager, Vincent Cirricione Assoc.
Director, Phoenix House
THOMAS KARSCH
SUZANNE DEPASSE
Owner, Camp Flix LLP
Co-Chairman & CEO, dePasse Jones
Entertainment
Radio & Television Personality
VIN DI BONA
DAVID E. KELLEY
LLOYD BRAUN
Chairman, Vin Di Bona Productions
CASEY KASEM
DENNIS DOTY
Executive Producer,
David E. Kelley Productions
Producer, Cates/Doty Productions
DAVID KISSINGER
BRIAN DYAK
President,
Conaco Productions
President & CEO, Entertainment Industries
Council
BARBARA EDEN
Actor
TONY KRANTZ
CEO & Executive Producer,
Flame Ventures
MICHELE LEE
Actor/President, Michele Lee Productions
STAN LEE
Chief Creative Officer,
POW Entertainment
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MELISSA RIVERS
CHRIS ALBRECHT
Chairman/CEO, Starz LLC
CEO, Tribune Co.
DICK LIPPIN
Actor
FREDRIC ROSEN
Pres./CEO, Contego Media Group LLC
HILARY ROSEN
Chairman & CEO, The Lippin
Group
Partner, SKD Knickerbocker
MARGARET LOESCH
President, Warner
Bros. Television
President & CEO, The Hub
SCOTT LOWELL
Actor
LORNA LUFT
Actor/Entertainer/Producer
KELLY LYNCH
PETER ROTH
HERMAN RUSH
CEO, Rush Associates
SCOTT SASSA
Vice Chair, El Rey Network
TERRY SEMEL
Actor
Chair./CEO, Windsor Media Inc.
LARRY LYTTLE
ANGELA SHAPIRO-MATHES
Producer
Television Executive
MERYL MARSHALL-DANIELS
GORDON SMITH
Two Oceans Consulting Group
RICK MATER
VP Standards & Practices,
Lifetime Television
DAN MCDERMOTT
Partner, diBonaventura Picture TV
CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD
Actor
GERALD MCRANEY
Actor/Producer,
Spanish Trail Productions
IRENA MEDAVOY
MIKE MEDAVOY
Chairman & CEO, Phoenix
Pictures
IRWIN MEYER
President & CEO,
National Association of Broadcasters
DAWN TAUBIN
Chief Marketing Officer, DreamWorks
Animation
NANCY UTLEY
Co-President, Fox Searchlight Pictures
RENEE VALENTE
President, Sharkstooth
TONY VINCIQUERRA
Board Director, DirecTV
MEREDITH WAGNER
Exec. VP Commun., MPA: The Assoc. of
Magazine Media
DANA WALDEN
Chairman, 20th Century Fox Television
Producer
MONTEL WILLIAMS
GARY NEWMAN
Executive Producer, Letnom Productions
Chairman, 20th Century Fox Television
HENRY WINKLER
TOM NUNAN
Actor/Producer/Director,
FairDinkum Productions, Inc.
President, Bull’s Eye Entertainment
DR. DREW PINSKY
Television Personality/Producer
KEVIN REILLY
Chairman, Entertainment
Fox Broadcasting Company
DICK WOLF
Chairman & CEO, Wolf Films, Inc.
PRISM Nomination Review Process
All submissions received for PRISM Awards consideration are initially screened by EIC staff then by a team of pre-screeners to determine the list
of finalists that are evaluated by the Nomination Review Committee, comprised of professionals from the entertainment industry and experts in
substance abuse, mental health and media studies.
Committee members evaluate each submission presented based on three criteria of equal numeric weight.
1. Accuracy of Message Content. Examines the message being conveyed to ensure it is accurate in light of current scientific literature.
2. Accessibility of Message. Explores to what extent the message is accessible to the audience.
3. Entertainment “Value.” Considers the degree to which it maintains its entertainment value given its level of accuracy and accessibility.
PRISM Nomination Review Committee
Sean Michael Acosta
David Farabee
Marqui Jackson
Lisa Mikesell
Carol Ann SHINE
Walter Allen
Lori Anderson
Kelli Feury, Ph.D.
Richell Jose
CIndy Miner, Ph.D.
Fern Field
Ashley Jupin, MS
Jamison Monroe
Gail Sloan, MS ,MAC
Julie Snyder, Psy.D.
Joe Arias Films
Producer
Ninon Aprea
Actor
Joe Arias
Joe Arias Films
Danny Arroyo
Actor/Producer
Cindy Baer
Free Dream Pictures
Alex Barkopoulos
Paul Barkopoulos, M.D.
UCLA ISAP
Chapman University
Writer
UCLA
Producer
UCLA Nathanson Fam. Resilience Ctr.
Candy Finnigan
Praveen Kambam, M.D.
Intervention
Rebecca Flood
New Directions for Women
Consuelo Flores
SAG-AFTRA
Caitlin Foito
Fox Television Studios
Lisa France
UCLA/Cedars-Sinai
Producer
H. Eric Bender, M.D.
M.J. Franco
Broadcast Thought
Television Executive
Kate Bender
Aya Fukuma
Broadcast Thought
Dan Kaplow
Producer
Reef Karim, M.D.
UCLA Neuropsych Institute
Marian Katz
UCLA
Kerk Kee, Ph.D.
Chapman University
T’Keyah Crystal Keymah
Actor/Producer
Candace King
Counseling Doctoral Student
UCLA ISAP
Allen Berger, Ph.D.
Neal Berger
Suzette GlasnerEdwards
Barbie Kligman
Deborah Glik, Sc.D.
NBC Entertainment
Cedars at Cobble Hill
Jim Bevell
Treatment Solutions Network
Jeremy Braithwaite
UC Irvine
Morgan Brittany
Actor
Matrix
UCLA School of Public Health
Laurie Goldstein
Executive Producer
Meredith Gordon
Actor
John Britton
Jonathan Greene
Stephen Bulka
John Griffiths
The Ranch at Dove Tre
Lifetime Television
William Burdon, Ph.D.
UCLA ISAP
Leonard Buschel
Writers in Treatment
Writer/Producer
US Weekly
Douglas Hall
Mental Health Advocacy Services
Rasheea Hall
Fox Broadcasting Co.
Fox Broadcasting Co.
Private Practice
Tom Kline
Ed Kohler
McIntyre House
Cynthia Kravets, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist
Dan Kuba
Producer
Karen Lang, Ph.D.
Sharon Lawrence
Actor/Producer
Laura Lechtenberg
Puente Learning Cente
George Leon
George Leon Films
Stacy Calhoun
Tamar Halpern
Julz Chavez
Melora Hardin
Terry Lewis-Ragins
Merah Chung
Laurette Hayden,
MA, LMFT
Ron Linder, Ph.D.
Deborah Ling, MBA
UCLA
Out of My Mind Prods.
Style Network
Nagin Cox
Jet Propulsion Lab
Michael Cudlitz
Actor
Director/Producer
Actor/Director
TV Executive
Heather Hayes, M.ED.
LPC Counselor/Interventionist
Julie Hebert
Writer/Producer
Carey Davidson
Rob DeClark
Veronica Hefner, Ph.D.
Patricia Gertson Dennis
MFT
Cedars at Cobble Hill
CW Network
Dawn Denoon
Writer/Producer
Carrie Dieterich
Entertainment Merchants Association
Valerie Disienna
Disney ABC Cable Networks
Sam Dorris
Chapman University
Jamie Duneier
Parenthood
Jasmin Espada
Espada Mgmt. Grp.
Chapman University
Earl R. Henslin, PSY.D.
Bob Hively
Screenwise, Inc.
Beth Hoffman
CA. State Univ., L.A.
Karen Hoggatt
UCLA
Michael Hollingsworh
Friendly House
Krystal Houghton
Writer/Producer
Sunta Izzicupo
Izzicupo Entertainment
Gildart Jackson
Actor/Writer
Carolyn Lertzman, MPH
Disney Channel
MHALA
UCLA
FDA
Newport Youth Recovery
Academy
Pixie Monroe
Monroe Casting
Flypaper Entertainment
UCLA Harbor Medical Center
Dr. Charles Sophy, FACN
L.A. Co. Dept., Child & Fam. Svcs.
Tim Souris
TV Executive
Myke Michaels
Lisa Sparks, Ph.D.
Gayle Nachlis
Janice Stimson, Ph.D.
Jonas Navickas
Kirwan Rockefeller, Ph.D.
Brooke Newton
Tammi Sutton
Lana Nichols
Brook Sylvan
Becky Noelker
Janella Tandoc
Tim Norman
Tom Tenowich
Makeup Artist
Women In Film
Director
Actor
Disney/ABC Television Grp.
Family Therapy
DreamWorks Animation
Suzan Olson Davis
Writer
Cibby Orozco
FOX Broadcasting
Adam Packer
UCLA
George Patterson,
Ph.D.
Connie Pechman,
Ph.D.
UC Irvine
Chapman University
Matrix Institute
UC Irvine
Producer
Actor
Fox Broadcasting Co.
T&J Productions
Aaron Thomas
CSI New York
Christie Thomas
UCLA ISAP
Carmine Thompson
Intervention Alliance
Darlene Tipton
Fox Cable Networks
Anne Toole
Writer
Winnie Tsai
UCLA ISAP
Anne Peralta
George Varela, MFCCA
Mackenzie Phillips
Dee Wallace
David Pilon, Ph.D.
Jed Wallace
Vasilis Pozios, M.D.
Chris Walsh
Sage Entertainment
Actor
MHALA
Broadcast Thought
Jim Preis
EIRAC
Actor/Author
Street Relations
Inspirations Teen Rehab/Cove Center for
Recovery
UCLA
Mental Health Advocacy Services
Elizabeth Lipscomb
Steve Race
Director
Inspirations Teen Rehabl/Cover Center for
Recovery
Terry Lewis-Ragins
Mark Ragins, M.D.
Odetta Watkins
Discovery Education
Psychiatric Occupational Therapist
Jake Liang
Chapman University
Michael Llach
Karen Walsh
MHALA
Warner Bros. Television
Dan Reidenberg,
Psy. D.
Cameron Watson
Director
SAVE
Sarah Watson
Joseph Mango
Kirwan Rockefeller,
Ph. D.
Ahndrea Weiner
Particia Marinelli-Casey, Ph.D.
Renee Sabshin, MD
Susan Weiss, Ph.D.
Denise Marsh
Melissa Scrivner
Claudia Wells
Karen Maser
Ken Seely
Preston Whitmore
Lynn McFarr, Ph.D.
Gary Seidler
Brenda Wiewal
Dae Medman, LCSW
Bob Sharka
Jason Wilborn
Kaiser Permanente
UCLA
Matrix Institute
Disney/ABC Television Grp.
Army Wives
UCLA Harbor Medical Center
EIRAC
University of California Irvine
Psychiatrist
Writer
Intervention
HCI Publishing
Friends of Film
Parenthood
Matrix Institute
NIDA/NIH
Actor
Preston Picture Co.
L.A. CADA
Writer
Barbara Wilson
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Spotlight Message from EIC President & CEO
Brian Dyak
President, CEO & Co-Founder
Entertainment Industries Council, Inc., Executive Producer, PRISM Awards
On behalf of the EIC Board of Directors, welcome to the 18th Annual PRISM Awards. The PRISM Awards
submissions and recognition are at the heart of “the Art of Making a Difference.” After a significant effort
to focus on mental health in media, our efforts are paying off as submissions that involved mental health
storylines increased by 35%. This year’s submissions were evenly split between substance use and mental
health issues. Nearly a quarter of the submissions explored both topics as co-occurring. Clearly, these
topics make powerful, entertaining and enlightening stories as represented by all the nominees.
This year, EIC launched EICNetwork.tv, our internet television network. EICNetwork.tv takes viewers on an interactive,
entertaining journey through the worlds of television, film, music and comic books exploring how the world of media and the real
world we experience every day intersect, reflect, and inform our views and beliefs. EICNetwork.tv features two channels, Health
& Wellness and Science, Engineering, & Technology. The Network is already a respected creative resource for writers, journalists,
and news rooms. It is being fully integrated into our social media related to PRISM, and our storytelling resource sites like TEAM
Up, and First Draft services for producers, writers, directors, actors and development executives. It also spotlights the work of our
industry to public policy makers, government agencies, and stakeholder organizations.
The PRISM Awards program is one of a kind. It is the only televised awards show that addresses health and social concerns of
the public interest that has aired for 15 consecutive years. We extend a special thank you to our flagship network, FX, and our
additional airing partners. We applaud all submissions in their efforts to provide meaningful insight that broadens the scope of
understanding for their audience.
EIC is pleased to honor this year’s PRISM nominees and winners. The reach of your work is immense and appreciated. Millions of
people are touched by your creative efforts. Thank you for your commitment to the “Art of Making a Difference” and please just
keep doing what you are doing. You are making the world a better place!
PRISM Airing Partners
Flagship Airing Partner:
Other Esteemed Airing Partners:
And a host of local broadcasting stations
Internet and On-Demand Partners:
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Spotlight Message from Governor Brown
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Spotlight Message from Secretary Sebelius
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Spotlight Message from Acting Director Botticelli
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Congressional Messages
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Congressional Host Committee
U. S. Senate
THE HONORABLE
Michael F. Bennet*
THE HONORABLE
RICHARD DURBIN
THE HONORABLE
THE HONORABLE
THE HONORABLE
ORRIN HATCH*
ROY BLUNT*
THE HONORABLE
THE HONORABLE
THAD COCHRAN*
Jack Reed*
THE HONORABLE
CARL LEVIN*
barbara boxer*
THE HONORABLE
THE HONORABLE
CHARLES SCHUMER*
RON WYDEN*
THE HONORABLE
Lisa Murkowski*
U. S. House of Representatives
THE HONORABLE
JOE BARTON
THE HONORABLE
KEN CALVERT
THE HONORABLE
LOIS CAPPS*
THE HONORABLE
Judy Chu
THE HONORABLE
HOWARD COBLE
THE HONORABLE
GERRY CONNOLLY
THE HONORABLE
JOHN CONYERS JR.*
THE HONORABLE
JOSEPH CROWLEY
THE HONORABLE
ELIJAH CUMMINGS*
THE HONORABLE
DIANA DEGETTE*
THE HONORABLE
JOHN DINGELL
THE HONORABLE
Tammy Duckworth*
*Honorary Event Co-Chair
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THE HONORABLE
ELIOT ENGEL
THE HONORABLE
ANNA ESHOO
THE HONORABLE
RUSH HOLT*
THE HONORABLE
MICHAEL HONDA*
THE HONORABLE
STENY HOYER
THE HONORABLE
EDDIE BERNICE
JOHNSON
THE HONORABLE
Doris Matsui*
THE HONORABLE
BETTY MCCOLLUM*
THE HONORABLE
JIM Mcdermott*
THE HONORABLE
GREGORY MEEKS
THE HONORABLE
JIM MORAN
THE HONORABLE
TIM MURPHY
THE HONORABLE
THE HONORABLE
GRACE NAPoLITANO*
THE HONORABLE
NANCY PELOSI*
THE HONORABLE
ED PASTOR*
THE HONORABLE
scott peters
THE HONORABLE
hal rogers*
MARCY KAPTUR
JIM LANGEVIN*
BARBARA LEE
ZOE LOFGREN
Alan Lowenthal
THE HONORABLE
EDWARD MARKEY
THE HONORABLE
THE HONORABLE
THE HONORABLE
THE HONORABLE
THE HONORABLE
ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN
THE HONORABLE
Lucille Roybal-Allard
THE HONORABLE
LINDA SÁNCHEZ
THE HONORABLE
ADAM SCHIFF
THE HONORABLE
BRAD SHERMAN*
THE HONORABLE
Jackie Speier
THE HONORABLE
Mark Takano
THE HONORABLE
FRED UPTON*
THE HONORABLE
GREG WALDEN
THE HONORABLE
HENRY WAXMAN*
Congressional Honorary Event Co-Chairs
U. S. Senate
The Honorable
The Honorable
Michael F. Bennet
The Honorable
The Honorable
Orrin Hatch
Carl Levin
The Honorable
Lisa Murkowski
The Honorable
The Honorable
Roy Blunt
Thad Cochran
Barbara Boxer
The Honorable
The Honorable
The Honorable
Charles Schumer
Ron Wyden
Jack Reed
U. S. House of Representatives
The Honorable
Lois Capps
The Honorable
Rush Holt
The Honorable
Michael Honda
The Honorable
Nancy Pelosi
The Honorable
Ed Pastor
The Honorable
John Conyers, Jr.
The Honorable
Elijah Cummings
The Honorable
Jim Langevin
The Honorable
Hal Rogers
The Honorable
Doris Matsui
The Honorable
The Honorable
Diana DeGette
Tammy Duckworth
The Honorable
Betty McCollum
The Honorable
Brad Sherman
The Honorable
Fred Upton
The Honorable
Jim McDermott
The Honorable
Grace Napolitano
The Honorable
Henry Waxman
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PRISM Awards Capitol Showcase
“On behalf of 21st Century Fox and John Landgraf, the President of FX who will be showcasing the PRISM Awards and is chairman of the PRISM Awards honorary committee and
a Trustee of EIC, it’s our honor to support the National Recovery effort and be a media
partner with EIC. For nearly two decades the EIC has paid tribute to the accurate, honest,
authentic and engaging depiction of important behavioral health issues through the PRISM
Awards. Celebrating hundreds of writers, producers, and directors who rewrite stereotypes
that become relatable and sympathetic characters that resonate with the audience. FX
Networks has already committed to premiering the 18th Annual PRISM Showcase during
Recovery Month in 2014 and also air the Showcase on our newest channel FXX.”
— Rick Lane, Sr. Vice President, Government Affairs at 21st Century Fox, Inc
“I actually do think the message is getting out to a much larger and much wider
audience and if you don’t believe that, just take a look at the number of reforms
that are going out across the country. Criminal justice reforms lead by conservative
governors that are carving out money out of their budgets to say we need recovery
services in our treatment facilities and in our correctional institutions, we need after
care. I don’t think any of this would be happening and I don’t think it would be
happening at the rate that it is, if it wasn’t for the fact that you are speaking up and
that you are getting this message out.”
— R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy,
Executive Office of the President
“For me, recovery started with me, but it’s
starting to branch out within my family and
I was just a very small piece of a large
puzzle of generations and generations of
dysfunction and so recovery for me looks like
coming from a hopeless state and moving
to the light. I hate saying I am a survivor. I
feel more like a “live-er.” I just want to live.
I want to be able to embrace life.”
— Tara Conner, 2006 Miss USA
Marie Dyak, EIC, Dr. Westley Clark, SAMHSA,
and Sis Wenger, NACOA
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“If you know that someone has a drinking problem, if you know that someone is an addict and using and getting in trouble with their drinking or their
drugging, I think that you have a responsibility. As the films say you can’t
tell someone you are an alcoholic, you are a drug addict, but you can tell
them I love you very much. And I think that we have a responsibility not to
stand by and not to enable people to continue down a path which is often
going to end up in jail or their death.”
— Dennis Wholey, TV Talk Show Host & Producer,
THIS IS AMERICA & THE WORLD
“I have been sober since July 15, 2001 and I actually realized today as I was
getting up that it was 4 years ago today that I had a double mastectomy. I have
had breast cancer two times and both times the doctors missed it. And I just kept
pushing. I remember the second time after I got the call about the breast cancer
and I talked to a friend who was in recovery and she said “you know, once again
Susan the stars are aligned for you” and she said “who else gets to say they saved
their life two times.” And to me that’s recovery in a nutshell because it is about the
perspective of looking at the same exact circumstances and facts and how you are
going to look at them.”
— Susan Broderick, J.D., Georgetown University
“For some the journey of recovery unfolds fairly effortlessly and every step forward seems to
come very naturally, but for others there are countless challenges, a few missteps and turns, and
even a setback or two. So when we celebrate today, and this month, and throughout the months,
let’s make sure we celebrate everyone. The providers, the families, the people in recovery, the
friends, and those who are lending a helping hand to others to get well and stay well.”
— Pamela S. Hyde, Administrator, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
“For me, recovery means finally hitting
rock bottom and finally realizing that
there is a light at the end of the tunnel,
that throughout their entire lives they
never realized it was there…It’s ok to
talk about…I know there is someone
else out there who is also going through
it. So being able to speak to it, that’s
my recovery.”
— Erin Brady, 2013 Miss USA
Skylar Jackson, Host of EICtv during live webcast of the PRISM
Capitol Showcase during the Annual Planning Partners Luncheon.
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California State Leadership Messages
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Feature Film-Substance Use
PRISM Nominees
August: Osage
County
(The Weinstein Company /
Jean Doumanian Productions)
Director: John Wells
Writer: Tracy Letts
Producers: Steve Traxler,
Jean Doumanian, George Clooney,
Grant Heslov
Junction
(Grand Entertainment Group /
Choice Films / Movie Ranch
Entertainment / Pate Productions)
Director: Tony Glazer
Writer: Tony Glazer
Producers: Summer Crockett Moore,
Roy McDonald, Pat Patterson
Lee Daniels’ The
Butler
(The Weinstein Company /
Follow Through Productions /
Salamander Pictures /
Laura Ziskin Productions /
Lee Daniels Entertainment /
Pam Williams Productions /
Windy Hill Pictures)
Director: Lee Daniels
Writer: Danny Strong
Producers: Pamela Oas Williams,
Laura Ziskin, Lee Daniels,
Buddy Patrick, Cassian Elwes
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The Spectacular Now
(A24 / 21 Laps /
Andrew Lauren Productions /
Global Produce)
Director: James Ponsoldt
Writers: Scott Neustadter,
Michael Weber
Producers: Tom McNulty,
Andrew Lauren, Michelle Krumm,
Shawn Levy
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Feature Film-Mental Health
PRISM Nominees
Cleaver’s Destiny
(Dagger Charge Films /
JennyWhine Entertainment)
Director: Karl Lentini
Writer: Karl Lentini
Producer: Karl Lentini
Home
(Tribal Blues, Inc. /
Mountaintop Productions /
The Home Film Group LLC /
Entertainment One)
Director: Jono Oliver
Writer: Jono Oliver
Producers: Daniela Barbosa,
Jono Oliver, Ged Dickersin
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Don Jon
(Relativity Media / Voltage Pictures /
Ram Bergman Productions /
Hit Record Films)
Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Writer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Producer: Ram Bergman
The Story of Luke
(Gravitas Ventures /
Luke Entertainment LLC /
Fluid Film / DViant Film)
Director: Alonso Mayo
Writer: Alonso Mayo
Producers: Nina Leidersdorff,
Julien Favre, Fred Roos
Performance in a Feature Film
PRISM Nominees
Joseph GordonLevitt
Don Jon
(Relativity Media / Voltage Pictures /
Ram Bergman Productions /
Hit Record Films)
Julia Roberts
August: Osage County
(The Weinstein Company /
Jean Doumanian Productions)
Oprah Winfrey
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Meryl Streep
August: Osage County
(The Weinstein Company /
Jean Doumanian Productions)
Shailene Woodley
The Spectacular Now
(A24 / 21 Laps /
Andrew Lauren Productions /
Global Produce)
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(The Weinstein Company /
Follow Through Productions /
Salamander Pictures / Laura Ziskin
Productions /
Lee Daniels Entertainment /
Pam Williams Productions /
Windy Hill Pictures)
Comedy Series Episode or Multi-Episode Storyline
PRISM Nominees
Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!
Season 1
(Comedy Central / Funny or Die)
Executive Producers: Mike Gibbons,
Zach Galifianakis, Dave Rath,
Steven Brody Stevens
Writers: Mike Gibbons,
Zach Galifianakis, Joseph Wagner,
Tom Sharpe
Director: Dean Fleischer-Camp
Californication
“The Unforgiven” / “Quitters”
(Showtime Network /
Aggressive Mediocrity /
And Then… / Twilight Time Films)
Executive Producers: Tom Kapinos,
David Duchovny
Writer: Tom Kapinos
Directors: David Duchovny, John Dahl
Mom
Season 1
Drop Dead Diva
“Cheaters”
(Lifetime Television /
Sony Pictures Television /
Storyline Entertainment)
Executive Producers: Josh Berman,
Craig Zadan, Neil Meron,
Robert J. Wilson, Alex Taub
Writer: Amy Engelberg,
Wendy Engelberg
Director: David Grossman
Nurse Jackie
Season 5
(Showtime Network /
Lionsgate Television /
Jackson Group Entertainment /
Madison Grain Elevator /
De Long Lumber /
Caryn Mandabach Productions)
Executive Producers: Clyde Phillips,
Richie Jackson, Caryn Mandabach
Writers: Clyde Phillips, Tom Straw, Liz
Flahive, Michael Davidoff,
Bill Rosenthal, Cindy Caponera,
Abe Sylvia, Daniele Nathanson,
Gina Gold, Aurorae Khoo
Directors: Randall Einhorn,
John Cameron Mitchell, Romeo Tirone,
Seith Mann, Jesse Peretz
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(CBS Entertainment /
Warner Bros. Television /
Chuck Lorre Productions)
Executive Producers: Chuck Lorre,
Eddie Gorodetsky Nick Bakay
Writers: Eddie Gorodetsky,
Chuck Lorre, Nick Bakay,
Gemma Baker, Alissa Neubauer,
Kelly Galuska, Christine Zander
Directors: Jeff Greenstein,
Gary Halvorson, James Widdoes,
Pamela Fryman, Betsy Thomas,
Jon Cryer
Performance in a Comedy Series
PRISM Nominees
David Duchovny
Brooke Elliott
(Showtime Network /
Aggressive Mediocrity / And Then… /
Twilight Time Films)
(Lifetime Television /
Sony Pictures Television /
Storyline Entertainment)
Californication
Drop Dead Diva
Edie Falco
Nurse Jackie
(Showtime Network /
Lionsgate Television /
Jackson Group Entertainment /
Madison Grain Elevator /
De Long Lumber /
Caryn Mandabach Productions)
Allison Janney
Mom
(CBS Entertainment /
Warner Bros. Television /
Chuck Lorre Productions)
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Anna Faris
Mom
(CBS Entertainment /
Warner Bros. Television /
Chuck Lorre Productions)
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Drama Series Episode-Substance Use
PRISM Nominees
Bones
“The Friend in Need”
(Fox Broadcasting Co. / 20th Century
Fox Television / Far Field Productions /
Josephson Entertainment)
Executive Producers: Hart Hanson,
Stephen Nathan, Jonathan Collier,
Ian Toynton, Barry Josephson
Writer: Dean Lopata
Director: Jeffrey Walker
Graceland
“Hair of the Dog”
(USA Network / Fox Television Studios)
Executive Producer: Jeff Eastin
Writer: Andrew Colville
Director: David Straiton
Longmire
“Party’s Over”
(A&E Network /
Warner Horizon Television /
The Shephard-Robin Co.)
Executive Producers: Greer Shephard,
Michael M. Robin, Hunt Baldwin,
John Coveny
Writer: Hunt Baldwin, John Coveny
Director: Peter Weller
Southland
“Chaos”
(TNT / Warner Bros. Television /
John Wells Productions)
Executive Producers: John Wells,
Christopher Chulack, Andrew Stearn,
Jonathan Lisco
Writer: Zack Whedon
Director: Christopher Chulack
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Scandal
“Snake in the Garden”
(ABC Entertainment / ABC Studios /
Shondaland)
Executive Producers: Shonda Rhimes,
Betsy Beers, Mark Wilding
Writer: Raamla Mohamed
Director: Ron Underwood
Drama Series Episode-Mental Health
PRISM Nominees
Blue Bloods
“Front Page News”
(CBS Entertainment /
CBS Television Studios /
Panda Productions /
Paw in Your Face Productions /
Eye Productions)
Executive Producers: Ian Biederman,
Leonard Goldberg, Kevin Wade
Writer: Dawn DeNoon
Director: Robert Harmon
Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit
“Born Psychopath”
(NBC Entertainment / Universal Television / Wolf Films)
Executive Producers: Dick Wolf, Warren
Leight, Julie Martin, Peter Jankowski,
Michael Smith
Writers: Julie Martin, Warren Leight
Director: Alex Chapple
The Mentalist
“Red, White and Blue”
(CBS Entertainment / Warner Bros.
Television / Primrose Hill Productions)
Executive Producers: Bruno Heller,
Eoghan Mahony, Daniel Cerone, Tom
Szentgyorgyi, Chris Long
Writer: Anthony Astrino
Director: Robert Duncan McNiell
Perception
“Wounded”
(TNT / ABC Studios / Paperboy
Productions)
Executive Producer: Ken Biller
Writer: Michael Sussman
Director: Ken Biller
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Perception
“Asylum”
(TNT / ABC Studios / Paperboy
Productions)
Executive Producer: Ken Biller
Writer: Jonathan Abrahams
Director: Greg Beeman
Performance in a Drama Series
PRISM Nominees
John Francis Daley
Michael Cudlitz
Southland
(TNT / Warner Bros. Television /
John Wells Productions)
Bones
(Fox Broadcasting Co. /
20th Century Fox Television /
Far Field Productions /
Josephson Entertainment)
Will Estes
Blue Bloods
(CBS Entertainment /
CBS Television Studios /
Panda Productions /
Paw in Your Face Productions /
Eye Productions)
Eric McCormack
Perception
(TNT / ABC Studios /
Paperboy Productions)
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Tony Goldwyn
Scandal
(ABC Entertainment /
ABC Studios / Shondaland)
Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline-Substance Use
PRISM Nominees
Elementary
Dexter
“What’s Eating Dexter
Morgan?” / “Scar Tissue”
(Showtime Network /
John Goldwyn Productions /
The Colleton Co. /
Devilina Productions)
Executive Producers: Sara Colleton,
Scott Buck, Manny Coto,
John Goldwyn, Michael C. Hall, Jace
Richdale, Wendy West,
Tim Schlattmann
Writers: Lauren Gussis,
Tim Schlattmann
Directors: Ernest R. Dickerson,
Stefan Schwartz
“Sherlock’s Recovery”
Episodes: “A Giant Gun, Filled With
Drugs” / “Dead Man’s Switch” /
“The Woman” / “Heroine” /
“Internal Audit”
(CBS Entertainment / CBS Television
Studios / Hill of Beans Productions /
Timberman-Beverly Productions)
Executive Producers: Robert Doherty,
Carl Beverly, Sarah Timberman,
Craig Sweeny
Writers: Corinne Brinkerhoff,
Liz Friedman, Christopher Silber,
Robert Doherty, Craig Sweeny,
Bob Goodman
Directors: Guy Ferland, Larry Teng,
Seith Mann, John Polson, Jerry Levine
Grey’s Anatomy
“Alex’s Father
Episodes: “Puttin’ on the Ritz” “/
“I Bet It Stung” / “Map of You” /
“Man on the Moon” /
“Get Up, Stand Up”
(ABC Entertainment / ABC Studios /
Shondaland / The Mark Gordon Co.)
Executive Producers: Shonda Rhimes,
Betsy Beers, Jeannine Renshaw,
Zoanne Clack, Stacy McKee,
Joan Rater, Tony Phelan,
Mark Gordon, Rob Corn
Writers: Elizabeth Klaviter,
Austin Guzman, Jeannine Renshaw,
William Harper
Directors: Bobby Roth, Rob Corn, Mark
Jackson, David Greenspan,
Tony Phelan
Shameless
Season 3
(Showtime Network /
Warner Bros. Television /
John Wells Productions /
Bonanza Productions)
Executive Producers: John Wells,
Paul Abbott, Andrew Stearn,
Mark Mylod
Writers: John Wells,
Nancy M. Pimental, Krista Vernoff,
Mike O’Malley, Sheila Callaghan,
Alex Borstein, Etan Frankel,
Davey Holmes
Directors: Mark Mylod,
Anthony Hemingway, Steve Shill, Randall Einhorn, J. Michael Muro, Mimi
Leder, Danny Cannon,
Gary B. Goldman, Sanaa Hamri
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Nashville
“Jolene and Deacon”
Episodes: “You Win Again” /
“There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight” /
“Dear Brother” /
“When You’re Tired of Breaking Other
Hearts” / “I Saw the Light” /
“My Heart Would Know” /
“Take These Chains from My Heart” /
“Why Don’t You Love Me” /
“A Picture from Life’s Other Side” /
“I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive”
/ “I Fall to Pieces” /
“I Don’t Wanna Talk About It Now” /
“Don’t Open That Door”
(ABC Entertainment / ABC Studios /
Lionsgate Television / Cutler Productions
/ Opry Entertainment / Small Wishes)
Executive Producers: Callie Khouri,
R.J. Cutler, Dee Johnson,
Steve Buchanan
Writers: Liz Tigelaar, David Marshall
Grant, Todd Ellis Kessler, Nancy Miller,
Dana Greenblatt, Jason George,
David Gould, Wendy Calhoun,
Molly Bickley, Meredith Lavender,
Marcie Ulin, Dee Johnson, Callie Khouri,
Tyler Bensinger
Directors: Paul A. Edwards, Eric Stoltz,
Jonathan Pontell, Paul McCrane,
Julie Hebert, Sanaa Hamri,
Stephen Cragg, Michael Waxman,
Callie Khouri, Michael Grossman
Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline-Mental Health
PRISM Nominees
Grey’s Anatomy
“Bailey’s OCD”
Episodes: “Sleeping Monster” / “Do
You Believe in Magic” / “Perfect
Storm” /
“Two Against One” /
“Man on the Moon” /
“Somebody I Used to Know”
(ABC Entertainment / ABC Studios /
Shondaland / The Mark Gordon Co.)
Executive Producers: Shonda Rhimes,
Betsy Beers, Jeannine Renshaw,
Zoanne Clack, Stacy McKee,
Joan Rater, Tony Phelan,
Mark Gordon, Rob Corn
Writers: Elizabeth Klaviter,
Bronwyn Garrity, Dan Bucatinsky,
Stacy McKee, Debora Cahn
Directors: Bobby Roth, Kevin McKidd,
Rob Corn, Debbie Allen
Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit
“Surrender Benson” /
“American Tragedy”
(NBC Entertainment /
Universal Television / Wolf Films)
Executive Producers: Dick Wolf,
Warren Leight, Julie Martin,
Peter Jankowski
Writers: Warren Leight, Julie Martin
Directors: Fred Berner, Michael Smith
Parenthood
“Small Victories” /
“Let’s Be Mad Together” /
“Election Day”
(NBC Entertainment /
Universal Television/
Imagine Television /
Mad Jack Productions)
Executive Producers: Ron Howard,
Brian Grazer, Jason Katims,
Lawrence Trilling, David Hudgins
Writers: Jessica Goldberg,
Jason Katims, Sarah Watson
Directors: Dylan K. Massin,
Lawrence Trilling, Peter Krause
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Homeland
Season 3
(Showtime Network / Fox 21 /
Teakwood Lane Productions /
Cherry Pie Productions)
Executive Producers: Howard Gordon,
Alex Gansa, Henry Bromell,
Alexander Cary, Chip Johannessen,
Avi Nir, Gideon Raff, Ran Tellem
Writers: Alex Gansa, Barbara Hall,
Chip Johannessen, Henry Bromell,
William Bromell, James Yoshimura,
Patrick Harbinson, Alexander Cary,
Charlotte Stoudt, Meredith Stiehm
Directors: Lesli Linka Glatter,
Clark Johnson, David Nutter,
Carl Franklin, Seith Mann,
Jeffrey Reiner, Keith Gordon,
Daniel Minahan
NCIS: Los Angeles
“Ascension” / “Impact” /
“Recovery”
(CBS Entertainment / CBS Television
Studios / Shane Brennan Productions)
Executive Producers: Shane Brennan,
John Peter Kousakis, R. Scott Gemmill
Writers: Sara Servi, R. Scott Gemmill,
Frank Military, Gil Grant
Directors: Jonathan Frakes, Terrence
O’Hara, Paul A. Kaufman
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Male Performance in a Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline
PRISM Nominees
Justin Chambers
Grey’s Anatomy
(ABC Entertainment / ABC Studios /
Shondaland / Mark Gordon Co.)
Jonny Lee Miller
Elementary
(CBS Entertainment /
CBS Television Studios /
Hill of Beans Productions /
Timberman-Beverly Productions)
James Remar
Grey’s Anatomy
(ABC Entertainment / ABC Studios /
Shondaland / Mark Gordon Co.)
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LL Cool J
NCIS: Los Angeles
(CBS Entertainment /
CBS Television Studios /
Shane Brennan Productions)
Eric Christian Olsen
NCIS: Los Angeles
(CBS Entertainment /
CBS Television Studios /
Shane Brennan Productions)
Female Performance in a Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline
PRISM Nominees
Jennifer Carpenter
Dexter
(Showtime Network /
John Goldwyn Productions /
The Colleton Co. /
Devilina Productions)
Lucy Liu
Elementary
(CBS Entertainment /
CBS Television Studios /
Hill of Beans Productions /
Timberman-Beverly Productions)
Mariska Hargitay
Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit
(NBC Entertainment /
Universal Television / Wolf Films)
Hayden Panettiere
Nashville
(ABC Entertainment /
ABC Studios /
Lionsgate Television /
Cutler Productions /
Opry Entertainment / Small Wishes)
Chandra Wilson
Grey’s Anatomy
(ABC Entertainment / ABC Studios /
Shondaland / Mark Gordon Co.)
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Daytime Drama Series Storyline
PRISM Nominees
Days Of Our Lives
“Brady’s Addiction”
Episodes: #12225, 12242 - 12244
(NBC Entertainment / Sony Pictures Television /
Corday Productions Inc.)
Executive Producer: Ken Corday
Writers: Gary Tomlin, Christopher Whitesell
Directors: Albert Alarr, Grant Johnson, Phil Sogard,
Herb Stein, Steven Williford
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TV Movie or Miniseries
PRISM Nominees
Call Me Crazy: A Five
Film
Anna Nicole
(Lifetime Television /
Sony Pictures Television /
Peace Out Productions /
Storyline Entertainment)
Executive Producers: Neil Meron,
Craig Zadan, Judith Verno
Writers: Joe Batteer, John Rice
Director: Mary Harron
Christmas with Tucker
(Hallmark Movie Channel /
Muse Entertainment)
Executive Producers: Dave Alan
Johnson, Joel S. Rice, Michael Prupas,
Jonas Prupas
Writer: Dave Alan Johnson
Director: Larry McLean
(Lifetime Television /
Sony Pictures Television)
Executive Producers: Jennifer Aniston,
Marta Kauffman, Kristin Hahn,
Kevin Chinoy, Francesca Silvestri
Writers: Erin Cressida Wilson,
Stephen Godchaux, Howard J. Morris,
Jan Oxenberg, Deirdre O’Connor
Directors: Laura Dern, Bryce Dallas
Howard, Sharon Maguire,
Bonnie Hunt, Ashley Judd
House of Versace
(Lifetime Television /
Marvista Entertainment)
Executive Producer: Robyn Snyder
Writer: Rama Stagner
Director: Sara Sugarman
Ring of Fire
(Lifetime Television /
Asylum Entertainment)
Executive Producers: Jonathan Koch,
Steven Michaels
Writer: Richard Friedenberg
Director: Allison Anders
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Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries
PRISM Nominees
Agnes Bruckner
Anna Nicole
(Lifetime Television /
Sony Pictures Television /
Peace Out Productions /
Storyline Entertainment)
Jewel
Ring of Fire
(Lifetime Television /
Asylum Entertainment)
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Gina Gershon
House of Versace
(Lifetime Television /
Marvista Entertainment)
Matt Ross
Ring of Fire
(Lifetime Television /
Asylum Entertainment)
Ensemble Performance in a TV Movie
PRISM Nominees
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Jennifer Hudson, Sarah Hyland,
Brittany Snow, Ernie Hudson, Jason Ritter,
Jean Smart, Melissa Leo, Octavia Spencer,
Lea Thompson, Sofia Vassilieva,
Melanie Griffith, Chelsea Handler,
Mitch Rouse, Richard Gilliland
(Lifetime Television /
Sony Pictures Television)
Original Internet Programming
PRISM Nominees
Lauren
Season 2
(Wigs)
Executive Producers: Jon Avnet,
Rodrigo Garcia, Jake Avnet
Writers: Jan Rodan, Jon Avnet
Director: Jon Avne)
Next Week’s Game
(Psychic Bunny Inc.)
Executive Producer: Dr. Dave Baron
Writer: J. Rick Castaneda
Director: J. Rick Castaneda
Susanna
Season 1
(Wigs)
Executive Producers: Jon Avnet,
Rodrigo Garcia, Jake Avnet
Writer: Jon Avnet
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Performance in an Internet Program
PRISM Nominees
Jennifer Beals
Lauren
(Wigs)
Maggie Grace
Susanna
(Wigs)
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Troian Bellisario
Lauren
(Wigs)
Anna Paquin
Susanna
(Wigs)
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Teen or Children’s Program
PRISM Nominees
Degrassi: The Next
Generation
“Cam’s Suicide”
Episodes: “Bitter Sweet Symphony” /
“Ray of Light” / “Zombie”
(TeenNick / Nickelodeon /
Epitome Pictures)
Executive Producers: Linda Schuyler,
Stephen Stohn, Sarah Glinski
Writers: Ramona Barckert,
Michael Grassi, Matt Huether
Directors: Pat Williams,
Mitchell T. Ness, Stefan Brogren
Degrassi: The Next
Generation
“Dallas’ Alcohol Abuse”
Episodes: “Who Do You Think You
Are” / “Barely Breathing”
(TeenNick / Nickelodeon /
Epitome Pictures)
Executive Producers: Linda Schuyler,
Stephen Stohn, Sarah Glinski
Writer: Lauren Gosnell
Director: Eleanore Lindo
Degrassi: The Next
Generation
“Drew’s Drug Abuse”
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Episodes: “This is How We Do It” /
“You Got Me”
Nick News with Linda
Ellerbee
(TeenNick / Nickelodeon /
Epitome Pictures)
Executive Producers: Linda Schuyler,
Stephen Stohn, Sarah Glinski
Writer: Matt Huether
Director: Phil Earnshaw
(Nickelodeon /
Lucky Duck Productions)
Executive Producers: Linda Ellerbee,
Rolfe Tessem
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Talk Show Episode
PRISM Nominees
The Doctors
“New Heroin Debate”
(CBS Domestic Television Distribution /
Stage 29 Productions)
Executive Producers: Jay McGraw,
Carla Pennington,
Dr. Phillip C. McGraw,
Patricia Ciano, Jeff Hudson
Director: Lynn Creagan Hermstad
Dr. Phil Show
“Saving Loni: From Suburbs to
the Slums”
(CBS Domestic Television Distribution /
Peteski Productions)
Executive Producers: Carla Pennington,
Dr. Phillip C. McGraw
Writer: Julie Ross
Director: Lynn Creagan Hermstad
The Trisha Goddard
Show
“I Abuse Her and Treat Her Like
an Animal…I Need Help”
(NBC Universal Domestic Television /
Stamford Media Center Productions)
Executive Producer: Paul Faulhaber
Director: Marie NeJame
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Dr. Phil Show
“Battle with Anxiety Lands Him
on the Bench”
(CBS Domestic Television Distribution /
Peteski Productions)
Executive Producers: Carla Pennington,
Dr. Phillip C. McGraw
Writer: Julie Ross
Director: Lynn Creagan Hermstad
The Steve Wilkos
Show
“Teens: Addiction
and Pregnancy”
(NBC Universal Domestic Television /
Stamford Media Center Productions)
Executive Producer: Rachelle Wilkos
Director: Adam Simons Sorota
Feature Film Documentary
PRISM Nominees
The Anonymous
People
(4th Dimension Productions LLC)
Director: Greg Williams
Writers: Jeff Reilly, Aaron Cohen,
Greg Williams, Bud Mikhitarian
Executive Producers: Paul McCulley,
John Silverman
Running from Crazy
(OWN / Cabin Creek Films)
Executive Producers: Barbara Kopple,
Oprah Winfrey, Erica Forstadt,
Lisa Erspamer
Director: Barbara Kopple
My Father and
the Man in Black
Growing Up with
Johnny Cash
and the Father
He Barely Knew
(New Chapter Productions Inc.)
Director: Jonathan Holiff
Writer: Jonathan Holiff
Producers: Tanya Lyn Nazarec,
Jennifer Phillips, Jonathan Holiff
Salinger
(The Weinstein Co. / The Story Factory)
Director: Shane Salerno
Producers: Shane Salerno,
Buddy Squires, Deborah Randall,
Craig Fanning
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Documentary—Mental Health
PRISM Nominees
American Health
Journal
Mental Health and
Addiction Show
(PBS SoCal / Windsor Broadcast
Productions / KOCE)
Executive Producer: Roland Perez
Writer: Roland Perez
Director: Roland Perezd
Life Continued:
Defeating Depression
(MTV / Soul Pancake)
Executive Producers: Rainn Wilson,
Bobby Pura, Golriz Lucina,
Shabnam Mogharabi, Sarah North
Mental Health in
America: Exploring
the Stigma
(CNN)
Executive Producer: Eric Hall
Writers: Amy La Porte,
Gary Daughters, Barbara Vargas,
Tina Kim, Lauren Keating,
Heather Sinclair, Rob Harber,
Allen Huntspon
Director: Michael Fleisch
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Outside the Lines
“Bobby San Jose: Fallen Star”
(ESPN)
Documentary—Substance Use­
PRISM Nominees
Intervention:
Season 14
(A&E Network / GRB Entertainment)
Executive Producers: Gary R. Benz,
Michael Brandon, Dan Portland
Writer: Maureen Hoban
True Life –
“I’m Addicted to Pills”
(MTV / Linton Media)
Executive Producers: Katherine Linton,
Betsy Forhan, Marshall Eisen,
Dave Sirulnick
Iyanla: Fix My Life –
“Fix My Secret
Addiction”
(OWN / Harpo Studios)
Executive Producers: Jill Van Lokeren,
Jon Sinclair
Weed: Dr. Sanjay
Gupta Reports
(CNN)
Sr. Executive Producers: Bud Bultman,
Roni Selig
Writer: Melissa Dunst Lipman
World’s Untold
Stories: Shooting Up
Legally
(CNN)
Executive Producer: Sheri England
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Unscripted Non-Fiction Program
PRISM Nominees
Boston’s Finest
“Everything is Personal” /
“Family Matters” /
“Boston’s Finest”
(TNT / Jarrett Creative Group /
Donnie D. Productions)
Executive Producers: Donnie Wahlberg,
Seth Jarrett, Julie Insogna-Jarrett
Director: Eric Smith
Extreme Weight Loss
“Jami”
(ABC Entertainment / Eyeworks USA)
Executive Producers: JD Roth, Todd A.
Nelson, Matt Assmus, Brant Pinvidic
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Drugs Inc.: Season 4
(National Geographic Channel)
Executive Producer: Jonathan
Hewes
Public Service Project
PRISM Nominees
Half of Us
(mtvU)
Executive Producers: Amy Campbell,
Sophia Cranshaw
It’s Time
(Lifetime Television)
Truth/Girl Code:
Revenge Squad
OK2Talk
(National Association of Broadcasters)
Executive Producer: Michael Garza
Director: Lance Doty
(MTV)
Executive Producers: Amy Campbell,
Meg Sudlik, Colin Gaul
Director: Laura Murphy
Writer: Laura Murphy
Producer: Dan O’Hare
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ENT. PUBLICISTS PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETY
CBS STUDIOS
ALLIANCE
EPIC ASSOCIATED
CEMA DISTRIBUTION
ATLANTIS TV
EPITOME PICTURES
CHANNEL ONE NEWS
AL ROKER ENT.
ESPN
CHARLES
SHERMAN
PR
AMBLIN TV
FAKE EMPIRE
CHASE FILMS
AMC
FIFTEEN MINUTES
CHERNIN ENT.
AMC THEATERS
FILM 44
CHERRY PRODS.
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
FILMS INC.
CHERYL KAGEN PR
AMERICAN WOMEN IN RADIO &
TELEVISION
FINE LINE FEATURES
CHUCK FRIES PRODS.
ANDERSON PUBLIC RELATIONS
FIRST INDEPENDENT PICTURES
CHUCK LORRE PRODS.
GRP.
FIRST LOOK PICTURES
CINEPLEX ODEON
ANIMAL PLANET
FOCUS FEATURES
CLOSEST TO THE HOLE PRODS.
APOSTLE PICTURES
42 WEST
CLOUDLAND CO.
ARCHIE COMICS
FORWARD PASS, INC.
CNBC
ARISTA RECORDS
FOX 2000
CNN
ARNOLD SHAPIRO PRODS.
FOX BROADCASTING CO.
COLUMBIA PICTURES
ARTISAN ENT.
FOX KIDS NETWORK
COLUMBIA RECORDS
A & E NETWORK
FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES
COMCAST ENT. GROUP
ASSN. OF LOCAL TELEVISION STAFOX TV STATIONS
COMEDY CENTRAL
TIONS
FOX TV STUDIOS
COMICO
ATLANTIC RECORDS
FOX 21
CONCRETE MARKETING
THE BADHAM CO.
FREESTYLE RELEASING
CONSTANT C PRODS.
BAD HAT HARRY PRODS.
FRIENDS OF FILM
CORDAY PRODS.
BAD ROBOT
FULL FATHOM 5 LLC
CORNET/MTI FILM & VIDEO
BARBARA HALL/JOSEPH STERN
FUSE
CMT
PRODS.
FUZZY DOOR PRODS.
COWLIP PRODS.
BARWALL PRODS.
FX NETWORK
THE CW
BAYS-THOMAS
GADA FILMS
CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY
THE BEDFORD FALLS CO.
GSN
CROWN THEATERS
BELISARIUS PRODS.
GRANADA AMERICA
CULVER STUDIOS
BERLANTI-LIDDELL PRODS.
GIGANTIC TV
CURB ENT.
BIG TICKET TV
GRACIE FILMS
CURRENT TV
BET
GRAMMNET PRODS.
CYNTHIA SNYDER P.R.
BIO
GRAN VIA PRODS.
DARREN STAR PRODS.
BLOCKBUSTER ENT.
GRANVILLE PRODS.
DAVE HACKEL PRODS.
BRAVO
GRB ENTertainment
DAVID E. KELLEY PRODS.
BRILLSTEIN ENT. PARTNERS
GREENBLATT JANOLLARI STUDIOS
DC COMICS
BROADWAY VIDEO
GUTTMAN & ASSOC.
DEEDLE-DEE PRODS.
BRUCKHEIMER TV
HALLMARK CHANNEL
DE PASSE ENT.
THE BUBBLE FACTORY
HALLMARK ENTERTAINMENT
DIC ENTERTAINMENT
BULL’S EYE ENT.
HALLMARK HALL OF FAME PRODS.
DINOVI PICTURES
BUNIM-MURRAY PRODS.
HANNA BARBERA PRODS.
DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA
THE BURBANK STUDIOS
HANNOVER HOUSE
DISCOVERY CHANNEL
BWR
HANSON & SCHWAM
DISCOVERY HEALTH CHANNEL
BY THE LAKE PRODS.
DISNEY CHANNEL
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HAPPY CAMPER PRODS.
HARPO PRODS.
HBO FILMS
HBO SPORTS
HBO ENTERTAINMENT
HEEL & TOE FILMS
HIGH BRIDGE PRODS.
THE HISTORY CHANNEL
HLN
HOLLYWOOD RADIO & TELEVISION
SOCIETY
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
IATSE
ICM
ID PR
IFC
IFC FILMS
IMAGE ENT.
IMAGE MOVERS
IMAGE TRANSFORM
IMAGINE TV
INDEPENDENT FILM & TELEVISION
ALLIANCE
INDICAN PICTURES
INDUSTRY ENTERTAINMENT
INSIGNIA PR
INTERNATIONAL 3D SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY
ASSN.
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY
ION MEDIA
IRWIN ENTERTAINMENT
JAFFE-BRAUNSTEIN FILMS
J2 COMMUNICATIONS
JOHN WELLS PRODS.
JOSEPHSON ENT.
JUDGMENTAL FILMS
KAOS ENT.
KEYSER-LIPPMAN PRODS.
KIDS WB!
KING FEATURES
KING SIZE PRODS.
KING WORLD PRODS.
LARSON SOUND CENTER
LBS COMMUNICATIONS
BELL PHILLIP TELEVISION PRODS.
LEEZA GIBBONS ENTERPRISES
LETNOM PRODS.
LIFETIME TV
LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK
LIFETIME REAL WOMEN
LIONSGATE FILMS
LIONSGATE TV
LLOYD SEGAN CO.
LMNO PRODS.
LOGO
LORIMAR-TELEPICTURES
MAGNA GLOBAL ENT.
MAGNOLIA PICTURES
MAKEUP ARTISTS LOCAL
MANDALAY TV
MANDEVILLE FILMS
THE MARK GORDON CO.
MARVEL COMICS GROUP
MARVEL PRODS.
MARVEL STUDIOS
THE MASS APPEAL
MCA RECORDS
MERCURY RECORDS
MGM PICTURES
MGM TV
MILLAR GOUGH INK
MIRAMAX FILMS
MONA LORING PR
MOTION PICTURE ASSN. OF
AMERICA
MOTION PICTURE COSTUMERS
MOTOWN RECORDS
MSNBC
MTM ENTERPRISES
MTV NETWORKS
MTVU
MUSICARES
MUSE ENT. ENTERPRISES
MUSIC VIDEO ASSN.
MUSIC VIDEO PROD. ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES
NATIONAL ASSN. OF
BROADCASTERS
NATIONAL ASSN. OF THEATER
OWNERS
NATIONAL CABLE &
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSN.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
CHANNEL
NATPE
NBC ENTERTAINMENT
NBC NEWS
NBC UNIVERSAL, INC.
NEW CRIME PRODS.
NEW HORIZON HOME VIDEO
NEW LINE CINEMA
NEW LINE HOME ENT.
NEW LINE TV
NEW WORLD ENT.
NEWS CORP.
NICKELODEON/NICK AT NITE
NICOLE NASSAR PR
OCTOBER FILMS
ONCE A FROG PRODS.
ONCE UPON A TIME FILMS
ORIGINAL FILM
ORION PICTURES
ORION TV
OXYGEN MEDIA
OWN
PALM PICTURES
PANTHER PR
PAPAZIAN HIRSCH ENT.
PARAMOUNT HOME ENT.
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
PARTICIPANT MEDIA
PATRICOLA/LUST PR
PAUL HAGGIS PRODS.
PAX NETWORK
PETER ENGEL PRODS.
PETESKI PRODS.
PHOENIX PICTURES
PICADOR PRODS.
PICTUREMAKER PRODS.
PINNACLE PR
PIVOT
PIXEL BLUES
PLAYTONE
PMK/BNC
POLYGRAM FILMED ENT.
POLYGRAM RECORDS
PRETENDER PRODS.
PROCTOR & GAMBLE PRODS.
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA
PRODUCERS ENT. GROUP
PROMAX/BDA
PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
PUBLICISTS GUILD OF AMERICA
RAIN MEDIA
RALEIGH STUDIOS
RCA RECORDS
REAL TIME PRODS.
REBA MERRILL ASSOCIATES
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSN. OF
AMERICA
REDEEMABLE FEATURES
REELZ CHANNEL
REGENCY TV
RELATIVITY MEDIA
REPUBLIC PICTURES
RETAILVISION
RETIREMENT LIVING TV
REVEILLE LLC
RHINO FILMS
RHINO VIDEO
ROADRUNNER RECORDS
ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS
ROBERT GREENWALD PRODS.
ROGERS AND COWAN
RUBY SPEARS PRODS.
RYAN MURPHY PRODS.
RYAN SEACREST PRODS.
SAG-AFTRA
SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS
SAMUEL GOLDWYN TV
SCOTT FREE PRODS.
SCREEN MEDIA FILM LLC
SHEPHERD-ROBIN CO.
SHOE MONEY PRODS.
SHONDALAND PRODS.
SHORE Z PRODS.
SHOWTIME NETWORKS
SLATE PR
SNL STUDIOS
SOAPNET
SONY BMG MUSIC ENT.
SONY PICTURES ENT.
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
SONY PICTURES HOME ENT.
SONY PICTURES TV
SOUTHERN STAR PRODS.
SPELLING TV
SPIKE TV
STARFISH NETWORK
STARZ MEDIA
STEPHEN J. CANNELL PRODS.
STEVE LEVITAN PRODS.
STEVEN BOCHCO PRODS.
STORYLINE ENT.
STRAND RELEASING
STYLE NETWORK
SUMMIT ENT.
THE SUNDANCE CHANNEL
SUTTERLINK
SWANK FILMS
SYFY
SYNCOPATED FILMS
TAIL WIND PRODS.
TBS
TECHNICOLOR
TEEN NICK
TELEMUNDO
TELENEXT MEDIA
TELEPICTURES PRODS.
TIJUANA ENT.
THINKFILM
THE THOMAS CARTER CO.
3 ARTS ENT.
3 BALL PRODS.
TIMBERMAN-BEVERLY PRODS.
TIME WARNER CABLE
TLA RELEASING
TLC
TNT
TOLLIN-ROBBINS PRODS.
TOM LYNCH CO.
TOON DISNEY
TOP COW COMICS
TOUCHSTONE PICTURES
TOWER RECORDS
TRIBUNE BROADCASTING
TRIBUNE ENT. CO.
TRIFECTA ENT.
TRILOGY ENT. GROUP
TRUE JACK PRODS.
TRUE PR
TRU TV
TV GUIDE NETWORK
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20TH CENTURY FOX
FILM CORP.
20TH CENTURY FOX TV
20TH TELEVISION CORP.
21ST CENTURY FOX
UNITED ARTISTS PICTURES
UNITED ARTISTS THEATERS
UNIVERSAL CABLE PRODS.
UNIVERSAL TV
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
UNIVERSAL PICTURES
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENT.
UPN
UNIVISION
USA NETWORK
VALERIE ALLEN PR
VARIETY
VH1
VIACOM, INC.
VIACOM PRODS.
VIN DI BONA PRODS.
VIRGIN MUSIC
VISUAL FRONTIER, INC.
VOLTAGE PICTURES
VON ZERNECK-SERTNER FILMS
VULCAN PRODS.
THE WALT DISNEY CO.
WALT DISNEY HOME ENT.
WALT DISNEY RECORDS
WALT DISNEY PICTURES
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS
WALT DISNEY
TELEVISION ANIMATION
WARNER BROS. PICTURES
WARNER BROS. RECORDS
WARNER BROS. TV
WARNER BROS. TV
ANIMATION
WARNER/HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS
WARNER HOME VIDEO
WARNER HORIZON TV
WARNER MUSIC GROUP
WARRIOR RECORDS
THE WB TELEVISION NETWORK
WELLER-GROSSMAN PRODS.
WE TV
WEA DISTRIBUTION
WEINER BROS.
THE WEINSTEIN CO.
WGBH BOSTON
WHITE SNEAKERS, INC.
WIGS
WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY
WILSHIRE COURT TV
WIND DANCER PROD. GROUP
WINKLER FILMS
WKT PR
WOLF FILMS
WOLPER ORGANIZATION
WOMEN IN FILM
WONDERLAND SOUND & VISION
WORKING TITLE FILMS
WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA EAST
WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST,
INC.
ZOMBA LABEL GROUP
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EIC hosted a series of initiatives, “Breaking The Cycle - Historical Trauma and Mental Health,” intended for Native Americans in Sonoma County, CA. These initiatives include a radio program, a Talking Circle, and a community forum for open communication about mental wellness.
EIC’s TEAM Up project created a new resource to assist mental health stakeholders in reaching out to the news media in their communities. “Working with the Media to Tell Your Story” is a toolkit for mental health community organizations and individuals that includes useful tips for working with the media.
EIC released an Action Strategy, Picture This: Mental Health in the San Francisco Bay Area, following a forum hosted by KTVU (CBS), to
address mental health and reporting in San Francisco.
EIC released an Action Strategy to address reporting on homelessness among Veterans in Chicago, Picture This: Ending Homelessness Among Veterans in Chicago.
EIC teamed with Fairfax County Public School District’s High School Academies for their STEM-H Expo to introduce nearly 400 middle school students and their families to careers and high school courses being offered in science, technology, engineering, math and health.
EIC renewed its partnership with West Potomac School, a Governor’s School, to further the education of health and production students through mentoring and expanded internship opportunities. EIC is also spotlighting student-created programming on EICnetwork.tv.
2013
• Through its TEAM Up campaign, EIC produced a special panel discussion for the Excellence in Journalism conference with the Radio Television Digital News Association and Society of Professional Journalists entitled “Reporting on Mental Health Matters, and it Matters How We Report.”
• At the National Association of Broadcasters “NAB Show”, EIC produced “The Art of Keeping it Real,” a panel discussion on storytelling about mental health issues with writers from Parenthood, Grey’s Anatomy and Army Wives.
• First Draft on the Menu launches with NBC hit Chicago Fire.
• The launch of EICtv, EIC’s Internet Television Network during National Recovery Month in September with a live webcast of the Recovery
Planning Partners Luncheon featuring representatives from the White House, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 21st Century Fox, 2013 Miss USA and Miss USA 2006.
• EICtv original programming with Junior Reporters ranging from 8 years of age to 25 years of age, including behind-the-scenes footage at Johnson Space Center, special events with the acting U.S. Surgeon General and NASA Astronaut Leland Melvin and stunt science series “How That Works.”
• EIC facilitated the connection between Fox and SAMHSA’s help and referral sites to spread awareness about substance use treatment during a Glee episode in remembrance of former cast member Corey Monteith.
• The re-launch of Generation Next with over 100 submissions from California college students studying film and television, journalism and social media to create accurate stories about persons living with mental illness, their recovery and wellness.
• EIC hosted the 3rd Annual SET Awards in Beverly Hills, CA.
• EIC held a Picture This forum in San Francisco on Mental Health.
• EIC’s TEAM Up Community and Media Outreach Initiative conducted a panel on Mental Health Matters at the California Chicano News
Media Association (CCNMA).
• EIC presented one in a series of its First Draft Creative Briefings at Universal Studios on Mental Health.
• EIC held a First Draft Briefing: Veteran Issues for Storytellers in partnership with SAG-AFTRA Military Personnel and Families Support Committee and the Producers Guild of America in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Homeless Veterans Initiatives Office.
• EIC hosted the 3rd Annual SWPA Media & Mental Health Awards and aired a TV Special on WBGN-TV in Pittsburgh.
• EIC’s Pittsburgh team holds several media briefings throughout the Southwestern Pennsylvania market.
• EIC’s TEAM Up presented at the Asian American Journalists Association’s event in San Diego on mental health and violence.
• EIC participated in the U.S. News & World Report STEM Solutions conference in Austin, Texas, moderating a panel titled, “Why We Don’t Hate Math” with the goal of getting more women and girls engaged in innovative careers.
• The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) joined EIC’s TEAM Up
initiative as official partners.
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EIC collaborated with Citizen Relations and the California Mental Health Services Authority to engage Glenn Close in the narration and
distribution of the documentary, “A New State of Mind: Ending the Stigma of Mental Illness.”
EIC produced and distributed the FIRST EVER Spanish Language Picture This publication, Muestra Esto, with a launch event at Univision
Los Angeles.
The Associated Press included a section on media coverage of mental illness in their 2013 Stylebook to help create a standard when it comes to reporting on these topics.
EIC, through its TEAM Up (Tools for Entertainment And Media) Project, distributed Style Guides and Toolkits and aided in reporting on mental health issues in local media. All of these publications were produced in Spanish and English.
EIC partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to produce an action strategy and promote awareness of the topic of Veteran
Homelessness through a forum in Chicago.
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EIC held FIRST EVER Spanish language journalism forum Picture This: Mental Health Stigma and Discrimination Reduction hosted by Univision in Los Angeles.
EIC hosted the 2nd Annual SET Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, CA.
EIC brought together professionals in the entertainment industry through a Call to Action Forum to discuss the importance of science,
engineering, and technology to careers in the entertainment industry and the need to promote these careers to young people. The forum was co-sponsored by numerous entertainment industry organizations in partnership with the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy.
The 2nd SWPA Awards hosted by the Surgeon General .
EIC brought together creative community, news media, and mental health stakeholders in statewide effort to remove barriers to good mental health for all Californians as a program partner in one of the Prevention and Early Intervention Initiatives from the California Mental Health
Services Authority.
EIC partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to produce a national entertainment forum Picture This: Veteran Mental Health
Challenges.
EIC launched diabetes initiatives with Novo Nordisk Inc. in five cities: Seattle, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles
In collaboration with Shire Pharmaceuticals, Inc., EIC produced education briefings on ADHD.
EIC President/CEO appointed to National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention; co-leader Public Awareness and Education Task Force.
To view EIC’s complete timeline please visit www.eiconline.org
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About Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.
EIC Mission: To bring the power and influence
of the entertainment industry to communicate about
health and social issues.
5 Operating Principles
EIC operates by certain principles that apply to all of its programs, products and services.
1.We utilize a non-judgmental process when working with the entertainment industry, respecting creative integrity
and creative freedom.
2.We acknowledge that members of the entertainment industry make a variety of positive contributions addressing health
and social issues, and recognize that such contributions are possible.
3.We promote voluntary involvement by the entertainment industry in addressing health and social issues.
4.We encourage the entertainment industry and its members to set and implement their own agendas with health
and social issues.
5.We recognize the entertainment industry is only one piece of the larger societal puzzle as it relates to responsibility
and solutions to pressing health and social issues.
ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA COMMUNICATION INSTITUTE
“An Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Health and Social Progress”
Mission Statement: The Entertainment & Media
Communication Institute is EIC’s research and strategy
component to foster developmental interdisciplinary activities
addressing commercial and noncommercial media opportunities
to promote the well-being of the public and enhance the pro-social
impact of entertainment and other media.
EIC Program Model
EIC connects the creative community with experts in the fields of health and social
issues to facilitate and encourage accurate depictions in entertainment and other
media by utilizing the following model:
Resources
FIRST DRAFT™ CREATIVE BRIEFINGS
A resource for Writers, Producers, Directors, Performers, Programming, Development & Creative
Executives, Standards and Practices Executives, and Series Researchers to aid in presenting
compelling stories that engage millions.
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Programs and Initiatives
Picture This
Since 1983, EIC has been a pioneer in connecting leading figures in the entertainment industry with those in multiple disciplines. Thus, the
Picture This program can reframe the presentation of a complex topic and transform it into one that is innovative, accessible, and relevant
to the entertainment and news media and—through their work—reach the general public.
EIC’s Picture This Forums create the opportunity for members of the health and social fields to condense and contextualize key issues in
their areas of expertise. The forums provide expert information to the entertainment industry in an effort to inspire stories that could lead to
Seattle, WA
social change. Each forum results in an Action
KING5, NBC
Strategy Publication to guide the media in their
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Louis, MO
efforts to incorporate accurate messaging into
KSDK 5, NBC
their projects.
Atlanta, GA
•Entertainment Industry Forums: Convene professionals to bridge the gap between l
order to communicate through the •Journalism Forum Series: Convenes leading state, and local policy makers, to bring
greater understanding of the local priorities
to the community.
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leading national experts and media
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advocates and the creative
FOX Chicago
use of entertainment.
Philadelphia, PA
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Detroit, MI
WJBK, Fox 2
Pittsburgh, PA
WPXI, NBC
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Los Angeles, CA
KTTV, Fox 11 & KMEX, Univision 34
Orlando, FL
WOFL, Fox11
San Francisco, CA
KTVU
Publications
•EIC’s publications provide the Action Strategy for the entertainment
industry to utilize these issues in the creative development of
characters and storylines. By providing Depiction Suggestions,
Real Stories, and current research, the goal of these publications is to provide the resources to encourage accuracy while
promoting creativity.
EICnetwork.tv
In addition to EIC’s regular education and resource activities, we launched a multi-media,
global internet television network in 2013 serving niche audiences with valuable health and
social isues information.
EICtv takes viewers on an interactive journey through the worlds of television, film, music, and
comic books to explore how media and the real world we experience every day intersect and
inform our views and beliefs about health and social issues. Featuring two channels — Health & Wellness and Science, Engineering and
Technology — EICtv offers a weekly newscast covering the biggest issues affecting the world, highlighting resources and viewer-submitted
content. Each channel features a Video Vault of special reports, vignettes, and interviews, introducing viewers to real people and their
stories; showcasing briefings, forums, and webinars produced by EIC; and serving as an outlet for organizations to share important
messages about health and social issues.
Watch now at www.eicnetwork.tv
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Recognition
PRISM Awards
An awards program that recognizes writers,
producers, actors and actresses for their
authentic storytelling of mental health and
substance use issues.
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SET Awards
Recognizes productions that address science,
engineering, and technology in ways that inspire
and encourage future innovators to pursue these
important career paths.
Media and Mental Health Awards
Recognizes accurate depictions and
messaging in the media that increase
awareness regarding mental health
in the communities of Southwestern
Pennsylvania.
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EIC’s Program Collaborators
Active Minds
Afterschool Buddy
American Optometric Association
American Soldier Network
California Mental Health
Services Authority
Chapman University
Each Mind Matters
Fathom Events
Friends of NIDA
George Mason University
Hispanic Communications Network
Lockheed Martin
Meteor 17
NASA
National Legal Aid
and Defender Association
National Science Foundation
Northrop Grumman
Reingold
Rolls-Royce
STEMConnector
STEM Education Coalition
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
Staunton Farm Foundation
Third Rock Radio
TV Worldwide
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
U.S. News and World Report
West Potomac Academy
White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy
EIC Board of Trustees
Herman Rush
Trustees Chairman
Chris Albrecht
Wallis Annenberg
Dick Askin
Jeffrey Barbakow
Gail Berman
Frank Biondi
Norman Brokaw
Lori Burgess
Jim Caparro
Tim Conway
John Cooke
Lana Corbi
Barbara Corday
Robert A. Daly
Nicole David
Gordon Davidson
Suzanne dePasse
Barry Diller
Dennis Doty
Robert Dowling
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Charles W. Fries
Edward O. Fritts
Michael Fuchs
David Geffen
Gary Goddard
J. William Grimes
Sandy Grushow
Paul Haggis
Jules Haimovitz
Ted Harbert
Garry Hart
Mindy Herman
Andy Heyward
Alan Horn
Gene Jankowski
Robert L. Johnson
Alan Ladd, Jr.
John Landgraf
Sherry Lansing
Stan Lee
Kim LeMasters
Jordan Levin
Peter Liguori
Margaret Loesch
Frank Mancuso
Chris McGurk
Gerald McRaney
Mike Medavoy
Leslie Moonves
Norm Nixon
I. Martin Pompadur
William C. Paley
Harold Prince
Spencer Proffer
Phil Quartararo
David Rehr
Kevin Reilly
Burt Reynolds
Fredric Rosen
James H. Rosenfield
Peter Roth
Jeff Sagansky
Lucie Salhany
Scott Sassa
Lynn Segall
Terry Semel
Sid Sheinberg
Bradley Siegel
Herbert Siegel
Fred Silverman
Gordon Smith
Seymour Stein
Neil Stiles
Tom Tardio
Nancy Tellum
Renee Valente
Dean Valentine
Tony Vinciquerra
Louis P. Weiss
James A. Wiatt
Alan Wurtzel
EIC Board of Directors
Ralph Andrews*
Gary Benz ❖
Leroy Bobbitt
Lionel Chetwynd
Vin Di Bona
Nancy Dockry*
Brian Dyak*❖•
David Goldsmith*❖
Michele Lee*❖
Roland McFarland
Bob Okun
Melissa Rivers
Herman Rush*❖
William N. Utz*❖
Frank Wheaton❖
*Founding Board Directors, ❖Executive Committee, •Pres./CEO & Exec. Producer/Writer PRISM Awards
EIC Management
Marie Gallo Dyak
Exec. VP, Program Services
& Government Relations
Executive Producer of
PRISM Awards
Larry Deutchman
Exec. VP, Marketing
& Industry Relations
Executive Producer and
Writer of PRISM Awards/
SET Awards
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EIC Associates
Administration
SHAWN KING
Administration,
Web Management, & Executive
Assistant to the President
and CEO
HINAH ASHFAQ
Administrative Assistant
ROSS, LANGAN
AND MCKENDREE, LLP
C.P.A.
HOGAN LOVELLS
Legal Services
STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP
Legal Services
Program Services
SUSAN BROZEK SCOTT
EIC Pittsburgh Regional Director
SKYLAR JACKSON
External Communication and
Program Director
Producer/Host, EICnetwork.tv
SCOTT DORMAN
CalMHSA Project Manager
ADEL NUR
CalMHSA Community & Media
Program Manager
SEFFRAH ORLANDO
Program Assistant
PIXIE MONROE
Veteran Affairs Consultant
Shana Baiz
Program Assistant
NEDRA WEINREICH
CalMHSA Project Manager
ANTHONY PEREZ
Program Manager
SABINE SIGHICELLI
CalMHSA Generation Next
Program Manager
BARBARA REW
Special Program Coordinator
Production & Publications
ANGELA SNOW
Director of Production
TOBY MARQUEZ
Photography / Videographer
AARON JACKSON
Photography
ANN BAUCKMAN
Graphic Design & Printing
NOAH CLARK
Production
LINDSEY MUNCE
Production
KATHERINE CAULFIELD
Production
Public Affairs
TODD FLOURNOY
Public Policy & Government Relations
Marketing, Publicity & Public Relations
ROGERS & COWAN
Public Relations
LINDA ABRAMS & SUZANNE RAINEY
Xposure Media
EIC Interns Spring 2014
Kayla Abeyta
Ali Alahmadi
Ashley Cain
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Jennifer Anne Davis
Ashley Hegarty
Jessica Kwack
Natalie Sergi
Rachel Sorensen
Michele Mendiola-Vargas
Malia Ward
Katharina Wurth