The Writers Guild of America, West Animation Writers Caucus presented tonight the 12th annual Animation Writing Award to Stan Berkowitz at the group’s annual award ceremony in Los Angeles.
The award recognizes Berkowitz’s prolific career as a writer of both live-action and animation, as well as his contributions to organizing animation on behalf of the guild.
‘While Stan has built an acclaimed writing career bringing superheroes to the screen, he’s a real-life superhero to the animation writing community ‘ not only helping to raise the profile of animation writers through his many creative gifts, but also by playing a lead role in the Guild’s ongoing efforts to organize animation writing,’ said WGAW President John Wells.
Berkowitz has been part of two Daytime Emmy-winning animation writing teams, winning for Batman Beyond in 2001 and The New Batman/Superman Adventures in 1998. Additionally, he has shared nominations for seven Daytime Emmys and one Primetime Emmy.
Berkowitz’s animated TV writing credits include Legion of Super Heroes, The Batman, Transformers: Animated, Superman, Spider-Man, Justice League, The New Batman/Superman Adventures, Batman Beyond, Static Shock, Ben 10, The Brave and the Bold, and Friends and Heroes, a WGA-covered animated series for the BBC on which he served as Story Editor for 39 episodes.
He also has written the direct-to-DVD animated features Justice League: The New Frontier, which adapted Darwyn Cooke’s DC Comics series and the just-released Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.
Berkowitz’s live-action writing credits include Dragnet: The 90’s, Power Rangers: Space Patrol Delta, The New Adam 12, Players, Grand Slam, Houston Knights, Mike Hammer, T.J. Hooker, The Adventures of Superboy and Cover Up.
The WGAW’s AWC Animation Writing Award is given to members of the Animation Writers Caucus or Writers Guild who have advanced the literature of animation in film and/or television through the years and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the animation writer. Founded in 1994, the WGAW’s Animation Writers Caucus represents over 600 animation writers and works to advance economic and creative conditions in the field.
