The fellowship is given annually by Photo District News, a trade publication, and Parsons the New School for Design.
Usually, the fellowship is given to just one person, but last week, two recipients were selected: Irina Krush and Vinay Bhat.
The fellowship is given to individuals in recognition of their outstanding contribution to film or TV, and Sir Christopher's will be awarded on October 19 during the London Film Festival.
Chicago writer Stuart Dybek, recipient of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, was given the Rea Award for the Short Story.
The Bafta fellowship was given to ex-Python Terry Gilliam, described by Finola Dwyer, chair of Bafta's film committee, as "one of the most original, imaginative, and innovative directors working in the industry today".
The fellowships are given each year to people who show exceptional merit and the promise of continued creative work.
These fellowships are given to continue the work of volunteerism and service to others that is the foundation of "The Warrior's Heart".
In the 2002-03 fiscal year, NSERC received 446 applications for the VF, and 177 fellowships were given out.
It should include separately masters, PhDs and postdoctoral fellowships (only the total number, 6,042, is given).
Tiffany Sargent, an industrial engineer and Intel lifer who had recently spent 2 years at NSF in a mid-career fellowship program, was given the assignment because of her familiarity with the agency.
At the end, which was cut short despite going half an hour beyond the announced two-hour length, Sam Radin, Mr. Mailer's cousin and executor, and Lawrence Schiller, a Mailer collaborator, announced the creation of the Norman Mailer Writers Colony anchored at his home in Provincetown, Mass., where fellowships would be given to aspiring writers.
