2019 MEDIA ACCESS AWARDS
Hosts
Joe Mantegna and Shoshannah Stern
Recipients
Media Access Awards Visionary Award – The Good Doctor: David Shore, David Renaud, Erin Gunn, Mark Rozeman, Coby Bird
SAG-AFTRA Disability Awareness Award – The Ruderman Family Foundation
SAG-AFTRA Harold Russell Award – Nyle DiMarco
Casting Society of America Award – David Caparelliotis and Lauren Port
Writers Guild of America, West Evan Somers Memorial Award – Katherine Beattie
Producers Guild of America George Sunga Award – The producers of The Peanut Butter Falcon: Albert Berger, Christopher Lemole, Lije Sarki, David Thies, Ron Yerxa, Tim Zajaros
Christopher Reeve Acting Scholarship – Lolo Spencer
Special Appearance: Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear
Special Performance: Mandy Harvey
Press
The Hollywood Reporter: Media Access Awards to Honor ‘The Good Doctor,’ ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ and Nyle DiMarco
Variety: Media Access Awards Honors Individuals Increasing Representation for Disabilities
The Mighty: Media Access Awards Attendees on Why Disability Representation Matters
The Hollywood Reporter: Media Access Awards Releases Best Practices Guide for Hiring Writers With Disabilities
The Black List: 2019 Disability List Announced
The Hollywood Reporter: The Black List Disability List Spotlights 10 Screenplays That Advance the Portrayal of People With Disabilities
Video
Watch the 2019 ceremony Livestream
2019 Red Carpet Livestream
Photos
Sponsors
Easterseals Disability Services, Kevin Bright, CBS Entertainment Diversity & Inclusion, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, CSA, Walt Disney Television, NBCUniversal, PGA, SAG-AFTRA, Starz, Bunim/Murray Productions, RespectAbility, The Pyott Foundation, WGAW, Sony Pictures Television, and The Hollywood Reporter.