2020 Winners
Eastern Eye Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Creative Industry
WINNER: Patricia Rozario OBE, Opera Icon
Eastern Eye Editor's Special Award
WINNER: Historic Royal Palaces’ Kensington Palace, Queen Victoria: Women and Crown Exhibition
Eastern Eye Editor's Special Award
WINNER: Lord Dolar Popat, A British Subject: How To Make It As An Immigrant In The Best Country In The World
Eastern Eye Editor's Special Award
WINNER: Kusoom Vadgama, India And Britain: Over Four Centuries Of Shared Heritage
Eastern Eye’s People’s Choice Award Sponsored By Media Hive
WINNER: Jameela Jamil, Women Empowerment and Diversity Advocate
Eastern Eye’s People’s Choice Award Sponsored By Media Hive
WINNER: Charli XCX, Music
Eastern Eye Award for Film, TV & Drama – Best Actress
WINNER: Tabu, A Suitable Boy
Eastern Eye Award for Film, TV & Drama – Best Actor
WINNER: Himesh Patel, Yesterday
Eastern Eye Award for Theatre, Best Actress
WINNER: Anjana Vasan, A Doll’s House
Eastern Eye Award for Theatre, Best Actor
WINNER: Sid Sagar, The Starry Messenger
Eastern Eye Award for Traditional Music
WINNER: Pandit Chiranjib Chakraborty, Indian Classical Vocalist
Eastern Eye Award for Contemporary Music
WINNER: Anoushka Shankar, Love Letters and scoring the BBC Series A Suitable Boy
Eastern Eye Community Engagement Award
WINNER: The National Theatre Commitment To Diversity
Eastern Eye Emerging Artist Award Sponsored By The Arts Council
WINNER: Joy Crookes, Singer And Songwriter
Eastern Eye Award for Best Scriptwriter
WINNER: Ayeesha Menon, Q&A
Eastern Eye Award for Best Director
WINNER: Mira Nair, A Suitable Boy
Eastern Eye Award for Best Production
WINNER: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sukanya
Eastern Eye Award for Best Presenter
WINNER: Naga Munchetty, BBC Breakfast
Eastern Eye Award for Comedy
WINNER: Guz Khan, Man Like Mobeen
Eastern Eye Award for Photography
WINNER: Anwar Hussein, Exemplary Work Over Six Decades
Eastern Eye Award for Literature – Fiction
WINNER: Kavita Jindal, Manual For A Decent Life
Eastern Eye Award for Literature – Non-Fiction
WINNER: Shamil Thakrar, Kavi Thakrar and Naved Nasir, Dishoom: From Bombay With Love
Eastern Eye Award for Dance
WINNER: Seeta Patel, The Rite of Spring
Eastern Eye Award for Arts
WINNER: Rana Begum, Installations