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
Winners: 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