The 2014 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting have been announced.
They are:
Sam Baron (Cambridge, United Kingdom) - “The Science of Love and Laughter”
Alisha Brophy (Los Angeles, CA) and Scott Miles (Austin, TX) - “United States of Fuckin’ Awesome”
Melissa Iqbal (London, United Kingdom) - “The Death Engine”
Sallie West (Charleston, SC) - “Moonflower”
The winners will receive a $35,000 prize, the first installment of which will be given out on November 13th, 2014 at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The winners were selected from a record 7,511 submitted scripts.
Fellowships are awarded with the understanding that the recipients will each complete a feature-length screenplay during their fellowship year. The Academy acquires no rights to the works of Nicholl fellows and does not involve itself commercially in any way with their completed scripts.
The Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee, chaired by writer Robin Swicord, with marketing executive Buffy Shutt serving as vice chair, is comprised of writers Tina Gordon Chism, Daniel Petrie Jr., Eric Roth, Kirsten Smith and Dana Stevens; actor Eva Marie Saint; cinematographer John Bailey; executive Marcus Hu; producers Stephanie Allain, Albert Berger, Julia Chasman, Peter Samuelson and Robert W. Shapiro; and agent Ronald R. Mardigian.
Tickets for the live read can be obtained here. |