{"id":13476,"date":"2021-11-10T14:57:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T12:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=13476"},"modified":"2021-11-10T14:57:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T12:57:03","slug":"academy-reveals-winning-nicholl-screenwriters-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/11\/10\/academy-reveals-winning-nicholl-screenwriters-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Academy Reveals Winning Nicholl Screenwriters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Nicholl Fellows to be featured in conversations with Destin Daniel Cretton, Phil Lord,\u00a0Our Lady J, Rawson Marshall Thurber and Olivia Wilde beginning November 8<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/academylogo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/academylogo.jpg?resize=107%2C107&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2445\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Five individuals have been selected as winners of the 2021 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition.\u00a0 The fellows will each receive a $35,000 prize and mentorship from an Academy member throughout their fellowship year.\u00a0 From November 8 to 12, one fellow per day will be featured on the Academy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/Oscars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a> channel, in content including conversations with filmmakers Destin Daniel Cretton, Phil Lord, Our Lady J, Rawson Marshall Thurber and Olivia Wilde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2021 Nicholl Conversations Preview | Destin Daniel Cretton, Olivia Wilde, Our Lady J &amp; more\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6DDOBx4GT9g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2021 winners are (listed alphabetically by author):<br \/><br \/><strong>Haley Hope Bartels <\/strong>(Los Angeles, CA), \u201cPumping Black\u201d<br \/>After a desperate cyclist takes up a team doctor\u2019s dangerous offer, he seems on course to win the Tour de France.\u00a0 But as the race progresses and jealous teammates, suspicious authorities, and his own paranoia close in, he must take increasingly dark measures to protect both his secrets and his lead.<br \/><br \/><strong>Karin delaPe\u00f1a Collison<\/strong> (West Hollywood, CA), \u201cComing of Age\u201d<br \/>In 1965 Britain, Charlotte, a sheltered, studious schoolgirl, lands on a British Farce tour her mother stage manages, where private tutoring by company members replaces her formal schooling, with surprising success, and she experiences a Lolita-like flirtation in the morally wobbly era of Free Love, which leads both her and her mother to \u2018come of age.\u2019<br \/><br \/><strong>Byron Hamel<\/strong> (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), \u201cShade of the Grapefruit Tree\u201d<br \/>When a severely abused white boy befriends his sci-fi obsessed Black landlady, his fantasy of becoming a robot empowers him to recklessly confront his murderous stepdad.<br \/><br \/><strong>R. J. Daniel Hanna<\/strong> (Los Angeles, CA), \u201cShelter Animal\u201d<br \/>A fiery, female prison trustee working at the county animal shelter finds purpose rehabilitating an abused pit bull, but her attempts to rally employees and the broader community for shelter reform puts her own freedom at risk.<br \/><br \/><strong>Laura Kosann<\/strong> (New York, NY), \u201cThe Ideal Woman\u201d<br \/>Set in American suburbia during the Cuban Missile Crisis: A 1960\u2019s ex-actress and housewife finds her house-of-cards world begin to tumble as she continues to be pitted against two identities.<br \/><br \/>A record number of 8,191 scripts, from 89 countries, were submitted for this year\u2019s competition.\u00a0 The first and quarterfinal rounds were judged by industry professionals, including graduates of the Academy\u2019s Diverse Reader Training Workshop, a free referral-only program established to train individuals from underrepresented communities to be story analysts.\u00a0 The semifinal round was judged by Academy members across the spectrum of the motion picture industry.\u00a0 Ten individual screenwriters were selected as finalists.\u00a0 Their scripts were then read and judged by the Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee, who ultimately voted the winners.<br \/><br \/>The 2021 finalists are (listed alphabetically by author):<br \/><br \/>Adam Everett, \u201cAurora\u201d<br \/>Takeo Hori, \u201cAmerican Infamy\u201d<br \/>Michael Ouzas, \u201cThird Man\u201d<br \/>Jesse White, \u201cStronghold\u201d<br \/>Aaron C. Wong, \u201cGaramba\u201d<br \/><br \/>Fellowships are awarded with the understanding that the recipients will each complete a feature-length screenplay during their fellowship year.\u00a0 The Academy acquires no rights to the works of Nicholl fellows and does not involve itself commercially in any way with their completed scripts.<br \/><br \/>The Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee is chaired by Academy Short Films and Feature Animation Branch governor Jennifer Yuh Nelson.\u00a0 The members of the committee are John Bailey and Steven Poster (Cinematographers Branch); William Mechanic (Executives Branch); James Plannette and Stephen Ujlaki (Members-at-Large); Julia Chasman, Peter Samuelson and Robert W. Shapiro (Producers Branch); Bobbi Banks (Sound Branch); and Eric Heisserer, Larry Karaszewski, Dan Petrie Jr., Misan Sagay and Dana Stevens (Writers Branch).<br \/><br \/>The global competition, which aims to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters, has awarded 171 fellowships since it began in 1986.\u00a0 In 2021, several past Nicholl fellows added to their feature film and television credits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Alfredo Botello co-wrote the story for Universal Pictures\u2019 \u201cF9: The Fast Saga.\u201d<\/li><li>Allison and Nicolas Buckmelter\u2019s Nicholl-winning script, \u201cAmerican Refugee,\u201d will make its debut on EPIX and Paramount Home Entertainment on December 10.<\/li><li>Destin Daniel Cretton directed and co-wrote, with fellow Andrew Lanham, Marvel Studios\u2019 \u201cShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.\u201d<\/li><li>Anthony Grieco\u2019s Nicholl-winning script, \u201cBest Sellers,\u201d was released by Screen Media and stars Michael Caine and Aubrey Plaza.<\/li><li>Matt Harris\u2019s fellowship year script, \u201cThe Starling,\u201d was released by Netflix and stars Melissa McCarthy.<\/li><li>Geeta Malik wrote and directed \u201cIndia Sweets and Spices,\u201d which debuted at Tribeca Film Festival.&nbsp; The film was adapted from her Nicholl-winning script, \u201cDinner with Friends.\u201d<\/li><li>Andrew W. Marlowe and Terri Edda Miller are executive producers and showrunners on season two of CBS\u2019s \u201cThe Equalizer,\u201d starring Queen Latifah.<\/li><li>Stephanie Shannon was executive story editor and a writer on Apple TV+\u2019s augmented reality experience \u201cFor All Mankind: Time Capsule,\u201d which won an Emmy for Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Programming.<\/li><li>Rebecca Sonnenshine was the executive producer and writer on an episode of Amazon Prime\u2019s \u201cThe Boys\u201d that was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.&nbsp; She is currently showrunning Netflix\u2019s \u201cArchive 81.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/oscars.org\/nicholl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">oscars.org\/nicholl<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicholl Fellows to be featured in conversations with Destin Daniel Cretton, Phil Lord,\u00a0Our Lady J, Rawson Marshall Thurber and Olivia Wilde beginning November 8 Five individuals have been selected as winners of the 2021 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition.\u00a0 The fellows will each receive a $35,000 prize and mentorship from an Academy member throughout&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/11\/10\/academy-reveals-winning-nicholl-screenwriters-5\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Academy Reveals Winning Nicholl Screenwriters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-13476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-academy","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}