Alumni Accomplishments

STAFFED: CHRISTINA T.A. MARTIN on a new AMC show

CONGRATS TO: MONICA LUCAS, DAVID DINEEN-PORTER, GREG MACHLIN, SHAINA GHURAYA & AOIFE BAKER for the Fall 2022 Inevitable Foundation Fellowship / AND TO SAM DUNNEWOLD, ANTON RAY, KALEN FEENEY AND SHANI M MOORE for the Spring Inevitable Foundation Fellowship

CONTESTS: CLAIRE WINTERS **WINNER** BEST DRAMA SPEC, AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL / ANA MARIA DEFILLO, **WINNER** ROOSTER TEETH BIPOC FELLOWSHIP AWARD, SEMI-FINALIST AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL / MIGUEL OROZCO Coverfly Red List #1 Family Feature / MATTEO MASCANZONI FINALIST AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL / ERIAL TOMPKINS, FINALIST PAGE AWARDS / GILES GREENWOOD, QUARTERFINALIST PAGE Awards / KELSEY LLEWELLYN, 2ND ROUND AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL / JEN HOWELL , QUARTER FINALS Final Draft Big Break / HEATHER OSTROVE, Coverfly Red List top 1% in GENRE Format / SUSAN SASSI, QUARTER FINALS Final Draft Big Break

CONTESTS: CLAIRE WINTERS FINALIST AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL / APOORVA GUNDETI, Semi-finalist, Austin Film Festival / NICKCLETTE IZUEGBU, MIGUEL OROZCO, MARINA BENDOCCHI ALVES, KRISTIANA ROE, ALL 2ND ROUND AT Austin Film Festival / VANESSA J SCULL, Semifinalist in the WeScreenplay Shorts Contest 2022, Coverly Red List top 20 drama shorts / DEL POTTER, Semifinalist in the Mentorship Matters Program, Quarterfinalist in the ScreenCraft Drama Competition / MAT SHELDON, HollyShorts Official Selection / In consideration for BAFTA / MACKENZIE ROHAN, Quarter-Finalist in the Vail Film Festival Screenplay Contest

STAFFED: ZAVIOR PHILIPS on INSIDE JOB (NETFLIX)

FELLOWSHIPS: ZURI RICE selected for THE WRITER’S LAB / MIGUEL OROZCO FILM INDEPENDENT EPISODIC LAB 2022 Participant 

CONTESTS: KEITH HALLWORTH Semifinalist for AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL / KATE IMY Semifinalist for AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL / MICHAEL TANIZAKI KURLAND & JENNY TRAN 2nd Rounder of Tribe incubator / KATE MCEVILLY Second Rounder AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL / SUSAN SASSI Quarterfinalist For CREATIVE SCREENWRITING TV PILOT COMPETITION / SHEENA SANTAMARIA Second Rounder AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL /VICKY STAFFORD Second Rounder for AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL + Quarterfinalist for SCREENCRAFT COMEDY COMPETITION

FELLOWSHIP: Gabby Revilla Lugo Starz #TakeTheLead Writers’ Intensive

CONTESTS: Sarah Martellaro WINNER ScreenCraft Comedy Competition / Nathan Pearson 3rd place Scriptapalooza /  Miguel Orozco Quarterfinalist for the 2022 Academy Nicholl Fellowship / Jeff Locker’s short film, The Forgotten Place, completed a 42 festival run with 21 awards / Mackenzie Rohan Semifinalist for the Feature Screencraft Competition / Susan Sassi Semifinalist for the Feature Screencraft Competition

STAFFED: Margaret Lebron on Walker: Independence (CW) / Khalid Moalim on FBI: Most Wanted (NBC)

SOLD: Josh Chesler sold Humanity pilot to AMC

FELLOWSHIPS: Margaret Lebron 2022 PARAMOUNT WRITING PROGRAM / George Perez SUNDANCE INSTITUTE INAUGURAL LATINE FELLOWSHIP AND COLLAB SCHOLARSHIP / Sandra Hamada 2022 CAPE New Writers Fellow / 

CONTESTS: Darren Moran WINNER Final Draft Big Break Contest  + FINALIST in the ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition / Alexandria LaneSEMIFINALIST for Humanitas New Voices Fellowship / Miguel Orozco SEMIFINALIST for Humanitas New Voices Fellowship / Manja Lyssy QUARTERFINALIST in Comedy and Drama for the Page Awards / Mackenzie Rohan QUARTERFINALIST in the Feature Screencraft Competition / Susan Sassi QUARTERFINALIST in the Feature Screencraft Competition / James Delorean QUARTERFINALIST for Scriptapalooza / Archana Shinde QUARTERFINALIST for Cinestory Feature Retreat

STAFFED: Amanda Mercedes (Script Anatomy Scholarship Winner!) on THE ROOKIE: FEDS (ABC) / Kris Crenwelge on TRUE LIES (CBS) / Katharyn Blair on LOKI (Disney +)

CONTESTS: Richard Soriano WINNER of BEST SCRIPT at The Disability Film Festival Entr’2 Marches, in Cannes / Miguel Orozco Semifinalist for WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Screenwriting Lab / Mike O’Neil and Melissa Riordan Quarterfinals for Screencraft Comedy Competition

STAFFED: Marina Bendocchi Alves on BARAIA ONE; Carlton Gillespie on CRIMINAL MINDS; Justin Calen-Chenn as EXECUTIVE STORY EDITOR, and Tawnya Benavides Bhattacharya & Ali Laventhol as CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS on BEL-AIR SEASON II (Peacock)

EPISODES: Eva Taylor  shooting her first episode of GOOD TROUBLE

ACCOLADES: Tim Grant NOMINATED FOR EMMY for Pandemic Playhouse

STAFFED: Marilyn Hobbs on an hour-long drama for Amazon

FELLOWSHIPS: Sandra Hamada 2022 CAPE NEW WRITERS FELLOWSHIP, Kerry McPherson Honorable Mention Maven Screen Media Fellowship at Stowe Labs

CONTESTS: Jeff Locker The Black List’s 2022 GLAAD List + WINNER OF ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL SCREENPLAY COMPETITION, Joe Dayton Quarterfinalist Stage 32 1st Annual Romantic Comedy Screenwriting Contest, Mario Garza 2nd Round Launch Pad Pilot Competition, Susan Sassi Quarterfinalist Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship

DEVELOPMENT: Michael Perri Sold THE OWL to SKYDANCE and TOM BRADY’S RELIGIONS OF SPORTS

STAFFED: Wei Ning Yu on THE DROPOUT and SEVERANCE, Amadou Diallou on THE DRIVER (AMC) and Story Editor BILLIONS (Showtime) MICHAEL ROBIN DEGRASSI (HBOMax)

REPRESENTATION: Michelle Lesley Johnson with Industry Entertainment

FELLOWSHIPS: Michelle Lesley Johnson 2022 FOX WRITERS LAB FELLOW

ACCOLADES: David Kessler MINAMATA is an OSCAR AUDIENCE FAN FAVORITE, Elad Ziv, WINNER for SCI-FI, SCRIPT PIPELINE FIRST LOOK CONTEST, Susan Sassi Quarterfinalist for EMERGING SCREENWRITERS and Quarterfinalist for UNIQUE VOICES SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

FELLOWSHIP: Michelle Lesley Johnson FINALIST FOX WRITER’S LAB

STAFFED: Michael Gutierrez AMAZON PRIME SHOW TBA / Megan Bacharach CO-WROTE NCIS:HAWAI’I CROSSOVER EPISODE

CONTEST: Jennifer Alexander ROADMAP WRITERS LATINX IN ANIMATION INITIATIVE / Michael Miller 3rd place CINESTORY’S TV Fellowship Retreat / Robiya Mansoor Development Funding through Bell State Development Fund / Jeff Locker FINALIST, SEDONA FILM FESTIVAL / Joe Dyton Semifinalist Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards / Susan Sassi Quarterfinals Fresh Voices / Michael Lucid Quarterfinals Big Break / Kenny Hillman Quarterfinals Big Break

FELLOWSHIP: Amanda Mercedes 2022 DISNEY GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT WRITING PROGRAM / Kris Crenwelge 2022 DISNEY GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT WRITING PROGRAM / Carlton Gillespie 2022 DISNEY GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT WRITING PROGRAM / George Perez 2022 SUNDANCE EPISODIC INTENSIVE

STAFFED: Natasha M Hall STORY EDITOR on SAINT X / Dr Robin J Hayes STAFFED ON SANDOKAN BLACK AND CUBA (PEACOCK) / Danny Dalah MR. SELF SABOTAGE RELEASED Feb 14th ON DAN HARMON’S CHANNEL 101 FILM FEST / James DeLorean WRITERS ASST at Syfy 

REPRESENTATION: Michael Lucid Signed with James Cristiano @ SEVEN SUMMITS PICTURES & MANAGEMENT

CONTESTS: Tricia Lee 2021 BLACKLIST / Robert Axelrod FINAL DRAFT BIG BREAK QUARTERFINALIST / Corbin Godfrey FINAL DRAFT BIG BREAK QUARTERFINALIST 

FESTIVALS: Steve Becker Winner of the Web Series Pioneer Awards at Baltimore New Media Fest & at the Rio Web Fest (the largest web fest in the world). / Steve Becker Writer/Creator of BRAZZY JAZZY (web series) ended 2021 with 44 festival wins! / Steve Becker Writer/Creator of LOWER EAST ASIDES (web series) won some big festivals and is in negotiations for distribution. /Jeff Locker Wrote and produced THE FORGOTTEN PLACE which just won its 18th film festival award! Currently adapted into a TV  series which is being shopped around with a production company. / Jeff Locker Wrote and produced TO BE SAVED which is an official selection of the prestigious Sedona International Film festival!

GRANTS: Denise Lopez Winner of One-Eyed Rabbit’s second annual Black Screenwriters Grant!

BOOKS: Mie Roe Published a book about everyone’s favorite TV Show. The 30 Rock Book is available everywhere books are sold

CONTESTS: Susan Sassi Cinestory 2022 TV Contest Quarterfinalists. / Steve Beker‘s comedy pilot ReFOCUSSED won Outstanding dialogue at Baltimore New Media Web Fest