Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting

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The Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is a fellowship program founded in 1986 to aid screenwriters. It is administered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

History[]

Gee Nicholl, widow of producer Don Nicholl, worked with Julian Blaustein in 1985 to develop the program with the Academy. The original 1986 winners were Allison Anders, Dennis Clontz, and Jeff Eugenides. 1989 fellow Radha Bharadwaj wrote the first screenplay made into a film, the 1991 drama Closet Land. Clontz won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 and Eugenides won one in 2003. 1992 fellow Susannah Grant was the first nominated for an Academy Award, for the screenplay for Erin Brockovich. The fellowship celebrated its 25th year in 2010.[1]

As of the 2013 contest, 17 winning scripts have later been produced.[2]

Fellows[]

2020-present[]

2020 Nicholl Fellows[3]

  • James Acker, Sadboi
  • Beth Curry, Lemon
  • Vanar Jaddou, Goodbye, Iraq
  • Kate Marks, The Cow of Queens
  • Jane Therese, Sins of My Father

2010-2019[]

2019 Nicholl Fellows[4]

  • Aaron Chung, Princess Vietnam
  • Karen McDermott, Lullabies of La Jaula
  • Renee Pillai, Boy with Kite
  • Sean Malcolm, Mother
  • Walker McKnight, Street Rat Allie Punches Her Ticket

2018 Nicholl Fellows[5]

  • Allison Buckmelter and Nicolas Buckmelter, American Refugee
  • Joey Clarke, Jr., Miles
  • Grace Sherman, Numbers and Words
  • Wenonah Wilms, Horsehead Girls

2017 Nicholl Fellows[6]

  • Vigil Chime, Bring Back Girl
  • SJ Inwards, Jellyfish Summer
  • Max Lance and Jen Bailey, The Queen of Sleaze
  • KG Rockmaker, Last Days of Winter
  • Cesar Vitale, The Great Nothing

2016 Nicholl Fellows[7]

  • Michele Atkins, Talking About the Sky
  • Spencer Harvey and Lloyd Harvey, Photo Booth
  • Geeta Malik, Dinner with Friends
  • Elizabeth Oyebode, Tween the Ropes
  • Justin Piasecki, Death of an Ortolan

2015 Nicholl Fellows

2014 Nicholl Fellows[8]

  • Sam Baron, The Science of Love and Laughter
  • , United States of Fuckin' Awesome
  • , The Death Engine
  • , Moonflower

2013 Nicholl Fellows[9]

  • & , Legion
  • , Joe Banks
  • , Jersey City Story
  • , Queen of Hearts
  • , Sugar in My Veins

2012 Nicholl Fellows[9][10]

2011 Nicholl Fellows[9]

  • & , Guns and Saris
  • , Cutter
  • John MacInnes, Outside the Wire
  • , Unicorn
  • & , The Tiger's Child

2010 Nicholl Fellows[9]

2000-2009[]

2009 Nicholl Fellows[9]

  • , Victoria Falls
  • and Angus Fletcher, Sand Dogs
  • , Dream Before Waking
  • , Jallianwala Bagh
  • , Pure

2008 Nicholl Fellows[9]

2007 Nicholl Fellows[9]

  • & , Amelia Earhart and the Bologna Rainbow Highway
  • , The Fly Fisher
  • , Kalona
  • , Kissing a Suicide Bomber
  • Andrew Shearer & , Holy Irresistible

2006 Nicholl Fellows[9][11]

  • & , 38 Mercury
  • Arthur M. Jolly, The Free Republic of Bobistan
  • , Palau Rain
  • , 10 Day Contract
  • , Tides of Summer

2005 Nicholl Fellows[9]

  • , The Days Between
  • & , Fire in a Coal Mine
  • , No Country
  • , Pirates of Lesser Providence
  • , Ring of Fire

2004 Nicholl Fellows[9]

  • , Fenian's Trace
  • Daniel Lawrence, The Gaza Golem
  • , Letter Quest
  • , The Secret Boy
  • & , Split Infinity

2003 Nicholl Fellows[9]

2002 Nicholl Fellows[9]

2001 Nicholl Fellows[9]

  • , Redemption
  • , One Hour Development
  • , Land of the Blind (Produced)[2]
  • , The Northern Lights
  • , Saint Vincent

2000 Nicholl Fellows[9]

1990-1999[]

1999 Nicholl Fellows[9]

1998 Nicholl Fellows[9]

1997 Nicholl Fellows[9]

  • , Whisper the Wind
  • , The Palace of Versailles
  • , Interstate
  • , Wild Horses
  • , This Place in the Ways

1996 Nicholl Fellows[9]

1995 Nicholl Fellows[9]

  • Richard Cray, Love, Squid & Pavarotti
  • Scott Fifer, Starstruck
  • , G.U. (Geographically Undesirable)
  • Robley Wilson, Land Fishers

1994 Nicholl Fellows[9]

  • Max D. Adams, My Back Yard
  • , Status Quo
  • , Joshua Tree
  • , Spano and the Kid

1993 Nicholl Fellows[9]

  • , A Terrible Beauty
  • , Doniphan of the Americas
  • , Down in the Delta (Produced)[2]
  • , Mama & Me
  • , Island of Brilliance (Produced)[2]

1992 Nicholl Fellows[9]

1991 Nicholl Fellows[9]

1990 Nicholl Fellows[9]

1986-1989[]

1989 Nicholl Fellows[9]

1988 Nicholl Fellows[9]

  • No fellowships awarded

1987 Nicholl Fellows[9]

  • , Swampers
  • , Fadeaway
  • , Daughters of Music
  • , Solita's Rise
  • , Giant Steps
  • Warren Taylor, In the Dark (Produced)[2]
  • , Mother's Nature

1986 Nicholl Fellows[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Kilday, Greg (October 18, 2010). Michael Arndt to Give Keynote at AMPAS' Nicholl Fellowships Dinner. The Hollywood Reporter
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Academy Nicholl Fellowships: FAQs (Winning Scripts)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  3. ^ "Nicholll Fellowships top 50 screenplays". Oscars.org. December 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Academy reveals winning Nicholl Fellow screenwriters". Oscars.org. October 3, 2017.
  5. ^ "Academy reveals winning Nicholl Fellow screenwriters". Oscars.org. October 3, 2017.
  6. ^ "Academy reveals winning Nicholl Fellow screenwriters". Oscars.org. October 3, 2017.
  7. ^ "Academy Reveals Winning Nicholl Screenwriters" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  8. ^ "Winners Announced For 2014 Academy Nicholl Fellowships" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "Academy Nicholl Fellows 1986–Present". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  10. ^ Deadline Team (October 24, 2012). "Academy Announces Nicholl Fellowships". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  11. ^ Lindeen, Julie (October 5, 2006). "Acad sets Nicholl finalists". Daily Variety. Retrieved February 6, 2014.

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