The Writers Room 5050 in partnership with Level 4 Press is proud to introduce its 12-week adaptation lab: Adapting Books for the Screen. The Level 4 Press catalogue and vast IP library, spanning various genres, is providing the books to be adapted for the screen.
The fellowship will focus on adapting a book into a screenplay, the release of fictional feature films for theatrical, streaming, and television movies-of-the-week (MOWs). In the process, BIPOC writers will learn the highest industry standards for developing, writing, financing and producing an adapted feature film project. Each fellow will adapt one Level 4 Press book of their choosing into a feature film screenplay.
The Writers Room 5050 and Level 4 Press are working with top executives, writers, representatives and guest speakers to provide mentorship, feedback, and firsthand industry knowledge. Executives and reps from Anthony Hemingway Productions, CAA, NBC/Universal, among others.
Congratulations to the Semi-Finalists of the BIPOC Writers Fellowship! The competition was extremely competitive.
Semi-Finalists:
Andrew Liou
Regina Louise
Aaron Wong
Dion Watkins
Sean Cardinalli
Eileen Soong
Yvette Sams
Diana Romero
Michael Villalobos
Diana Densmore
Shonteria Gibson
Gregory Lemmons
Patrice Williams Marks
Rodney Wilkins
Ajani Jackson
Shawna Baca
Joshua Lewis
Allamaprabhu Pattanashetty
Camika Spencer
Amechi Ngwe
La'Chris Jordan
Pallavi Yetur
Jade Jenise Dixon
Veialu Aila-Unsworth
Ronald McCants
Samuel C. Morrison
Nti Aning
More details can be found at: https://www.writersroom5050.com/fellowship-details