2013 Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Award Speeches
Recently the AMPAS held a ceremony celebrating the six recipients of this year’s Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowships.
Frank DeJohn, Barbara Stepansky, Alan Roth, Stephanie Shannon, David Alton Hedges, Patty Jones
The links below take you to speeches given by each of the winners and their presenters:
Frank DeJohn & David Alton Hedges — Santa Ynez, CA
“Legion”: Just days before he is to leave a life of warfare behind him, a Roman Centurion must assume command of a group of misfit soldiers trapped deep within hostile country.
Patty Jones — Vancouver, BC, Canada
“Joe Banks”: The son of a Nobel Prize–winning novelist via a genius sperm bank is determined to follow in his father’s footsteps, but suddenly finds himself on a wild odyssey with his real father, a drinking, man’s-man, lothario author of airport novels who was stripped of his own Nobel after a sex scandal.
Alan Roth — Suffern, NY
“Jersey City Story”: A basketball star faces his bitter past when he’s pursued by a young boy growing up in his old room in the projects.
Stephanie Shannon — Los Angeles, CA
“Queen of Hearts”: Inspired by true events, this is the story of “Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass” author Lewis Carroll (aka Charles L. Dodgson) and how his relationship with the real Alice Liddell and her family may have inspired one of the world’s most beloved pieces of children’s literature.
Barbara Stepansky — Burbank, CA
“Sugar In My Veins”: When a mutual attraction blossoms between a fourteen year old violin prodigy and her sister’s much older boyfriend, it leads to a risky forbidden affair that has both liberating and disastrous consequences for their lives.
Congratulations to all. I interviewed all of the 2012 Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship writers.
Would love to do the same this year. If any of this year’s Nicholl winners follow the blog, please email me to share your insights into the craft with other writers.
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