HBO has decided on eight writers for its 2019 HBOAccess Writing Fellowship, an eight-month program that offers master classes and mentorship with a creative executive as writers develop a pilot script for the top-class network.
The software, achieved at the side of the WGA, begins with a weekly in-depth workshop covering story shape, character improvement, genre writing, getting an agent, and different topics before fellows turn to their pilots. Previous individuals have gone directly to paintings in the HBO collection, inclusive of The Deuce, The Nevers, and the upcoming Lovecraft Country.
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“Selecting our fellows is constantly an interesting time for us,” Kelly Edwards, HBO’s SVP of Talent Development, stated in a release Thursday announcing this 12 months’ class, selected from more than 000 submissions in the software’s third year. “This technique introduces us to so many enormously talented, emerging writers. We realize they all have bright futures in advance of them.”
The HBOAccess writing application runs each year, alternating with HBO’s Directing Fellowship. The next creator utility window opens in February 2021.
Here’s the list of the 12 months’ writing fellows, according to HBO:
DARNELL BROWN
The winner of the 2019 Turner/ABFF Writing Contest for his drama script LYZ, Darnell Brown, commenced his storytelling profession by publishing an ebook of idea-frightening, socially aware poetry. Darnell is a local son of Chester, Pennsylvania, and a graduate of The University of the Arts, who writes and directs each comedy and drama.
MELODY COOPER
Writer/Director Melody Cooper is a winner of the 2018 Grand Jury Award for Best Screenplay at the Urbanworld Film Festival, and her thriller NORTHERN CROSS. A Sci-Fi and Horror creator, she is the recipient of fellowships from AMC Networks Shudder Labs, NY Stage & Film, and the Writer’s Lab, and received the Tangerine Entertainment Fellowship at Stowe Story Labs. Her supernatural characteristic script, THE SOUND OF DARKNESS, was a 2018 Athena List Finalist. Her short documentary, DETAINED, became the Winner of the 2018 IndieFest Award of Recognition.
DANIELLE IMAN
Danielle is a graduate of the John Wells Division of Writing for Screen & Television MFA application at USC. She became a Grillo-Marxuach Family Fellow and player in the inaugural Development Master class with Brian Grazer. She’s a 2019 Universal Writers Program Finalist, a 2018 Fox Writers Lab Finalist, a 2018 Austin Film Festival Second Rounder, and has made the 2018 Young & Hungry List and Hit List. Danielle has worked as a Writers’ PA on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy and a Writers’ Trainee on the Apple drama series Swagger.
ELAINE LOH
An actor, creator, and director, Elaine’s produced works consist of winning the Grand Prize and Audience Vote of the NewFilmmakers LA On Location Project, an Honorable Mention at the NBCUniversal/YOMYOMF Interpretations contest, and having movies customary to Academy-qualifying galas. She is currently writing and starring in the digital series DOXXED, which is currently screening at the Women in Comedy Festival and Dances with Films.
LUCY LUNA
Lucy Luna is a Mexican creator and director residing in Los Angeles. While Lucy’s short movie, We’re All Here, is locating fulfillment in the pageant circuit by garnering six awards to date, Lucy continues to develop feature and television projects, focusing mainly on the horror, mystery, and drama genres. She’s presently penning a script for Mexican producer Gerardo Gática.
EDDIE MUJICA
Eddie is a Cuban-American author, actor, and Emmy-winning producer from Miami, Florida. An alumnus of The Second City in Chicago, Eddie’s credits include the 2016 CBS Diversity Showcase, the 2017 NBC Late Night Writers Workshop, and the 2018 NBC Spotlight Showcase. He has produced content material for Broadway Video’s Más Mejor and curates Heraldo Presenta, a month-to-month all-Latinx variety show. His latest quick film, Dreamer, became an Imagen Award finalist and was considered one of Vulture’s Best Comedy Videos of 2018.
JESSICA SHIELDS
Jessica D. Shields is a multidisciplinary author and filmmaker based in Atlanta. She is the recipient of the 2019 HUMANITAS Prize College Drama Fellowship. Jessica changed into a Film Independent Project Involve Screenwriting Fellow (2018), all through which time she penned the short film Wednesday, currently a finalist for the HBO Shorts Competition at ABFF 2019. She holds an MFA in Screenwriting & Directing from Columbia University and is an alumna of Vanderbilt University.
IVAN TSANG
A local of Toronto, Canada, Ivan Tsang is an MFA graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in Screen and TV Writing. Ivan has written for Wong Fu Productions, KevJumba, Jubilee Media, Jeremy Lin, and ISA TV. His work has had over a hundred million views. He is also the proud owner of a Pug named Russell.
