Photo credit: Carlos DeLaRosa, Jr.
AWARDS & HONORS
(Partial List)
Africa Movie Academy Awards - Nominee, Best Diaspora Short Film
The Script Lab Screenwriting Contest - Winner
Queen Palm International Film Festival - Winner, Best TV Concept
The Red List - #2 in the Historical TV Category (Top 20 List)
Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition - Finalist (Top 10)
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition - Top 50 Short Screenplays
Launchpad Feature Competition - Top 100 Screenplays
FELLOWSHIPS & LABS
Stowe Story Labs - Winner, Grant Development Recipient
The Academy Nicholl Fellowship - Top 10%
Sundance Episodic Lab - 2nd Round
MACRO Episodic Lab - 2nd Round
Austin Film Festival - 2nd Rounder
SAGindie Fellowship - Finalist
WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Fellowship - Finalist
BIPOC Writers Fellowship - Semifinalist
THEATRE
One of the "50 Playwrights to Watch" - The Dramatists Guild
The Juilliard School, Lila Acheson American Playwriting Award - Semifinalist
Emerging Playwright Award (NYC) - Winner
Jewel Box Theatre - Winner, Best Original Play
Urban Stages (NYC), New Works for a New Season - Finalist
Ashland New Play Festival (Ashland, OR) - Finalist
NAACP Theatre Festival - Official Selection
National Black Theatre Festival - Official Selection
The Essential Theatre, D.C. - Playwriting Residency
Arkansas Repertory Theatre - Voices at the River II, Playwriting Residency
BIO
A former journalist and feature writer, La’Chris Jordan spent several years abroad in the Middle East and Europe before turning her passion to the arts. She emerged as ‘One of the 50 Playwrights to Watch’ by the Dramatists Guild along with other notable writers. Following that honor, La’Chris was selected for a three-year playwriting residency at The Essential Theatre in Washington, D.C. where she was mentored by Artistic Director S. Robert Morgan of HBO’s The Wire. Soon thereafter, she won numerous awards and merits and became known for her cathartic and compelling stories about strong, black/indigenous women. Most recently, she wrote, produced, and directed her debut film JANUARY 14TH which was nominated for Best Diaspora Short Film by the Africa Movie Academy Awards. Additionally, the project has been selected by 50+ film festivals worldwide and received 35+ award wins and nominations. La'Chris has received development grants from
the Stowe Story Labs, National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, DC Commission for the Arts, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Artist Trust, among others. She was a semifinalist for the Lila Acheson American Playwriting Program at Juilliard, a SAGindie Fellowship finalist, and a BIPOC Writers Fellowship semifinalist. La’Chris is also the founder and content creator of BlackCinemadb.com, an online database of films from the Black and African Diaspora. Later this year, La’Chris is set to direct and produce her short script THE SOURCE, a political thriller starring Edwin Lee Gibson, Yvette Ganier, and A. Russell Andrews.
FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS & OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
(Partial List)
Nominee, Best Diaspora Short Film - Africa Movie Academy Awards
Nominee, Best Writing - Queen Palm International Film Festival
Winner, Grand Jury Prize, Best Short Film - Orlando Urban Film Festival
Winner, Award of Achievement - Accolade Global Film Competition
Winner, Special Jury Mention - Best Global Shorts
Winner, Best Short Feature - Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival
Winner, Best Social Justice Film - Hollywood South Urban Film Festival
Winner, Best U.S. Social Justice Short Film - Hollywood Women's Film Festival
Winner, Social Awareness Award - Vyre Film Festival
Winner, Best Social Short - New Age Cinemas & Scripts Festival
Winner, Best Director - Short Film - Voices Rising Film Festival
Winner, Best Woman Director - Hollywood Art & Movie Awards
Winner, Best Female Director - Vyre Film Festival
Winner, Best First Time Filmmaker - Montreal Independent Film Festival
Winner, Best Women-Produced Short Film - Urban Mediamakers Film Festival
Winner, Best Directorial Debut - Gold Star Movie Awards
Winner, Best Short Film- SoCal Film Awards
Winner, Best Short - Top Indie Film Awards
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Official Selection - Pan African Film Festival (Oscar-Qualifying)
Official Selection - Accra Indie Filmfest (Oscar-Qualifying)
Official Selection - San Francisco Black Film Festival
Official Selection - Urban Film Festival
Official Selection - Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival
Official Selection - Hollywood Women's Film Festival
Official Selection - Beverly Hills Film Festival
Official Selection - Roxbury International Film Festival
Official Selection - Raleigh Film & Art Festival
Official Selection - Social Justice Film Festival
Official Selection - Culture & Diversity Film Festival
Official Selection - Marina del Rey Film Festival
Official Selection - Twin Cities Black Film Festival
Official Selection - Black Film Festival of New Orleans
Official Selection - Loyola University Feminist Film Festival
Official Selection - Orlando Urban Film Festival
Official Selection - Austria International Film Festival
Official Selection - Paris In Love Film Festival
Official Selection - Oregon Short Film Festival
Official Selection - Seattle Black Film Festival
Official Selection - Indie Short Fest
Official Selection - Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival