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LA'CHRIS JORDAN
Photo credit: Carlos DeLaRosa, Jr.
AWARDS & HONORS
(Partial List)
CONTESTS, FELLOWSHIPS & LABS
Fellow - BIPOC Writers Fellowship: Adapting Books to the Screen
Winner - The Script Lab Screenwriting Contest
Winner, Be the Change Award - Colorado International Activism Film Festival
Winner, Best TV Concept - Queen Palm International Film Festival
Winner, Grant Development Recipient - Stowe Story Labs
Top 1% in the Historical TV Category - The Red List
Top 1% in the Drama Feature Category - The Red List
Top 10% - The Academy Nicholl Fellowship
Finalist - SAGindie Fellowship
Finalist - WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Fellowship
Finalist (Top 10) - Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition
Top 50 Short Screenplays - Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
Top 100 Screenplays - Launchpad Feature Competition
2nd Round - Sundance Episodic Lab
2nd Round - MACRO x The Black List Feature Screenwriter Incubator
2nd Rounder - Austin Film Festival
THEATRE
One of the "50 Playwrights to Watch" - The Dramatists Guild
Semifinalist - The Juilliard School, Lila Acheson American Playwriting Award
Winner - Emerging Playwright Award (NYC)
Winner, Best Original Play - Jewel Box Theatre
Finalist - Urban Stages (NYC), New Works for a New Season
Finalist - Ashland New Play Festival (Ashland, OR)
Official Selection - NAACP Theatre Festival
Official Selection - National Black Theatre Festival
Playwriting Residency - The Essential Theatre, D.C.
Playwriting Residency - Arkansas Repertory Theatre - Voices at the River II
BIO
LA’CHRIS JORDAN is an award-winning playwright, author and writer/director based in Los Angeles who is known for creating compelling historical and social dramas centered on women and families. A West Coast and Louisiana native with French, German and Swedish roots, La’Chris is a University of Washington grad who was a feature writer for The Gulf News in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Upon her return to the United States, La'Chris turned her attention to theatre, TV and film. She made her directorial debut with January 14th which is currently streaming on Apple TV+. The award-winning film has been screened at 70+ film festivals worldwide and received 50+ award wins and honors including an Africa Movie Academy Awards nomination for Best Diaspora Short Film. Winner of the 2019 Script Lab Screenwriting Contest, La’Chris is a 2021 BIPOC Writers Fellow, a Stowe Story Labs alum, a finalist for the SAGindie Fellowship, a Second Rounder for both the Sundance Episodic Lab and Austin Film Festival as well as a semi-
finalist for the Lila Acheson American Playwriting Program at Juilliard. For TV, La'Chris has worked on a variety of scripted and unscripted projects with Discovery Studios, TV One, CLEO TV and Bounce TV. She served as publicity coordinator for hit shows Uncensored, Unsung, ATL Homicide, New Soul Kitchen, Just Eats With Chef JJ, Lens of Culture, Urban One Honors, Black Music Honors and the NAACP Image award nominee The Beat Don’t Stop, a documentary about the history of go-go music in Washington, D.C., featuring Chuck Brown, Doug E. Fresh, Anwan Glover, Junk Yard Band, Trouble Funk, Backyard Band and many others. On the scripted side, La’Chris has also worked on several movies including TV One’s The Bobby DeBarge Story and Reset by indie filmmaker and Academy Nicholl Finalist Arun K. Vir.
La’Chris has feature films in development with Vyre Network, a new streaming service, and Level 4 Press, winner of nine literary gold medals and 24 finalist awards.
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 - Micheaux 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 - Hip Hop 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