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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, 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 has spent the last fifteen years working as a playwright, actor and writer/director. For each project, La’Chris’ mission has been to create and share deeply personal and compelling dramas about Black and Indigenous women. Named by the Dramatists Guild as “One of the 50 Playwrights to Watch,” La’Chris was recently selected as a Fellow for the 2021 BIPOC Writers Fellowship created by The Writers Room 5050 and Level 4 Press. As an immersive storyteller, La’Chris is best known for her directorial drama debut, “January 14th,” which has been screened in 60+ film festivals worldwide and received 40+ awards and nominations, including an Africa Movie Academy Awards nomination for Best Diaspora Short Film. A winner in the Script Lab’s Screenplay Contest, La’Chris’ TV pilots and features have placed in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship, Sundance Episodic Lab, Stowe Story Labs, MACRO Episodic Lab, Austin Film Festival and Atlanta Film Festival. A staunch advocate for gender equity,
La’Chris is the program coordinator for #StartWith8Hollywood, a diversity, equity and inclusion program created by and for Black, Latina, Asian and Indigenous women working in entertainment. Born and raised in Oakland, California, La’Chris began her writing career as a journalist after studying communications at the University of Washington in Seattle. She spent several years abroad working as a journalist for The Gulf News in Dubai, UAE, before transitioning into theatre, film and television.
La’Chris is the founder and content creator for BlackCinemadb.com, an online database of films from the Black and African Diaspora. She is currently adapting a horror feature script for a production company.
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 - 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