- La'Chris Jordan
The BIPOC Writers Fellowship Semi-finalists Announced

(Los Angeles, CA - February 17, 2021) - The Writers Room 5050 in partnership with Level 4 Press is proud to introduce its 12-week adaptation lab: Adapting Books for the Screen. The Level 4 Press catalog and vast IP library, spanning various genres, is providing the books to be adapted for the screen.
The fellowship will focus on adapting a book into a screenplay, the release of fictional feature films for theatrical, streaming, and television movies-of-the-week (MOWs). In the process, BIPOC writers will learn the highest industry standards for developing, writing, financing and producing an adapted feature film project. Each fellow will adapt one Level 4 Press book of their choosing into a feature film screenplay.
The Writers Room 5050 and Level 4 Press are working with top executives, writers, representatives and guest speakers to provide mentorship, feedback, and firsthand industry knowledge. Executives and reps from Anthony Hemingway Productions, CAA, NBC/Universal, among others.
The competition was extremely competitive.
Semi-Finalists:
Veialu Aila-Unsworth
Nti Aning
Shawna Baca
Sean Cardinalli
Diana Densmore
Jade Jenise Dixon
Shonteria Gibson
Ajani Jackson
La'Chris Jordan
Gregory Lemmons
Joshua Lewis
Andrew Liou
Regina Louise
Patrice Williams Marks
Ronald McCants
Samuel C. Morrison
Amechi Ngwe
Allamaprabhu Pattanashetty
Diana Romero
Yvette Sams
Eileen Soong
Camika Spencer
Michael Villalobos
Dion Watkins
Rodney Wilkins
Aaron Wong
Pallavi Yetur
More details can be found at: https://www.writersroom5050.com/fellowship-details