Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Allison Anders – 1986 Fellow

Allison Anders is the writer-director of "Gas Food Lodging," "Mi Vida Loca" and "Grace of my Heart," and the co-writer-director of "In the Echo," "Things Behind the Sun," "Sugar Town" and "Border Radio." She co-wrote and co-directed "Strutter," which premiered in the 2012 Munich Film Festival. She directed one segment of the compilation film "Four Rooms" and episodes of the series "Sex and the City," "Grosse Pointe," "Cold Case," The L Word," "Men in Trees," "What About Brian" and "Southland." Anders also directed the TV movie "A Crush on You" and served as executive producer of "Lover Girl."

Doug Atchison – 2000 Fellow

Doug Atchison directed "Akeelah and the Bee" from his Nicholl entry script, earning him a NAACP Image Award for best screenplay. He also co-wrote 2007’s "Spinning into Butter."

Alfredo Botello – 2000 Fellow

Alfredo Botello wrote and co-directed the web series "Reality Reboot."

John Ciarlo – 2002 Fellow

In 2012, John Ciarlo published his first novel Buddy and Grace, an adaptation of his Nicholl entry script "Bend in the River."

Richard Cray – 1995 Fellow

Richard Cray wrote the TV movie "A Christmas Wedding" as well as segments of "Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas" and "Belle’s Magical World."

Raymond De Felitta – 1991 Fellow

Raymond De Felitta wrote and directed the feature documentary "Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story," which premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. His films as a writer-director include "City Island;" "Two Family House," from his Nicholl Fellowship year script; the feature documentary "'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris;" "Cafe Society" and the Oscar®-nominated short film "Bronx Cheer." He also directed "The Thing About My Folks" and co-wrote "Shadow of Doubt."

Ronald Emmons – 1991 Fellow

Ronald Emmons wrote "Rendezvous," which aired on Black Entertainment Television in 1999. He died in 2005.

Jeffrey Eugenides – 1986 Fellow

Jeffrey Eugenides is the author of the novel The Virgin Suicides; the film version premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. His novel Middlesex was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2003. Eugenides’ short story "Baster" provided the basis for the film "The Switch." His 2011 novel The Marriage Plot was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award.

James Foley – 2000 Fellow

James Foley is the author of the novel Argonauts a new generation Colossus.

Susannah Grant – 1992 Fellow

Susannah Grant wrote "Erin Brockovich," for which she received Academy Award® and WGA nominations, and "28 Days." She co-wrote "Charlotte’s Web," "Pocahontas" and "Ever After: A Cinderella Story," and she adapted "The Soloist" and "In Her Shoes." Grant also wrote and directed a number of episodes of the Fox-TV series "Party of Five." She wrote and made her feature directorial debut on "Catch and Release." Grant created and served as an executive producer of the CBS-TV series "A Gifted Man.".

Humphrey Gyde – 1998 Fellow

Humphrey Gyde was the co-writer of "Almaz Black Box."

Jodi Ann Johnson – 1993 Fellow

Jodi Ann Johnson was one of the initial writers of Disney’s "Mulan."

Ehren Kruger – 1996 Fellow

"Arlington Road," from Ehren Kruger’s Nicholl entry script, was released in 1999. His screenplays include "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," "Reindeer Games," "Scream 3" and "The Ring" and "The Ring 2," based on the original Japanese novel and film. Kruger also wrote "The Brothers Grimm" and "Skeleton Key" and co-wrote "Blood and Chocolate" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."

Mark Lowenthal – 1989 Fellow

Mark Lowenthal is the writer-director-producer of "Where the Elephant Sits," his Nicholl entry script; his film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival.

David Mango – 2007 Fellow

David Mango co-wrote "Into the White;" the film premiered in 2012.

Randall McCormick – 1987 Fellow

Randall McCormick co-wrote "Speed 2" and received story credit on "Titan A.E." He also wrote "Blue Crush 2" and "The Scorpion King: Rise of the Warrior," received a story credit on "The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption" and co-wrote "Psycho Sushi."

Terri Edda Miller – 1992 Fellow

Terri Edda Miller has been a writer and producer of the ABC-TV series "Castle." She also wrote and directed the short films "Dysenchanted," "My Femme Lady" and "Truly."

Annmarie Morais – 1999 Fellow

Annmarie Morais wrote "How She Move," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. For Canadian television she wrote "Hotel Babylon" and co-wrote "Kink in My Hair." Morais served as a consulting producer and writer on the Canadian TV series "Da Kink in My Hair," a writer on the Global-TV series "Combat Hospital" and a story editor on the SyFy Channel series "Haven."

Dawn O’Leary – 1993 Fellow

Mike Rich – 1998 Fellow

"Finding Forrester" was produced from Mike Rich’s Nicholl entry script. He also wrote "Secretariat," "The Rookie," "Radio" and "The Nativity Story."

Nicholas Sherman – 2007 Fellow

Nick Sherman's feature documentary "Soundtracker" premiered at Hot Docs, the Canadian International Documentary Festival.

Rebecca Sonnenshine – 1999 Fellow

Rebecca Sonnenshine wrote "Happily Even After," which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and co-wrote "American Zombie," which premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival. "Within," from her Nicholl Fellowship year script, was released in 2010. She also co-wrote "The Haunting of Molly Hartley" and produced "Bunny" and "Reversion," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Sonnenshine is currently an executive story editor on the WB-TV series "The Vampire Diaries."

Warren Taylor – 1987 Fellow

Warren Taylor adapted Bob Randall’s novel The Last Man on the List, which aired on the USA Network as "Dead Husbands." He wrote the TV movie "In the Eyes of a Stranger," a revised version of his Nicholl entry script "In the Dark." His adaptation of Joy Fielding’s novel Tell Me No Secrets aired on ABC-TV.