Brief Notes on Several Nicholl Fellows

The following credits are for produced, published or in-production works.

Allison Anders (1986 fellow) is the writer-director of Gas Food Lodging, Mi Vida Loca and Grace of my Heart, and the co-writer-director of Sugar Town and Border Radio. 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” and “What About Brian.” Anders also served as the executive producer of Lover Girl. Her most recent film, Things Behind the Sun, which she co-wrote and directed, premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.

Jeffrey Eugenides (1986) is the author of the novel The Virgin Suicides; the film version premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. His novel Middlesex was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2003.

Dennis Clontz (1986) was part of a team of Los Angeles Times journalists awarded a Pulitzer Prize for spot reporting on the Northridge earthquake.

Randall McCormick (1987) co-wrote Speed 2 and received story credit on Titan A.E. He also co-wrote Psycho Sushi.

Warren Taylor (1987) adapted Bob Randall’s novel The Last Man on the List, which aired on the USA Network as Dead Husbands in 1998. 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.

Radha Bharadwaj (1989) is the writer-director of Closet Land, her Nicholl entry script, and of Basil, which she adapted from the Wilkie Collins novel.

Mark Lowenthal (1989) is the writer-director-producer of Where the Elephant Sits, his Nicholl entry script, which premiered at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival.

Traveler, produced from 1989 fellowship recipient Jim McGlynn’s Nicholl entry script, was released in 1997.

Briar Patch, from 1989 fellowship recipient Deborah Pryor’s Nicholl entry script, premiered at the 2003 Slamdance Film Festival. Its DVD release has been retitled Plain Dirty.

T.C. Smith (1990) wrote the TV movie Beverly Hills Family Robinson, which aired on ABC in 1997. He co-wrote the short film Scream, Teen, Scream!, which screened at the 1997 Berlin Film Festival.  Smith also co-wrote and co-starred in the short film Ernest and Bertram, which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.

Raymond De Felitta (1991) directed Two Family House, which premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, from his Nicholl Fellowship year script. He wrote and directed Cafe Society and the Oscar®-nominated short film Bronx Cheer; he also co-wrote Shadow of Doubt. He directed The Thing about my Folks, which premiered at the 2005 Sarasota Film Festival, and wrote and directed the documentary 'TIs Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris, which premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.

Ronald Emmons (1991) wrote Rendezvous, which aired on Black Entertainment Television in 1999.

Susannah Grant (1992) 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 In Her Shoes from Jennifer Weiner’s novel of the same name. She 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, which premiered at the 2006 Austin Film Festival.

Andrew W. Marlowe (1992) wrote Air Force One, End of Days and Hollow Man, as well as several episodes of the NBC-TV series “Viper.”

Victoria Arch (1993) wrote and directed Quest for the Yeti, which screened at the 2003 Big Bear Film Festival. She co-wrote Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights and the TV movie Three Secrets, which aired on CBS in 1999.

Down in the Delta, from 1993 fellow Myron Goble’s Nicholl entry script, was released in 1998.

Jodi Ann Johnson (1993) was one of the initial writers of Disney’s Mulan.

Admissions, from 1993 fellow Dawn O'Leary’s Nicholl entry script Island of Brilliance, premiered at the 2004 Mill Valley Film Festival.

Max Adams (1994) co-wrote the 1997 film Excess Baggage, for which she also received story credit.  She is also the author of The Screenwriter’s Survival Guide.

The TV movie from 1995 Fellow Scott Fifer’s fellowship year script Twice Upon a Time aired on Lifetime in 1998. As a staff writer on “Beverly Hills 90210,” he co-wrote several episodes during the show’s final season.

Arlington Road, from Ehren Kruger’s 1996 Nicholl entry script, was released in 1999. Kruger wrote Reindeer Games, Scream 3 and The Ring, based on the original Japanese novel and film, and he co-wrote Imposter and New World Disorder. He also wrote The Brothers Grimm, The Ring 2 and Skeleton Key, all released in 2005. He co-wrote Blood and Chocolate from the novel of the same name; the film was released in January 2007.

Anthony Jaswinski (1997) wrote and directed Killing Time, which premiered in competition at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.

Jacob Estes (1998) directed Mean Creek, which premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, from his Nicholl entry script; the film also received a Humanitas Prize and won two Independent Spirit Awards. He wrote Nearing Grace, which premiered at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival.

Karen Moncrieff (1998) directed Blue Car from her Nicholl entry script; the film premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. She has also directed episodes of the TV series “Six Feet Under” and “Touching Evil.” Most recently, she wrote and directed The Dead Girl, which premiered at the 2006 AFI Film Festival.

Finding Forrester, from Mike Rich’s 1998 Nicholl entry script, was released in 2000. He also wrote The Rookie, Radio, and most recently, The Nativity Story.

T. J. Lynch (1999) is the co-writer of A Plumm Summer, which premiered at the 2007 Heartland Film Festival.

Annmarie Morais (1999) wrote How She Move, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. For Canadian television she wrote Hotel Babylon and co-wrote Kink in my Hair.

Rebecca Sonnenshine (1999) wrote Happily Even After, which premiered at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival, and co-wrote American Zombie, which premiered at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival. Within, from the script she wrote during her Nicholl Fellowship year, is currently in post-production. She also produced Bunny and Reversion, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

Doug Atchison (2000) directed Akeelah and the Bee from his Nicholl entry script.  He also received an NAACP Image Award for best screenplay for Akeelah.

Gabrielle Burton (2000) wrote Manna from Heaven, which premiered at the 2001 South by Southwest Film Festival.

Robert Edwards (2001) directed Land of the Blind from his Nicholl entry script; the film premiered at the 2006 International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Kurt Kuenne (2002) wrote and directed the feature documentary Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about his Father, which premiered at the 2008 Slamdance Film Festival.

James Mottern (2003) directed Trucker from his Nicholl entry script; the film is currently in post-production.

Bragi Schut (2003) created and was co-executive producer of the CBS series “Threshold."