The Writers Lab (TWL) and its members have loads to have a good time this month. A press launch introduced that the group has chosen winners of their eighth annual Writers Lab for screenwriters over the age of 40. TWL additionally introduced the renewed endorsement from trade luminaries Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, together with the Lab’s induction into the Advancing Range Corridor of Honors.
This yr’s entries noticed a major amount of style scripts, particularly comedy. Many additionally submitted historic tales about pioneering girls which are, as TWL famous, “a vital response to the present political and cultural shifts that threaten their autonomy.”
The 12 girls screenwriters will obtain mentorship from trade veterans throughout this yr’s in-person script improvement program. Mentors confirmed for the 2022 Writers Lab embody producers Susan Cartsonis (“What Girls Need”) and Yvonne Russo (“Planes, Cranes and Rockets”) in addition to writers Pamela Grey (“A Stroll on the Moon”) and Pat Verducci (“True Crime”).
This yr’s Writers Lab may have a devoted give attention to “constructing the instruments and methods for gifted writers to develop their tasks and navigate the ever-shifting panorama {of professional} alternatives,” TWL introduced. The 2022 class will collect in Saugerties, NY this November.
The one group dedicated to the empowerment of ladies screenwriters over the age of 40, TWL has been a champion of range in movie and tv. The Corridor of Honors accolade is however a testomony to TWL’s years of advocacy and assist for extra inclusive storytelling on the massive display.
“Girls over 40 represent 25 p.c of the U.S. inhabitants. However we don’t see them on screens. The place are they? That’s what The Writers Lab is all about,” mentioned TWL co-founder Nitza Wilon.
TWL co-founder Elizabeth Kaiden added, “Advancing range is essential to our mission of spotlighting an unexplored commodity: Cinematic tales that fifty p.c of the inhabitants are clamoring to see.”
The 2022 Writers Lab class and their tasks are under, as are this yr’s mentors.
The Writers Lab 2022
Shari Albert, Fishtown (half-hour comedy)
Stephanie Bast, FrankenFamily (half-hour comedy)
Kelly Campbell, Pyramid Scheme (function comedy)
Shari Lynette Carpenter, Translate (half-hour dramedy)
Nic Cohen, Artemis One (function sci-fi)
Rebecca Dreyfus, Males (function drama)
Gwen Goodkin, The Plant (one-hour historic)
Tamara Maloney & Maeve McQuillan, Darkened Room (one-hour horror)
Arianna Ortiz, Mama, Don’t (function thriller)
Zuri Rice, Inexperienced Hill (one-hour drama)
Roses Urquhart, This Is My Physique (function drama)
Robin Shanea Williams, Adrienne Is All the time Single (function rom-com)
The Writers Lab Mentors
Susan Cartsonis: Producer (What Girls Need)
Suzanne Farwell: Producer (The Intern)
Daniela Gonzalez: Literary Supervisor (Good Worry Content material)
Pamela Grey: Author (A Stroll on the Moon)
Yvonne Russo: Producer (Ring of Hearth: The Lifetime of Annie Mae Aquash)
Mary Jane Skalski: Producer (Hi there I Should Be Going)
Robin Swicord: Author-Producer (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Pat Verducci: Author-Director (True Crime)
Jamie Zelermyer: Producer (Earlier than/Throughout/After)
