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New York University’s annual list of the best production-ready screenplays, inspired by The Black List from Trisch School of the Arts graduate film students and recent alumni, has been revealed for 2024. The four selected screenplays are Blue Comedy by Vincent Lee Accettola, Little Phnom Penh by Chheangkea, Rubber

NYU has revealed its 2023 Purple List, its Black List-inspired group of the best production-ready screenplays from Tisch grad film students, alumni.

Multicom will release Linda G. Mills narrative feature film THE REST OF US nationwide on May 6 to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Month. Directed by Dr. Linda G. Mills, artist, author, scholar and Executive Director of NYUs Center on Violence and Recovery, THE REST OF US chronicles student resilience in the face of a mental health crisis on the campus of Blair University. Set in the Fall of 2001, a diverse group of college students spring into action when confronted by the reality of a su...

Chloe Zhao and Shaka King are among those who have had their work featured on the list of the best production-ready screenplays from Tisch School of the Arts graduate film students and recent alumni.

Share This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Purple List and an important milestone with two of its distinguished alumni, Shaka King and Chloé Zhao, earning 2021 Academy Award nominations for Judas and the Black Messiah and Nomadland, respectively. Both of their debut features—Zhao’s Songs My Brother Taught Me and King’s Newlyweeds—were official selections in the inaugural Purple List in 2012. The annual list was inspired by Franklin Leonard’s Black List, an annual survey of Hol...