Besides a US$35,000 (RM143,000) prize money, winning a Nicholl fellowship is seen as a launch pad to a screenwriting career in an otherwise nearly impenetrable Hollywood landscape. Renee is, of course, talking about the near-impossible odds she has beaten to win the Nicholl Fellowship. As the years progressed, she mustered up the courage to submit her film script to the Nicholl Fellowship. “They don’t know where you come from, your gender, your age, your race – nothing.”Stringent selection processRenee’s first two attempts at the Nicholl Fellowship were unsuccessful. She reveals the other scripts she previously submitted for the Nicholl Fellowship but was unsuccessful are also garnering attention from production companies.

Source: The Star February 04, 2020 06:22 UTC