The Black List was compiled from the suggestions of more than 375 film executives, each of whom contributed the names of up to ten favorite feature film screenplays that were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2021 and will not have begun principal photography during this calendar year. This year, scripts had to receive at least seven mentions to be included. The Black List is not a “best of” list. It is, at best, a “most liked” list.
See the full 2021 Black List here
Congratulations to the five NYU Tisch alumni whose scripts were recognized on The 2021 Black List!
Daniel Jackson '11 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
CAULIFLOWER | Under the cruel guidance of a mysterious coach, an ambitious high school wrestler struggles to become a state champion while battling a bizarre infection in his ear that both makes him dominant in his sport and threatens his sanity.
Justin Piasecki '08 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
BALLAST | A naval engineer and her crew find themselves trapped in a deadly game on a shipping vessel in the middle of the Atlantic when they learn a series of car bombs are hidden amongst the thousands of vehicles on board.
Evan Ari Kelman '15 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
BARRON’S COVE | When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician — the father of the kidnapped boy.
Hannah Hafey '14 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Kaitlin Smith '14 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL PRESENTS THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES | Frustrated by the conservative curriculum at her high school, a rebellious teen girl decides to stage the school’s first ever production of The Vagina Monologues. Which is going to be a challenge, as no one elseat St. Mary’s can even bear to say the word ‘vagina’ out loud . . . Based on Flynn Meaney’s Bad Habits.
*We apologize for any omissions. Please email additions or edits to: tsoa.alumni@nyu.edu