The Black List is an annual list of "most liked" scripts, according to the suggestions of more than 500 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, 2024 and will not have begun principal photography during this calendar year. This year, scripts had to receive at least 9 mentions to be included on The Black List.
Congratulations to the 8 NYU Tisch alumni whose scripts were recognized on The 2024 Black List! Below are the Tisch alumni on the list and here is the full 2024 Black List.
VANISHED by Samuel Franco ’00 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Ten years after she disappeared as a teen, Violet, now 25, turns up with no memory of what happened to her, but as her family welcomes her home, it quickly becomes apparent that the past cannot be forgiven or forgotten.
DIANA DESTROYS A WEDDING by Elizabeth Evans ’12 (BFA, Drama)/ ‘19 (MFA, Grad Acting)
When her youngest son proposes to a middle-class farmer, New York business icon DIANA IVY incentivizes her dysfunctional children to protect the family name the only way she knows how… by creating a competition: whoever can break up the couple during their luxurious seven-day destination wedding will inherit The Ivy’s Lake Como Estate.
TONY by Todd Bartels ’11 (MFA, Grad Acting)
In 1975, a wayward young Anthony Bourdain stumbles into a summer dishwashing job in Provincetown and discovers his life’s calling.
AIDa by Alexis Jacknow ’08 (BFA, Drama)
A new mother finds the perfect nanny in AI, only to learn that a “perfect” caregiver might be the most dangerous kind of all. This psychological thriller examines the disparity between human nature versus AI nurture and asks the question, could AI ever replace us as parents?
OLD SOULS by Hannah Stoddard ’13 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
A trio of sassy, elderly women receive a unique offer from Death for a week of youth in exchange for their lives.
ONBOARDING! by Jackson Kellard ’15 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
When a group of new hires get invited to their company’s corporate retreat, things quickly take a turn as they discover the only way to land the job is to survive the weekend. Literally.
TRUE* MERMAID STORY by Matthew Carnahan ’82 (NYU Tisch School of the Arts)
A struggling screenwriter’s life spirals into chaos when he becomes obsessed with telling the true* story of a mermaid’s life and death.
UNTIL YOU by Cameron Fay ’03 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
When a chance encounter thrusts two perpetually single people together, their undeniable connection leads to a romance unlike anything they’ve experienced before, while both hiding a secret that could tear it all down.
*We apologize for any omissions. Please email additions or edits to: tsoa.alumni@nyu.edu