2023 January Screenwriters Lab

Lab participants were selected from over 2,000 submissions to further develop their scripts with the guidance of accomplished advisors under the leadership of Michelle Satter (Founding Senior Director, Sundance Institute’s Artist Programs) and Ilyse McKimmie (Deputy Director, Feature Film Program).

The January Screenwriters Lab cohort developed their projects in person at the Sundance Mountain Resort from January 14-18. The Lab was dedicated to the memory of Sundance’s generous Creative Advisor Douglas McGrath who had recently passed away. Douglas was an Advisor to over 200 writers in his twenty years participating in the Lab.

  • Credits
  • Projects

Jessie Nelson

Artistic Director

Ritesh Joginder Batra

Creative Advisor

Linda Yvette Chavez

Creative Advisor

Scott Frank

Creative Advisor

Phil Hay

Creative Advisor

Eliza Hittman

Creative Advisor

Attica Locke

Creative Advisor

Walter Mosley

Creative Advisor

Marti Noxon

Creative Advisor

Nicole Perlman

Creative Advisor

Howard Rodman

Creative Advisor

Dana Stevens

Creative Advisor

Joan Tewkesbury

Creative Advisor

Lulu Wang

Creative Advisor

Bill Wheeler

Creative Advisor

Tyger Williams

Creative Advisor

Virgil Williams

Creative Advisor

Doug Wright

Creative Advisor

Cross Pollination

Dìdi

Elephants in the Fog

Huella

In a Minute You’ll Be Gone

Kill Yr Idols

Pigeon Wars

Valley of the Tall Grass

Wild Animals
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