Lauri Donahue
PAID SCREENWRITING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
- For Amazon Studios, did a rewrite of the feature Zombies vs. Gladiators
- For Nickelodeon, wrote for an animated series (premiering 2022)
- Developed several scripts with director/producer Ariel Vromen (The Iceman, The Angel)
- For a production company in Ghana, wrote a historical action-adventure script in both feature and limited series format
- For Shimon Gershon, the former captain of Israel’s national soccer team, co-wrote a screenplay adaptation of his best-selling children’s books
- For Schick Productions, did a page-one rewrite of Jerusalem ’67, working with director Daniel Syrkin (Tehran)
- For The Paz Brothers, did a page-one rewrite for the feature Mars Camp, wrote a treatment for JeruZalem 2, and wrote treatments for a pilot and series
- For The Hive Studio, developed a treatment for Tipping the Iceberg, an animated feature
- For Jam Productions, wrote the script for The Castle in the Forest, an animated short
- For 7Flying Fish Productions, did a rewrite for Shoeshine Boy
- Adapted the YA Novel, The Magic Keys of Tanglewood
- For private clients, wrote four features and one pilot and did several rewrites (one produced)
- Wrote several scripts for shorts and explainer videos
- Wrote about screenwriting and films for publications like Movie Maker and Creative Screenwriting (See samples in Articles)
WRITING AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
- Winner, More Magazine/Women in Film Screenplay Award
- Winner, Amazon Studios Script Spotlight Award
- Winner, Dorothy Silver Playwriting Award
- Silver Prize, Page International Screenplay Competition
- Finalist and Runner-Up (for two scripts), Harvardwood Screenplay Competition
- Finalist, The Writers Lab
- Semi-finalist and top-30, Nicholl Fellowship Competition
- Second Round, Sundance Screenwriting Labs
- Rated 9 out of 10 (top 1%) on The Black List
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- Black List LA Screenwriting Lab
- Jerusalem Film Fund “Scene” Incubator; received funding for SuperBelly web series
- Courses in film production, video production, playwriting, screenwriting, and acting at Harvard College, UCLA Extension, Vancouver Film School, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), the University of Toledo, and A Noise Within.
- JD from Harvard Law School
- BA in Economics and International Relations from Boston University