The Fellowship is a non-studio professional development program that trains emerging writers to succeed in Hollywood.
Jess Ju, CAPEs former Director of Programs and Operations, returned to execute the program.
Its all about giving back and lifting each other up.
Top (L-R): Armaan Uplekar, Aldous Davidson, Cindy Chu (Credit: Emily Lin) Bottom (L-R): Homer Hsieh (Credit: Nicholai Perez), Keiko Sugihara (Credit: Caitlyn Hynes), Caroline Tsai, Samantha Xiao (Credit: Paige Parsons)CAPE
I cant wait to see this talented new class rise in the industry.
They were also paired up with high-level industry mentors to revise their scripts.
He has co-written and starred in the Snapchat original series Yo!
Merman Raps and has acted opposite Christian Bale in The Dark Knight Rises.
Armaan Uplekar| Mentored by Kyle Harimoto
Armaan Uplekar is an award-winning writer and filmmaker from South Florida.
His narrative and documentary work has screened at international and Oscar-qualifying film festivals worldwide.
After graduating from Harvard, she worked for Janet Yang Productions and APA.
She is currently a showrunners assistant on Season 2 of The Summer I Turned Pretty.
Her pilot Charade was a semi-finalist for the Script Lab Screenplay Contest.
She is represented by Artists First.
Cindy Chu| Mentored by Melinda Hsu Taylor
Cindy Chu is a Taiwanese American writer from Queens.
Homer Hsieh| Mentored by James WongHomer Hsieh is a Taiwanese-American sci-fi writer from San Diego.
He went on to complete UCLAs Professional Program and obtain a Screenwriting MFA at Hollins University.
Keiko Sugihara| Mentored by Albert Kim
Keiko Sugihara is a Japanese-Chinese American writer from Chicago, Illinois.
She also worked as a Producers Assistant and Writers Assistant on HAWAII FIVE-0.
In 2022, she won the Ohina Filmmakers Lab Greenlight Award to direct her original short script.
Keiko currently works in development with Writer/Executive Producer, Kyle Harimoto.
She earned her MFA in Screenwriting from USC and currently works in animation development.
The Walt Disney Company, Netflix, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount+ and CAA are 2023s Fellowship Partners.
For more information on the CAPE New Writers Fellowship and the 2023 Class, visitcapeusa.org/cnwf.
