Nerris Nevarez-Nassiri: Director | Screenwriter | Playwright
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SCREENWRITING

Recent Fellowships

Disruptors Fellow

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Black List Musical Film Fellow

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Branded Lab Fellow

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Feature Film Screenplays

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MO'ALLEM

Coming-of-age Drama w/ Musical Elements
When a brilliant Muslim teenager finds out she must give up her career ambitions for an arranged marriage, she secretly fabricates an identity as a school teacher to get an America visa and escape the morning of her wedding.

Accolades:
• 8/10 on The Black List
• Austin Film Festival Finalist
• Stowe Launch Finalist
Link to Pitch Deck
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NO TE OLVIDES

Romantic Musical Dramedy
When a timid closeted Chicana takes her rambunctious dying grandmother back to their ancestral Mexican village, they both get more than they bargained for when they each start unusual romances that will reveal long-held secrets.

Accolades:
• Black List Musical Film Fellowship 
• Austin Film Festival Semifinalist

• Sundance Lab 2nd Rounder

​• Theatre Now Musical Writers Lab
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BHAI/HERMANA

Coming-of-age Musical Feature
While preparing for the biggest moment of his career, an overly ambitious and immature music manager is forced to choose between his dreams and his family, when the sudden death of his estranged father leads to the adoption of a sister he never knew he had.
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