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Yule Caise (pictured left) was selected as last year’s Fox Writers Intensive Fellow (Fwi). Part of the Fox Audience Strategy initiative, the Writers Intensive Fellowship is the company’s advanced writer’s program designed to nurture experienced writers of diverse backgrounds. The program also is meant to create a strong pipeline of well-rounded talent for potential staffing on Fox television, feature film and digital entertainment productions, as well as for potential pitches to HarperCollins. With his selection, Caise was awarded a development deal with FX Networks, in conjunction with Fox Broadcasting Co and 20th Century Fox...

The Fox Writers Intensive is designed to nurture the careers of experienced writers with diverse voices, backgrounds and life experiences and create a pipeline of talent for potential staffing as writers, story editors or producers on Fox productions as well as potential pitches for publisher HarperCollins. Last year, writer-director Yule Caise was selected as the Fwi Fellow from the class of 10 finalists. He inked a development deal with FX Networks. Here’s this year’s 10 finalists, culled from more than 400 nominations to make up the third-annual list: This year’s 10 Fwi finalists were selected from more than 400 nominations and submissions by talent representation and arts organizations across the country, including National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Sundance Institute, New York Foundation for the Arts, Outfest, Film Independent, NAACP, Women in Film Los Angeles, Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and Visual Communications. They will spend the next 14 weeks honing their...

Yule Caise (pictured left) was selected as this year’s Fox Writers Intensive Fellow (Fwi). Part of the Fox Audience Strategy initiative, the Writers Intensive Fellowship is the company’s advanced writer’s program designed to nurture experienced writers of diverse backgrounds. The program also is meant to create a strong pipeline of well-rounded talent for potential staffing on Fox television, feature film and digital entertainment productions, as well as for potential pitches to HarperCollins. With his selection, Caise was awarded a development deal with FX Networks, in conjunction with Fox Broadcasting Co and 20th Century Fox...

Fox will be accepting nominations until October 18 for its third annual Fox Writers Intensive, which is designed to nurture the careers of experienced writers with diverse voices, backgrounds and life experiences and create a pipeline of talent for potential staffing as writers, story editors or producers on Fox productions. Last year, writer-director Yule Caise was selected as the Fwi Fellow from the class of 10 finalists. He inked a development deal with FX Networks and will pitch a new original script to FX, and he just signed with Apa. Nominations can be submitted by one of the initiative’s partnering organizations, or through submission by talent agents and management companies, and writers from across all media including TV, features, literature and theatre are encouraged to to apply. Fox will award the referring charitable organization of the winning fellow a financial grant to be earmarked for its writing program. Info: www.fox.

Yule Caise has signed with Apa and 3 Arts Entertainment. In July, he was selected as the Fox Writers Intensive Fellow from among 10 finalists. Caise inked a development deal with FX Networks, in conjunction with Fox Broadcasting Co and 20th Century Fox Television, and will pitch a new original script to FX. His credits including writing and directing the 2010 comedy Swishbucklers. Caise is repped by attorney Linda Lichter. Related: Fox’s Diverse Writers Program Sets Winner Will Yun Lee has inked with Zero Gravity Management. The actor’s recent credits include The Wolverine and Total Recall and recurring roles on Hawaii Five-o and the new drama Intelligence. He also appeared in such films as Die Another Day and Elektra. Related: Zero Gravity Inks Helmer Kellie Madison Lamorne Morris has signed with Resolution in all areas. He stars as Winston on Fox’s New Girl and recently joined the cast of the indie drama Sex Ed.

Congrats are in order for Yule Caise who has been selected as this year’s Fox Writers Intensive Fellow. Part of the Fox Audience Strategy initiative, which, the Writers Intensive Fellowship is the company’s advanced writer’s program designed to nurture experienced writers of diverse backgrounds. The program also is meant to create a strong pipeline of well-rounded talent for potential staffing on Fox television, feature film and digital entertainment productions, as well as for potential pitches to HarperCollins. With his selection, Caise has been awarded a development deal with FX Networks, in conjunction with Fox Broadcasting Co and 20th Century Fox Television....

Fox Audience Strategy announced Wednesday that writer/director Yule Caise has been selected as this year's Fox Writers Intensive Fellow. Chosen from 10 Fwi finalists, Caise (left) has inked a development deal with FX Networks and will pitch a new original script to the channel. Also read: The South Rises Again ... on Cable This year's 10 Fwi finalists were selected from more than 400 nominations and submissions by talent representation and arts organizations across the country. The program was launched in 2011. "The program is a valuable tool for up-and-coming writers," said Brett Baer and Dave...

Writer-director Yule Caise has been selected as this year’s Fox Writers Intensive Fellow. Chosen from the sophomore class of 10 Fwi finalists, Caise has inked a development deal with FX Networks, in conjunction with Fox Broadcasting Co and 20th Century Fox Television, and will pitch a new original script to FX. In addition, Fox will award Caise’s referring organization, the NAACP Hollywood Bureau, a $15,000 Fwi grant to be earmarked for its writing program. In addition to Caise, the sophomore Fwi class included finalists Angela Allen, Sal Calleros, Carol Doyle, Sara Endsley, Warren Hsu Leonard, Nick Ozeki, Chitra Sampath, Theo Travers and Marisa Wegrzyn. Following their completion of the Fwi, all of the finalists are being submitted for potential staffing on Fox entertainment productions. To date, six of the 10 Fwi finalists have been staffed on series for the 2013-14 season, including Fox’s Sleepy Hollow and Raising Hope, Showtime’s...

Fox Writers Intensive has selected a winner for its 2013 program. Writer-director Yule Caise has been selected the Fox Writers Intensive Fellow, earning a development deal with FX Networks, Fox Audience Strategy announced Wednesday. Caise was selected from the sophomore class of 10 Fwi finalists and via his new Fxp deal, will pitch a new original script to FX Networks under the deal in conjunction with Fox and 20th Century Fox Televison Studios. Additionally, Fox will award Caise's referring organization -- the NAACP Hollywood Bureau -- a $15,000 Fwi grant to be earmarked for its writing program. Photos: Fox's 2013-

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As part of an ongoing effort to increase diversity across its television, film, digital, and publishing platforms, Fox Audience Strategy has announced the 10 writers chosen for its second annual Fox Writers Intensive, a program designed to develop writers of diverse backgrounds and experiences for potential employment on Fox productions.This year’s 10 participating finalists—chosen from more than 400 submissions and nominations—are Angela Allen, Yule Caise, Sal Calleros, Carol Doyle, Sara Endsley, Warren Hsu Leonard, Nick Ozeki, Chitra Sampath, Theo Travers, and Marisa Wegrzyn.“I couldn’t be more impressed with the caliber of this year’s 10 Fwi finalists,” Nicole Bernard, the Fox Group’s senior vice president of audience strategy, said in a statement. “Not only are they unbelievably talented, accomplished writers, but they all have really fresh, unique creative perspectives that we would like our entertainment businesses to tap into and grow. Reflecting a broad range of viewpoints...

Congrats to the 10 finalists! Based on my research of each of them, I was able to determine that 2 of them are writers of African descent - so these are 2 writers we may not have been aware of before, but are aware of now. They are Yule Caise and Theo Travers. If I missed any others who are of African descent, I'm sure someone will point them out. But I looked up each name, and based on my findings, these are the only 2. And the photos above are the best I coud find. The full story via press release from Fox follows: Fox Announces 2012-13 “Fox Writers Intensive” Finalists Hart Hanson, Andre and Maria Jacquemetton, Zal Batmanglij and...

Fox has set the sophomore class for its Fox Writers Intensive, the company’s advanced writers program for experienced writers from diverse backgrounds. This year’s 10 finalists were selected from more than 400 nominations and submissions by talent representation and arts organizations, including National Hispanic Media Coalition, Sundance Institute, New York Foundation for the Arts, Outfest, Film Independent, NAACP, Women in Film La, Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and Visual Communications. Here they are, along with their reps: · Angela Allen (The Cartel) · Yule Caise (Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler & Feldman) · Sal Calleros (Rothman, Brecher, Kim / Magnet Management) · Carol Doyle (The Gersh Agency) · Sara Endsley (Rothman, Brecher, Kim/ The Shuman Company) · Warren Hsu Leonard (ICM Partners/ Circle of Confusion) · Nick Ozeki (Independent) · Chitra Sampath (Ragna Nervik Management) · Theo Travers (ICM Partners/ Artists International) · Marisa Wegrzyn (Abrams Artists Agency / Myra Model Management) The 10 will spend the next 13 weeks attending seminars and workshops with executives,...