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Niva Dorell has been writing and making films for more than 25 years. Her writing was first noticed by Robert Zemeckis and the late John Singleton who both chose to mentor her on the short film KINGS when she was still a graduate student at the University of Southern California.
Niva Dorell. Director. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Niva Dorell's career officially began when Robert Zemeckis and John Singleton chose to mentor her USC thesis script "Kings", about a Black corporate attorney struggling to reconcile with his urban roots.
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PIGEONVILLE – original one hour television pilot written by Niva Dorell about an ambitious gallerist who moves back to her small upstate New York hometown to take care of her dysfunctional family and ends up working for a dangerous art dealer to protect them.
Dec 27, 2023 · Click to read The Think Tank, by Niva Dorell, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers. I write about filmmaking, writing, and life as an artist. Sometimes I also write about loss.
USC thesis film written and directed by Niva Dorell, produced by Carol Ann Shine and Julie Sandor, mentored by Robert Zemeckis and John Singleton. Winner of Showtime Black Filmmakers Award and numerous film festivals. Starring Michael Jace and Ricky Harris.
Niva Dorell is an award-winning writer/director based in New York. She won a Showtime Black Filmmaker’s Grant shortly after graduate school and has since had films screen on Showtime, UPN, BET-J, and PBS, as well as at Slamdance, the Jerusalem International Film Festival, the Hollywood Black Film Festival and many others.
