New York University's Black List-inspired annual selection of the best production-ready screenplays from its Tisch School of the Arts graduate film students and recent alumni, known as The Purple List, has revealed its 2020 picks.
The four screenplays, selected by a panel of industry professionals, are Hound, Mirror Lake, Mustache and Skin of Youth. Hound, by Lisa Duva, is a horror-comedy about a female werewolf. “I love genre fiction and I’ve often wondered why werewolves are almost always men — why would a story about turning into a bloody beast once a month be a metaphor for masculinity?” Duva said in a statement, explaining that the screenplay comes from frustrating personal experiences as a woman.
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