The Black List
Les Almourzaev is an experienced script reader and story analyst with a robust background in the film industry, currently serving as a Freelance Script Reader at The Black List since January 2021. Previous roles include script reading and executive assistance at The Steel Company, where notable scripts such as EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE and JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 were covered. Almourzaev has provided comprehensive script analysis at prestigious events including the American Film Market, Cannes Film Festival, and European Film Market. In addition to freelance positions, involvement includes web content writing for Hollywood Insider and story analysis for multiple film festivals and competitions. Educational credentials encompass a Bachelor's Degree in English and Creative Writing from California State University, Long Beach, along with advanced training in improvisation and scripted comedy from Upright Citizens Brigade and The Second City.
The Black List
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The Black List is where moviemakers find great scripts to make and scripts find moviemakers to make them. It began as a survey. In 2005, Franklin Leonard surveyed almost 100 film industry development executives about their favorite scripts from that year that had not been made as feature films. That first list - many of which have been made since - can be viewed here. Since then the voter pool has grown to about 500 film executives, 60% of whom typically respond. Over 200 Black List screenplays have been made as feature films. Those films have earned over $16BN in worldwide box office, have been nominated for 148 Academy Awards, and have won 25, including Best Pictures SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE and THE KING'S SPEECH and five of the last ten screenwriting Oscars. A complete list of Black List films is below. In September 2012, we launched a membership site for industry professionals that functions as a real time Black List and screenplay recommendation engine. You can learn more here and sign up for membership here. In October 2012, we extended our mission further by allowing screenwriters from the world to, for a small fee, upload their scripts to our database, have them evaluated by professional script readers, and subject to that evaluation and our recommendation algorithm, sent to our - at present - over 1000 film industry professionals. You can begin the process of being discovered here.