A. Zell Williams

Management Agent Writ Large Verve Noah Rosen - TV Chris Till - Theatre Michael Claassen - Features Gina Reyes, Manal Hammad, Jake Dillman - TV Michael Chung - Features

F u l l - Length Plays The Biggest Valley Reading – Ars Nova Dir. by Jesse Jou Workshop – Lark Play Development Center Dir. by Kent Gash

Carroll Gardens World Premier – 16th Street Theatre Dir. by Ann Filmer Developed – Lark Play Development Center

Diversity Developed – Lark Play Development Center

Down Past Passyunk World Premier – InterAct Theatre Company Dir. by Matt Pfeiffer Barrymore Award Winner: Best New Play, Best Overall Production Barrymore Award Nominations: Best Direction, Best Lead Actor, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Set Design, Best Sound Design

In A Daughter’s Eyes World Premier – InterAct Theatre Company Dir. by Rebecca Wright 2nd Production – Brava! For Women in the Arts & BACCE Dir. by Edris Cooper-Anifowose Reading – Marin Theatre Company Dir. by Tracy Ward Reading – Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

A Motherless Child Reading – Reverie Productions Dir. by David F. Chapman Reading – Theatre Reinhardt, Chicago Reading – Victory Gardens Theatre Dir. by Dennis Zacek

Slay & Eat Workshop & Reading – New York University (Formerly ‘Juneteenth’) Dir. by Alec Strum Developed – The Royal Court Theatre, London Workshop & Reading – Victory Gardens Ignition Festival Dir. by Henry Wishcamper

The Urban Retreat Workshop Production – The Public Theater Dir. by Liesl Tommy Reading – Philadelphia Theatre Company Dir. by Matt Pfeiffer Reading – The Public Theater Dir. by Liesl Tommy Reading – Oregon Shakespeare Festival Dir. by Aldo Billingslea

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T e l e v i s i o n The Last Police (Fox) – Mini-room Created by Kyle Killen and inspired by the book series The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters.

neXt (Fox) – Story Editor Ep. 105 – File #5

American Soul (BET) – Staff Writer Ep. 104 – Episode 107: Just Us

Harlem Code – Staff Writer (developed) An edgy half hour scripted series about the lives of Harlem teens, their families, and community.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) – Staff Writer Ep. 16020 – Granting Immunity Story by Warren Leight & , Teleplay by Brianna Yellen & A. Zell Williams

Ep. 17005 – Community Policing Story by Kevin Fox, Teleplay by Warren Leight & A. Zell Williams

Ep. 17016 – Star-Struck Victims Written by A. Zell Williams

P i l o t s The Best Defense Emily Showalter is a driven, successful criminal defense attorney. But her Pilot (Sitcom) professional and personal lives collide when she learns her rebellious, smart- mouthed daughter, Patience, has begun moonlighting as a vigilante. And when Emily's clients become Patience's targets, the women are forced to confront their sense of justice and morality, all while getting some much- needed family counseling.

Clubhouse Tess Bond is stuck. She moved to New York four years ago to act, but she can't Pilot (Sitcom) make it without her job at one of the city's most chic hotel, and her job keeps her from perusing her passion. When she learns Hailey, another actress from her alma mater, is working as an escort she tries to save her from making a similar career choice, but it could cost Tess her friendship with her coworkers.

Freedom House An ensemble-based, period medical drama set at the height of the Civil Rights Optioned by Macro Movement and based on the true story of the black, unemployed men of Pilot (One-Hour) Pittsburgh who became America’s first emergency service workers.

Lingering Samantha Gibson-Finney wrote the book on how a woman in the 21st Century Pilot (One-Hour) can be a success at home and in business. So how will she cope when her best friend's suicide reveals an affair between her neighbor and her husband, as well as her son and godson?

Samaritan Kyle Stovall is an idealistic teacher born, raised, and working on Chicago’s Pilot (One-Hour) Southside. But when he miraculously survives on on-campus shooting that left his student dead, his search for the killer forces him to become a vigilante in order to break up gangs, investigate corrupt cops, and protect his kids and loved ones.

-AZW- Recognition (Received awards in bold) 2016 The Landford Wilson Award – The Dramatists Guild of America (Finalist)

2015 US Playwright Workshop – The Royal Court Theatre, London National Playwrights’ Conference – The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (Finalist) Steinberg Playwriting Award – American Theatre Critics Association (Nominee) Victory Gardens Ignition Festival – Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago

2014 Resident Playwright Class of 2021 – New Dramatists Tow Foundation Emerging Playwright-in-Residence – The Public Theater Playwright Fellow – Lark Play Development Center Playwright of New York Fellowship (PoNY) – Lark Play Development Center (Nominee) Nominated by Oskar Eustis of The Public Theater

2013 The Terrence McNally New Play Award – Philadelphia Theatre Company Nominated by the Lark Play Development Center L. Arnold Weissberger Award for Playwriting – Williamstown Theatre Festival (Nominee) Nominated by Playwrights’ Horizon Playwright of New York Fellowship (PoNY) – Lark Play Development Center (Nominee) Nominated by Oskar Eustis of The Public Theater Source Festival – Cultural DC (Semifinalist)

2012 Goldberg Playwriting Award – New York University The National New Play Network Playwright-In-Residence – InterAct Theatre Company Play Group Member, 2012-13 – Ars Nova, NYC R&D Group Member, 2012-13 – The Civilians’ Investigative Theater, NYC Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award – The Kennedy Center (Finalist)

2011 MFA Playwrights’ Workshop – The Kennedy Center & National New Play Network Smith Prize for Political Theatre – The National New Play Network Van Lier Fellowship – Lark Play Development Center, NYC (Finalist)

2010 Next Generation Playwright’s Contest – Reverie Productions, NYC Global Age Project Award - Aurora Theatre Company, Berkeley (Finalist) Ignition Festival – Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago (Semifinalist) New Play Festival – Centre Stage Theatre, Greenville, NC (Semifinalist) High Point University New Play Contest – High Point, NC (Finalist)

2009 Princess Grace Award (Semifinalist) David C. Horn Prize – Yale University (Finalist) New Works Festival – Dallas, TX (Finalist) Ashland New Play Festival – Ashland, OR (Semifinalist)

T r a i n i n g

Santa Clara University New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Bachelors of Arts, Theatre Arts Master of Fine Arts, Dramatic Writing

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