BET Networks And Paramount Players Announce Winner Of Nationwide Search For Undiscovered Writer/Director
By: Tori Hartshorn Oct. 01, 2018
BET Networks and Paramount Players announce winner of its nationwide competition, "PROJECT CRE8". After a nine-month-long search, Quincy Ledbetter from Brooklyn, NY was crowned the "PROJECT CRE8" winner. The once-in-a-lifetime contest is giving one aspiring, undiscovered filmmaker the potential opportunity to produce a feature film with a million-dollar budget. The contest culminated at the BET Networks Headquarters in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, September 28 where five finalists pitched their film to a panel of television and film executives. Quincy's original script, "Alieu the Dreamer" rose to the top of the heap and was selected the winning script. "Alieu the Dreamer" is based on a world where humans haven't dreamed for three decades, and a driven government agent discovers a struggling young man in the projects who has started dreaming. BET will purchase Quincy's screenplay and work with him and Paramount Players to produce the original script.
"Today is a great day to be a filmmaker of color and BET continues to be at both the forefront and center of inclusion and diversity in front and behind the scenes." Said Connie Orlando, Head of Programing, BET Networks "BET's Project Cre8 is a prime example of BET's on-going commitment to create opportunities for untapped filmmakers to tell compelling original stories. I am thrilled to welcome Quincy Ledbetter's fresh perspective to the BET family."
Quincy Ledbetter is a filmmaker, musician, and artist living in Brooklyn, New York by way of Woodbridge, Virginia. As a storyteller, Quincy works to share unique narratives across all genres, told from a rare perspective.
To watch Quincy's originally-produced scene and for more information on "PROJECT CRE8" go to BET.com/Cre8. Join the conversation on social media by using and following the hashtag #ProjectCRE8.
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ:VIA)(NASDAQ:VIA.B), is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel is in nearly 85 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, sub-Saharan Africa, France and South Korea. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions including BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET HER (formerly CENTRIC), a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the African-American woman; BET Music Networks - BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Home Entertainment; BET Live, BET's growing festival business; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET Networks around the globe.
Photo Credit: BET Networks
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