Who are the first-round readers?
First-round readers and quarterfinal-round judges are all involved in the industry, but none of them are Academy members. We assemble a good mix of people. While a majority are writers, some of whom also read to pay their bills, we also get a number of producers and development execs as well as those who work in other areas of development or production. The key attributes we look for are skill and experience in reading and judging scripts. Actually, in terms of their age range and backgrounds (excluding industry connections), readers resemble Nicholl entrants.
