Francine Daniels
Francine Daniels
2021 DISABILITY COHORT
A cultural stew of “da” Boogie Down South Bronx and Panamanian roots, Francine Daniels is a Black, queer, disabled writer and actor in no particular identity order. She revels in writing comedies and dramedies about unconventional, uncensored, and morally flawed women, who don’t look and live like stereotypes. In spring 2023, she was selected by the world-renowned Hedgebrook writer’s program as a Writer-in-Residence for her TV pilot “In God We Gay.” The pilot has also won awards from the RespectAbility Entertainment Lab (fellow), The Writers Lab, (fellow) Mara Brock Akil's Writers' Colony (writer residency), Daisy Pettles Writers Competition for Women (first place finalist), the Storyteller Foundation (full scholarship for the Year of the Novel Program), Black Boy Writes/Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative (second round placement), New Roots Residency (finalist), and Lena Waithe's Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab (top 25 out of 1,500+ scripts). Francine’s other two TV series “Mosaic Blues” and “Skin-Kin” have also won awards from the Athena Film Festival at Barnard College Virtual Writers Lab, co-hosted by the Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting, and sponsored by LIFETIME, The Disruptors Fellowship, Stowe Story Labs, and The Storyteller Foundation among others. Her comedy short Virgin Honeymoon was a top eight finalist for Kevin Hart’s Women Write Now Fellowship.
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