Christine List Screen Writer’s Guidebook
Christine List holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, Department of Radio-
TV-Film. She is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has been exhibited and
broadcast both locally and internationally. In addition to receiving numerous production
grants for her creative work, List has served as a media grant evaluator for various arts
organizations, including the National Endowment for the Arts. She has been a jurist for
international cinema competitions (Chicago International Film Festival, Women in the
Director’s Chair, ABC New Talent Television Competition) and has published more than
a dozen articles and book chapters on film, as well as a book on the history and theory
of Chicano cinema, Chicano Images: Refiguring Ethnicity in Mainstream Cinema. Her
forthcoming book Screenwriter’s Guidebook: Inspiring Lessons for Film and Television
Writers was co-written with Christine Houston, the Creator of the NBC television series
“227."" Dr. List has also served as co-editor of the academic journal of the Union for
Democratic Communication, The Democratic Communique
