{"id":21916,"date":"2024-12-11T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:15:03","slug":"black-bear-to-rep-open-water-author-caleb-azumah-nelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/black-bear-to-rep-open-water-author-caleb-azumah-nelson\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Bear to Rep Open Water Author Caleb Azumah Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Black Bear has signed author and filmmaker Caleb Azumah Nelson, known for his debut novel <em>Open Water<\/em>, which the BBC is adapting, for representation.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson is set to write and direct the upcoming BBC adaptation of <em>Open Water<\/em>. His second novel,<em> Small Worlds<\/em>, was recently optioned for the screen, and he is set to direct that as well. He previously directed a short film adaptation of his story <em>Pray<\/em> for B-Side Productions and BBC Films.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson\u2019s <em>Open Water<\/em> received a slew of awards after debuting in 2021, including the debut fiction book of the year at the British Book Awards in 2022. Small Worlds was long listed for the Chalk Prize and won the Dylan Thomas Prize.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Nelson was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award for <em>Pray<\/em>. The short film adaptation, starring David Jonsson (<em>Industry<\/em>), had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Nelson was named one of <em>The Observer<\/em>\u2019s ten best debut novelists and was honored as a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 recipient. In April 2024, he was elected for the inaugural<em> Sunday Times<\/em> Young Power List.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Bear has signed author and filmmaker Caleb Azumah Nelson, known for his debut novel Open Water, which the BBC is adapting, for representation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[9140,5800,10079,5802],"class_list":["post-21916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-black-bear","tag-caleb-azumah-nelson","tag-open-water","tag-small-worlds","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Black Bear to Rep Open Water Author Caleb Azumah Nelson - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/black-bear-to-rep-open-water-author-caleb-azumah-nelson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Black Bear to Rep Open Water Author Caleb Azumah Nelson - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Black Bear has signed author and filmmaker Caleb Azumah Nelson, known for his debut novel Open Water, which the BBC is adapting, for representation.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/black-bear-to-rep-open-water-author-caleb-azumah-nelson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-11T14:00:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-11T14:15:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/BlackBear-CalebAzumahNelson-1224.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/black-bear-to-rep-open-water-author-caleb-azumah-nelson\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/black-bear-to-rep-open-water-author-caleb-azumah-nelson\/\",\"name\":\"Black Bear to Rep Open Water Author Caleb Azumah Nelson - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-11T14:00:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-11T14:15:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/black-bear-to-rep-open-water-author-caleb-azumah-nelson\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/black-bear-to-rep-open-water-author-caleb-azumah-nelson\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/black-bear-to-rep-open-water-author-caleb-azumah-nelson\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Black Bear to Rep Open Water Author Caleb Azumah Nelson\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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