James Ponsoldt is the lucky recipient of this year's Lynn Auerbach Screenwriting Fellowship – a cash award handed out by the Sundance Institute and as THR reports comes screenplay reading and the advisory services of scribes John August and Ron Nyswaner throughout his fellowship year.
No stranger to the joys of Sundance, Ponsoldt was in Park City in 06' with the coming-of-age story starring Trevor Morgan and Nick Nolte entitled Off the Black will be bringing one more drama relating to Iraq war in Refresh, Refresh. This follows three teenage boys struggling to deal with their fathers' service in the Iraq.