ABSTRACT
Rachel Witenstein wrote Lena’s Spaghetti in 1994. The BFA Thesis Script Committee (which chose up to five scripts to produce for thesis films every year) voted unanimously to produce Rachel’s screenplay. Both the script and the film—though quite different—are wonderful works. The film, directed by Joe Greco, won First Place in the student drama category at the Columbus International Film & Video Festival; First Prize in the comedy category at the 26th Annual Canadian International Film/Video Festival. Lena’s Spaghetti has also been screened at numerous film festivals at home and abroad, including Telluride. Rachel’s writing has garnered several international awards, and she is a two-time recipient of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences student screenwriting grant. She sold her screenplay Neither Wolf Nor Dog and moved to Paris, France, under a writing fellowship from the Franco-American Fund.
