Editing Project Greenlight (section)

==Episodes==
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Season 
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! [[Season premiere]] 
! [[Season finale]] 
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|[[#Season 1 (2001–02)|1]]
|12
|{{Start date|2001|12|2}}
|{{End date|2002|2|10}}
|rowspan=2|[[HBO]]
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|[[#Season 2 (2003)|2]]
|13
|{{Start date|2003|6|22}}
|{{End date|2003|8|24}}
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|[[#Season 3 (2005)|3]]
|9
|{{Start date|2005|3|15}}
|{{End date|2005|5|12}}
|[[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]]
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|[[#Season 4 (2015)|4]]
|8
|{{Start date|2015|9|13}}
|{{End date|2015|11|1}}
|HBO
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===Season 1 (2001–02)===
The script contest ran from September 2000 to March 2001. Over 7,000 screenplays were submitted, and Pete Jones was selected as the winner for ''[[Stolen Summer]]'', which he then filmed on location in his hometown of [[Chicago]] during the summer of 2001.  The first season of ''Project Greenlight'', helmed by show runner and co-executive producer Liz Bronstein, chronicled the selection of Jones's script and the filming of the movie, aired on [[HBO]] from late 2001 through early 2002. ''Stolen Summer'' premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in January 2002, then went on to a limited theatrical release which brought in just under $140,000.

===Season 2 (2003)===
For its second run, the contest was split into two categories: writing and directing. The winners were chosen on January 18, 2003. Erica Beeney won the writing contest for her script ''[[The Battle of Shaker Heights]]'', and [[Kyle Rankin]] and [[Efram Potelle]] won the directing contest.  The film stars [[Shia LaBeouf]], [[Elden Henson]], [[Amy Smart]], and [[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]]. The series aired in the summer of 2003, detailing the production of the film in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]].  ''The Battle of Shaker Heights'' opened in limited theatrical release on August 24, 2003, earning just under $280,000 during its box office run.

===Season 3 (2005)===
Script submission began and ended during February 2004. After two seasons on HBO, the series moved to [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]] and season 3 began airing on March 15, 2005.

The selected screenplay was a horror script titled ''[[Feast (2005 film)|Feast]]'' written by [[Marcus Dunstan]] and [[Patrick Melton]]. The director was [[John Gulager]]. The film stars [[Balthazar Getty]], [[Krista Allen]], [[Jason Mewes]], and [[Eric Dane]] and was produced by [[Dimension Films]] and [[Neo Art & Logic]].

The film ran for a special late night showing on September 22 and 23, 2006, almost a year after its premiere. Feast earned just under $690,000 during its box office run. The DVD was released on October 17, 2006, earning an additional $4,687,595.<ref>{{cite web|title=Feast (2006)|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Feast#tab=summary|publisher=The-Numbers.com|access-date=September 7, 2015}}</ref> The film spawned two sequels: ''[[Feast II: Sloppy Seconds]]'' and ''[[Feast III: The Happy Finish]]''.

===Season 4 (2015)===
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 |Title = Do You Want to Direct This Movie?
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 |ShortSummary = Finalists of a nationwide talent search to direct ''Not Another Pretty Woman'', a broad comedy screenplay, as a film for HBO are narrowed down by producers [[Ben Affleck]], [[Matt Damon]], [[Bobby Farrelly|Bobby]] & [[Peter Farrelly]], [[Effie Brown]], and Marc Joubert, [[Pearl Street Films]] President [[Jennifer Todd]], and [[HBO Films]] President Len Amato. After a series of submissions and in-person interviews by all the finalists, finalist [[Jason Mann]] is selected as the project's director. 
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 |Title = Gun to Your Head
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 |Title = Duly Noted
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 |Title = Picture's Up
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 |Title = The Pivot
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 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|18}}
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 |Title = Accident Waiting to Happen
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|25}}
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 |Title = Hug and Release
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On April 2, 2015, ''Project Greenlight'' announced the first annual Greenie award winners.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/ProjectGreenlight/photos/a.832187246791548.1073741828.796754170334856/984245388252399/?type=1&theater  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/796754170334856/984245388252399 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Congratulations to the winners of the 1st annual GREENIE AWARDS! |publisher=Facebook |date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=September 16, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

*Best Comedy: ''Heist'' – Director: Brianna Lux and Tony Lazzeroni
*Best Drama: ''A Room for Aden'' – Director: Douglas Yablun
*Best Action: ''Stan Lee Parkour'' – Director: Tom Grey
*Most Unique: ''Listen'' – Director: Joshua Ortiz
*Best Horror: ''The Table'' – Director: Shane Free
*Most "WTF": ''Pink Shorts'' – Director: Jeff Huston

In September 2015, ''Project Greenlight'' became the subject of controversy when an episode aired of [[Matt Damon]] disagreeing with producer [[Effie Brown]] over the subject of diversity. A later controversy developed over the titling of the season's sixth episode as "Hot Ghetto Mess" involving Brown's attempt to make sure one of the films did not partake in racial stereotypes, which was to be corrected before airing and replaced with "The Pivot", but was never resolved before airtime.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/09/14/project_greenlight_s_new_star_is_effie_brown_the_premiere_revealed_exactly.html |title=''Project Greenlight'' Revealed Exactly Why Hollywood Still Has a Diversity Problem |publisher=Slate |first=Aisha |last=Harris |date=September 14, 2015 |access-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/matt-damon-criticised-for-interrupting-black-producer-effie-brown-and-explaining-diversity-10501353.html |title=Matt Damon criticised for interrupting black producer Effie Brown and explaining diversity |work=The Independent |first=Heather |last=Saul |date=September 15, 2015 |access-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref>

''[[The Leisure Class]]'' debuted on HBO on November 2, 2015.