Shore Scripts Names 2022 Semifinalists
Shore Scripts has announced their feature, TV, and short script semifinalists for 2022.
FEATURE SEMIFINALISTS
(66 screenplays have progressed)
A. D. Smith: Jaegerfell
Aaron Braxton: The Passage Of Sun
Aaron Michael Bailey: Capturing Heart Mountain
Aidan Largey: Canceled
Alex Murawski: Alexi I
Alfred Thomas Catalfo & Morgan Webster Dudley: Oil And Water
Andrew Goldmeier: My Cousin's Car
Andy Dispensa: Automna
Anthony Diblasi: Thomas Mayfly
Arlene Opio: Happy For You
Ashley Oliver: Everybody Hates Rosemary
Ben Hickernell: Lost Time
Brian Koukol: Museum Piece
Cameron Kerr: Red Buoys
Chris Crowley: High Winds: A Feature Film About Climate Change, Land, and Legacy.
Chris Watt: Morgan'S Wake
Craig Miller & Pete Johnson: Weekend At Bernie's III
Craig Warren & Joe Kellam: Broonies
Cynthia Mersten: Happy Hour
Danny Shoshan: Seeking God With A Superhero
David M Hinds: Taser
David Soll: Marcel
Denis Theriault: Boy Wonder
Devon Mihesuah: Ned Christie
D.J. McPherson: The First Law
Eileen Dennehy: Le Bon Temps
Esteban Bailey: The Strange Monster At The Rivera House
Eve Symington: Sundown
Fran Ervin: Pride And Prudence
Garret Brinkley: The Quiet Friend
Hollis Thompson: Mesh
Jacob Lazarow & Greta Guthrie: Baby Teeth
James Kautz: Lovebomb
Jason Fong: Hatchetmen
J.D. Volk: Chrysalis
Johnny Gilligan: Revelations
Jon Bershad: Cuffing Season
Karim Halwagi: The Lion's Den
Kenya Collins: First Blooded
Kristi Barnett: Elephant Kiss
Logan Mitev & Tsoanelo Rantsho: Shadowboxing
Luke Alexander: Homebird
Marie McGrew: Blood & Feathers
Michael Buonocore: The First Michael
Michael Toscano: The Deployment
Miguel Orozco: Mixteco Kid
Nathan Wilcoxen: Chimera Dark
Niamh Dunne: Caroline, or, Etiquette for Crooks, Thieves, and Social Climbers
Pearse Lehane: More Than One Idiot Brother
Ray Keller: Japanese For Baseball
Ria Fend: Powder
Richard Willett: The Flid Show
Ryan Stanisz: Say Cheese
Sam Kressner: Man Of Iron
Sarah Kennedy: Ludlow
Simon Bowler: Insurrection
Steve Langridge: Mr. Nicholas
Taylor Foreman-Niko: Behemoth
Thea Touchton & Alvaro Gonzalez: Jest
Tilly Upton: The Therapist
Tim Auld: Minotaur
Timothy Paul Driscoll: Silver Or Lead
Tomek P Chenczke: Fires Of Saint Sebastian
Tyler Doehring: The Black & The Red
Yasmeen Alkooheji: Brides And Goddesses
Zach Jansen: Final Girl
TV PILOT 1 HOUR SEMI-FINALISTS
(41 screenplays have progressed)
Amelia Fergusson: My Fayre Lady
Anna Elias: ReBearth
Anthony Povah: Morlock
Antoine Bonner: Rise Of The Prophecy
Brian Stone: Downtown
Brit Cowan: The Academy
Christine Inserra: Teleception
Christopher Virnig & Matthew Long: Voyageurs
Clark Childers: The Squeeze
David Meister: House Left Behind
Einar Gunn: Beinteinn Valtýsson And Mæja Möller Save Iceland
Farzin Farzam: Simorgh
Irene Jiang: Torchlight
JD Wallace & Jennifer Donohue: House Of Ether
Jess Waters: Fountain
Jessica McLaughlin: Immaculate
Joanna Ebuwa: Disintegration
Joel Michalak: Confidence
Jordan Watland & Bahar Atvur: Buford Highway
Julia Campanelli: The Paisley Witch Trial – Pilot
Kari Mote: A Romance Of Two Worlds
Kevin Noonan: The Berlin Agent
Kyle T. Cowan: Don't Say Gay!
Lillie Gardner: American Virtuosa
Mario Garza: Kiss My Ass; Pilot Episode Of Click City Anthology Series
Matt Thomas: Debbie
Matthew Davis & Hillary Stringer: Trace
Michael Bradley Cohen: Don't Vote For Me
Myron Ward: The Lords
Nicole Vernarec: Places
Patrick Hogan: Madly
Paul Knox: Bailey House
Sara Bresciani: Tricolor
Scott Hawthorne & Jim Goode: The Marked
Shyam Popat: Animal Spirits
Simon Wilkinson: Message 37
Stephen Woodworth: The PSI Race
Steve Brown & Robert Rogers: Into The Ether
Steve Holbert: Mother Tucker
Thomas Gaunt: The Night Watchman – Beasts Of Burden
Tim Kontje: Across The Stars
TV PILOT ½ HOUR SEMI-FINALISTS
(31 screenplays have progressed)
Abby Cohen: My Boyfriend The Drag Queen
Antonio Sacre: The Storyteller
Benjamin Lewis: Special Toys
Brian Kahn & Lana Wilson: Musky Hole Rep
C O & Rochelle Carino: Dead Celebrities
Cameron Griggs-Posey: Church
Carianne King: Broadway Books Pilot: “The Tipping Point”
Chelsea Marshall: Trashy
Dan Martin: Playwrong
Dayna E. Clark: Missionary Mary
Dee Mick: Cassadaga
Emily Ince: Labor & Delivery
Garrett Rowe & Joe Varkle: The Explorer's Club
Ian Jackson: Pen Game
Ian Masters & Jon Smith: Monkey Wrench
Jake Lynch: The Vegetarian Zombie
Jamaal Pittman: Rebooted
Josh Brody: Deadspeak
Kate Johnson: Placebo
Lauren Schwein: The D-Group
Leonora Pitts & Megan Gray: Aftercare
Luis Hindman: The Ball
Mage Lanz: Bye Bye Body
Michael Buonocore: Small Town Boy
Ron Leone & Michael Menta: Jackson Glass
Sara Atehortua & Jillian Rezen: Villain
Sarah Ward: Home Sweet Haunt
Shona Tuckman: What The Actual
Sufian Abulohom: Everything Has Changed
Sydney Giacomazzi: Hidden Springs
Terrance Mitchell Thibodeaux: The Magical Negro
Updated: 11/10/2022
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