Marlowe
A brown, Virginia, field mouse moves into the bedroom of eleven-year-old-Cole who teaches the animal to talk and wear clothes. In the end, Marlowe saves Cole and his family and a small group of humans and animals, from a virus that kills all animals globally in less than a year.
(661) 714-0976 25933 Sandalia Dr, Valencia, CA 91355 MarkMcQuown@ca.rr.com -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Produced Screenplays
“PJ” Starring John Heard, Vincent Pastore, Robert Picardo Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Patricia Rea, this film had a short theatrical opening and is available now on Netflix
Winning Screenplays
“The Rocking Horse Christmas" First Place, Santa Clarita International Film Festival Animation Genre, 1997 Second Place, The Burbank International Children’s Film Festival Animation Genre, 2001
“Dot Gone” Finalist, The Telluride Independent Film Festival, 2002
“Safari” Quarter Finalist, Fade-In Magazine Screenplay Contest, 2004
“The Cat and The Rat” Finalist, The International Family Film Festival, 2005
“Pier 21” Quarter Finalist, Chesterfield Screenplay Fellowship, 1997 Quarter Finalist, Quantum Quest Screenplay Competition, 1997 Finalist, The Key West Independent Film Festival, 2002-2003
“The China Tiger” Semi-Finalist, Chesterfield Screenplay Fellowship, 1998 Honorable Mention, Quantum Quest Screenplay Competition, 1998
“The Tahoe Signal” Finalist, The Telluride Independent Film Festival, 2000
“Jane, The Legend of Mountain Charley” Quarter Finalist, Scriptapalooza, 2000-2001 Winning Screenplays
“The Missing Link” Quarter Finalist, The Fade-In Magazine Screenplay Contest, 2005-2006 Semi-Finalist, The Hollywood Nexus Screenplay Contest, 2005
“Graduate School” Fourth Place, The Winter 2006 Script Showcase Contest, 2006
“The Sudan” Quarter Finalist, Zoetrope Screenplay Contest, 2007.
Launch Pad Feature (Honorable Mention) [2021]
Emerging Animation (Quarterfinalist) [2023]
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Post Your Script Here!Skip Strong
A washed-up, legendary basketball announcer becomes the feel-good story of March Madness when the world believes his cancer has returned.
Love in the Time of Likes
When social media influencer Jules Novatech falls for Nico Montavista — heir to the Old Hollywood dynasty her tech-mogul father has feuded with for fifteen years — a single viral kiss ignites a media firestorm, forcing both families to choose between decades of pride and the one thing neither empire can control: their children's happiness.
Brit Out of Water
A broke London accountant inherits a crumbling Southern inn — and accidentally inherits everything that comes with it.
Xanadu Shores III - Rescuing Atlas
“Rescuing Atlas” the Trilogy’s peak begins when an astrophysicist - megalomaniac and boat racing enthusiast, operating from his island, becomes hell-bent on blackmailing the world.
Xanadu Shores II: All That Glitters
The "Xanadu Team get duped by a nefarious jeweler in a casino robbery, leading to an international conspiracy disguised as an art heist.
Xanadu Shores - First 14 pages
"Xanadu Shores - The Pilot". A spy thriller unfolds as four friends become entrapped after one is kidnapped in a compromising situation, during a gold heist leading to an adventurous crime story encompassing fraud, greed and lustful revenge, alertly pursued by an agent along with his comely banker by land air and sea, explosively culminating on the island of Xanadu Shores.
Xanadu Shores: Proof of Concept (PoC) Eight Central Characters.
Proof of Concept; introduces the eight central characters in an intense office situation before the action unfolds after a pilot’s girlfriend gets kidnapped during a gold heist, leaving clues for his friends to follow, unknowingly chased by a capricious agent and his comely accomplice by land, air and sea explosively culminating on the island of Xanadu Shores.
Xanadu Shores - The Pilot
"Xanadu Shores - The Pilot". A spy thriller unfolds as four friends become entrapped after one is kidnapped in a compromising situation, during a gold heist leading to an adventurous crime story encompassing fraud, greed and lustful revenge, alertly pursued by an agent along with his comely banker by land, air and sea, explosively culminating on the island of Xanadu Shores.
Contortions
A man dying on a sofa confronts a procession of ghostly figures—his wife and friends—whose surreal, contorted interactions reveal a hidden chain of guilt, betrayal, and family catastrophe.
The Cajun
When a notorious pirate, made immortal by the curse of a Voodoo Queen, is invited to a mysterious poker game in modern day New Orleans, he discovers a clue to find the treasure that can set him free.
