We are thrilled to announce the Semi-Finalists for our 2023 TV Pilot Contest.
Thank you to all the writers who shared their screenplays with us this year. The caliber of entries continues to increase year-on-year, and we are excited to share our Semi-Finalist results, which represent 5% of our submissions this year.
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SEMI-FINALISTS – TV PILOT 1 HR | TV PILOT 1/2 HR
QUARTER-FINALISTS – TV PILOT 1 HR | TV PILOT 1/2 HR
TV PILOT 1 HOUR SEMI-FINALISTS
(47 screenplays have progressed)
NAME(S) | SCRIPT TITLE |
Aimiende Negbenebor Sela & Andrew Rubin | Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up! |
Alex Vickery-Howe | Gemini |
Alyssa Kramer | DALE: Keep Your Eyes Open |
Amanda Prentiss | Black Caesar |
Annique Arredondo | Scene Queen |
Barry Leach | Same Old Tricks |
Brandon Gale | Magneto |
Brandon Shorter | The Experimenters’ Game |
Bruce Buschel | Vial |
Calum James | TWENTY7 |
Charlotte Balogh | Kill the LAX Bro |
David B. Guthrie | Nightfall |
David Christopher Loya | Esperanza |
Elena Zucker | The Ten Plagues |
Gregory Abbey | Shark |
Gregory Field | Wearing the Flag |
Heather Farlinger | The Lavender Panthers |
Hue Anthony | My Brother’s Keeper |
Hugo Lasalle | Body Electric |
Irene Jiang | The Extraordinary Disappearance of Morwenna Gray |
Jamee Decio | Esperanza |
James Rushbrooke | Afterglow |
Janna Jilnina | The Three of Us |
Jarod Backens | The Bubble |
Jay Tigers | Dirtbag Fantasies |
Jo Harper | Tiger mum |
Joe Wolff | Buntline & Cody |
John Bensink | Corner of Crenshaw & Life |
Johnny Gilligan | Alphastate |
Kris Hall | Red World |
Lorraine Flett | The Believer |
M. Rowan Meyer | New Cardiff |
Marine Mondelot | Eon |
Mia Volta | Sunnier Climes |
Neiman & Aaron Outlen | The Mighty Mind of Imani Strong |
Parker Whitmore | Eden’s Valley |
Patrick Tierney | M&Ms |
Paul Knox | Bailey House |
Philip Enchelmaier | Rudy Champion and the Edge of the Earth |
Rae Binstock | Butch |
Shiloh Creveling | The New World |
Simon Foster | NightFall |
Sophia Dienstag | Echo Falls |
Stephen Scarlato | When the War Came Home |
Stuart Creque | Asomnia |
Tavish Gudgeon | Rats |
Tim Kontje | Black Butterfly |
TV PILOT ½ HOUR SEMI-FINALISTS
(35 screenplays have progressed)
NAME(S) | SCRIPT TITLE |
Adrián Burke | Laughey Giraffey |
Amy DePaola | Tiki Bar Funeral Home |
Ana-Marija Stojic | Stefan |
Andy Knuth | Mortified |
Anna Kate Fahey | Techies |
Annie Fick | The 6 Chick |
Carly Silverman | The Apothecary’s Apprentice |
Chris Watt | Southbank |
Daniel Sussman | BOOKED: Library Day |
David Murphy & Ric Marble | The Right Track |
Emily E. Ellis | Stuntwomen |
Francesco Capussela | GIN-VERSE: A Ginless Bar |
Jackson Hukari & Landon Laub | Lap of Luxury |
Jasmine Aziz & Dan McNeil | Here She Comes |
Joel Michalak | Re-Gifted |
Kimberly Gore & David Sanchez | CLiCK! |
Lavar James | Guards |
Luna Al-Kaisy | Student Debt |
Maria Hinterkoerner | Young Agatha |
Marty Johnson | In the Wings |
Matija Šraj | Queenmaker |
Max Conroy | The Oracle |
Mike Nielsen | Living Assisted |
Mischa Webley | Hasaan Hates Portland |
Natalie Bendheim | The Struggler |
Pearse Lehane | Written Out |
Phil Hamer | The Davieses |
Robert Knoll | The Eye In Time |
Rudi O’Meara | AMENDS: It’s All Gooooood… |
Ryan O’Donoghue | Mom Crush |
Samuel Sutton | The Megalomaniacs |
Simon Pond & Joe Clabby | Shaky Town |
Teri Shavoz | SHE.e.o |
Tony Hendriks | Mystic Pictures |
Will Clempner | My Father is Dead to Me |
TV PILOT 1 HOUR QUARTER-FINALISTS
(94 screenplays have progressed)
NAME(S) | SCRIPT TITLE |
Aimiende Negbenebor Sela & Andrew Rubin | Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up! |
Alan O’Brien | The Occult Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
Alex Vickery-Howe | Gemini |
Alicia Norman | Eaters |
Alyssa Kramer | DALE: Keep Your Eyes Open |
Amanda Cole | Thornfield |
Amanda Prentiss | Black Caesar |
Annique Arredondo | Scene Queen |
Barry Leach | Same Old Tricks |
Brandon Gale | Magneto |
Brandon Shorter | The Experimenters’ Game |
Bruce Buschel | Vial |
Calum James | TWENTY7 |
Charlotte Balogh | Kill the LAX Bro |
Chynna Williams | Blood Bond |
Crystal Lee & Cheryl Neve | The Nightingale Tattletale |
Danielle Tjoelker | Belladonna |
David B. Guthrie | Nightfall |
David Christopher Loya | Esperanza |
Edmund Kelly | Enemies of Church |
Elena Zucker | The Ten Plagues |
Emily Friedman | The Pictures |
Eric Williams | Rigged |
Eugene Fuller | Let It Shine |
Gabriel Brugni Da Cruz | The Harvest |
George Gier & Emmett Overvey | The Twist |
Georges Le Macon | Silvermane |
Gregory Abbey | Shark |
Gregory Field | Wearing the Flag |
Heather Farlinger | The Lavender Panthers |
Henry Spicer | Freaky Deaky |
Hue Anthony | My Brother’s Keeper |
Hugo Lasalle | Body Electric |
Irene Jiang | The Extraordinary Disappearance of Morwenna Gray |
J. D. Elliby | The Kingmaker |
Jack Anderson & Sam Butler | Unexplainable |
Jackie Lee | Martial Classes |
Jade Maitre | Petrol Girls |
Jamee Decio | Esperanza |
James Rushbrooke | Afterglow |
Janna Jilnina | The Three of Us |
Jared Doles | Canvas 31 |
Jarod Backens | The Bubble |
Jason Todd | ANTILLIA: Conquest Gold |
Jay Tigers | Dirtbag Fantasies |
Jessica Romagnoli | Kings of Saint Machan |
Jo Harper | Tiger mum |
Joe Wolff | Buntline & Cody |
John Bensink | Corner of Crenshaw & Life |
Johnny Gilligan | Alphastate |
Jonathan Case | Chasing Starlight |
Karly Thomas | Thirst Trap |
Kate McMorran | Fateplay |
Kris Hall | Red World |
Liam Fitzpatrick | High Moon |
Lorien Sekora | Sarah |
Lorraine Flett | The Believer |
Luis Cuenca | $ainthood |
M. Rowan Meyer | New Cardiff |
Mand Paskuski | Poppy Fields |
Marie Jones | Those We Trust |
Marine Mondelot | Eon |
Mark Bowes | LIFE DURING WARTIME: Nowhere Fast |
Mia Volta | Sunnier Climes |
Michelle Muldoon | Ripper |
Nancy Ostertag & Vaness Ruane | RADICALS: A Fearful Storm |
Neiman & Aaron Outlen | The Mighty Mind of Imani Strong |
Nick Roth | Rumford |
Oliver Woolf | Disco Inferno |
Parker Whitmore | Eden’s Valley |
Patrick Tierney | M&Ms |
Paul Knox | Bailey House |
Paul Land | Lim |
Philip Enchelmaier | Rudy Champion and the Edge of the Earth |
Rae Binstock | Butch |
Raymond Urrutia | Boots |
Ricardo Thompson | Trench Town |
Rick Akins | Angels in Blue |
Robbie Brown | Control |
Ryan Bergeron | Slab City |
Ryan Dellaquila | Humanely Human |
Shiloh Creveling | The New World |
Simon Foster | NightFall |
Sophia Dienstag | Echo Falls |
Stephen Scarlato | When the War Came Home |
Steven Hill | Red Omega |
Stuart Creque | Asomnia |
Tavish Gudgeon | Rats |
Thandie Evans | Replacing Fear |
Tim Kontje | Black Butterfly |
Tom Burke | SAPPHIRE & SEQUOIA: Femme Fatales! |
Tom Burke | SUNNY &TESSA: Pearls in The Jungle |
Travis Seppala | Wytch |
Zackery Harris | Gaysians |
TV PILOT ½ HOUR QUARTER-FINALISTS
(70 screenplays have progressed)
NAME(S) | SCRIPT TITLE |
Adam Scott Mazer | Villain-Coded |
Adrián Burke | Laughey Giraffey |
Akevo Jenkins | Confessions of a Hitman |
Alex Fitzgerald | Laughable Fears |
Alyssa Kramer | TRIBUTE: Locket |
Amy DePaola | Tiki Bar Funeral Home |
Ana-Marija Stojic | Stefan |
Andrea Ash | Foole |
Andrew Vidgen | Grace |
Andy Knuth | Mortified |
Anna Kate Fahey | Techies |
Annie Fick | The 6 Chick |
Ava Sins | The Freaks of Laurel Creek |
Avery Koenig | Cancel Me |
Callie Waligora | She’s The Man |
Carly MacIsaac | Kai and Kleo Kill Bill |
Carly Silverman | The Apothecary’s Apprentice |
Carrie Fishbane | Iris |
Chris Watt | Southbank |
Claude Stuart | Ship Show! |
Daniel Sussman | BOOKED: Library Day |
David Murphy & Ric Marble | The Right Track |
Diouc Koma | The Reflection |
Emily E. Ellis | Stuntwomen |
Francesco Capussela | GIN-VERSE: A Ginless Bar |
Guil Parreiras | TILL DEATH RIP US APART: Love Is Not a Dog from Hell |
Jackson Hukari & Landon Laub | Lap of Luxury |
Jacob S. Wydra | Have You Ever Tried Martian Coffee? |
Janine Demaria | Stay |
Jasmine Aziz & Dan McNeil | Here She Comes |
Jeffery Richards | Backpackers Inc! |
Joel Michalak | Re-Gifted |
Kelly Roderick | Sword & Myth |
Kimberly Gore & David Sanchez | CLiCK! |
Lavar James | Guards |
Lily Portman | Dosed Pilot |
Luna Al-Kaisy | Student Debt |
Madelyne Dhaliwal | Over My Dead Body |
Maria Hinterkoerner | Young Agatha |
Marty Johnson | In the Wings |
Mary Von Aue | Greetings From The Floodgates |
Matija Šraj | Queenmaker |
Matt Michaud | Cross Country |
Max Conroy | The Oracle |
Michael Brennan | Jenkins and Watts: Paranormal Attorneys At Law |
Mike Nielsen | Living Assisted |
Miriam Sachs | Gal Pals |
Mischa Webley | Hasaan Hates Portland |
Natalie Bendheim | The Struggler |
Nicki Lane | A-SPEC |
P. A. Lopez | Cyberpink |
Page Getz Ellinger | Stardrift Road |
Pearse Lehane | Written Out |
Phil Hamer | The Davieses |
Robert Knoll | The Eye In Time |
Rudi O’Meara | AMENDS: It’s All Gooooood… |
Ryan O’Donoghue | Mom Crush |
Samuel Sutton | The Megalomaniacs |
Simon Pond & Joe Clabby | Shaky Town |
Skylier Jones | THIEF: The Child, The Graves, and The Keeper |
Sophia Dienstag | Bad Faith |
Tapan Sharma | Indian Medium |
Teri Shavoz | SHE.e.o |
Tessa Flannery | Faire |
Thomas Franey | Faithful |
Tony Hendriks | Mystic Pictures |
Victoria Bullock | 12 Steps To Becoming A Lesbian |
Vikki Harris | Mom and Me |
Will Clempner | My Father is Dead to Me |
Will Nunziata | Forty-Licious |