I've been blessed with an extraordinary gift that I don't take for granted.
Aaron Braxton is an award-winning artist whose bold voice, cinematic storytelling, and emotionally charged character work have positioned him as a standout creator in prestige drama, elevated genre, and socially resonant entertainment. A Roxbury, MA native whose lived experiences span police brutality, hardship, education, and transformation, Braxton channels rare authenticity into stories that challenge, illuminate, and linger long after the credits. Having been fully independent since the age of 18, he forged his creative path through discipline, self-determination, and an unshakable belief in the metamorphic power of storytelling. His screenplays have earned top honors at The Nashville Film Festival, Script Summit, DTLA Film Festival, the prestigious International Gala Star Award, and an Honorable Mention from FinishLine, while his celebrated solo play Did You Do Your Homework? made him the first, and only, American inducted into Romania’s International Solo Performer, “Walk of Fame.” Equally adept in drama, comedy, horror, and character-driven epics, Braxton delivers work defined by emotional intelligence, cultural depth, and commercial viability. With formal training from, The Writer’s Bootcamp, San Diego State University, and USC, and a career shaped by real-world impact as a Division I athlete, educator, and performer, he creates grounded, urgent narratives that speak directly to communities hungry for depth and evolution within the entertainment landscape.
Finalist
Broken (The Short)
Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival
Toronto
2025
Winner: Best TV Pilot
The Sub
2025 Hollywood Access Film Festival
Los Angeles
2025
Quarterfinalist
Jesse and the Caterpillar Who Got Its Wings
2025 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
Los Angeles
2025
Semifinalist
Jesse and the Caterpillar Who Got Its Wings
2025 Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards Season 10
Los Angeles
2025
Finalist
Jesse and the Caterpillar Who Got Its Wings
2025 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship
Los Angeles
2025
Top 1%
Jesse and the Caterpillar Who Got Its Wings
2025 The Red List
Los Angeles
2025
Honorable Mention
Jesse and the Caterpillar Who Got Its Wings
2025 The Finishline Script Competition
2025
Honorable Mention Award
The Way Home
2024 WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival
Los Angeles
2025
Quarterfinalist
The Way Home
2024 The King Review Festival
Los Angeles
2025
Honorable Mention Award
BROKEN
INTERDEPENDENT Studio 1
Los Angeles
2025
Honorable Mention Award
Gentrified
2024 Widescreen Film & Music Festival
Los Angeles
2024
Quarterfinalist
The Way Home
2025 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices
Los Angeles
2024
Best Screenplay Nominee
Jesse and the Caterpillar Who Got Its Wings
2024 WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival
Los Angeles
2024
Quarterfinalist
Gentrified
Filmmatic Inroads Fellowship Season 6
Los Angeles
2023
Quarterfinalist
Gentrified
2022 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition
Los Angeles
2022
Winner: Best Television Pilot
The Sub
2022 Indo Global International Film Festival
Los Angeles
2021
Finalist
To Lie Beneath
2021 Marina Del Rey Film Festival
Finalist
To Lie Beneath
2021 Nosferatu Film Festival
Finalist
To Lie Beneath
2021 Los Angeles Crime and Horror Festival
Best Feature Nominee
To Lie Beneath
2021 Independent Horror Movie Awards (Summer)
Best SciFi/Supernatural Nominee
To Lie Beneath
2021 Urban Action Showcase
Best Screenplay
To Lie Beneath
2021 Indie Suspence Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival
Best Screenplay
To Lie Beneath
2021 Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
Semi Finalist
To Lie Beneath
2022 Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival
Official Selection
The Skin I'm In
2021 African Smartphone Film Festival
Official Selection
The Skin I'm In
2021 Actor & Director Awards ADIFF
Official Selection
The Skin I'm In
2021 Focus International Film Festival
Official Selection
The Skin I'm In
2021 Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival
Official Selection
The Skin I'm In
2021 Silicon Beach Film Festival
Official Selection
The Skin I'm In
2021 Best Global Shorts
Finalist
To Lie Beneath
2021 Underground Indie Film Festival
Quarter Finalist
To Lie Beneath
2021 Chicago Screenplay Awards
Quarter Finalist
To Lie Beneath
2021 80 Screams International Film Festival
Quarter Finalist
To Lie Beneath
2021 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition
Official Selection
To Lie Beneath
2021 International Instanbul Horror Festival
Official Selection
To Lie Beneath
2021 Shockfest Film Festival
Quarter Finalist
To Lie Beneath
2022 Boston Horror Comedy Festival
Best Drama Screenplay
The Passage of Sun
2022 Nashville Film Festival
Best Dialogue
The Passage of Sun
2022 Script Summit
Best Feature Screenplay
The Passage of Sun
2022 DTLA Film Festival
Best of Fest
The Passage of Sun
2022 San Diego Movie Awards
Honorable Mention Award
The Passage of Sun
2022 Orlando International Film Festival
Second Place
The Passage of Sun
2022 100 Screenplays
Jury Award
The Passage of Sun
2022 NOVA Festival
Image Award
Broken - The Play
NAACP Image Award
Los Angeles
International Gala Star
Broken - The Play
Festivalul International De Teatru
Bacau, Romania
Best Screenplay
The Longest Goodbye
2022 Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival
Los Angeles
Finalist
The Longest Goodbye
2022 International Screenwriting Competition
Semi Finalist
The Longest Goodbye
2022 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Semi Finalist
The Longest Goodbye
2022 Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
2nd Rounder
The Longest Goodbye
2022 Austin Film Festival
Quarter Finalist
The Longest Goodbye
2022 WeScreenplay Diverse Voices
Quarter Finalist
The Longest Goodbye
2022 Indo Global International Film Festival
Finalist
The Longest Goodbye
2021 Le Femmes Underground Film Festival
Finalist
The Longest Goodbye
2021 Marina Del Rey Film Festival - Finalist
Quarter Finalist
The Longest Goodbye
2021 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition
Outstanding Achievement in Writing
A Long Way From Sunday
2022 International Screenwriting Competition
Best Screenplay Nominee
A Long Way From Sunday
2022 Massachusetts Independent Film Festival
Semi Finalist
A Long Way From Sunday
2022 Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival
Semi Finalist
A Long Way From Sunday
2022 Table Read My Screenplay
Finalist
A Long Way From Sunday
2021 Marina Del Rey Film Festival
Quarter Finalist
A Long Way From Sunday
2021 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition
Official Selection
The Skin I'm In
2022 Dead in Decatur Film Festival
Best Writing
The Skin I'm In
2021 Independent Horror Movie Awards
Best Social Short
The Skin I'm In
2021 Silver Mask Film Festival
Best Atmosphere Nominee
The Skin I'm In
2021 Independent Horror Movie Awards
Best Original Concept Nominee
The Skin I'm In
2021 Independent Horror Movie Awards
Semi Finalist
The Skin I'm In
2021 Cosmic Film Festival
Official Selection
The Skin I'm In
2021 Luna Lumen Film Festival
Official Selection
The Skin I'm In
2021 OTB/Only The Best Film Awards
Official Selection
The Skin I'm In
2021 GIFF/Genesis International Film Festival
Official Selection
The Skin I'm In
2021 Black Film Festival ATL
Short List
The Passage of Sun
2021 Barnstorm Screenplay Competition
Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 Miami Screenplay Awards
Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 Boston Screenplay Awards
Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 Action on Film MegaFest Film Festival
Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival
Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 Toronto Film and Script Awards
Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 Peachtree Village International Film Festival
Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 LA Live Film Festival
Semi Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Awards
Semi Finalis
The Passage of Sun
2021 Los Angeles Screenplay Awards
Semi Finalis
The Passage of Sun
2021 Ojai Film Festival Screenplay Awards
Quarter Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 Story Pros International Screenplay Competition
Semi Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 Austin Table Read My Screenplay
Semi Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 Big Apple Film and Screenplay Competition
Quarter Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 ScreenCraft Drama Competition
Quarter Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 San Pedro Film Festival
Quarter Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 Atlanta International Screenplay Awards
Quarter Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 Circa Historical Screenplay Competition
Quarter Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2021 NYC Screenplay Awards
Official Selection
The Passage of Sun
2021 New Age Cinema & Scripts Festival
Finalist
The Sub
2022 ISA Virtual TV Pilot Pitch Challenge
Quarter Finalist
The Sub
2022 HollyShorts Screenplay Contest
Quarter Finalist
The Sub
2021 Blackboy Writes Mentor Initiative
Quarter Finalist
The Sub
2021 Inroads Fellowship
Quarterfinalist
Seed Money
2025 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (Diversity Initiative)
Quarterfinalist
Seed Money
2025 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
Quarterfinalist
Seed Money
2024 Blackboy Writes Mentor Initiative
Quarterfinalist
Seed Money
2024 Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition
Best Period Script
The Passage of Sun
2022 NOVA Festival
Audience Award
The Passage of Sun
2022 Film Invasion Festival
Finalist (Top 10)
The Passage of Sun
2022 Emerging Screenwriters Historical Genre Competition
Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2022 Chicago Screenplay Awards
Finalist (Best Drama)
The Passage of Sun
2022 Script Summit
Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2022 International Gullah Festival
Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2022 Indo Global International Film Festival
Semi Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2022 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices
Semi Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2022 Filmmatic Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
Semi Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2022 Southern California Screenplay Competition
Semi Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2022 Final Draft Big Break
2nd Rounder
The Passage of Sun
2022 Austin Film Festival
Quarter Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2022 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition
Quarter Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2022 Great American Script Competition
Quarter Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2022 Filmmatic Inroad Screenwriting Fellowship
Quarter Finalist
The Passage of Sun
2022 Emerging Screenwriter Drama Competition
Official Selection
The Passage of Sun
2022 National Black Film Festival
Official Selection
The Passage of Sun
2022 LA Under the Stars
Official Selection
The Passage of Sun
2022 NY Independent Film Festival
Official Selection
The Passage of Sun
2022 Florida Script Challenge
Official Selection
The Passage of Sun
2022 Voices Rising Film Festival
Best Action/Adventure
The Passage of Sun
2021 Urban Action Showcase
Award of Excellence
The Passage of Sun
2021 San Diego Movie Awards
Best Screenplay
The Passage of Sun
2021 Sherman Oaks Film Festival
Best Screenplay
The Passage of Sun
2021 Black Feedback Festival
Honorable Mention
The Passage of Sun
2021 Like It Film Festival
Honorable Mention
The Passage of Sun
2021 Influx Film Awards
Best Character Arc Nominee
The Passage of Sun
2021 The Monkey Bread Tree Film Festival
College
USC
MA
College
SDSU
BA
College
SRJC
AA
High School
Piner High School, Santa Rosa CA
Birth Date
February 9
Birth City
Roxbury
Current City
Los Angeles
Hometown
Roxbury
Height
6'
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
African American
Eye Color
Brown
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
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I've been blessed with an extraordinary gift that I don't take for granted.
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