Currently seeking representation
Adam Sandel is an award-winning screenwriter and playwright who’s had more than 20 productions of his plays performed internationally.
He wrote, produced, and directed the satirical web series "The Gay Husbands of San Francisco," now streaming on YouTube.
Screenplays include:
"Bessie’s Place" (Best Comedy Screenplay, Cannes Film Awards, LA Film & Documentary Awards, NY Film & Actress Award, Hollywood Int'l Screenplay Awards, Vegas Movie Awards, Depth of Field Film Festival).
"The Worst Wedding Ever" (Best Comedy Screenplay, Hollywood Indie Festival, Hollywood Int'l Indie Screenplay Awards, Depth of Field Film Festival).
"F***boys" (Best Comedy Script, Gold Star Movie Awards, Chicago Script Awards, Big Apple Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards, Top Award, Depth of Field Int'l Film Festival).
"The Makeover Man" (Best Comedy Script, Gold Star Movie Awards; Top Award, Depth of Field Int'l Film Festival, and Best Unproduced Script, Seattle Indie Film Festival).
"My Wild and Secret World"*, and "Dave’s New World"* (Best Screenplay, Canadian Diversity Film Festival and Platinum Winner, LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival).
TV pilots include "It Had to Be Lou" (Winner, San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition), and "Medium Raya"*.
* Honorable Mention - Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
Top 10 Finalist
The Worst Wedding Ever
Table Read My Screenplay
Hollywood, CA
2025
Official Selection
The Worst Wedding Ever
Beverly Hills Film Festival
Beverly Hills, CA
2025
Top Award (Rhodium) Winner
The Worst Wedding Ever
Depth of Field Int'l Film Festival
2025
Best Comedy Screenplay
The Worst Wedding Ever
Hollywood Int'l Indie Screenplay Awards
Hollywood, CA
2025
Best Comedy Screenplay
The Worst Wedding Ever
Hollywood Indie Festival
Hollywood, CA
2025
Best Comedy Screenplay
Bessie's Place
Cannes Film Awards
Cannes, France
2025
Best LGBTQ Screenplay
The Makeover Man
Cannes Film Awards - 2024
Cannes, France
2024
Best LGBTQ Screenplay
The Makeover Man
Oxford Script Awards - 2024
Oxford, England
2024
Official Selection
The Makeover Man
Adapted Story Showcase - 2024
2024
Honorable Mention
F***boys
Chicago Script Awards - 2024
Chicago, IL
2024
Official Selection
F***boys
Beverly Hills Film Festival - 2024
Beverly Hills, CA
2024
Nominee - Best Comedy Screenplay
F***boys
Cannes Film Awards - 2024
Cannes, France
2024
Top 10 Finalist
Bessie's Place
Table Read My Screenplay Competition Hollywood 2024
Hollywood, CA
2024
Quarter Finalist
Medium Raya
Titan Awards / Industrial Scripts
2022
Winner
It Had to Be Lou
San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition
San Francisco
2022
Quarter-Finalist
Dave's New World
San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition
San Francisco
2022
Honorable Mention
Dave's New World
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
New York, NY
2022
Honorable Mention
It Had to Be Lou
LGBTQ+ Unbordered Film Festical
2022
Official Selection
It Had to Be Lou
Portland Comedy Film Festival
2022
Official Selection
It Had to Be Lou
Hollywood Comedy Shorts
2022
Honorable Mention
It Had to Be Lou
Wiki Screenplay Contest
2022
Official Selection
It Had to Be Lou
Atlanta Comedy Film Festival
Atlanta, GA
2022
Quarter Finalist
Medium Raya
Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards
2021
Semi-Finalist
Medium Raya
Shore Scripts TV Pilot Contest
2021
Quarterfinalist
Medium Raya
SWN TV Pilot Screenplay Competition
2021
Best Ensemble Cast Nomination
Medium Raya
Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition
2021
Honorable Mention
Medium Raya
Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
2021
Quarter Finalist
Dave's New World
StoryPros Int'l Screenplay Contest
2021
Official Selection
Dave's New World
New York Independent Cinema Awards
2021
Honorable Mention
Dave's New World
Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
2021
Platinum Award Winner
Dave's New World
LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival
2021
Festival Favorite
The Gay Husbands of San Francisco
Cinema Diverse Film Festival
Palm Springs, CA
2021
Top 100
My Wild and Secret World
Launch Pad Feature Competition
2021
Official Selection
My Wild and Secret World
Golden State Film Festival
2021
Official Selection
My Wild and Secret World
Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
Santa Barbara, CA
2021
Quarter Finalist
My Wild and Secret World
StoryPros Award
2021
Quarter Finalist
My Wild and Secret World
Atlanta Screenplay Awards
2021
Quarter Finalist
Medium Raya
American Zoetrope Screenplay Competiton
Official Selection
Dave's New World
Wiki Screenplay Contest
Official Selection
Dave's New World
Canadian Diversity Film Festival
Top Award
F***boys
Depth of Field Int'l Film Festival - 2023
Semi-finalist
F***boys
StoryPros Awards - 2023
Best Comedy Screenplay
F***boys
Gold Star Movie Award - 2023
Honorable Mention
F***boys
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition - 2024
New York, NY
Honorable Mention
F***boys
Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards - 2023
Santa Barbara, CA
Quarter Finalist
Bessie's Place
Academy Nicholl Fellowships 2024
Los Angeles, CA
Finalist
Bessie's Place
San Francisco International Screenwriting Awards 2024
San Francisco, CA
Semi-Finalist
The Makeover Man
San Francisco Int'l Screenwriting Awards - 2023
San Francisco, CA
Semi-Finalist
The Makeover Man
Hawaii International Film Awards - 2023
Best Unproduced Script
The Makeover Man
Seattle indie Film Festival - 2023
Best Comedy Script
The Makeover Man
Gold Star Movie Awards - 2023
Top Award
The Makeover Man
Depth of Field International Film Festival - 2023
Official Selection
The Makeover Man
Chicago Script Awards - 2023
Chicago, IL
Official Selection
The Makeover Man
Love Wins Int'l Film Festival - 2024
Quarterfinalist
Bessie's Place
The Golden Script Competition 2024
Quarterfinalist
Bessie's Place
StoryPros Awards 2024
Quarter Finalist
It Had to Be Lou
Stage 32 TV Comedy Screenwriting Contest
College
UCLA
Theatre Arts
College
San Francisco State University
Creative Writing
High School
Palisades High School
Current City
San Francisco
Children
3
Currently seeking representation
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