I'm Caleb Dillon, an indie writer/director, searching for my place in the film industry, one rejection at a time. I'm always looking for my next project. Through Modern Screenwriting I unsolicited screenwriting advice and positive encouragement.
Caleb Dillon is an award-winning filmmaker developing projects in North Carolina.
Hailing from a long tradition of oral history Appalachian storytellers, Caleb writes historical, high-concept genre, and family drama through the lens of broken families; he's just as happy writing sword-and-sandal epics as indie darlings. He creates in the feature and TV space.
As a screenwriter, Caleb was honored as a finalist in both the Humanitas David & Lynn Angell College Comedy Award 2025 (Nimrods) and the Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award 2025 (Holler Girl). His sword and sandals historical, Enemy of All Mankind, scored an 8 on the Blacklist, while his short story, Identity Theft, was a Winner in the Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition 2024. Caleb's family drama, Husky, was a finalist in the Austin Film Festival Pitch Competition 2025. Caleb's feature The Inn finished in the Nicholl Fellowship (top 10%). Several of Caleb's scripts were featured on The Red List before Coverfly closed in 2025.
Caleb's most recent short film, Good Behavior, began a festival run in Fall 2025. The script was a Finalist in the HollyShorts Screenwriting Competition.
In 2014, Caleb directed an independent horror feature, In the Pines, produced on a shoestring budget of only fifty thousand dollars. When the production company closed, Caleb acquired the project to complete; now in the final stages of post-production, it will begin its festival run soon.
Caleb's short film, Snickety Snack, was selected as a semi-finalist in nine festivals, including
The Berlin Short Awards, the San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival, and the Brooklyn International Short Awards, among others
In 2025, three of his horror short stories will be published in the aptly titled 'Spooky Anthology'. He had several gaming articles published in Steve Jackson Games' Pyramid Magazine.
Caleb taught producing to students at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts while pursuing his Masters in Screenwriting. He is currently seeking teaching opportunities..
Through his blog, Modern Screenwriting, Caleb disseminates his screenwriting knowledge.
Caleb is a reader for the Austin Film Festival, Highland Film Group, and Night Owl Stories.
When not writing or on set, Caleb enjoys tabletop roleplaying, video games, and camping.
Second Rounder
Holler Girl
Austin Film Festival Second Rounder 2025
Austin, TX
2025
Semi-finalist
Holler Girl
Humanitas Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award Semifinalist
College
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Graduate Screenwriting
20232025
College
UCLA - Extension
UCLA, School of Theatre, Film &Television, Professional Program in Screenwriting
20202021
College
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
BFA - Filmmaking
19982002
Birth Date
July 6, 1980
Nickname
Caleb
Birth City
Bluefield, WV
Current City
Raleigh, NC
Hometown
???
Height
5'10"
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
Caucasian
Eye Color
Brown
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Married To
Noneya
Children
None
How many times did I see Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in theatres the summer of 99?
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt
I'm Caleb Dillon, an indie writer/director, searching for my place in the film industry, one rejection at a time. I'm always looking for my next project. Through Modern Screenwriting I unsolicited screenwriting advice and positive encouragement.
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