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Crash Site

A tenacious NTSB chairwoman probes an airline crash, crossing paths with her charismatic ex-lover. As she delves deeper, she grapples with the shocking possibility of his tangled involvement.

  • John Thibault
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    120
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Finish Line Script Competition
    Vancouver, BC
    May 17, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Academy Nicholl Fellowship
    Beverly Hills, CA
    April 5, 2017
    Top 20%
  • TRMS Park City
    Park City, UT
    January 7, 2020
    Semifinalist
  • Stage 32 Feature Drama Screenwriting Contest
    Scottsdale AZ
    April 4, 2020
    Quarter Finalist
Writer Biography - John Thibault

John Thibault is the author of “Deadly Serious,” and the unpublished novel, “Ghost Twon.” He wrote non-fiction books, “Sway,” and “How to Change a Law,” a 2017 Reader's Favorite Gold Medal Winner, and a Finalist in the 11th Annual National Indie Excellence Book Awards. His screenplays have placed well in the following contests:

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• Award winner, Best Feature Length Comedy Screenplay, Houston Comedy Film Festival, 2020
• Award winner, Best Feature Length Comedy Screenplay,  Austin Comedy Film Festival, 2020
• Finalist, Die Laughing Film Festival Hollywood, 2017
• Official Finalist, Hollywood Screenplay Contest, 2017
• Semifinalist, Austin Revolution Film Festival, 2016
• Semifinalist, Utah Film Festival, 2020
• Semifinalist, Scriptation Showcase, 2020
• Semifinalist, Toronto Comedy Film & Screenplay Festival, 2020
• Semifinalist, Edinburgh Screenwriting Competition , 2020
• Semifinalist, 15th Annual Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards, 2017
• Quarterfinalist, Austin Screenplay Awards, 2020
• Quarterfinalist, 21st Annual Fade In Comedy Awards, 2017
• Quarterfinalist, Shore Scripts Festival, 2017
• Quarterfinalist, WeScreenplay, 2019
• Round Two Top 100 Features, Cinequest Screenwriting Competition, 2015
• Official Selection, Script Summit, 2020
• Official Selection, Houston Comedy Film Festival, 2020
• Official Selection, Austin Comedy Short Film Festival, 2020
• Official Selection, Beverly Hills Film Festival, 2020
• Official Screenplay Selection, Portland Comedy Film Festival Summer, 2020

Crash Site
• Top 20%, Academy Nicholl Fellowship, 2017
• Award Winner, 52 Weeks Film Festival, 2020
• Finalist, Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship, 2020
• Finalist, Rocky Mountain International Film Festival, 2020
• Semifinalist, Austin Screenplay Awards, 2020
• Semifinalist, Scriptation Showcase, 2020
• Semifinalist, TRMS Park City, 2020
• Quarterfinalist, Stage 32 Feature Drama Screenwriting Contest, 2020
• Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, 2020
• Official Selection, Finish Line Script Competition, 2019
• Official Selection, Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival , 2020

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• Finalist, New York Short Film And Screenplay Competition, 2017
• Semifinalist, Fade in Sci-Fi Awards, 2020
• Quarterfinalist, Austin Screenplay Awards, 2020
• Quarterfinalist, 24th Annual Fade In Sci-fi Awards, 2020
• Quarterfinalist, Screen Craft Sci-Fi Screenwriting Competition, 2020
• Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, 2020
• Official Selection, Pasadena International Film Festival, 2017

Final Appeal
• Finalist, SWN Screenplay  Competition, 2020
• Semifinalist, Tirota/Finish Line Social Impact Script Competition, 2020
• Semifinalist, SWN Screenplay  Competition, 2020
• Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, 2020
• Quarterfinalist, SWN Screenplay  Competition, 2020
• Official Selection, Script Summit Screenplay Contest, 2020
• Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival Script Competition, 2020

Red Ink On Steel
• Semifinalist, Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Festival, 2020
• Quarterfinalist, Scriptation Showcase Script Competition, 2020
• Official Selection, Finish Line Script Competition, 2019
• Official Selection, Atlanta Comedy Film Festival, 2017

Healing Time
• Award Winner, WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition, 2020
• Semifinalist, Wiki Sci-Fi Awards, 2020
• Quarterfinalist, Austin Screenplay Awards, 2020
• Official Selection, Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Genre Lab - Lift-Off Global Network, 2020

Warm Body
• Top 18%, Finish Line Script Competition, 2019

I have written 21 screenplays, three novels and four non-fiction books. I previously worked at MCA/Universal and other studios as a consultant and story analyst. I have a Bachelor's degree from Ryerson University and a MFA from UCLA film school.

I also studied under UCLA's Richard Walter, and Danny Simon, Robert McKee, John Truby's Writer's Workshop, Writers' BootCamp, and at the NBC Comedy Writers Workshop.

I live in Northern California with my wife, three children and several pets.

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Writer Statement

I took flying lessons in Santa Barbara, piloting a Cessna 152. I had a couple of close encounters with a United jet on final that missed its' call. It made me realize how delicate the coordination is in the airspace surrounding busy airports.

So, I set out to create a female protagonist who could stand up in a man's world and explore the sometimes tricky relationships between the joy and fear of flying and public safety.

But as a young college student, it all became too expensive.