Elixir

In a cave deep beneath the Arizona desert, four college students search for a conduit through time, a prehistoric aquifer with mythical Waters that have the power to heal, and a secret that has the predilection to kill.

  • CR Sherman
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Short Script
  • Number of Pages:
    12
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • New York Screenwriting Awards
    Brooklyn, NY
    June 20, 2024
    WINNER Best Short Screenplay
  • Tokyo Horror Film Festival
    Tokyo, Japan
    July 26, 2024
    WINNER Best Short Screenplay
  • Chicago Screenplay Awards
    Chicago, IL
    July 25, 2024
    FINALIST
  • Austin International Screenplay Awards
    Austin, TX
    December 24, 2024
    FINALIST
Writer Biography - CR Sherman

My first job as a storyteller was as a designer doing brand for companies such as Symantec, Polaroid, Virginia Power, Cole Haan, Zildjian Cymbals, and The Harvard Business School. My career took me to design firms in Houston and Boston, then I opened my own firm as a cofounder of BrandTank in San Francisco.

I made a career change to aviation in 2001. I built my flight time flying Grand Canyon tours, flew corporate charters throughout the Southwest, and then moved on to jets. I hold multiple type ratings in turbo prop and turbo fan aircraft, and my total number of takeoffs matches my total number of landings--except for that one time.

In 2020 I enrolled in the College of Fine Arts, Department of Film, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. I focused on screenwriting classes in both the Graduate, and Undergraduate Programs.

To get production experience on set I worked as a sound mixer doing location sound. Now I freelance as a photographer shooting production stills for music videos and film productions. I write as much as I can between projects, it keeps me out of the heat.

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Writer Statement

My name is Sherman, I am a writer living in the Vegas Valley in Southern Nevada. My area of fascination is creating action-adventure stories about men and women who live with risk.