John McCloskey, writer
My script “The Pizza Paradox” won the category “Best Unproduced Script” at the Berlin Short Film Festival, in Germany, on 4/16/21. It also won the category of “Best Unproduced Script” at the Paris International Short Festival, in April, 2021. “The Pizza Paradox” won the “Best Script” category at Vegas Shorts, 3/31/21.
My script “The Injured Party is at Fault” won the “Best Feature Script” category at the 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival, 4/30/21.
My script “Second Best and Best” won the “Best Feature Script” category at the Chicago Indie Film Festival Awards, 6/6/21.
My script “Martin’s Accidental Quest” was an “Award Winner” at the Depth of Field International Film Festival, 2/28/21.
My script “Untitled Rom Com” won the “Best Feature Script-Silver Award” at the Pinnacle Film Awards, 5/1/21.
My script “Last Summer at the Dells” won the category of “Best Unproduced Script” at the Berlin Art Film Festival, 6/12/21.
My script “The Blood Machine” won the “Best Unproduced Script” category at the London Indie Film Festival (24framesfilmfest), on 6/14/21.
My script “The Pizza Paradox” was a “Finalist” at:
The New Wave Short Film Festival, in Munich, Germany, 6/1/21; the Roma Short Film Festival, 6/1/21; the Vancouver Independent Film Festival, 6/10/21; the Tokyo International Short Film Festival, 5/1/21; Independent Shorts Awards, 7/22/21, the Seoul International Short Film Festival, 7/26/21.
My script “At Raygar’s” was a “Finalist” at the Berlin Short Film Festival, 5/22/21. It was also a “Finalist” at the Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, 4/26/21.
“At Raygar’s” is a “Nominee” at the San Francisco Indie Short Festival, 6/30/21.
My pilot-teleplay “Don’t Change Your Husband” was a “Finalist” at the Golden Script Competition, 7/5/20.
My script “Solid Rock Hard Golden Candy Classics and So Much More” has been made a “Nominee” by the Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, 7/19/21.
My script “Last Summer at the Dells” was a “Finalist” at the New Wave Short Film Festival, Munich, Germany, on 6/1/21. It was also a “Semi-Finalist” at the Chicago Indie Film Awards, 2/7/21.
My script “Known Unknowns” was a “Finalist” at the Hollywood International Golden Age Festival, 5/20/21. It was also a “Semi-Finalist” at the Calgary Independent Film Festival, 6/30/21.
My script “The Blood Machine” was a “Nominee” at the Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, 6/14/21.
My script “The Pizza Paradox” won the “Best Script Award” at the Night of Comedy Shorts in Milano, Italy, 6/26/21.
My script “Martin’s Accidental Quest” was a semi-finalist in the Page Turner Screenplay Contest, September 21, 2020. They said it was in the “Top 15 scripts” in the category of comedy.
I won the 2016 Best Local Playwright Contest at the Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette, in Indiana. My play was “The Kegger”. (I used the pen-name “JS Green” then.)It was performed at the CTGL on May 17, 2016.
My play “Should Be Giraves” was produced at the Secret Theatre in New York City in 4 performances throughout the month of February, 2020. It starred Jessica Alexandra Green and Kerry McGann. Sarah MacDonnell directed.
My script “Martin’s Accidental Quest” is a “Gold Award Winner” at the International Independent Film Awards, 6/28/21.
My script “The Crux of the Angst” was an “Award Winner” at the Medusa Film Festival, 6/30/21.
I have a film in development. Producer/Director Abhisek Roy, of San Jose, CA, is currently starting up a movie production of my script “The Pizza Paradox.” (7/21/21)
I won the “Best Screenplay” category at OTB- Only the Best International Film Awards—for my script “The Pizza Paradox.” 8/8/21
My script “A Solemnly Questioning Air” is a “Nominee” At the San Francisco Indie Short Festival, 8/16/21.
My script “The Blood Machine” is a “Nomineee” at the San Francisco Indie Short Festival, 8/16/21.
My script “A Solemnly Questioning Air” was made a “Nominee” by Phoenix Shorts, 8/9/21.
My script “Anosmia, Please” has been made a “Nominee” at Roma Shorts 8/12/21
John McCloskey
PO Box 531 Fowler, IN 219 964 9220
jmjosmak01@gmail.com