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My feature script “The Crux of the Angst” won the category “Best Feature Script” at the Prague International Film Festival, 9/4/21. “The Crux of the Angst” won “Best Original Screenplay” at the Hollywood Blood Horror Festival, 2/6/22. It also won “Best Script” at the Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift, 8/10/21.

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. It won the “Best Script Award” at the Night of Comedy Shorts in Milano, 6/26/21, and “Best Screenplay” category at OTB - Only the Best International Film Awards, 8/8/21.
“The Pizza Paradox” was a “Finalist” at:
The New Wave Short Film Festival, in Munich, 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, Los Angeles, 7/22/21; the Seoul International Short Film Festival, 7/26/21; the Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival, 10/26/21.
“The Pizza Paradox” has placed in screenwriting contests on four continents.
It was a “Semi-Finalist” at: The Art House Festival of Beverly Hills, 7/5/21; the Sydney Indie Short festival, 6/30/21; the Stockholm Short Fest, 7/30/21; the Manhattan Short Film Festival, 8/25/21.
“The Pizza Paradox” is now a movie. Directed and produced by Abhisek Roy, edited by Elena Altman, "The Pizza Paradox" is being released to film festivals in 2023.
My feature script “Second Best and Best” won the “Best Feature Script” category at the Chicago Indie Film Festival Awards, 6/6/21. My feature screenplay “Second Best and Best” was a “Finalist” at Page Turner Screenplays, 6/27/22.
My script “Flat Blurbs” won the “Best Feature Script” category at the New York Neorealism Awards, 10/7/21. “Flat Blurbs” won the “Best Screenplay” prize at Feel the Reel, in Glasgow, 10/24/21. My script “Flat Blurbs” won the category “Best Unproduced Script” at the London Indie Film Fest, 10/11/21. My script “Flat Blurbs” won “Best Short Script – Bronze” at the Independent Shorts Awards, Los Angeles, April 2022.
My feature-length script “Don’t Change Your Husband” won a “Special Jury Award” at the Los Angeles Film Awards, 10/1/21. “Don’t Change Your Husband” won the category “Best TV Pilot Screenplay Comedy” at the Silicon Beach Film Festival, 11/2/21.
“Don’t Change Your Husband” won “Grand Jury Prize Gold” for “Best Screenwriting” at the Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival, 2/3/22. It was a screenplay “Award Winner” at the Amsterdam International Film Festival, 3/28/22.
The British Short Film Awards named my script “The Blood Machine” as a “Finalist”, 10/22/21. “The Blood Machine” won “Best Unproduced Script” at the London Indie Film Festival (24framesfilmfest), on 6/14/21. It was a “Nominee” at the San Francisco Indie Short Festival, 8/16/21.
My feature script “Martin’s Accidental Quest” won "Best Feature Script" at the Montreal Independent Film Festival, 1/17/22. It was a “Gold Award Winner” at the International Independent Film Awards, 6/28/21. “Martin’s Accidental Quest” was a “Nominee” at the Toronto Film and Screen Awards, 2/28/21
My feature script “Untitled Rom Com” was a screenplay “Quarter-Finalist” at the Golden Script Competition, Edinburgh, 2022.
My script “Cold Heat” was a “Finalist” for “Best TV Pilot Screenplay” at the Golden Script Competition, Edinburgh, 2022. It is on the 2022 “Golden List.” My script "Cold Heat" has made the "Top Fifty" at the Cinequest Screenwriting Competition, 3/30/23. It was also a “Finalist” at the Bright International Film Festival, in London, UK, 8/29/21.
My script “Your Face is a Country” won the category “Best Feature Script” at the New York Neorealism Film Awards, 1/4/22. “Your Face is a Country” won “Best Feature Screenplay” at the Seattle Movie Awards, 11/28/22. It was a “Finalist” and “Nominee” at the Los Angeles Film Awards, 1/29/22.
My feature script “Solid Rock-Hard Golden Candy Classics and So Much More” won the category “Best Script” at the Vancouver Independent Film Festival, 2/5/22. It was a “Nominee” at the Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, 7/19/21. “Solid Rock Hard Golden Candy Classics and So Much More” was a screenplay “Official Selection” at the North Europe International Film Festival – London Edition, 5/6/22.
My script “Mister Opportunity” won “Best Short Script” at the Indie X Film Festival in Los Angeles, 7/25/22.
John McCloskey 219 964 9220
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  • Writer (11 Credits)
    Clean The World
    Screenplay
    Don't Change Your Husband
    Television Script
    Fear! Greed! Lies!
    Television Script
    Known Unknowns
    Screenplay
    Last Summer at the Dells
    Screenplay
    Martin's Accidental Quest
    Screenplay
    Mister Opportunity
    Screenplay
    Rochelle
    Screenplay
    The Epigones Club
    Screenplay
    The Injured Party is at Fault
    Screenplay
    Your Face Is A Country
    Screenplay
"Grand Jury Prize Gold"
Mister Opportunity
Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival
Los Angeles
2022
"Best Screenplay"
Mister Opportunity
Feel the Reel
Edinburgh, Scotland
2021
"Best feature Script"
Mister Opportunity
Prague International Film Festival
Prague
2021
Finalist - Best Teleplay-Pilot
Last Summer at the Dells
I was a Finalist in 2020 Golden Script Contest. Script: Don't Change Your Husband
Edinbugh, Scotland
2020
Finalist - Best Teleplay
Your Face Is A Country
My teleplay-pilot “Don’t Change Your Husband” was a Finalist at the Golden Script Screenplay Competition, July 5, 2020. It can be found on the “Golden List.” My screenplay “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. My teleplay-pilot “Fear! Greed! Lies!” was an Official Selection of the WRPN.TV Screenplay Competition, September, 2020 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.
Edinbugh, Scotland
2020
Finalist - Best Teleplay
Fear! Greed! Lies!
My teleplay-pilot “Don’t Change Your Husband” was a Finalist at the Golden Script Screenplay Competition, July 5, 2020. It can be found on the “Golden List.” My screenplay “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. My teleplay-pilot “Fear! Greed! Lies!” was an Official Selection of the WRPN.TV Screenplay Competition, September, 2020 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.
Edinbugh, Scotland
2020
Finalist - Best Teleplay
Don't Change Your Husband
My teleplay-pilot “Don’t Change Your Husband” was a Finalist at the Golden Script Screenplay Competition, July 5, 2020. It can be found on the “Golden List.” My screenplay “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. My teleplay-pilot “Fear! Greed! Lies!” was an Official Selection of the WRPN.TV Screenplay Competition, September, 2020 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.
Edinbugh, Scotland
2020
Birth City
Boston
Current City
Fowler
Hometown
The world is my hometown.
I was born in Boston, raised in Arlington, Mass. My father was a teacher. My mother was a singer.
"What we need is a new set of cliches." Samual Goldwyn
I want to make people laugh, then think. If they think first they won't laugh.
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