Kevin Dobbs

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Kevin's screenplays have placed, internationally, in over seventy five film festivals and screenplay competitions (including seventeen 1st place nods): NYC International Screenplay Awards, UK Film Festival London, Sacramento International Film Festival, Berlin International Art Film Festival, Sacramento International Film Festival, Santa Monica International Filmmaker Awards, Hawaii International Film Awards, Table Read My Screenplay, Emerging Screenwriter Drama, Toronto Film and Script Awards, Portland Screenplay Awards, Wiki Screenplay Contest, Shore Scripts, etc.
He has lived and worked in the USA, China, Japan, Qatar, and the UAE. After 35 years of publishing fiction, poetry, essays, and academic writing, he's now concentrating on screenplays.

Writer (13 Credits)
Apache Pastels
Screenplay
Jumpers
Screenplay
Only Man For Me
Short Script
Porcha Guevara's Meatloaf
Screenplay
Prickers
Screenplay
Shadow Above the Ace
Screenplay
Silverado Canyon
Screenplay
Slippers
Short Script
Snitches From Heaven
Television Script
Sunbird
Screenplay
Table Fifteen
Screenplay
Tug
Screenplay
The Nicest Man in Berkeley2025
Screenplay

Award Winner
Table Fifteen

Tokyo Screenplay Awards "Winner" 2025
https://tokyoscreenplay.com/

2025

Winner
Table Fifteen

Cine Sepia Reels Carnival
https://www.wfcn.co/festival/csrc

2025

Winner
Tug

Krimson Horyzon "Winner" 2025
https://x.com/KrimsonHoryzon/status/1895118965904679290

2025

Finalist
Snitches From Heaven

London Director Awards "Finalist" 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/LDA

2025

Semi-Finalist
Snitches From Heaven

Fade In Awards "Semi-Finalist" 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/FadeInAwardsDramaCompetition

2025

Selected
Snitches From Heaven

Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards 2025
https://www.filmmatic.com/

2025

Nominated
Jumpers

Cinematography and Photography Awards
https://filmfreeway.com/CAPA

2025

Quarter Finalist
Jumpers

Emerging Screenwriters Semi-Finalist 2025
https://www.networkisa.org/profile/user_preview/1080932

2025

Winner
The Nicest Man in Berkeley

Indie Cine Tube Awards “Winner" 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/ICTA

2025

Semi-Finalist
The Nicest Man in Berkeley

Fade in Awards
https://fadeinonline.com/best-script-contest-submission/

2025

Finalist
Apache Pastels

Cineverse International Film Festival
https://filmfreeway.com/LosAngelesCINEVERSE

2025

Finalist
Jumpers

Lonely Seal International Film Festival Finalist 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/LonelySealFestival

2025

Winner
Jumpers

Interdependent Studios Award Winner 2025
NTERDEPENDENT Studio 1 2238 Stradella Road Los Angeles, CA 90077

2025

Quarter Finalist
Jumpers

Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship Quarter Finalist 2025
https://www.filmmatic.com/

2025

Winner
Only Man For Me

Phoenix Shorts "Winner" 2024
https://phoenixshortfestival.com/

2024

Quarter Finalist
Tug

Drama Screenplay Competition “Quarter Finalist” 2024
https://screencraft.org/drama/

2024

Selected
Porcha Guevara's Meatloaf

B & B International Film Festival "Selected" 2024
https://blog.boobsandblood.com/official-trailer/

2024

Selected
Snitches From Heaven

New York Script "Selected" 2024
https://newyorkscriptawards.com/

2024

Semi-Finalist
Slippers

Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards "Semi-Finalist" 2024
https://www.filmmatic.com/shortseason9

2024

Award Winner
Prickers

Indie Cine Tube Awards “Winner" 2024
https://filmfreeway.com/ICTA

2024

Winner
Shadow Above the Ace

Hodu International Film Festival “Winner” 2023
no 3 aravindar street white town pondicherry, pondicherry 605001

2024

Award Winner
Jumpers

Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival
https://filmfreeway.com/Dreamzcatcheriff

2024

Selected
Jumpers

Golden Swan Zurich Film Festival "Selected" 2024
https://filmfreeway.com/GoldenSwanZurichFF

2024

Category Winner
Shadow Above the Ace

New York Tri-State International Film Festival "Category Winner" 2024
https://www.newyorktristatefilm.com/

2024

Selected
Shadow Above the Ace

Seoul International Short Film Festival "Selected 2024"
https://www.seoulshortfilmfestival.com/

2024

Selected
Shadow Above the Ace

Strasbourg International Film Festival "Selected" 2024
https://strasbourgff.com/

2024

Award Winner
Jumpers

Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival "Winner" 2024
https://www.krimsonhoryzoniff.com/

2024

Overall Winner
Jumpers

Sacramento International Film Festival "Overall Winner, Lou Hunter Award" 2024
https://www.sacramentofilmfestival.com/

2024

Finalist
Only Man For Me

New York International Screenplay Awards
New York City

2023

Quarter Finalist
Silverado Canyon

Emerging Screenplay Drama Screenplay Competition
Los Angeles

2022

Quarter Finalist
Silverado Canyon

Table Read my Screenplay Genre Screenplay Summer 2022
Los Angeles

2022

Finalist
Silverado Canyon

Art Film Spirit Awards “Finalist” 2023
https://www.torontofilmmagazine.com/artfilmspiritawards

Winner
Sunbird

Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival “Winner” 2024
https://filmfreeway.com/Dreamzcatcheriff

Finalist
Sunbird

Cineverse International Film Festival “Finalist” 2024
https://cineverseiff.com/

Winner
Sunbird

Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival “winner” 2023
https://bsf.si/en/organization/khiff-krimson-horyzon-international-film-festival/

Finalist
Sunbird

Short-Filmz “Finalist” 2023
https://filmfreeway.com/shortfilmznet

Semi- Finalist
Sunbird

Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Contest! “Semi-Finalist” 2022
Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Contest! State St Hollywood, CA 90028

Selected
Only Man For Me

Independent International Shorts “Selected” 2024
https://www.facebook.com/Independent.International.Short.Film.Festival/

Winner
Only Man For Me

LuminaFlicks International Short Film Festival “Winner” 2024
https://tyjtt.my.canva.site/luminaflicks-international-short-film-fest

Winner
Only Man For Me

Vegas Shorts “Winner” 2023
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0052275/2024/1/

Selected
Only Man For Me

Short-filmz “Selected” 2023
https://www.vegasshortmovieawards.com/

Finalist
Prickers

New Renaissance Film Festival, Amsterdam, “Finalist” 2023
https://nrffamsterdam.com/

Selected
Table Fifteen

Berlin Art Film Festival “Selected” 2023
https://www.berlinale.de/en/festival/awards-and-juries/all-prizes-and-juries.html

Quarter Finalist
Prickers

Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Contest! “Quarter Finalist” 2022
Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Contest! State St Hollywood, CA 90028

Selected
Table Fifteen

Short-Filmz “Selected” 2023

Selected
Table Fifteen

UK Film Festival London “Nominated” 2022
https://www.ukfilmfestival.com/

Semi-Finalist
Table Fifteen

International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo “Semi-Finalist” 2023
https://animationfilmsfestival.com/

Selected
Prickers

Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards “Selected” 2022
https://www.santabarbarascreenplayawards.com/

Winner
Table Fifteen

Indo French International Film Festival “winner” 2023.
INDO FRENCH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL No 7 bussy street white town, PONDICHERRY 605001

Selected
Table Fifteen

Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival “Selected” 2024
https://liftoff.network/

Semi-Finalist
Prickers

Portland Screenplay Awards “Semi-Finalist” 2022
https://portlandscreenplayawards.com/

Winner
Table Fifteen

Cine Sepia Carnival “Winner” 2023
Cine Sepia Reels Carnival BB, Uttar Raipur. Kolkata, West Bengal 700137

Quarter Finalist
Prickers

Shore Scripts Feature Contest “Quarter-Finalist” 2022
https://www.shorescripts.com/

Quarter Finalist
Prickers

Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards “Quarter Finalist” 2022
https://www.filmmatic.com/screenplay-awards-comedy

Quarter Finalist
Jumpers

Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards "Quarter Finalist" 2024
https://www.filmmatic.com/

Award Winner
Jumpers

Indian Independent Film Festival “Winner” 2024
https://indianindependentfilmfestival.com/

Semi-Finalist
Jumpers

Art Giraffe International Film Festival "Semi-Finalist" 2024
Nice, France http://giraffefestival.com/

Quarter Finalist
Shadow Above the Ace

Red Fox International Film Festival “Quarter Finalist” 2024
https://redfoxifilmfestival.tilda.ws/

Selected
Shadow Above the Ace

UK Film Festival London “Selected” 2023
UK Film Festival - London Murray Woodfield (UKFF) I St Albans Grove Kensington, London W8 5PN

Quarter Finalist
Shadow Above the Ace

Wiki Screenplay Contest “Quarter Finalist” 2023
Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Contest! State St Hollywood, CA 90028

Winner
Shadow Above the Ace

Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival “Winner” 2024
Shahid Khsudiram Bose Road, Budge Budge Kolkata, West Bengal

Winner
Shadow Above the Ace

Indie Cine Tube Awards “Finalist” 2024
Senpukur, Uttar Raipur,BB. Kolkata 700137.India Kolkata, West Bengal 700137

Semi-Finalist
Slippers

New Orleans International Film Awards “semi-finalist” 2023
https://newfilmmakersneworleans.com/

Winner
Slippers

Indo French International Film Festival “Winner” 2024
NDO FRENCH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL No 7 bussy street white town, PONDICHERRY 605001

Semi- Finalist
Snitches From Heaven

Filmmatic Screenplay Awards “Semi-Finalist” 2023
https://www.filmmatic.com/screenplay-awards-comedy

Quarter Finalist
Snitches From Heaven

Big Break, “Quarter Finalist” 2023
https://www.finaldraft.com/big-break-screenwriting-contest/

Finalist
Snitches From Heaven

Imaginarium Convention, “Finalist,” 2023
https://www.entertheimaginarium.com/

Quarter Finalist
Porcha Guevara's Meatloaf

Wiki “Quarter Finalist” 2023
Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Contest! State St Hollywood, CA 90028

Semi- Finalist
Porcha Guevara's Meatloaf

Hawaii International Film Awards “Semi-Finalist” 2023
https://havaiifestival.org/

Finalist
Porcha Guevara's Meatloaf

Santa Monica International Filmmaker Awards “Finalist” 2023
https://santamonicaawards.com/

Winner
Porcha Guevara's Meatloaf

Cine Sepia Reels Carnival “Winner” 2023
Cine Sepia Reels Carnival BB, Uttar Raipur. Kolkata, West Bengal 700137

Winner
Porcha Guevara's Meatloaf

Indie Cine Tube Awards “Winner” 2023
Indie Cine Tube Awards Senpukur, Uttar Raipur,BB. Kolkata 700137.India Kolkata, West Bengal 700137

Winner
Porcha Guevara's Meatloaf

Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival “Winner” 2024
Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival Shahid Khsudiram Bose Road, Budge Budge Kolkata, West Bengal

Quarter Finalist
Tug

Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards “Quarter Finalist” 2023
https://lascreenplayawards.com/

Quarter Finalist
Tug

Emerging Screenwriters Drama Competition “Quarter Finalist” 2023
https://www.emergingscreenwriters.com/

Quarter Finalist
Tug

Table Read My Screenplay “Quarter Finalist” 2023
https://tablereadmyscreenplay.com/

2nd Round
Tug

ISA Fasttrack 2nd Round 2023
https://www.networkisa.org/contest/view/fasttrackfellowship

Quarter Finalist
Tug

Page Turner “Quarter Finalist,” 2023
https://www.pageturnerscreenplays.com/

Winner
Tug

Cine Sepia Carnival “Winner” 2023
Cine Sepia Reels Carnival BB, Uttar Raipur. Kolkata, West Bengal 700137

Selected
Only Man For Me

Los Angeles Movie and Music Video Awards "Selected" 2024
https://bestfilmawards.com/best-film-awards/los-angeles

Semi-Finalist
Only Man For Me

Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition “Semi-Finalist” 2023

Nominated
Only Man For Me

Toronto Film and Script Awards “Nominated” 2022
https://www.torontofilmandscriptawards.com/

Finalist
Only Man For Me

New York City International Screenplay Awards “Finalist Top 5” 2023
https://nyscreenplays.com/

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College

Arizona State University

MFA Creative Writing and Literature

Current City

Sacramento

Hometown

Los Angeles

Height

6 ft

Gender

Male

Ethnicity

White

Eye Color

Green

Zodiac Sign

Libra

Married To

Tanyi Zheng-Dobbs

Children

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