Macee Binns is an award-winning Playwright, Blogger, Author and Journalist with a background of accomplishments in film, television, stage productions and viral content. Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas; she relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. While living in L.A., Macee has experienced great success in her writing career and has WON several awards for her plays, screenplays, articles and short stories.
Most notably, her acclaimed female-led romantic dramedy "Hand Twins" recently WON awards for Best Feature Screenplay at the prestigious 2022 California Women’s Film Festival, the 2022 First Women Film Festival and the 2022 Venus Community Awards out of hundreds of entries submitted from around the world. The unproduced feature-length script placed as a Semi-Finalist at the 2021 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, the 2021 Scriptation Showcase Script Competition and the 2022 Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards. This award-winning script received Quarter Finalist Titles at the 2022 Richmond International Film Festival and the 2022 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition. In August of 2022, the script was named a Preliminary Finalist at the 2022 Creative World Awards and it was one of the select few scripts that was passed on to the Semi-Finals at the 2022 ScreenCraft Film Fund Feature Competition with Mark Duplass. Additionally, "Hand Twins" received Official Selection Nominations for Best Feature Film Script at the 2021 Miami Indie Film Awards, the 2021 Toronto Film and Script Awards in association with Toronto Film Magazine, the 2022 Andromeda Film Festival, the 2022 LA Indies Film Festival and the 2022 Toronto International Women Film Festival. Thanks to all of these accolades, "Hand Twins" is now ranked in the top 4% of all 92,191 screenplays on Coverfly. Requests to read the script can be submitted through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.
Macee is a published playwright whose works have been produced at regional and community theaters across the U.S. In 2014, Macee’s short film script "Row 28" was awarded a Finalist Title at the esteemed Hollywood Screenplay Contest. Subsequently, the stage play version of "Row 28" was published by JAC Publishing & Promotions and is sold on Amazon and Kindle eBooks. Two original monologues from Macee’s play "Stone Cold Sober" were selected by Smith and Kraus Publishers for print in their annual anthology book series: "The Best Women’s Stage Monologues of 2017." This popular theatrical series is sold at Barnes & Noble, Target and most major book retailers worldwide. In 2018, Heuer Publishing acquired Macee’s play "Candi With An I" and featured the comedic one-act in their renown "Catalog for the Performing Arts." This short stage play can be purchased on Amazon and the Heuer Publishing Website. In 2019, Macee’s play “Now Boarding” and her monologues “Static,” “Stuffed Panda'' and “Undressed'' were published by Off The Wall Plays and are sold through their virtual publishing service.
During her time in Hollywood, Macee has worked as a Content Writer for the popular news media sites TheRichest, Ranker and TopBuzz; where several of her articles went viral and received over 3 million views online. She also has journalist experience working as a Reporter for The Canyon News in Los Angeles. In 2018, Macee accepted a job at Dancing Iguana Productions as a Segment Writer and Producer of the popular podcast, Left Unsupervised; available on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, TuneIn and Spotify. She also served as a Screenplay Contest Judge at the 2023 SYS’s Six-Figure Film Festival, where she reviewed and scored feature screenplays for the competition and participated in an Industry Panel at the renown Los Angeles based film festival, sharing her expertise in the field of screenwriting. In her spare time Macee Binns co-writes a women’s comedy blog called: “Thoughts From A Tiny Ass Chair.” To view her blog posts please visit tinyasschair.com and subscribe.
For more information on Macee Binns check out her Professional Writing Portfolio (maceebinns.journoportfolio.com), her IMDB Profile (www.imdb.me/maceebinns), her Amazon Authors Page (www.amazon.com/author/maceebinns) or visit her Website (maceebinns.com).
LA Indies Independent Film Magazine featured Macee Binns as an Up-And-Coming Hollywood Screenwriter in an article about her award-winning feature screenplay, Hand Twins. See the link to the full article: https://www.laindiesmagazine.com/post/hand-twins
Cannes Film Awards selected Macee’s screenplay, Hand Twins, to be featured in the festival’s Annual Distribution List. Check out the full article here: https://cannesfilmawards.com/i-am-distributor1/i-am-distributor
Bold Journey Magazine did a full profile on Macee Binns and her screenplay, Hand Twins, as part of a series profiling successful creatives in Hollywood. Check out the full article: https://boldjourney.com/news/meet-macee-binns/