Shane Walsh-Smith's scripts won nine contests in 2020 and placed as finalists in almost thirty more. He's a lifelong writer, a furious scripturient for whom fiction is the prism through which he understands the world and himself. Shane has written professionally in many forms, and might be the only person in the world to get a comic published in a refereed academic journal.
Selected
Surface Tension - pilot
Coverfly Pitch Week 2021
2021
Shortlisted
Legacy: a Farscape spec script
Barnstorm Fest
2020
Winner
Legacy: a Farscape spec script
Feedback Fan Fiction Festival
2020
Monthly Winner
Matchsticks 2.0
Changing Face International Film Festival
2020
Official selection
Matchsticks 2.0
Indie Suspense Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival
2020
Semi-finalist
Matchsticks 2.0
AFIN International Film Festival
2020
Finalist
Matchsticks 2.0
Scriptapalooza Television Writing Competition
2020
Official selection
Matchsticks 2.0
Underground Indie Film Festival
2020
Nominee - Best Feature Screenplay
Matchsticks 2.0
Top Indie Film Awards
2020
Winner
Matchsticks 2.0
WildSOUND Fantasy/Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest
2020
Official selection
Fifteen Minutes: a BoJack Horseman spec script
Atlanta Comedy Film Festival
2020
Finalist
Fifteen Minutes: a BoJack Horseman spec script
Austin Comedy Short Film Festival
2020
Finalist
Fifteen Minutes: a BoJack Horseman spec script
Portland Comedy Film Festival Summer 2020
2020
Finalist
Fifteen Minutes: a BoJack Horseman spec script
Houston Comedy Film Festival Spring 2020
2020
Winner
Fifteen Minutes: a BoJack Horseman spec script
FEEDBACK Fan Fiction Festival
2020
Semi-finalist
Surface Tension - pilot
Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards
2020
Semi-finalist
Surface Tension - pilot
Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards
2020
Finalist
Surface Tension - pilot
Big Apple Film Festival Fall 2020
2020
Official selection
Surface Tension - pilot
Atlanta Comedy Film Festival
2020
Finalist
Surface Tension - pilot
Screenplay Festival
2020
Finalist
Surface Tension - pilot
AFIN International Film Festival
2020
Official selection
Surface Tension - pilot
Etowah Film Festival
2020
Finalist
Surface Tension - pilot
Austin Comedy Short Film Festival
2020
Finalist
Surface Tension - pilot
ISA Virtual Pitch Challenge
2020
Semi-finalist
Surface Tension - pilot
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (2019 Holiday Season Competition)
2020
Finalist
Surface Tension - pilot
Inroads Fellowship (3rd)
2020
Semi-finalist
Surface Tension - pilot
Scriptation Showcase 2020
2020
Semi-finalist
Surface Tension - pilot
New York International Screenplay Awards
2020
Finalist
Surface Tension - pilot
NYC International Screenplay Awards
2020
Finalist
Surface Tension - pilot
Houston Comedy Film Festival Spring 2020
2020
Second runner up
Surface Tension - pilot
Imaginarium Convention Screenplay Awards
2020
Winner
Surface Tension - pilot
Monochrome Film Festival
2020
Winner
Surface Tension - pilot
Georgia Shorts Film Festival
2020
Winner
Surface Tension - pilot
Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition
2020
Winner
Surface Tension - pilot
Portland Comedy Film Festival Summer 2020
2020
College
University of Canberra
Creative Writing (+ 1st Class Honours)
20042007
Birth Date
October 20, 1985
Birth City
Canberra
Current City
Canberra
Height
192cm
Gender
Male
Eye Color
Grey
Married To
Katherine Walsh-Smith
Children
Four
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