The Camera Fiend

Based on the novel by E.W. Hornung, THE CAMERA FIEND is the story of Dr. Otto Gartner, a mad scientist obsessed with documenting the human soul. The unhinged scientist designs a device to kill and photograph his victims in the same instant. Meanwhile, an asthmatic boarding school student, Pocket Upton, who likes baseball and photography, wanders into the city of Savannah, Georgia and gets caught in the web of Dr. Gartner, only to eventually uncover his evil experiments in photography. The film is set in the pre-technology era of 1984.

  • Harlan Whatley
    Writer
    A LIFE LIVED: the Stephen Crane Story
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay, Treatment
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Melbourne Interntional Screenplay Awards
    Melbourne, Australia
    July 11, 2025
    Best Feature Screenplay
  • Chicago Script Awards
    Chicago, Illinois
    June 2, 2025
    Semi-Finalist
  • Berlin International Screenwriting Frstival
    Berlin, Getmany
    November 1, 2025
    Finalist
Writer - Harlan Whatley