I am drawn to Filmmaking because it involves so many artforms, audio as well as visual. A brief history of how I got here follows.
Will fell into film making while working to become a stunt man. With a history of martial arts and living near Los Angeles, he is not the first obsessed karate nut to try this. After working on a few low-budget projects, Will joined the Production Crew with early Fred Olen Ray films. Art and oil painting were a principal goal in those days, and Will supported himself with jobs as crew on low-budget narrative feature productions for years, .
Shortly after the Indonesian earthquake and subsequent tsunami of 2004, Willie ended up in Sri Lanka repairing fishing boats for 5 months as a volunteer aid worker. After returning home, with 30 hours of video footage, and with the kind help of his editor pal Barbara Gondolfo-Frady, Will put together a documentary feature on the relief efforts in Sri Lanka, narrated by Michelle Phillips. After winning The Spirit of Independents Award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival in 2006, Will went back to working on writing and pitching his first narrative feature, a new project which might really push the boundaries of imagination for an audience, called Templin Highway.
Years later after returning from a trek to Niger, Africa, Will began to plan a series of documentaries teaching school garden projects in Niger, "A Little School in Africa," which helps kids learn gardening and blossoms into full-blown large-scale farming later.
After utterly failing to resist the temptation to shoot a little documentary movie with pals in the Ojai Mardi Gras (a charity benefit yearly bash), Will shot and produced his second documentary, "The Ojai Mardi Gras 2013." After an extremely successful Red Carpet premier at the Ojai Film Festival and subsequent party, which surprisingly resulted in no arrests, Will returned to putting hammer and tongs to the story of Templin Highway.
Will hopes to pitch, fund and shoot Templin Highway as his first narrative feature.
Best Sci-Fi Feature Screenplay 2024
Templin Highway
Cannes 7th Art Awards
Cannes, France
2024
Quarter-Finalist Best Original Screenplay
Templin Highway
Winter Leopard International Film Festival
Stockholm, Sweden
2024
Quarer-Finalst Best Original Screenplay
Templin Highway
Follow The Arrow International Film Festival
Budapest, Hungary
2024
Quarter-Finalist Screenplay
Templin Highway
Palm Springs International Screenplay & Pitchdeck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest
Palm Springs, California
2024
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Sci-Fi Horror & Action Film Festival
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
2024
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Oxford Script Awards
Oxford, England
2024
Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Orion International Film Festival
Dalvin, Queensland, Australia
2024
Best Sci-Fi Feature Script
Templin Highway
Casino Film Festival
Iceland
2024
Best Romantic Screenplay
Templin Highway
Amsterdam World Canvas Film Festival
Amsterdam
2024
Best Sci-Fi Feature Script
Templin Highway
Iceland Film Festival
Iceland
2023
Quarter-Finalist Action / Adventure Screenplay
Templin Highway
Sunvale Screenplay Contest
Los Angeles, California
2023
Quarter-Finalist Fellowship
Templin Highway
Mad Wife 100 Scripts
Reno, Nevada
2023
Quarer-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards
Los Angeles, California
2023
Semi-Finalist Best Unproduced Screenplay
Templin Highway
Santa Monica International Filmmaker Awards
Santa Monica, California
2023
Best Feature Script
Templin Highway
Enjoy Film Festival
Perpignon, France
2023
Best First Time Screenwriter/ Best International Screenplay
Templin Highway
Monte Carlo Filmmakers Festival
Paris, France
2023
Best Original Screenplay
Templin Highway
Budapest International Film Festival
Budapest, Hungary
2023
Best Romantic Screenplay
Templin Highway
Pegasis Film Awards
London, England
2023
Finalist - Best Unproduced Script
Templin Highway
Niagra Falls International Short Festival
Nagra Falls, New York
2023
Finalist - Best Sci-Fi Screenplay of the Season
Templin Highway
Filmatic Filmfare
London, England
2023
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Odyssey Script and Film Festival
Lisboa, Portugal
2023
Finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Paris World Cinema Festival
Paris, France
2023
Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
American Dreamscreen Film Festival
Los Angeles, California
2023
Pablo Picasso Arthouse Cinema Awards - Best International Screenwriter 2023
Templin Highway
Frida Film Festival
Paris, France
2023
Semi-Finalist Best Original Screenplay
Templin Highway
Melbourne Independent Film Festival
Melbourne, Australia
2023
Best Sci-Fi Script and Best Original Style
Templin Highway
International Network Film Festival
London, England
2023
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Infinite Creativity Film Festival
Geniva, Switzerland
2023
Best Sci-Fi Script
Templin Highway
Gold Star Movie Awards
Newark, New Jersey
2023
Best Feature Script
Templin Highway
Grand Cine Carnival Maldives
Hulhumale, Maldives
2023
Semi-Finalist Best Unproduced Screenplay
Templin Highway
San Jose Independent Film Festival
San Jose, California
2023
Semi-Finalist Best Unproduced Screenplay
Templin Highway
New Orleans International Film Awards
New Orleans, Louisiana
2023
Best Feature Script
Templin Highway
Madrid Arthouse Film Festival
Madrid, Spain
2023
Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Hamburg Indie Film Festival
Hamburg, Germany
2023
Best Unproduced Sci-Fi Screenplay
Templin Highway
United States Motion Picture Alliance
Ojai, California
2023
Semi-Finalist Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Hawaii International Film Awards
Honolulu, Hawaii
2023
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Experimental Awards London International Film Festival
London, England
2023
Nominee Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Golden Pen Script Awards
Los Angeles, California
2023
Best Romantic Screenplay
Templin Highway
New Wave International Script and Film Festival
Berlin, Germany
2023
George Melies Award Best Unproduced Screenplay
Templin Highway
Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival
Malibu, California
2023
Best Feature Script Critic's Choice Award
Templin Highway
Hong Kong International Film Carnival
Hong Kong
2023
Best Psychological Screenplay
Templin Highway
Golden Laurel Internaional Film Festival
Athens, Greece
2023
Official Selection
Templin Highway
French International Modern Film and Script Festival
Paris, France
2023
Finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Cinemente Movie & Screenplay Awards
Milan, Italy
2023
Semi-Finalist Best Unproduced Screenplay
Templin Highway
Brisbane International Film Union
Brisbane, Australia
2023
Best Romantic Feature Script
Templin Highway
Rising Sun Cinema Festival
Tokyo, Japan
2023
Quarter Finalist Best Original Screenplay
Templin Highway
Belgrade International Film Festival
Belgrade, Serbia
2023
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Florence Film Awards
Florence, Italy
2023
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Your Way International Film Festival
Valetta, Malta
2023
Finalist Best Sci-Fi Screenplay of the Season
Templin Highway
Filmatic Fanfare
London, England
2023
Official Selection
Templin Highway
The Magic of Cinema
Barcelona, Spain
2023
Honorable Mention
Templin Highway
Filmtage Der Nationen
Berlin, Germany
2023
Quarter-Finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Bondi Screenplay
Bondi, New South Wales
2023
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Vesuvius International Film Festival
Camagne, Italy
2023
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Berlin New Wave Film Festival
Berlin, Germany
2023
Best Unproduced Script
Templin Highway
Liber Films International Festival
Athens, Greece
2023
Quarter Finalist Best Original Screenplay
Templin Highway
Winter Leopard International Film Festival
Stockholm, Sweden
2023
Semi-finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
Santa Fe, New Mexico
2023
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Boston Screenplay Awards
Boston, Massachusetts
2023
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Scriptmatrix Genre Screenplay Awards
Beverly Hills, California
2023
Semi-finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Denver Movie Awards
Denver, Colorado
2023
Semi-finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Vancouver Movie Awards
Vancouver, British Columbia
2023
Nominee
Templin Highway
Budapest Film Festival
Budapest, Hungary
2023
Honorable Mention
Templin Highway
Sydney Film and Screenplay Festival
Sydney, Australia
2023
Nominee
Templin Highway
Golden Pen Script Awards
Los Angeles, California
2023
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Switzerland International Film Festival
Aubonne, Switzerland
2022
Semi-finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
2022
Semi-finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Sydney Indie Short Festival
Sydney, Australia
2022
Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Cine Fern
London, England
2022
Semi-finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Rotterdam Independent Film Festival
Rotterdam, Netherlands
2022
Semi-finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
London Idie Short Festival
London, England
2022
Semi-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Hollywood Golden Age Film Festival
New York, New York
2022
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Vegas Shorts
Las Vegas, Nevada
2022
Semi-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Seattle Movie Awards
Seattle, Washington
2022
Semi-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Screenplay Festival
Sherman Oaks, California
2022
Semi-Finalist Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2022
Best American Screenplay
Templin Highway
Brussels World Film Festival
Brussels, Belgium
2022
Best Romantic Screenplay
Templin Highway
Echonation Audio and Film Festival
Manchester, England
2022
Official Selection
Templin Highway
California Indies
Los Angeles
2022
Best American Screenwriter
Templin Highway
Stanley Film Awards
London, England
2022
Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Sweet Democracy Film Awards
Cannes, France
2022
Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Gladiator Film Festival
Istanbul, Turkey
2022
Best Thriller Screenplay
Templin Highway
Global Motion Pictures and Filmmakers
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2022
Best American Screenwriter
Templin Highway
8 & Halfilm Film Awards
Rome, Italy
2022
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Vesuvius International Film Festival
Campania, Italy
2022
Semi-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Dublin World Film Festival
Dublin, Ireland
2022
Best Feature Screenplay Award
Templin Highway
Indie Cine Tube Awards
Kolkata, India
2022
Semi-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Dallas Movie Awards
Dallas, Texas
2022
Semi-Finalist Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Washington Film Awards
Seattle, Washington
2022
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Only The Best Film Awards
Miami, Florida
2022
Semi-Finalist Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
New York International Screenplay Awards
New York, NY
2022
Nominee
Templin Highway
Milan Arthouse Film Festival
Milan, Italy
2022
Best Screenplay of the Year
Templin Highway
Picasso Einstein Buddha International Film Festival
Mumbai, India
2022
Quarter-Finalist
Templin Highway
Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
Los Angeles, California
2022
Official Selection
Templin Highway
LA Under The Stars Film Festival
Los Angeles, California
2022
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Austria International Film Festival
Vienna, Austria
2021
Semi-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition
New York, NY
2021
Semi-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Stockholm Short Festival
Stockholm, Sweden
2021
Semi-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Grass Root International Film Festival
Pudicherry, India
2021
Finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Silent River Screenplay Competition
Los Angeles, California
2021
Finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Niagra Falls International Short Festival
Niagra Falls, NY
2021
Honorable Mention
Templin Highway
Cuckoo Interntional Film Festival
Tamilnadu, India
2021
Semi-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Austin International Art Festival
Austin, Texas
2021
Finalist, Best Feature Script
Templin Highway
Swedish International Film Festival
Arvika, Sweden
2021
Semi-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Vienna Indie Short Film Festival
Vienna, Austria
2021
Eagle of Wallachia Platinum Award, Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Wallachia International Film Festival
Bucharest, Romania
2021
Finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2021
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Euro Film Festival Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
2021
Best Science Fiction Screenplay
Templin Highway
Stardust Films and Screenplays Festival
New York, NY
2021
Finalist Screenplay
Templin Highway
Le Festival du Film Fantastique de France
Paris, France
2021
Semi-Finalist Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
London International Film Festival
London, England
2021
Honorable Mention for Screenplay
Templin Highway
Los Angeles Movie Awards
Los Angeles, California
2021
Silver Award Best Screenplay (2nd Place)
Templin Highway
Melech Tel-Aviv International Film Festival
Tel-Aviv, Israel
2021
Finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Astrophobia Science Fiction and Horror Film Festival
Courtenay, British Colombia, Canada
2021
Best Screenwriter / Screenplay
Templin Highway
CKF International Film Festival
Swindon, UK
2021
Quarter- Finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Screenwriting Master Contest
Los Angeles, California
2021
Finalist for Best Unproduced Script for Feature Film
Templin Highway
Totonto independet Film Festival Cift
Toronto
2021
Red List 2021 Best Writer
Templin Highway
Hybrid Genre Canada: Toronto Film Awards
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2021
Best Screenplay Award
Templin Highway
Royal Society of Television and Motion Pictures Awards
Kolkata, India
2021
Honorable Mention
Templin Highway
Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
Santa Barbara, California
2021
Best Screenplay Award
Templin Highway
Krimzon Horizon International Film Festival
Pondicherri, India
2021
Quarter- Finalist Best Screenplay
Templin Highway
Filmatic Drama Screenplay Awards
Los Angeles, California
2021
Finalist, Best Feature Script
Templin Highway
Paris International Film Festival
Paris, France
2021
Semi-Finalist Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Venice Shorts
Venice, California
2021
Semi-Finalist Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Flicker's Rhode Island Film Festival
Providence, Rhode Island
2021
H.G. Wells Award Best Writer
Templin Highway
L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
Los Angeles, California
2021
Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Indo French International Film Festival
Pondicherri, India
2021
Finalist Screenplay
Templin Highway
Catalina Film Festival
Catalina Island,, California
2021
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Script Summit 4 Round V
Michigan
2021
Official Selection
Templin Highway
The Fantasy Film Festival FFF - Le Festival du Film du Fantasme
Paris, France
2021
Semi-Finalist Best Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Richmond Interntional Film Festival
Richmond, Virginia
2021
Quarter-Finalist
Templin Highway
Portland Screenplay Awards
Portland, Oregon
2021
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Crown Wood International Film Festival
Kolkata, India
2021
Quarter-Finalist
Templin Highway
Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
Los Angeles, California
2021
Semi-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
New York, NY
2021
Honorable Mention
Templin Highway
Wiki Screenplay Contest
Santa Barbara, California
2021
Quarter-Finalist
Templin Highway
Sedona International Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Sedona, AZ
2021
Best Screenplay Finalist
Templin Highway
Film Today Festival
Los Angeles, California
2021
Semi-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
25th Annual Fade In Awards Sci-Fi Competition
Beverly Hills, California
2021
Finalist Best Script
Templin Highway
Roma Short Film Festival
Rome, Italy
2021
Best Screenplay Finalist
Templin Highway
New York Cinematography Awards
New York, NY
2021
Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Templin Highway
Silver Mask Live Festival
Los Angeles, California
2021
Semi-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Fade In Awards Short Films/Short Scripts Competition
Beverly Hills, California
2021
Finalist Best Script
Templin Highway
Seoul International Short Film Festival
Seoul, South Korea
2021
Best Screenplay Finalist
Templin Highway
Black Swan Interntional Film Festival
Kolkata, India
2021
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Toronto Film Magazine Fest
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2021
Official Selection
Templin Highway
New York Tri-State International Film Festival
New York, NY
2021
Finalist, Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Druk International Film Festivl
Paro, Bhutan
2021
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Kateye International Film Festival
West Bengal, India
2021
Best Characters in Screenplay
Templin Highway
After Hour Film Festival
Mumbai, India
2021
Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Templin Highway
Karukrit International Film Festival
Himachal Pradesh, India
2021
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Open Window International Film Challenge
Kolkata, India
2021
Official Selection
Templin Highway
LA Sun Film Fest
Los Angeles, Californai
2021
Screenplay Finalist Award
Templin Highway
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
Calcutta, India
2021
Quarter-Finalist Goldman Award
Templin Highway
SWN Screenplay Competition
United Kingdom
2021
Screenplay Finalist Award
Templin Highway
Twister Alley Film Festival
Woodward, Oklahoma
2021
Best Plot
Templin Highway
Beyond Earth Film Festival
Chennai, India
2021
Honorable Mention
Templin Highway
Redwood Shorts & Scripts
Sunnyvale, California
2021
Best Message Screenwriter Award
Templin Highway
Great Message International Film Festival
Mumbai, India
2021
Best Mystical Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Silk Road Film Awards Cannes
Côte d'Azur, France
2021
Finalist
Templin Highway
Tokyo International Short Film Festival
Tokyo, Japan
2021
Semi-Finalist
Templin Highway
Atlanta International Screenplay Awards
Atlanta, GA
2021
Finalist
Templin Highway
Mokkho International Film Festival
Pondicherri, India
2021
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Newmarket Toronto Festival
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2021
Finalist, Best Feature Script
Templin Highway
Tagore International Film Festival
Burbham, West Bengal, India
2021
Nominee, Best Unproduced Screenplay
Templin Highway
New York Independent Cinema Awards
New York, NY
2021
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Great Message International Film Festival
Maharashtra, India
2021
Critic's Choice Award, Feature Script
Templin Highway
World Film Carnival Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
2021
Best Screenplay Finalist
Templin Highway
Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Awards
Philadelphia, PA
2021
Official Submission
Templin Highway
Global Film Market
Philadelphia, PA
2021
Best Screenplay Finalist
Templin Highway
Love Wins International Film Festival
Roslyn, NY USA
2021
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Golden State Film Festival
Los Angeles, California
2021
Silver Award, Feature Length Script
Templin Highway
WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition
Nassau, DE, USA
2021
Official Selection
Templin Highway
World Film Carnival Singapore
Singapore
2021
Quarter-Finalist
Templin Highway
New York City International Screenplay Awards
New York City, NY, USA
2021
Finalist, Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Oz Indie Film Festival
Melbourne, Australia
2021
Finalist, Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
New Renaissnance Film Festival
Amsterdam, NL
2021
Gold Script Award
Templin Highway
Depth of Field International Film Festival
Nassau, DE, USA
2021
Finalist Screenplay
Templin Highway
SoCal Film Awards
Huntington Beach, CA, USA
2021
Quarter-Finalist, TV Pilot Category
Templin Highway
Scriptapalooza Television Writing Competition
Los Angeles, Californai
2021
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Montreal Independent Film Festival
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2021
Semi-Finalist Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
Midwest Weirdfest
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
2021
Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Templin Highway
Abdhooture Film Festival
Kolkata, India
2021
Semi-Finalist Best Unproduced Script
Templin Highway
Chicago Indie Film Awards
Chicago, IL
2021
Nominee
Templin Highway
Toronto Independent Film Awards
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2020
Best Unproduced Screenplay Nomination
Templin Highway
Lovesick Film Festival
Jersey City, NJ USA
2020
Best Genre Script Finalist
Templin Highway
Prix Royal Paris Screenplay Awards
Paris, France
2020
Best Feature Script
Templin Highway
Screen Power Film Festival
London, England
2020
Official Selection
Templin Highway
Amsterdam World International Film Festival
Amsterdam
2020
Best Story
Templin Highway
Buddha Internationla Film Festival
Mahaprasthra, India
2020
Finalist
Templin Highway
Best Script Award
London, England
2020
Special Acievement
Templin Highway
Cult Critic Movie Award
Kolkata, India
2020
Best Feature Script
Templin Highway
L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival (LIAFF)
Kolkata, India
2020
Platinum Winner, Feature Screenplay
Templin Highway
International Independent Film Awards
Los Angeles, California
2020
Best Feature Script
Templin Highway
Paris Play International Film Festival
Paris, France
2020
College
UC Davis
Biochemistry
High School
Nordhoff in Ojai
Nickname
Buffet Hunter
Birth City
Las Vegas
Current City
Ventura
Hometown
Ojai
Height
6' 2"
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
caucasian
Eye Color
Blue
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
Married To
Film Making
Children
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"To be awake is everything." Gustave Meyrink, The Green Glove
I am drawn to Filmmaking because it involves so many artforms, audio as well as visual. A brief history of how I got here follows.
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