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Danielle R. Erlich is an actor turned screenwriter best known for "Legacy One: Luana" and "Legacy Two: Origins." She is a Stowe and Rocaberti Fellow. She has also placed in the Top 10 Sci-fi/ Fantasy screenplays at AFF. She won The Great American Script Contest and 55 more awards.
Danielle R. Erlich was born at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, CA. She later moved to Paradise Valley, AZ after the big Northridge earthquake. After high school, Danielle moved back to Los Angeles to study and try to be an actor. After years of studying acting, script analysis, and character breakdown, Danielle became ill with an autoimmune disease. Rather than giving up on film, she decided to change course and began screenwriting. That's how "Legacy One: Luana, ” “Legacy Two: Origins, ” and a new career for her in screenwriting were born.
Quarterfinalist
SINder
Screencraft’s True Story and Public Domain Screenplay Competition
Los Angeles, CA
2021
Semi-finalist
SINder
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
Los Angeles, CA
2020
Quarterfinalist (winner TBD)
Legacy One: Luana
Screencraft's Sci-fi/Fantasy Screenplay Contest
Beverly Hills, CA
2018
Top Finalist
Legacy One: Luana
Hollywood Hills Screenplay Competiton
Los Angeles, CA
2018
Semi-finalist
Legacy One: Luana
Richmond International Film Festival
Richmond, VA
2018
Quarter-finalist
Legacy Two: Origins
Richmond International Film Festival
Richmond, VA
2018
Semi-finalist
Legacy Two: Origins
Poe Contest
Richmond, VA
2018
Semi-finalist
Legacy Two: Origins
Toronto International Filmmaker Festival
Toronto, Ontario
2018
Finalist
Legacy Two: Origins
Amsterdam International Filmmaker Festival
Amsterdam
2018
Finalist
Legacy Two: Origins
The Beverly Hills Film Festival
Beverly Hills, CA
2018
Finalist
Legacy Two: Origins
Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest
Beverly Hills, CA
2018
Finalist
Legacy Two: Origins
New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition
New York, NY
2018
Quarter-finalist
Legacy One: Luana
Storypros International Screenwriting Competition
Woodland Hills, CA
2017
Quarter-finalist
Legacy Two: Origins
Storypros International Screenplay Competition
Woodland Hills, CA
2017
Finalist
Legacy Two: Origins
All Genre Screenplay Competition
Los Angeles, CA
2017
Finalist
Legacy Two: Origins
Near Nazareth
Israel
2017
Finalist
Legacy Two: Origins
Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards
Los Angeles, CA
2017
Honorable Mention
Legacy Two: Origins
Los Angeles Movie Awards
Los Angeles, CA
2017
Special Mention For Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting
Legacy Two: Origins
Oaxaca Film Festival
Oaxaca Mexico
2017
Award of Recognition
Legacy Two: Origins
Indie Fest Film Awards
Los Angeles, CA
2017
3rd place sci fi
Legacy Two: Origins
The Los Angeles Screenplay Contest
Los Angeles, CA
2017
3rd place
Legacy Two: Origins
Visionfest 17
Los Angeles
2017
First Place
Legacy Two: Origins
Fan Fiction Festival
New York, NY
2017
!st Place Fantasy Genre
Legacy Two: Origins
The Hollywood Hills Screenplay Competition
Hollywood, CA
2017
Quarterfinalist
SINder
Filmmatic's Inroads Fellowship
Quarterfinalist
SINder
ScreenCraft's Sci-fi/Fantasy Screenplay Competition 2021
Semifinalist
SINder
Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Awards 2021
New York
Nickname
Dani
Birth City
Beverly Hills, CA
Current City
Paradise Valley, AZ
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA
Height
5'4"
Gender
Female
Eye Color
Green
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Danielle Erlich had a poem published in the sixth grade when she won a poetry writing contest.
“Obstacles aren't put in your path to break you. They are there to build you into the person you are meant to be.” - Danielle R Erlich
Creativity bred from a disability.
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