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Frank J. Avella is an award-winning director, screenwriter and playwright and the recipient of a 2023 & 2019 International Writers Residency at Arte Studio Ginestrelle (Assisi, Italy) a 2018 Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship, a 2016 Helene Wurlitzer Residency Grant and a 2015 NJ State Arts Council Fellowship Award. He recently wrote and directed his first film, FIG JAM, which won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at the 2021 Paris Independent Film Festival as well as 30 other accolades at festivals worldwide. Frank’s award-winning feature-length screenplays include adaptations of his plays CONSENT, LURED and SCREW THE COW and original short screenplays, HAPPY BOY, FIG DUDE and MULTITASKING. His work has been officially selected/finalist/winner at over 200 festivals worldwide.
Frank has written numerous plays that have been produced including VATICAN FALLS (2021 O’Neill semifinalist, produced by The Tank in NYC, 2022), LURED (2018 O’Neill semifinalist, produced by TNC in NYC and played the OnStage Festival in Rome, Italy), THE BUBBLE, IRIS (Know Theatre, Cincinnati), MICHAEL’S #1 FAN, 3 CAINS & UNHINGING. Other plays include: CONSENT (2x O’Neill semifinalist), FOR MAMMA, GREENER and LOCKDOWN.
His new work, FROCI centers on the Italian and Italian-American queer experience.
Frank is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.
He was a 2023 semi-finalist for the Dramatists Guild National Fellowship.
Finalist, Best Dark Comedy Screenplay
Happy Boy
Austin Short Film Festival, 2024
Austin, TX
2024
Finalist, Best Dark Drama Screenplay
Multitasking
Austin Short Film Festival, 2024
Austin, TX
2024
Honorable Mention
Fig Jam (Film)
SoCal Film Awards
Huntington Beach, CA
2023
Official Selection
Fig Jam (Film)
Lake Travis Film Festival
Texas
2022
Official Selection
Fig Jam (Film)
Lonely Seal International Film, Screenplay and Music Festival, 2022
Boston, MA
2022
Finalist, Best Director
Fig Jam (Film)
Texas Short Film Festival, 2022
San Antonio
2022
Official Selection
Fig Jam (Film)
FLICKFAIR Film Festival, 2022
Los Angeles, CA
2022
Winner, Best Ensemble. Nominee, Best Short Film
Fig Jam (Film)
ReelHeART International Film and Screenplay Festival, 2022
Toronto
2022
Finalist
Fig Jam (Film)
Austin Comedy Film Festival, 2022
Austin, Texas
2022
Finalist, Best Comedy Film, Best Actor, Best Actress
Fig Jam (Film)
Georgia Shorts Film Festival, 2022
Atlanta, Georgia
2022
Finalist, Best Romantic Comedy Film
Fig Jam (Film)
Houston Comedy Film Festival Spring 2022
Houston, TX
2022
WINNER, Best Actress
Fig Jam (Film)
Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival
Asbury Park, NJ
2022
Finalist
Fig Jam (Film)
Oregon Short Film Festival
2022
Finalist
Fig Jam (Film)
Portland Comedy Film Festival
Portland, Oregon
2022
WINNER, Best Comedy Short
Fig Jam (Film)
Austin After Dark Film Festival, 2022
Austin, Texas
2022
WINNER, Best Short Film
Fig Jam (Film)
Love Wins Film Festival, 2022
Patchogue, Long Island
2022
Official Selection
Fig Jam (Film)
Unitaly International Film Festival, 2021
Castellabate
2021
WINNER, Best Narrative Short
Fig Jam (Film)
New York Neorealism Awards
Rome
2021
Official Selection
Fig Jam (Film)
Unitaly International Film Festival
Castellabate
2021
Official Selection
Fig Jam (Film)
Austria International Film Festival
2021
Finalist
Fig Jam (Film)
Peachtree Village International Film Festival
Atlanta, Georgia
2021
Official Selection
Fig Jam (Film)
New York Shorts International Film Festival
New York, NY
2021
Finalist
Fig Jam (Film)
International Shorts Film Festival
Melbourne
2021
Nominated for 7 Awards including Best Picture, Best Film (Medium Length), Outstanding Directorial Debut, Best Original Screenplay, Best Comedy, Best Pandemic Film, Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design
Fig Jam (Film)
Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival
London
2021
Winner, Best Short Film (Audience Award)
Fig Jam (Film)
Paris Independent Film Festival
Paris, France
2021
Winner, Best Unproduced Script
Fig Jam (Script)
Marino Short Film Festival, 2020
Italy
2020
Semifinalist
Consent
24th Annual Fade-In Drama Competition 2020
2020
WINNER: Best LGBT Screenplay
Consent
New Renaissance Film Festival 2020
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2020
WINNER Best Screenplay
Consent
Austria International Film Festival, 2020
2020
Nominee, Best Feature Script
Consent
Paris Play Film Festival 2019
Paris, France
2019
Quarter-finalist
Happy Boy
San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition
Official Selection
Happy Boy
Georgia Shorts Film Festival
Semi-finalist
Happy Boy
Southern California Screenplay Competition
Honorable Mention
Happy Boy
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition, 2022
Best Short Screenplay
Happy Boy
Reale Film Festival, 2022
Nominee, Best Dark Comedy Screenplay
Happy Boy
Austin After Dark Film Festival, 2022
Quarter-Finalist
Happy Boy
HollyShorts Screenplay Competition, 2022
Semi-Finalist
Happy Boy
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2022
Nominee
Happy Boy
Lonely Wolf 2022 London International Film Festival
WINNER, Best Horror Script
Happy Boy
Hollywood Just4Shorts, 2022
QuarterFinalist
Consent (Pilot)
Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Competition, 2022
Official Selection
Consent (Pilot)
The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards, 2022
Quarter-Finalist
Consent (Pilot)
Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition, 2021
Semi-Finalist
Fig Jam (Film)
Lit Laughs International Comedy Festival, 2022
Best Comedy Short
Fig Jam (Film)
Reale Film Festival, 2022
Milan,
Semi-Finalist
Fig Jam (Film)
Madrid Arthouse Film Festival, 2022
Madrid
Official Selection
Fig Jam (Film)
Rome Prisma Film Awards
Rome
Nominee
Fig Dude
International Diversity Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Fig Dude
Voices Rising Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Fig Dude
Paris International Short Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Fig Dude
Beyond the Curve International Film Festival, 2020
Quarter-finalist
Fig Dude
BLASTOFF Festival
Los Angeles
Finalist
Fig Dude
New Wave International Short Festival (Munich), 2021
Official Selection
Lured
Lonely Seal International Film, Screenplay and Music Festival, 2022
Quarter-Finalist
Lured
Emerging Screenwriters Drama Competition, 2022
Quarter-Finalist
Lured
Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship, 2022
Quarter-Finalist
Lured
9th Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship, 2022
Official Selection
Lured
Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes, 2021
Official Selection
Lured
Austria International Film Festival, 2021
FInalist
Lured
European Film Festival (Mainstream and Underground), Moscow), 2021
Honorable Mention
Lured
Finish Line Script Competition, 2021
Finalist
Lured
London Independent Story Prize, 2021
Finalist
Lured
Peachtree Village International Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Lured
New York True Venture Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Lured
CORE International Film Festival, 2021
Quarter-Finalist
Lured
Page Turner Screenplays Drama Competition, 2021
Official Selection
Lured
British Independent Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Lured
Chicago Indie Film Awards, 2021
Official Selection
Lured
White Nights Film Festival (Russia), 2021
Official Selection
Lured
Rome Film Awards, 2021
Official Selection
Lured
Malta Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Lured
Golden Jury Film Festival, 2020
Nominee
Lured
kalakari film fest, 2021
Official Selection
Lured
Amsterdam World International Film Festival, 2020
Official Selection
Lured
Hollywood International Golden Age Festival, 2020
Official Selection
Lured
LA LIVE Film Festival, 2020
Semifinalist
Lured
Cyrus International Monthly Festival of Toronto, 2020
Official Selection
Lured
Rome Independent Prisma Awards, 2020
Finalist
Lured
QueerWrites, 2020
Nominee/Finalist, Best Queer Screenplay
Lured
Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival, 2020
Finalist
Lured
Beyond the Curve Film Festival (Paris, France), 2020
Finalist
Lured
London International Screenwriting Competition, 2020
Semifinalist
Lured
24th Annual Fade-In Awards (Thriller category), 2020
Winner, Most Thought Provoking Script
Lured
Colorado International Activism Film Festival, 2021
Finalist
Lured
New Renaissance Film Festival, 2021
Amsterdam
WINNER, Best Queer Feature Screenplay
Lured
Bridge Fest, 2020
WINNER: Best LGBTQ Feature
Lured
Silicon Beach Film Festival, 2020
WINNER
Lured
Indo American International Festival of World Cinema (Mumbai), 2020
WINNER, Gold Scriptwriting Award
Lured
Depth of Field International Film Festival, 2020
WINNER, Gold Scriptwriting Award
Lured
LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival, 2021
Semi-finalist
Fig Jam (Script)
New York International Screenplay Awards, 2022
Finalist, Best Romantic Comedy Screenplay
Fig Jam (Script)
Atlanta Comedy Film Festival, 2021
Finalist, Best Screenplay
Fig Jam (Script)
New Renaissance Film Festival, 2021
London, England
Honorable Mention, Script Category
Fig Jam (Script)
90th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, 2021
Quarter-finalist
Fig Jam (Script)
Creative World Awards, 2021
WINNER, Best Romantic Comedy Screenplay
Fig Jam (Script)
Oregon Short Film Festival, 2021
Finalist
Fig Jam (Script)
Sedona Film Festival Screenplay Competition, 2021
Quarter-Finalist
Fig Jam (Script)
Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship, 2021
Official Selection
Fig Jam (Script)
Phoenix International Genre Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Fig Jam (Script)
Sydney Indie Short Festival, 2021
Australia
QuarterFinalist
Fig Jam (Script)
ScriptWrite Short Script Contest, 2021
Semi-Finalist
Fig Jam (Script)
Emerging Screenwriters Shoot Your Short Screenplay Competition, 2021
Official Selection
Fig Jam (Script)
Cyrus Monthly Short Festival of Toronto, 2020
Semi-Finalist
Fig Jam (Script)
Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition, 2020
Finalist
Fig Jam (Script)
Rome Independent Prisma Awards, 2020
Finalist
Fig Jam (Script)
New York Movie Awards, 2020
Finalist
Fig Jam (Script)
Hollywood Gold Awards, 2020
Finalist
Fig Jam (Script)
Venice Film Awards, 2020
Semifinalist
Fig Jam (Script)
Phoenix International Short Film Festival, 2020
Semifinalist
Fig Jam (Script)
Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Awards, 2020
Semifinalist
Fig Jam (Script)
Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards (Los Angeles), 2020
Finalist
Fig Jam (Script)
Madras Independent Film Festival, 2020
Finalist/Nominee, Best Romantic Comedy Short Screenplay
Fig Jam (Script)
Houston Comedy Film Festival, 2021
Finalist/Nominee, Best Romantic Comedy Screenplay
Fig Jam (Script)
Portland Comedy Film Festival, 2021
Quarterfinalist
Fig Jam (Script)
Page Turner Screenplays Genre Competition (Short Comedy), 2020
Finalist
Fig Jam (Script)
Lit Laughs International Comedy Festival (England), 2020
Finalist/Nominee, Best Screenplay
Fig Jam (Script)
Festigious Los Angeles Monthly Competition, 2021
WINNER, Best Short Script
Fig Jam (Script)
Lake Travis Film Festival, 2021
WINNER, Best Romantic Comedy Short Screenplay
Fig Jam (Script)
Austin Comedy Film Festival, 2021
Semi-Finalist
Vatican Falls Stage Play
O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2021
Nominee, Best Short Screenplay
Multitasking
Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival, 2021
Semi-Finalist
Multitasking
Page Turner Screenplays, 2021
Quarterfinalist
Multitasking
Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition, 2021
Nominee, Best Short Screenplay
Multitasking
Dark Arts Film Festival (Amsterdam), 2021
Official Selection
Multitasking
Santa Monica Shorts, 2021
Semi-Finalist
Multitasking
Nevada City Film Festival, 2020
Finalist/Nominee, Best Dark Drama Screenplay
Multitasking
Oregon Short Film Festival, 2021
Finalist, Best Drama Short Screenplay
Multitasking
Austin After Dark Film Festival, 2021
Winner, Best Unreleased Script
Multitasking
Festival de Largos y Cortos de Santiago, 2021
FInalist/Nominee, Best Dark Comedy Screenplay
Screw The Cow
Reno Comedy Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Screw The Cow
Lit Laughs International Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Screw The Cow
Sacramento International Film Festival, 2021
Finalist/Nominee, Best Dark Comedy Screenplay
Screw The Cow
Austin After Dark Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Screw The Cow
Hollywood International Golden Age Festival, 2020
Official Selection
Screw The Cow
Atlanta Comedy Film Festival, 2020
Official Selection
Screw The Cow
SoCal Film Awards, 2020
Semifinalist (Top 15)
Screw The Cow
Page Turner Screenplays Genre Competition, 2020
Finalist
Screw The Cow
European Cinematography Awards (ECA), 2020
Finalist/Nominee, Best Comedy Screenplay
Screw The Cow
Georgia Shorts Film Festival, 2020
Finalist
Screw The Cow
Chicago Comedy Film Festivial, 2021
Finalist
Screw The Cow
Plot Point International Screenwriting Awards, 2021
Italy
Finalist
Screw The Cow
Lonely Seal International Film, Screenplay and Music Festival, 2021
Finalist, Best Dark Comedy Screenplay
Screw The Cow
Portland Comedy Film Festival, 2020
Finalist, Best Dark Comedy Screenplay
Screw The Cow
Austin Comedy Film Festival, 2020
Finalist, Best Dark Comedy Screenplay
Screw The Cow
Houston Comedy Film Festival, 2020
WINNER, Best Comedy Screenplay
Screw The Cow
Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival, 2020
Quarter-Finalist
Consent
Emerging Writer's Genre Screenplay Competition, 2022
Quarter-finalist
Consent
Pitch Now Screenplay Competition, 2022
Quarter-finalist
Consent
San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition, 2022
Official Selection
Consent
Culver City Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Consent
NewBorn Short Film Festival, 2022
Berlin, Germany
Honorable Mention
Consent
Finish Line Script Competition, 2020
Nominee
Consent
International Diversity Film Festival, 2021
Finalist
Consent
Lonely Seal International Film, Screenplay and Music Festival, 2021
Quarter-finalist
Consent
Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards, 2021
Semi-finalist
Consent
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2021
Finalist
Consent
Catalina Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Consent
Marina Del Ray Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Consent
Macoproject Film Festival, 2021
Brooklyn, NY
Official Selection
Consent
Cannes Film Awards, 2021
Finalist
Consent
Northeast Mountain Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Consent
Orlando International Film Festival, 2021
Quarter-Finalist
Consent
Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship, 2021
Semi-Finalist
Consent
Sedona International Film Festival, 2021
Honorable Mention
Consent
Independent Film Association of Philadelphia Awards, 2021
Official Selection
Consent
Depth of Field International Film Festival, 2021
Quarter-finalist
Consent
Page Turner Screenplay Competition, 2021
Official Selection
Consent
Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Consent
Golden State Film Festival (Los Angeles), 2021
Official Selection
Consent
North Europe International Film Festival - London Edition, 2021
Official Selection
Consent
Catharsis International Film Festival (Belgium), 2021
Official Selection
Consent
Long Story Shorts International Film Festival, 2020
Official Selection
Consent
Rome Independent Prisma Awards, 2020
Semi-Finalist
Consent
Hollywood International Golden Age Festival, 2020
Finalist
Consent
Flight Deck Film Festival, 2020
Semi-finalist
Consent
Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition, 2021
Quarter-Finalist
Consent
London International Screenwriting Competition, 2021
Finalist
Consent
Beyond the Curve Film Festival (Paris, France), 2020
Finalist
Consent
Twister Alley Film Festival, 2021
OK
Quarter-Finalist
Consent
WriteMovies Fall 2020 Screenwriting Contest, 2020
Finalist
Consent
Best Script Award, 2020
Finalist
Consent
Courage Film Festival, 2020
Nominee
Consent
Love Wins Film Festival (NYC), 2020
Finalist
Consent
Peachtree Village International Film Festival, 2020
Semifinaist
Consent
Austin Revolution Film Festival, 2020
Austin, TX
Finalist (Top 3)
Consent
Page Turner Screenplays Genre Competition, 2020
Quarterfinalist
Consent
Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Contest 2019
Honorable Mention
Consent
88th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition 2019
Best Feature Script (Honorable Mention)
Consent
Venice Film Awards, 2020
Venice, Italy
Finalist
Consent
SIFF - Switzerland International Film Festival, 2021
Nominee, Best Screenplay
Consent
Independent Film Awards, London, 2021
London, UK
WINNER
Consent
Indo American International Festival of World Cinema, 2020
WINNER, Best Narrative, 2021
Consent
San Francisco Film Festival, 2021
WINNER, Best Drama Screenplay
Consent
Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival, 2020
Winner, Best Screenplay
Consent
Madrid Art Film Festival, 2021
WINNER: Best Feature Screenplay
Consent
Oz Indie Film Festival, 2021
Melbourne, Australia
WINNER, Best Feature Screenplay
Consent
18th Annual ReelHeART International Film and Screenplay Festival, 2021
Birth Date
April 7
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
Italian-American
Zodiac Sign
Aries
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