LOS ANGELES, March 28, 2013- Stephen M. Hunt took home the Grand Prize at the 2012 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition for his compelling World War II drama, Precious Vengeance. (Read an interview with Stephen Hunt here.)Hunt, an accomplished British playwright now living in France, was chosen as the grand prize winner from over 1,000 screenplay entries by competition chairman Joel Mendoza.
“Precious Vengeance is one of those rare scripts that conjure up such deep emotion, it is impossible not to be moved” said Mendoza. “It’s a story that lives with you and haunts you long after the end.”
James Barclay, Honorable Mention in the Science-Fiction/ Fantasy category of the 2014-15 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition has been signed by manager Mitch Solomon at Magnet Management.
Founded in 2004, Magnet Management is a passionate advocate for screenwriters and has grown into one of the premier literary management companies with over 70 clients working in Film and Television. Mitch Solomon has over 15 years experience in both development and production.
Magnet Management is currently in production on the film Pacific Standard Time starring Willa Holland
Chris Bowen, Grand Prize Winner of the 2014-15 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition has been signed by managers James Engle and Amotz Zakai at Echo Lake Entertainment.
Echo Lake recently produced the 6 times Academy Award Nominated film Nebraska and the upcoming film Truth starring Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid and Cate Blanchett. On the management side, they have over 45 clients staffed on hit TV shows including TURN, THE 100, UNFORGETTABLE, HOUSE OF LIES, L&O:SVU, GREY’S ANATOMY, LAST SHIP, REIGN, the upcoming SHADES OF BLUE on NBC, HUNTERS on SyFy and many others. They also have clients currently writing feature scripts for Warner Bros, Fox, Fox 2000 and a client with a movie in production at MGM.
2013 Fresh Voices Short Script winner Fred Perry has optioned his winning short script FIVE DAYS IN CALCUTTA. The short, to be produced and directed by Dawn Fields at Palm Street Films, will begin production on October 18th. Fred Perry remarked, "The win continues to open doors!"
Since winning the 2012 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition, Grand Prize winner Stephen Hunt has hit a hot streak securing 13 screenplay competition and film festival wins with 3 different scripts.
All this heat led to the attention of Emmy Award winning TV director Miguel Guerreiro who ultimately collaborated with and directed a short crime thriller written by Stephen now in post-production entitled Early Release.
Not satisfied with merely seeing his short script being shot by an Emmy winning director, last week Stephen optioned his feature screenplay, Edgar Allan Poe's The Oval Portrait, based on the Edgar Alan Poe short story, to Concord Films, a US production company now wrapping their their third film. The Oval Portrait is scheduled to be their next project to be shot in Louisiana.
Congrats Stephen!