John Pisano-Thomsen
award-winning writer
2019 academy nicholl semifinalist & quarter finalist
lyricist/composer/director/producer
Summary
Episodic Pilot for Great Mustachio Filmworks.
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Winner! Best Screenplay Competition
2023 Manchester Film Festival
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Finalist
2023 Omaha Film Festival
2022 Multi Dimension International Film Festival
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Top 30 Scripts
2023 Filmmarket Hub
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2nd Rounder (Top 20%)
2022 Austin Film Festival
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Official Selection
2022 Pasadena International Film Festival
2022 Marina del Rey Film Festival
EMMETT GREY: (DON'T FIGHT IT) FEEL IT (2021)
Short Screenplay for Great Mustachio Filmworks (WGA contract).
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Best Screenplay
2022 Dec/Jan Monza Film Festival
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Nominee
2022 Portland New Alternative Voices
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Semifinalist
2022 Omaha Film Festival
2022 Arthouse Festival of Beverly Hills
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Quarter Finalist
2022 Richmond International Film Festival
2022 Atlanta Film Festival
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Official Selection
2021 Montreal Independent Film Festival
LAST OF THE BURLY GIRLS (2017 / 2018)
Musical Dramedy Screenplay.
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Best Screenplay
2019 Beaufort Int'l Film Festival (Jean Ribaut Award)
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Best Feature Screenplay
2020 Garden State Film Festival
2019 Cordillera International Film Festival
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Finalist
2021 The Script Lab Free Screenplay Contest (Top 25 of 12,700)
2020 SENE Festival (SW New England Film, Music & Arts)
2020 Catalina Film Festival
2020 Chandler International Film Festival
The Film Empire's 2019 Diversity Mentorship (Top 4)
2019 DaVinci International Film Festival
2018 WilliFest Williamsburg Film Festival
2018 Byron Bay International Film Festival
2018 New Renaissance London Film Festival
2018 Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
2018 Hollywood Int'l Screenwriting Competition (Spring)
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Semifinalist
2021 Sedona International Film Festival
2019 Academy Nicholl Fellowship (Top 2%)
2019 Richmond International Film Festival
2019 Omaha Film Festival
2018 Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship
2017 American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest (Top 1%)
2018 Roadmap Writers/Route One Entertainment Contest
2017 Cannes Golden Plume International Screenwriting Competition
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Quarter Finalist
2019 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
2019 Road to New Republic Competition (Top 50)
2019 Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Competition
2018 StoryPros International Screenplay Competition
2018 Screencraft Drama Screenwriting Competition
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Top 15%
2020 Academy Nicholl Fellowship
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Top 20%
2018 Academy Nicholl Fellowship
2020 / 2019 Austin Film Festival (2nd Rounder)
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Official Selection
Script Summit 2 (2019)
2019 UK Film Festival
2018 Switzerland International Film Festival
pride & president (2017)
Dramedy Screenplay.
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4th Place Top 10 Winner - 86th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition
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Finalist
2020 Beaufort International Film Festival
2018 Cape Cod International Film Festival
2018 Wexford Film Festival
2018 Cinequest Screenwriting Competition (Top 10)
2018 Richmond International Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
2017 National Screenwriters Day Competition (Top 10)
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Semifinalist
2019 Cordillera International Film Festival
2017 We Screenplay Fall Diverse Voices Contest
2017 New Hampshire Film Festival
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2nd Rounder (Top 20%) - 2017 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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Quarter Finalist
2019 Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Competition
2018 StoryPros International Screenplay Competition
2017 Stage 32 Annual Feature Screenplay Competition
2017 Screencraft Screenwriter Fellowship
Dramedy Screenplay.
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Best Feature Screenplay - 2017 Canada Independent Film Festival
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Best Dramatic Screenplay
2021 Cordillera International Film Festival
2017 Reno Tahoe International Film Festival
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Remi Platinum Winner - 51st WorldFest Houston Int'l Film Festival (2018)
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Bronze Prize Winner - Best Drama - 2018 World Series of Screenwriting
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Winner - 2017 Mountain Film Festival Sierra Nevada Award
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Honorable Mention
2021 Garden State Film Festival
2016 Williamsburg Film Festival
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Finalist
2021 Cordillera International Film Festival
2021 Beaufort International Film Festival
2018 Switzerland International Film Festival
2018 Barcelona International Film Festival
2018 Canadian Diversity Film Festival
2018 Las Vegas Screenplay Contest (Drama)
2018 River Bend Film Festival Script Competition
2017 Oaxaca Filmfest (Official Selection, Drama)
2016 Wexford Film Festival
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Semifinalist
2021 Sedona International Film Festival
2020 Evolution! Mallorca Internationl Film Festival
2018 Ojai Film Festival
2018 Omaha Film Festival
2017 Richmond Int'l Film Festival
2016 Orlando Film Festival
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Second Rounder (Top 20%) - 2020 Austin Film Festival
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Second Rounder (Top 15%) - 2016 Austin Film Festival
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Quarter Finalist
2019 Academy Nicholl Fellowship (Top 5%)
2019 Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Competition
2017 Blue Cat Screenwriting Competition
2017 Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition
2017 WeScreenplay Feature Contest
2017 Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
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Official Selection
2018 Auckland International Film Festival
(FORMERLY KNOWN AS "DIETRICH DANZIG") (2014, 2015, 2018)
Dramatic Screenplay.
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Best Feature Screenplay
11th LA Indie Film Festival (2017)
2017 Omaha Film Festival
2016 Atlanta Film Festival
2015 Tea Dance LGBT Film Festival
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1st Place - Best Feature Screenplay
2017 Flickers/Rhode Island Int'l Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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3rd Place - Best Feature Screenplay
2019 Byron Bay International Film Festival
48th WorldFest Houston Int'l FF (Remi Bronze for Best Original Drama)
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6th Place Top 10 Winner - 84th Writer's Digest Writing Competition - TV/Movie Script Category
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Honorable Mention for Best Drama - 2015 Screenplay Festival
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Finalist
2020 Beaufort International Film Festival
2019 Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
2018 New Renaissance Film Festival (Amsterdam, NL)
2017 ISA Fast Track VI Fellowship
2016 Seattle International Film Festival
2016 Spring WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Writing Contest
2016 New York International Screenwriting Awards
2016 Amsterdam Film Festival
2016 Swedish International Film Festival
38th WriteMovies.com International Screenplay Contest
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Semifinalist
2017 "Table Read My Screenplay" - Park City
2017 Richmond Int'l Film Festival
2016 Denver Film Festival
2016 Nashville Film Festival
2014 Screencraft Screenwriter Fellowship
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Top 15%
2019 Academy Nicholl Fellowship
2016 Austin Film Festival
2015 Austin Film Festival
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Quarterfinalist
The Film Empire's 2019 Diversity Mentorship
2019 Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship
2019 Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Competition
2015 Shore Scripts Screenwriting Competition
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Official Selection
2018 Switzerland International Film Festival
2018 Capital Fund Screenplay Competition (The Hot 100 List)
2016 Beverly Hills Film Festival
A Play in Two Acts.
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Winning Selection - 2014 Long Beach Playhouse New Works Festival.
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1st public reading presented by Long Beach Playhouse on August 31, 2014.
A Musical in Two Acts. Project cancelled.
Draft libretto based on A Tale of Two Cities.
For Aquarian Productions, Salt Lake City, Utah.
A Musical in Two Acts. Unstaged.
No performance rights granted to source material. Libretto based on The Ghost & Mrs. Muir.
AESOP (1985)
A Musical Fable in One Act. Unstaged.
Book for children's musical, commissioned by Aquarian Productions, Salt Lake City, Utah
CINDERSTELLA (1985)
A Comedy in One Act. Staged.
Logan, Utah Road Shows.
EDUCATION
B.A. ENGLISH (CREATIVE WRITING)/FRENCH MINOR
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
2016 atlff SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIP
Sponsored by the 2016 Atlanta Film Festival & Serenbe
Mentors: Michael Lucker, Robin Henry & Don Woodard
2017 off SCREENWRITING mentorship
Sponsored by the 2017 Omaha Film Festival
Mentor: Dr. Lew Hunter
2019 director's foundation certificate
Raindance, Toronto, Canada.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
CAMERON, MISSOURI (1979-1981)
Fiddler on the Roof - MOTEL, THE TAILOR
Bye Bye Birdie - HARRY MacAFEE
Shenandoah - JACOB ANDERSON
Our Town - DOC GIBBS
110 in the Shade - PREACHER/CHORUS
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (1981-1984)
Come Blow Your Horn - BUDDY BAKER
The Curious Savage - JEFFREY
SARATOGA, CALIFORNIA (1991)
Into the Woods - WOLF / RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE
THEATRE COURSEWORK (UNIVERSITY OF UTAH)
Acting I/II
Auditioning for TV, Film and Radio
Fiction Workshops & Imaginative Writing
History of Musical Theatre
Playwriting & Scriptwriting
Poetry
Shakespeare
Improvisation & Street Theatre (3 years)
AFFILIATIONS
SOCAN / Dramatists Guild of America