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Born
January 16, 1989 · Phillipsburg, New Jersey, USA
Birth name
Yvonne Marie Zima
Younger sister of actresses Madeline Zima and Vanessa Zima
Completed a novel when she was sixteen
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Born
January 16, 1980 · New York City, New York, USA
Spouse
Vanessa Nadal Miranda (September 5, 2010 – present) (2 children)
QUOTES:
Ed Koch once said that New York City is where immigrants come to audition for America. That’s what happened to my parents; that’s what happened to me.
[his favorite episode of The Twilight Zone (1959)] Pretty much anything William Shatner is in is great. He’s great at playing that “I’m the only one sane in the world” character. What “Twilight Zone” did was show we all have a great capacity for good and evil. In the best works of fiction, there’s no mustache-twirling villain. I try to write shows where even the bad guy’s got his reasons.
[Miranda’s June 15, 2008, acceptance speech (in the form of a freestyle rap) after winning a Best Score Tony Award for “In the Heights.” The speech contained a reference to an earlier piece of musical theater, Stephen Sondheim’s 1984 show Sunday in the Park with George–specifically, its song “Finishing the Hat,” in which an artist relates the difficulties of creating art and balancing his personal life to the act of painting a hat.]
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Born
January 16, 1948 · Carthage, New York, USA
Birth name
John Howard Carpenter
Spouses
Sandy King (December 1, 1990 – present)
QUOTES:
Things haven’t been going great lately. For a while now people haven’t really been getting my movies. Certainly the box office hasn’t been up to speed. Sure, some of my recent stuff hasn’t been perfect, but neither has it been the shit that many have said. Critically, it’s all become a bit of a crapshoot. The critics thought I was a bum when I started out and they think I’m a bum now.
[on why he passed on Fatal Attraction (1987)] There wasn’t a grain of originality in it – it was Play Misty for Me (1971) with Michael Douglas filling in for Clint Eastwood. Also, the original version, the script I read, had Glenn Close winning in the end by killing herself and thereby getting the moral upper hand. I knew the audience was never going to buy that. The audience was always gonna want to see the wife shoot the bitch. Sure enough, they shot the original script, previewed it, got booed off screen and went back and shot the ending you see today. That was a journey I couldn’t be bothered to go on.
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Born
January 16, 1972 · Kobe, Japan
Birth name
Richard Timothy Jones
Spouse
Nancy Jones (October 12, 1996 – present)
THREEDOM, 7min,. USA
Directed by Garrett Hopkins
A young couple finds themselves lost in their own relationship. Brought to frustration and confusion one of them shares the idea of an open relationship. Reluctantly the partner agrees and actually travels a new road learning about themself. Perhaps they just needed to find each other, in someone new.
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Get to know the filmmaker:
What motivated you to make this film?
This film was produced for the 2024 CFC (Collaboration Filmmakers Challenge). A two week filmmaking competition with a quote from Hunter S. Thompson as the only prompt “Freedom is something that dies if it isn’t used” With every project I do, I want there to be something new for me. I’ve never written a RomCom before, so I decided I’d take that quote and see how I might be able to find its relevance in the complex world of interpersonal relationships.
What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
I think you know when you’ve written a very believable and relatable script when someone reviewing your film eventually stops reviewing it and more so stumbles down the rabbit hole of the story. And opens up about their own understanding and experience with the film’s plot.
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BOTTOM-FEEDER, 14min., USA
Directed by Brandon D. Hill
A reformed criminal must confront the demons of his past to save his estranged daughter from old sins and prove his innocence.
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STEEL MOTHER, 16min., USA
Directed by Nik Kacevski
In a gritty underworld, Olivia transforms from a vulnerable stripper into an invincible force of maternal fury, dismantling the corrosive empire that once entrapped her to secure a better future for her unborn child.
FIRST & LAST, 4min., Canada
Directed by Alexander Nonaka Galant
At a showing of a rental apartment, a young woman stumbles upon a gruesome mystery while taking pictures with her phone.
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TRAGIC Poetry – FREE submission or pay for a reading or movie
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HORROR Short Story Festival (automatic acceptance)
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DYSTOPIAN Novel Festival
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Novel Video Transcript Reading:
ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIPS Screenplay Festival
Deadline Today. Submit on the screenplay submission page: https://festivalforromance.com/
FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire script performed at the writing festival. SUBMIT your FEATURE, TV or SHORT SCREENPLAY.
Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation. Looking for screenplays from all over the world.
Why this is the #1 Screenplay Festival and Contest in the World today!
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Submit your DYSTOPIAN Book by the deadline.
Dystopian stories are a type of speculative fiction that explore the darker aspects of human nature and the human mind. They often serve as a warning about what could happen to modern society if certain aspects grow out of control.
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A great way to get your words out there, obtain the Agent you’re looking for or just get your story seen by more people. If you win, your story will be seen by 100,000s of people when it’s read online using a top professional actor. It’s a rush you’ll never experience in your life seeing it come to life that way.
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