Phillip E. Hardy has been building his brand since 2012, and except for having one script repped by Depass, Jones Entertainment has managed to personally secure 20 options deals and get the upcoming feature Purgatory Station (which was recently in the top 50 scripts of a Roadmap Writers contest) produced in 2023. He’s also working with director Marlin Darrah to get Madagascar Gold produced in 2025. Phillip’s work has been read by Tyler Perry Productions (3 times), Shondaland, Paramount Studios (twice), William Morris Endeavor, Ridley Scott, and Martin Scorsese. Phillip has placed and won nearly 300 film festivals and contests, including Page Awards, Austin Film Festival (6 times), Screencraft Writing Competition (8 times), Emerging Writers, and Roadmap Writers. He has crafted 60 features and pilots in multiple genres with a litany of diverse characters. This year, he founded the popular Facebook Group Screenwriters Talking Shop and recently stated his primary reason for writing “Is to stay sane in an insane world.”
Unique traits: I'm not you!
MADACASGAR GOLD
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by Marlin Darrah
Screenwriter When the lives of their families are threatened by a vicious gangster, a history professor, and a freelance writer are compelled to search for a legendary pirate treasure.
UNCOVENTIONAL WARFARE: THE CHRISTOPHER DORNER STORY
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Film
by Code Blue Pictures
Screenwriter The mind of a killer is explored during a weeklong rampage when a former African American naval and LAPD officer transforms from public servant into public enemy number one.
PURAGTORY STATION
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Film
by Angus Benfield (Horror and Thriller)
Screenwriter When a crooked lawyer wakes up in a large, pitch-dark container, he learns he has eight hours to scuttle a corporate land grab or see everyone he loves die in horrible ways. Coming November 29 to Amazon Prime and Fandango.
Dirty Real, The Bukowski Biopic
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Film
by Film by Angus Benfield (Comedy and Biography)
Writer A boy grows up in an abusive home, avoids the draft, works in the post office, is a serial womanizer, and becomes a famous underground writer, but not before his jealous girlfriend tries to run him over.
The Black Market Therapist
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by Improbable Solutions Productions (Action and Crime)
Screenwriter When a psychologist accidentally acquires a sample from an abandoned clinical trial, he learns the intoxicating psychedelic ingredients are a conduit for accessing repressed memories and possible salvation for his troubled marriage and financial woes.
Hell's Half Acre
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by Bonzai Films (Horror)
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Roadmap Writers Jumpstart Competition - Top 25.
(2024)
Winner - New York Movie Awards
(2024)
Winner - Paris Film Awards
(2024)
Quarter-Finalist - Inktip Pitch To Page contest
(2024)
Official Selection - Socal Film Awards
(2024)
Winner, Best Thriller - LA Film Awards
(2024)
Semi-Finalist - Outstanding Screenplay Pilot Awards
(2024)
Shortlist, Barnstom Fest
(2024)
Coverfly Red List - for Adventure Pilots and Western Screenplays
(2024)
Winner, Best Screenplay - Atlanta Film Awards
(2023)
Semi-Finalist - Scriptapalooza Television Writing Contest
(2023)
Official Selection - Oxford Script Awards
(2023)
Finalist - Roadmap Writers Greenlights Challenge
(2023)
Two Finalists - Page Turner Screenplay Contest
(2023)
Quarter Finalist - Inktip limited location contest
(2023)
Semi and quarter-finalist - Los Angeles International Screenplay Contest
(2023)
Semi-finalist - Santa Cruz Independent Film Festival
(2023)
Semi-finalist - Outstanding Screenplay Awards
(2023)
Quarter-Finalist - Storypros International Awards
(2023)
First Round Finalist - Creative World Awards
(2023)
Semi-Finalist - San Diego International Film Festival
(2023)
Official Selection - Underground Indie Film Festival
(2023)
Winner, Screenplay - LA Neo Noir Film Festival
(2023)
Second Round Finalist - Austin Film Festival
(2023)
Quarter-Finalist - Page Turner Awards
(2023)
Finalist - Page Turner 100
(2023)
Winner - Hollywood Gold Awards
(2023)
Winner - London Movie Awards
(2023)
Winner - New Wave Film Festival
(2023)
Semi-Finalist - Sunvale Film Festival
(2023)
Official Selection - 8 & 1/2 Film Awards
(2022)
Winner, Best Genre Screenplay - Horror Bowl
(2022)
Official Selection - Global Film Market
(2022)
Official Selection - Hollywood Gold Awards
(2022)
2 Semi-Finalist Scripts - Dallas Movie Awards
(2022)
Semi-Finalist - Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
(2022)
Semi-Finalist - Palm Springs Movie Awards
(2022)
Winner, Best Unproduced Screenplay - New Short Filmmakers Austin
(2022)
Winner, Honorable Mention, Best Comedy - Los Angeles Film Awards
(2022)
Winner, Best Screenplay - Only The Best International Film Awards
(2022)
Official Selection, Hamburg Film Awards
(2022)
Best Screenplay Nominee - Milan Film Awards
(2022)
Official Selection - Paris Film Awards
(2022)
Semi-Finalist - Emerging Screenwriters Genre Contest
(2022)
Quarter-Finalist - Rio De Janeiro World Film Festival
(2022)
Winner, Best Feature Screenplay - Movieplay International Film Festival
(2022)
Official Selection - Popcon International Film Festival
(2022)
Semi-Finalist - Atlanta Movie Awards -
(2022)
Winner, Gold Remi Award, World-Fest Houston.
(2022)
Finalist, 13Horror.com
(2022)
Two Screenplay Official Selections - Brilliant Indie Film Festival
(2022)
Semi-Finalist - New Orleans Filmmakers
(2022)
Top Ten action pilot - The Red List
(2022)
Finalist - Reno-Tahoe Screenplay Contest
(2022)
Winner, Best Feature Screenplay - Florence Film Awards
(2022)
Runner Up, Best Screenplay - Action On Film Megafest
(2022)
2 Semi-Finalist Screenplays - Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival
(2022)
Semi-Finalist - Seattle Film Awards
(2022)
Semi-Finalist - Mad Wife Productions
(2022)
Official Selection for Tunnel Rats - Urban Action Showcase
(2022)
Official Selection for The Black Market Therapist - Urban Action Showcase
(2022)
Seconder Rounder (4th time) - Austin Film Festival
(2022)
Semi-Finalist - Montreal Arthouse Film Festival
(2022)
Official Selection - The Hidden Film Festival
(2022)
Winner, Best Screenplay - Los Angeles Punk Rock Film Festival
(2022)
Winner, Best Crime Drama Screenplay - The Wild Bunch Film Festival
(2022)
Nominee, Best Urban/Crime Script- Urban Action Showcase International Film Festival
(2022)
Winner, Best Crime Drama Screenplay - Urban Action Showcase International Film Festival
(2022)
Semi-Finalist - Santa Monica Film Awards
(2022)
Semi-Finalist - Rotterdam Independent Film Festival
(2022)
Finalist - Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
(2022)
Official Selection - Festivus Film Festival
(2022)
Finalist and nominee, Best Comedy Screenplay - LA Film Awards
(2022)
Finalist - StoryPros International
(2022)
December Redlist - Coverfly (One-hour Adventure Television)
(2022)
Best Comedy Screenplay Nominee - Austin Revolution Film Festival
(2022)
Semi-Finalist - New Filmmakers New Orleans
(2022)
Official Selection, Red Dragon Creative Awards
(2021)
Quarter-Finalist - Shriekfest
(2021)
Winner, Best Screenplay - Only the Best Film Festival
(2021)
Official Selection - Wiki Screenwriting Contest
(2021)
Semi-Finalist - Cult Movies International Film Festival
(2021)
Official Selection - LA Independent Women Film Awards
(2021)
Official Selection - LA Sun Film Fest
(2021)
Finalist - Horrors4you Film Fest
(2021)
Winner, Special Mention - Gold Star Movie Awards
(2021)
Official Selection - Cannes International Cinema Festival
(2021)
Official Selection - Paperscreenplay
(2021)
Finalist - Action On Film Megafest
(2021)
Finalist - Hollywood Dreams Film Festival
(2021)
Best Screenplay Nominee - Austin International Art Festival
(2021)
Quarter-Finalist - Page Turner Screenplays
(2021)
Best Horror Screenplay - Waikiki International Film Festival
(2021)
Best Screenplay - Waikiki International Film Festival
(2021)
Semi-Finalist - London Film and Television Awards
(2021)
Official Selection - Fuji International Film Festival
(2021)
Official Selection - Best Script Award (London)
(2021)
Official Selection - Red Moon Film Festival
(2021)
Finalist - Fuji International Film Festival
(2021)
Official Selection - LA Independent Women Film Awards
(2021)
Winner, Best Feature Screenplay - Red Moon Film Festival
(2021)
Winner, Best Scriptwriting and Best Screenplay - Mount Fuji International Film Festival
(2021)
Finalist - Las Vegas International Film Festival
(2021)
Winner, Honorable Mention, Best Comedy - Los Angeles Film Awards
(2021)
Winner, Best Screenplay - Bridge Film Festival
(2021)
Semi-Finalist Filmmatic Pilot Contest
(2021)
Winner, Honorable Mention - London International Film Festival
(2021)
Winner, Best Screenplay, Honorable Mention - Like It Film Festival
(2021)
Winner, Best Screenplay, Honorable Mention - For You TV
(2021)
Winner, Best Screenplay - The Film Contest
(2021)
Official Selection - We Script Competition
(2021)
Official Selection - Sweet Democracy Film Festival
(2021)
Official Selection - New York Film Awards
(2021)
Finalist - Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
(2020)
Semi-Finalist - Flight Deck Film Festival
(2020)
Quarter-Finalist 2020 - Storypros
(2020)
Official Selection - Beyond Earth Film Festival
(2020)
Semi-Finalist - Page Turner Screenplay Awards
(2020)
Official Selection - Lit Laughs International Comedy Film Festival
(2020)
Official Selection - Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards
(2020)
Official Selection - Art is Alive Film Festival
(2020)
Finalist - Literary Laughs Film Festival
(2020)
Quarter Finalist - The Script Lab
(2020)
Official Selection - Kalakari Film Festival
(2020)
Official Selection - Action On Film Megafest
(2020)
Official Selection - Hollywood Dreams Film Festival
(2020)
Screenplay Finalist - The Wild Bunch Film Festival
(2020)
Finalist - Indo-American Film Festival
(2020)
Screenplay finalist - Beyond the Curve Film Festival
(2020)
Official Selection - Urban Action Showcase
(2020)
Official Selection - Los Angeles Film Awards
(2020)
Winner, Special Jury Award - Wallachia International Film Festival
(2020)
Winner, Best Comedy Screenplay - Los Angeles Film Awards
(2020)
Winner, Best Monthly Screenplay - Los Angeles Film Awards
(2020)
Winner, Festival Directors Choice - The Wild Bunch Film Festival
(2020)
Finalist, Marina Del Rey Film Festival
(2020)
Semi-Finalist, Hollywood International Golden Age Film Festival
(2020)
Finalist, The Out of the Can Film Festival
(2020)
2 Official Selections, Lit Scares International Film Festival
(2020)
Best Screenplay Nominee, Urban Action Showcase
(2020)
Semi-Finalist, LA Crime and Horror Film Festival
(2020)
Semi-Finalist, Lil Scares International Film Festival
(2020)
Winner, Best Screenplay - Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
(2020)
Best Screenplay Nominee, Flixze Film Festival
(2020)
Winner, Best Horror Screenplay - Los Angeles Film Awards
(2019)
Winner - 30 Best Scenes of 2018 - Wildsound Festival
(2019)
Winner - Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge
(2019)
Official Selection - Prisma Independent Film Festival
(2019)
Winner - Festigious Film Festival
(2019)
Quarter-Finalist - BlueCat Screenplay Contest
(2019)
Finalist - Austin Short Comedy Film Festival
(2019)
Official Selection - American Screenwriting Conference
(2019)
Official Selection - Las Vegas International Film and Screenplay Competition
(2019)
Winner - Best Iconic Neo Noir Screenpaly - LA Neo Noir Film Festival
(2019)
Official Screenplay Selection - HOLLYWOOD HORRORFEST
(2019)
Finalist - Las Vegas International Film and Screenplay Competition
(2019)
Official Selection - FilmQuest Film Festival
(2019)
Semi-Finalist - Stage 32 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Contest
(2019)
Official selection and finalist - Oaxaca Film Festival
(2019)
Official Selection - Austin Under The Stars Film Festival
(2019)
Finalist - FilmQuest Film Festival
(2019)
Quarter-Finalist - WeScreenplay Pilot Contest
(2019)
Semi-Finalist - WeScreenplay Pilot Contest
(2019)
Finalist for Best Screenplay - Oaxaca International Film Festival
(2019)
Quarter- Finalist - Stage 32 Feature Script Contest
(2019)
Winner for Best Screenplay - Austen Under The Stars Film Festival
(2019)
Official Selection - Diabolical Horror Film Festival
(2019)
Finalist - Hollywood Blood Horror Fest
(2019)
Winner - Hollywood Blood Horror Fest
(2019)
Zed Film Festival - Semi-Finalist
(2019)
Oregon Scream Week Festival - Finalist
(2019)
Official Selection - Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival
(2019)
Quarter-Finalist - Storypros International screenwriting contest
(2019)
Official Selection - 2 Dollar Film Festival
(2018)
Semi-Finalist - Black Screenplays Matter Screenwriting Competition
(2018)
Semi-Finalist - Script and Storyboard Showcase
(2018)
Winner, Best Feature Screenplay - Austin Short Comedy Film Festival
(2018)
Finalist - The Die Laughing Comedy Film Festival
(2018)
Gold Medal Winner - The LA Neo Noir Film Festival
(2018)
Finalist - 13Horror.com Horror Screenplay Contest
(2018)
Winner - Best Screenplay Reading - Wildsound Festival
(2018)
Winner, Best Alternative View Screenplay - Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase
(2018)
Semi-Finalist - Page Turner Screenplay Genre Competition
(2018)
Silver Winner - International Independent Film Awards
(2018)
Semi-Finalist - Fade In Comedy Awards
(2018)
Finalist - Oaxaca Film Festival
(2018)
Finalist - Austin Revolution Film Festival
(2018)
Winner, Best Screenplay -The Christian Film Festival
(2018)
Winner Best Screenplay and Audience Favorite - Christian Film Festival
(2018)
Quarter- Finalist - Shriekfest Horror Screenplay Contest
(2018)
Official Selection - Mindfield Film Festival
(2018)
Finalist, best screenplay - Austin Comedy Short Film Festival
(2018)
Platinum Winner for best screenplay - Mindfield Film Festival
(2018)
Official Selection - San Pedro International Film Festival
(2018)
Winner Best Romantic Comedy Screenplay - Austin Comedy Short Film Festival
(2018)
Semi-Finalist - Finish Line Script Competition
(2018)
Nomination, Best Screenplay - LA Live Film Fest
(2018)
Official Selection - Los Angeles Film Awards
(2018)
Semi-Finalist - Los Angeles Film Awards
(2018)
Winner, Best Science Fiction Screenplay - Los Angeles Film Awards
(2018)
Finalist - World Series of Screenwriting
(2018)
Quarter-Finalist - StoryPros Screenwriting Contest
(2018)
Official Selection - Los Angeles Film Awards
(2018)
Official Selection - Independent Talents Film Festival
(2018)
Winner, Golden Earth Film Festival
(2018)
Official Selection - Chandler Film Festival
(2017)
Official Selection - Christian Film Festival
(2017)
Winner - Christian Film Festival
(2017)
Finalist- Houston Black Film Festival
(2017)
Quarter-Finalist - Happy Writers Comedy Contest
(2017)
Winner - 13 Horror.com feature screenplay contest
(2017)
Finalist - Twister Alley Film Festival
(2017)
Finalist - Cannes Screenplay Contest
(2017)
Best Film Awards - Semi-FInalist
(2017)
Finalist- Harlem International Film Festival
(2017)
Semi-Finalist - Write Movies Awards
(2017)
Winner - WeWrite International Screenplay Contest
(2017)
Official Selection - Hope Film Awards
(2017)
Quarter- Finalist - Shriekfest Horror Screenplay Contest
(2017)
Winner, Best Scene Reading - Wildsound Feeback Scrrenplay Fest
(2017)
Official Selection - Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest
(2016)
Official Selection - Los Angeles Cinefest Film Festival
(2016)
Quarter-finalist - Screenscraft Screenwriting Fellowship
(2016)
Official Selection - Paris Online Film Festival
(2016)
Official Selection - River Bend Film Festival
(2016)
Finalist - Houston Comedy Film Festival
(2016)
Winner - Best Comedy - Cannes Screenplay Contest
(2016)
Semi-Finalist, Screencraft Fellowship
(2016)
Finalist-International Open Film Festival
(2016)
Official Selection - American Grindhouse Film Festival
(2016)
Official Selection - Austin Revolution Film Festival
(2016)
Quarter-Finalist - Page International Screenplay Awards
(2016)
Semi-Finalist - Austin Revolution Film Festival
(2016)
Official Selection - Urban Action Showcase
(2016)
Official Selection - Indiewise Film Festival
(2016)
Winner, Best Action/Adventure at American Grindhouse Film Festival
(2016)
FINALIST - Selente Film Festival
(2016)
FINALIST - 13HORROR.COM Horror Awards (top 13 scripts)
(2016)
Quarter-Finalist - Shore Scripts
(2016)
Third Place Winner - California Film Awards
(2015)
Quarter-Finalist - Richmond Film Festival
(2015)
Official Selection - Mongolian International Film Festival
(2015)
Special Selection - Artemis Women In Action Film Festival
(2015)
Finalist - Hill Country Film Festival
(2015)
Finalist - Three Cities Film Festival
(2015)
Quarter-Finalist - Happy Writers Feature Screenplay Contest
(2015)
Semi-Finalist - Happy Writers Feature Screenplay Contest
(2015)
Official Selection - Fanstasmagorical Film Festival/Comic Con
(2015)
Finalist - Austin Revolution Film Festival.
(2015)
Finalist - Happy Writers Feature Screenplay Contest
(2015)
Finalist - The Monthly Film Festival
(2015)
Quarter-Finalist - Screencraft Horror Screenplay Contest
(2015)
Official Selection - Sunscreen Film Festival
(2015)
Honorable Mention, Best Screenplay - Fantasmagorical Film Festival
(2015)
Semi-Finalist - Screencraft Horror Screenplay Contest
(2015)
Quarter-Finalist - Screencraft Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest
(2015)
Second Round Finalist - Austn Film Festival
(2015)
Official Selection - Dazed 4 Horror Film Festival
(2015)
Official Selection - The Haunted Horror Film Festival
(2015)
Official Selection - Indie Film Festival
(2015)
Official Selection - Kinolit Film Festival
(2015)
Semi-Finalist - Screencraft Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest
(2015)
Official Selection - London Shows Film Festival
(2015)
Official Selection - The Legends of Hollywood Film Festial
(2015)
Official Selection - Hollywood Sky Film Festival
(2015)
Finalist - Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest
(2015)
Official Selection - Hill Country Film Festival
(2014)
Semi-Finalist - Austin Revolution Film Festival
(2014)
Finalist - Austin Revolution Film Festival
(2014)
Second Round Finalist - Austin Film Festival
(2014)
Quarter-Finalist - Screencraft Pilot Launch TV Script Contest
(2014)
Finalist - The Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest
(2014)
Finalist - IFIPG Screenwriting Contest
(2014)
Second Round Finalist - Austin Film Festival
(2013)
Second Round Finalist - Filmmaker's International Screenplay Awards -
(2013)
Semi-Finalist - The Screenplay Festival
(2013)
Quarter-Finalist - Screencraft Action/Thriller Script Contest
(2013)
Finalist - Richmond Film Festival
(2013)
Semi-Finalist - Richmond Film Festival
(2013)
Finalist - Creative Scope Awards
(2013)
Official Selection - Richmond International Film Festival -
(2013)
Gold Medal Winner - Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest - Once Upon A Time in LA
(2013)
Quarter-Finalist - Filmmaker's International Screenwriting Awards-
(2013)
Finalist - Richmond Film Festival
(2012)
Stanford University
(2008-2009)
University of Redlands
(2001-2003)