Geno Marx is a screenwriter, director, and editor living in Arizona.
After studying Commercial Art and Graphic Design in Chicago, he moved to Los Angeles and worked as a freelance editor for a diverse group of clients.
He wrote, directed, and produced the short film CAPSIZED. The film was an Official Selection at over twenty film festivals and won Best Film,
Best Screenplay, and Best Sound Design.
Geno wrote 18% based on his own experience with having an extremely premature child. The screenplay was nominated for Best Dramatic Scene and Best New Writer from Action on Film and won the Best Drama award from Reel Authors, Best Feature Screenplay from WMIFF and was nominated for Best Drama at Bare Bones. Most recently he wrote the award nominated screenplays BAD BLOOD and KILLING JACK.
BLUE BUTTERFLY is Geno’s feature film directorial debut.
Bad Blood Budget: $5M - $10M | Thriller ⋄ Horror When a young man returns to his rural hometown after twenty years, strange events unfold. Soon his family’s sinister motives force him to confront his identity and fight to save his wife and children.
Killing Jack Budget: $5M - $10M | Action ⋄ Adventure A top assassin never expected her estranged husband would be her next hit, but after he robs the Cartel she must defy their orders to keep him and their daughter out of the crosshairs.
Blue Butterfly Budget: $5M - $10M | Drama At twelve she lost her sight. At fourteen she won a landmark settlement. At twenty they declared her incompetent. Now, Rebecca Meadows is fighting back against the legal system that took away her independence and the Guardian determined to keep her money under his control.
18% - Based on a True Story Budget: $5M - $10M | Drama A self-absorbed newlywed has planned out the perfect life, but when his wife gives birth to a premature child with an 18% chance of survival, he must confront his troubled past before it rips their marriage apart.
Capsized Independent ⋄ Thriller Using only a cell phone, a young bride-to-be must find a way to save her fiancé from drowning in a cargo hold on a capsized cruise ship.
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Editor
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by DynaCore Films
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Best Screenplay (18%) - WMIFF
(2016)
Best Sound Design (Capsized) - Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards
(2015)
Best Sound Design (Capsized) - Los Angeles Short Film Festival
(2015)
Best Screenplay (Capsized) - Los Angeles Short Film Festival
(2015)
Best Narrative Short (Capsized) - TWIFF
(2015)
Runner Up - Best Dramatic Scene (18%) - Action on Film
(2015)
Best Feature Film (Man in a Box) - Poconos Film Festival
(2014)
Award of Merit (Capsized) - IndieFest Film Awards
(2014)
Diamond Award (Capsized) - Jakarta Int'l Film and Photography Festival
(2014)
Best Film (Capsized) - Jakarta Int'l Film and Photography Festival
(2014)
Award of Merit (Capsized) - Accolade Global Film Competition
(2014)