Chris Calzia

Freelance
Screenwriter and Producer

North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California

Member Since:
November 2014

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About Chris

There's a lot of screenwriters in Los Angeles, but only one of me, and I churn out some of the damnedest stories you've ever laid eyes on.

I'm from the San Francisco Bay Area where I graduated from the Academy of Art University with a bachelors in film production. After three years of producing and directing music videos, I moved to LA and completed a year-long, intensive certificate program at UCLA's Professional Program in Screenwriting. Since graduating, I've remained seated at a desk with a laptop, or in a coffee shop, and I write. I primarily write crime stories and mysteries, sometimes with supernatural elements. If I had to describe the scripts that I write in one word it would be...Thrillers!

I'm a little old-fashioned and I've got a lot of hobbies (collecting and reading pulp paperback novels and comic books). I enjoy the simple things life has to offer such as Thai ice teas, coca-cola in a bottle, and taco trucks.

Unique traits: He gets it done!

Gender:
Male

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Black Hole Mojo Mystery ⋄ Thriller ⋄ Crime Sheriff's deputy Cathleen "Catfish" Collins investigates a grisly murder in the coastal swamps of South Carolina, but a dark secret from her past makes her vulnerable to a witchdoctor's African folk magic known as "the root".

Credits

For Hire (2010)
Film (short) by Eric St. John & Carmen Cabana Screenwriter
Whiskey Tears (2009)
Film (short) by Frank Door Miscellaneous Crew In-between the cracks of the San Jose dive bar scene finds a ragtag crew of rockabilly twenty-somethings who swill whiskey, cruise around on their custom vintage bicycles and simply find ways to do absolutely nothing. Never concerned with what's to come or how it will happen, they are the kings and queens of their own little world, never willing to join mediocrity. But can this lifestyle last forever? Written by Element 151 Inc.
Parallels (2009)
Film (short) by Element 151, Inc. Screenwriter & Associate Producer
The Marthas (2007)
Film (short) by Richard J. Bosner (Mystery) Art department A '60s Grande Dame Guignol parody in which a mother and daughter botch what should be a simple act of kindness, wreaking havoc on an elderly priest.

Awards

Official Selection - Beverly Hills Film Festival (Black Hole Mojo)
(2016)
Horror/Thriller/Fantasy Winner - Creative World Awards (Black Hole Mojo)
(2016)
Silver Laurels (3rd Place) - LA Neo Noir Film & Script Festival (Black Hole Mojo)
(2015)
Quarter Finalist - Screencraft Action & Thriller Screenplay Contest (Black Hole Mojo)
(2015)
Finalist - UCLA Feature Film Writing Competition (Black Hole Mojo)
(2014)