About Maria
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Life Experience
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Achievements
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Awards
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"Cargo Jack" action screenplay Capital Fund Screenplay Contest Hot Top 100
(2023) -
TV Pilot “Imp Perfect,” quarterfinalist in Scriptation TV Writing Competition
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“Lie In Wait” Feature Screenplay Capital Fund Screenplay Contest Hot Top 100
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“Megahertz Kid,” semi-finalist; Stage 32 4th Annual Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenwriting Contest
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Action-adventure Screenplay "The Grand Alchemist" quarterfinalist in 2017 Zoetrope contest
(2017)
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Credits
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Lie In Wait (
2018 )
Short (Drama) Producer/Writer Two women at a police precinct deal with the agony of whether their loved ones, policemen protecting a community event, have survived a mass shooting. -
New Hire (
2017 )
Film (Drama and Drama) Writer A new mental patient stops by the office. -
Partners (
2017 )
Film (Drama and Drama) Writer Rookie LAPD detective must convince a Medal of Valor detective to accept her as a partner.
Loglines
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IMP PERFECT Budget: $1M - $5M | Fantasy ⋄ Action TV SERIES LOGLINE: When a demon chases an impetuous young Fae through dimensional space, she falls to Earth, suffering from a head injury. While adapting to her Texan family, the teen regains her memory, rediscovers her magic and learns to fight the demon threatening her and the world with evil dominion.
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THE PRESENCE Budget: $1M - $5M | Mystery ⋄ Horror A tenacious truthseeker investigates the clues of imminent danger in her recurring nightmares to uncover the sinister force threatening her life in her waking existence.
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TWO TO RHUMBA Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance ⋄ Comedy A Latina law graduate jeopardizes her love life when she defends the robber of her Jewish boyfriend’s family bakery.
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CARGO JACK Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller / Suspense ⋄ Action A washed up cargo pilot snaps out of his alcoholic haze to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend from ruthless South American sex trade operators.
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FATAL INTENT Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller / Suspense ⋄ Action A case of mistaken identity leads a struggling actress to become the latest target for a hitman embroiled in a political assassination.
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THE DONOVAN GIRLS Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller / Suspense ⋄ Crime Three teen girls accidentally kill their abusive father and flee in search of a better life, only to be hunted by a gang of killers filming snuff.
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MEGAHERTZ KID Budget: $10M - $30M | Science Fiction ⋄ Action After his scientist dad is kidnapped, a comic geek acquires the superpowers of his favorite character but needs to learn how to use his powers, before it’s too late to rescue his dad.
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TWISTED TRUTH Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller / Suspense ⋄ Crime A disturbed daughter spirals down the rabbit hole of the mind turning her lustful daydreams with her secret lovers into vengeful, murderous nightmares, when her abusive momma threatens to rent out her bedroom for extra cash.
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BLESSED BLOOD Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror ⋄ Thriller / Suspense A cult leader fights for his life when his followers turn against him, taking his blood rituals to the extreme.
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LIE IN WAIT Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller / Suspense ⋄ Crime A caring veteran patrol cop plays by his own rules to capture the gunrunners and bombers before his multicultural neighborhood celebrates the 4th of July.
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SHALIMAR Budget: $10M - $30M | Family ⋄ Adventure A lonely orphan girl manifests a magical flying colt and becomes his mama, but soon realizes she needs to protect him from a supernatural force that wants to steal him.
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THE GRAND ALCHEMIST Budget: $10M - $30M | Action ⋄ Adventure In the 1700s, an alchemist prince fights for the freedom of the oppressed with his white magic, as a jealous, evil sorcerer conjures black magic to bring him down -- all for the love of a woman.
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HIGHER STAKES Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller / Suspense ⋄ Action An ecologist, with a magical connection to the Holy Shroud, is tasked in returning the stolen relic to Italy, while being chased by thieves and police, before relations between France and Italy deteriorate into a cold war.
Education
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LAVC - AA in Journalism
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ScreenwritingU - ProSeries
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Jeffrey Kitchen's Screenwriting Workshop
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Moving Arts Playwrights Workshop
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Broadway On Sunset Musical Comedy
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