Lynn H. Elliott

Lynn H. Elliott

Playwright and Screenwriter

Chico, California

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March 2020
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About Lynn

I was born in Cardiff, Wales. I am an emeritus professor of English. My "teachers" are the play writers, novelists and screenplay writers I have taught in my classes and read over the years. Despite this lack of "official" classes, I continue to write and win many awards.

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I am a multiple award-winning screenplay writer. Comedy, horror, historical, drama, romantic-comedy.

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Personal statement:
I am an immigrant (born and raised in Wales) with a name (common for males in my home country of Wales) that confuses me as female. That might explain why I love to explore and write, in serious and comic dramatic forms, stories of those who, through choice or happenstance, find themselves strangers in a strange land (or even in their own land). In addition, I share the immigrants’ attempts to “navigate as safely as possible through an ever-shifting landscape of independent and unpredictable powers” (Alan Jacabs), and the difficulty of coalescing given and adopted values and ways of seeing.

Favorite quotation: “The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our own nothingness.” Andre Malraux

Unique traits: Love writing, teaching. Married to Dani Elliott.

Loglines

  • Episode One: THE MONGREL.

    Episode One: THE MONGREL. Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller A virus decimates the male population making most impotent.  With the pure-blood, white race in danger, life proves confusing and treacherous for Johnny Z, a mixed-blood potent male. 

  • ALTA CALIFORNIA

    ALTA CALIFORNIA Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical His tribe slaughtered by Mission Era Spanish forces, and his unbaptized mother condemned to Hell by the Spanish padres, a young indigenous Californian now seeks a home, a place he belongs in this alien world.

  • PIRANDELLO'S WIFE

    PIRANDELLO'S WIFE Budget: $5M - $10M | Biography After 25 years of marriage, Antonietta Pirandello (Portulano) was committed to an asylum. Her crime “gelosia suprema,” excessive jealousy.  We know his story.  What is hers?

  • BORDERLINE JUSTICE

    BORDERLINE JUSTICE Budget: $10M - $30M | Romance Crime A fiery and attractive Latina social worker introduces a law-and-order judge to the violent, politically charged world of power, money, illegals, and life for the drug mules he condemns daily in his courtroom.

  • THE QUISLING

    THE QUISLING Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller Family When a high-profile Irish terrorist is arrested at San Francisco airport, his deportation defense is led, surprisingly, by an inexperienced attorney.  As the twists and turns unravel, the attorney’s own family become the subject of an old betrayal.

  • UNCLE FRANCO'S BIRTHDAY SUIT

    UNCLE FRANCO'S BIRTHDAY SUIT Budget: $10M - $30M | Romance Comedy A young man’s zany relatives are determined to reunite him with his teenage love.  To succeed, the aunt and uncles must overcome a scheming coworker and his gold-digging sister.

  • RODEO

    RODEO Budget: $10M - $30M | Romance Comedy A wealthy, widowed New York socialite enters the unfamiliar world of rodeo, determined to “rescue” her wayward daughter who has fallen for a young bull rider. But plans go comically awry.  Eventually the rodeo and unlikely romances win the day.

  • THE SCRIPT

    THE SCRIPT Budget: $10M - $30M | Horror A mysterious young, Irish girl, who refuses to name herself, insists that a literary agent read her work—both their lives depend on it!

  • AND WE WERE LEFT DARKLING

    AND WE WERE LEFT DARKLING Budget: $5M - $10M | War Biography In the aftermath of WW2, in an undefined place, two men play chess, using humans as pawns.  Each represents the extreme of man’s humanity and inhumanity to man.

  • ONCE THERE WERE STORIES

    ONCE THERE WERE STORIES Budget: $5M - $10M | Family In this family drama, a Christmas of long ago, one of togetherness, family entertainment, and memorable stories, is told through the eyes of  a grandfather, relegated to his spare room.  His memories contrast with today’s Christmas with its packaged stories, distancing, and electronic distractions.

  • MY TOWN

    MY TOWN Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama Crime A racial murder in his town forces a local reporter beyond another journalistic "story" into a personal confrontation with this irrational, inexplicable act.

  • GHOST TOWN, NM

    GHOST TOWN, NM Budget: $10M - $30M | Comedy Illusion and reality, past and present, serious and absurd all mix when a pair of young lovers escape to a New Mexico ghost town commune.  They are pursued by her parents and a motley crew of amateur sleuths-cum-videographers.   .

  • THE BOY FROM THE MOUNTAINS BEYOND

    THE BOY FROM THE MOUNTAINS BEYOND Budget: $5M - $10M | Family Animation In this Christmas fable, a mysterious boy, protected by a huge gray wolf, enters the impoverished world of a toymaker and his daughter.  He changes their lives forever.

Awards

  • Cult Movies International Film Festival (UK)
    (2022)

  • 8 & Halfilm Award
    (2022)

  • Paris International Short Festival,
    (2022)

  • Arthouse Festival of Beverly Hills
    (2022)

  • Wiki: The World’s Fastest Screenplay Contest
    (2022)

  • Gold Star Movie Award
    (2022)

  • Kansas Arthouse Festival
    (2022)

  • Dallas Movie Awards Festival
    (2022)

  • . Vienna Indie Short Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Stage 32, 7th Annual Feature Comedy Screenwriting Contest!
    (2022)

  • Pitch Now Screenwriting Competition, Filmmatic
    (2022)

  • World Film Carnival, Singapore
    (2022)

  • Ediplay International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Los Angeles Movie Awards
    (2022)

  • Washington Film Awards.
    (2022)

  • Toronto Indie Shorts
    (2022)

  • Milan International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Toronto Indie Shorts,
    (2022)

  • The Hollywood Horror Bowl,
    (2022)

  • Washington Film Awards
    (2022)

  • Global Film Market
    (2022)

  • Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards,
    (2022)

  • Delta International Film FestivaL
    (2022)

  • Fiondecoin. Independent International Short Film Festival. Venezuela.
    (2022)

  • Milan International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Rome International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Airflix Festival
    (2022)

  • Reno Comedy Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Beyond the Curve International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Richmond International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Best Short Film Awards
    (2022)

  • MINDFIELD FILM FESTIVAL,
    (2022)

  • Moody Crab Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Dublin International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Paris Women Festival
    (2022)

  • 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival,
    (2022)

  • Paris International Short Festival,
    (2022)

  • LA Independent Women
    (2022)

  • Florence Film Awards,
    (2022)

  • Gold Star Movie Awards
    (2022)

  • Milan Arthouse Film Awards,
    (2022)

  • New Filmmakers Austin,
    (2022)

  • Niagara Falls International Short Festival
    (2022)

  • Madrid Arthouse Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Berlin Indie Film Festival
    (2022)

  • International World Film Awards
    (2022)

  • Hollywood on the Tiber
    (2022)

  • Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship,
    (2022)

  • New York International Screenplay Awards
    (2022)

  • Reykjavik Independent Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Bright International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • 8th Annual Stage 32 Feature Comedy Writing,
    (2022)

  • . Airflix Festival, London
    (2022)

  • ISA Family & Holiday Screenplay Competition
    (2022)

  • Beyond the Curve International Film Festival (Paris)
    (2022)

  • Gold Star Movie Awards (New Jersey)
    (2022)

  • Turkey Golden Wolf Awards,
    (2022)

  • Dublin World Film Festival,
    (2022)

  • Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Robinson International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Philadelphia World Film Festival,
    (2022)

  • Palm Springs Movie Awards
    (2022)

  • Best Short Film Awards (London)
    (2022)

  • Roma shorts
    (2022)

  • San Diego Shorts FF
    (2022)

  • Harlem International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Atlanta Movie Awards
    (2022)

  • Texas Arthouse Festival,
    (2022)

  • Beyond the Curve International Film Festiva
    (2022)

  • Phoenix Shorts
    (2022)

  • Crown International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Best Comedy Feature, Texas Short Film Festival, San Antonio,
    (2022)

  • Moody Crab Film Festival,
    (2022)

  • New Wave Short Festival
    (2022)

  • Palm Springs Movie Awards,
    (2022)

  • MINDFIELD FILM FESTIVAL, ALBUQUERQUE,
    (2022)

  • Austin Comedy Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Reno Comedy Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Texas Comedy Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Delta International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Portland Comedy Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Robinson International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Milan Arthouse
    (2022)

  • New York International
    (2022)

  • Hollywood on the Tiber
    (2022)

  • Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival,
    (2022)

  • Delta International Film FestivaL
    (2022)

  • Portland Comedy Film Festival
    (2022)

  • New Orleans Filmmakers
    (2022)

  • Austin Comedy Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Swedish International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Austin Arthouse International Festival
    (2022)

  • New Filmmakers Austin
    (2022)

  • Austin International Art Festival
    (2022)

  • Red Movie Award (Reims, France)
    (2022)

  • Accolade Global Film Competition
    (2022)

  • Accolade Global Film Competition, Native American/Aboriginal Peoples,
    (2022)

  • International Manhattan Film Awards
    (2022)

  • Eastern European Film Festival,
    (2022)

  • Emerald Peacock (Berlin)
    (2022)

  • Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Harlem International Film Festival,
    (2022)

  • Cowpokes International Film Festival
    (2022)

  • Golden Giraffe International Film Festival (Nice, France)
    (2022)

  • Official selection, Oaxaca (Rodeo)
    (2021)

  • Official Selection, Miami Screenplay Festival.
    (2021)

  • Official selection, Manchester Film Festival.
    (2021)

  • Semi-finalist, Screencraft Cinematic Book Contest
    (2021)

  • QUARTER FINALIST, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards,
    (2021)

  • Five Continents International Film Festival, Award Winnr
    (2021)

  • Bright International Film Festival (London), Award Winner
    (2021)

  • , Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival, Award Winner
    (2021)

  • Cult Movies International Film Festival, Award Winner
    (2021)

  • New York Neorealism Film Festival, Award Winner
    (2021)

  • World Film Carnival International Film Festival, Award Winner
    (2021)

  • Depth of Field International Film Festival Competition, Award Winner
    (2021)

  • London Movie Awards Film Festival, Award Winner
    (2021)

  • Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival, Award Winner
    (2021)

  • Page Turner Screenplays Competition
    (2021)

  • ISA Genre Busting Horror/Thriller Screenplays Competition
    (2021)

  • New York Tri-State International Film Festival
    (2021)

  • Toronto Independent Film Festival of Film.
    (2021)

  • Hollywood International Film Festival,
    (2021)

  • Austin Revolution Festival,
    (2021)

  • , World Film Carnival, Singapore
    (2021)

  • New York Tri-State International Film Festival
    (2021)

  • Bright International Film Festival
    (2021)

  • Syd Field Academy Awards,
    (2021)

  • Royal Society of Television and Motion Picture Awards
    (2021)

  • Niagara Falls International Short Festival,
    (2021)

  • Phoenix Shorts Festival
    (2021)

  • Gold Star Movie Awards
    (2021)

  • Monza Film Festival
    (2021)

  • Berlin Shorts
    (2021)

  • Sydney Indie Short Festival,
    (2021)

  • Kansas Arthouse,
    (2021)

  • Florida Shorts
    (2021)

  • Only the Best
    (2021)

  • Calgary Independent Festival
    (2021)

  • 8 & HalFilm Awards
    (2021)

  • Medusa Film Festival
    (2021)

  • Award Winner, Depth of Field International
    (2020)

  • Award Winner, Toronto International Film Festival
    (2020)

  • Award Winner, Prix Royale, Paris
    (2020)

  • Semi-finalist, Filmmatic Drama Screenplays
    (2020)

  • Award Winner of 1st Edition, Global Monthly Competition
    (2020)

  • Finalist, Austin Comedy Festival.
    (2020)

  • Burning Love, Comedy. Semi-finalist
    (2020)

  • Beyond the Curve, Finalist.
    (2020)

  • Fimmmatic Drama Screenplay Award. Semi-finalist
    (2020)

  • Utah Comedy, Finalist
    (2020)

  • Wales International Festival, Official Selection.
    (2020)

  • Lonely Wolf International Festival (London), Award Winner
    (2020)

  • Global Film Award (LA), Award Winner. Best Feature.
    (2020)

  • Point of View Indie Festival, Award Winner.
    (2020)

  • Award Winner, Oaxaca
    (2019)

  • Semi-finalist, Toronto Comedy Film Festival
    (2019)

Education

  • UC, Santa Barbara
    (1966-1972)

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