Dawn Greenfield Ireland
Top Dog at Artistic Origins
Author, Editor, Screenwriter, Content Creator, Narrator, Publisher and Script Consultant
New Braunfels, Texas
March 2020
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About Dawn
Dawn Greenfield Ireland is the author of several award-winning novels, nonfiction books, and screenplays. To date she has 5 published nonfiction books, 14 published novels that consists of three series (cozy mystery, science fiction/fantasy, and shape-shifter), a dystopian novel set in 2086, and a sci-fi romance adventure.
Three of her nonfiction books have won awards.
Nine of her 15 screenplays (comedies, dramas, psychological supernatural horror, action adventure and science fiction), have won awards. She has also written three short scripts.
Her former day job as an award-winning technical writer (34 years) played a major role in her fiction writing – she is detailed oriented, the organizational queen of the known universe, and never misses a deadline. She writes full time in addition to editing books for authors, and coaching people through the writing process.
Dawn wrote a first draft 50K word novel in the NaNoWriMo in 26 days. Another speed demon project was adapting one of her 400+ page novels to a script in 4 days.
Listed below are projects that have won competitions and/or other accolades.
Screenplays
The Far Corner (formerly titled The Crowd) psychological supernatural horror
· Finalist ~ British Horror Film Festival Blood List 12/2020
· Finalist ~ Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship 5/2020
· Finalist ~ Filmmatic Horror Script Competition 1/2020
· Finalist ~ Script Competition 11/2017
· Finalist ~ Reel Writers Script Competition 8/2015
· Semifinalist ~ Screencraft Script Competition 8/2015
Standing Dead (drama/tragedy)
· Winner ~ WIFT/Houston Reel Dialogues Screenwriting Competition 12/99
· Second Round ~ Austin Film Festival, 1998
Memoirs of a Dog (family animation script)
· Winner ~ Moondance International Film Festival ~ Feature Screenplays for Kids Spirit award 9/2011
· Official Selection List ~ Kids First Film Festival 3/2011
· Official Selection List ~ International Family Film Festival 2/2011
· Selected for the Heart of England International Film Festival 2011
· Family Film Runner-Up / Woods Hole Film Festival 2010 Screenwriting Contest
· Top 50 Screenplays in the Underground Exposure competition 5/2010
Where’s Ralphie? (formerly titled A Girl and Her Dog)
· Optioned 2/2013 ~ Available again
· Awarded Kids First! Endorsement ~ Coalition for Quality Children’s Media 10/2012
· Finalist ~ Worldfest Int’l Film Festival Script Competition 2005
· Semi-finalist ~ The Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition, 12/2003
· Second Round ~ Austin Film Festival, 1998
Block Captain
· Comedyfestival, Logline of the year 10/17
· Optioned 2009 ~ Available again
Plan B (dark comedy script)
· Comedyfestival, Logline of the day, 1/17
· Plan B logline winner in the Talentville Battle of the Loglines, 12/2014
· Finalist ~ Table Read My Screenplay competition 4/2010
Melody (drama script)
• Finalist ~ Worldfest Int’l Film Festival Script Competition 2005
• Semi-finalist ~ The Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition, 12/2003
Passage (Science Fiction script)
• Finalist ~ Worldfest Int’l Film Festival Script Competition 2005
The Dishwasher (comedy script)
· Comedyfestival, Logline of the year 10/17
Nonfiction
What’s Breaking Your Budget ~ eLit Gold Medal Winner 2018
Mastering Your Money ~ New England Book Festival Winner 2008
Puppy Baby Book ~ IPPY finalist award 2001
Fiction
Hot Chocolate ~ Amazon Best Seller 2012-2013; Readers Favorite; Audiofile Earphones Award
Prophecy of Thol ~ Readers Favorite 2018; Review comment: A modern day Alice in Wonderland 1/2018
The Last Dog ~ Readers Favorite 2018, Book Excellence Award 2017
Audio Books
Hot Chocolate ~ AudioFile Earphones Award with narrator Kelley Hazen ~ 2/2014
Bitter Chocolate ~ AudioFile Earphones Award with narrator Kelley Hazen ~ 3/2015
Unique traits: Detail Oriented Patient Deadline Demon
Links
Loglines
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Block Captain Budget: $1M - $5M | Action ⋄ Comedy Block Captain is an Action Comedy – Optioned in 2009 – available again – 96 pages A suburban husband and wife compete with each other at a self-defense training camp.
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Wasted Time Budget: $0 - $100K | Comedy Wasted Time is an 8-minute short short. When in doubt, order pizza.
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The Far Corner (formerly called The Crowd) Budget: $5M - $10M | Horror The Far Corner is an intense psychological, supernatural horror narrative reminiscent of movies like The Sixth Sense, Gothika, or even Jacob’s Ladder. Two investigators of paranormal phenomena take the case of a driven businesswoman who collapses into psychosis raving of creatures from another dimension.
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The God Child Budget: $5M - $10M | Action ⋄ Drama The God Child is sort of like The Green Mile meets The Golden Child. Colonel Bastrop wonders if 7-year-old Deidre Lyons is… God.
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Bonded Budget: $1M - $5M | Independent Bonded by DG Ireland is an adult novel about shape-shifters that I have adapted into four scripts for a TV series. The entire series consists of three novels: Bonded, Tothars, and Tilted. This focuses on book 1, Bonded.Please note that the Bonded series contains explicit sex and violence (not violent sex).
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Deadly Traits Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama A crushed red rosebud is left at murder scenes as a vendetta heats up.
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Rivals Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance A can of Vienna sausages helps restore the friendship of rivals and opens the door to love.
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Standing Dead Budget: $1M - $5M | Independent ⋄ Drama Jealousy, lies, greed, and desire... Alex discovers too late that secrets can kill.
Awards
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The Far Corner ~ Semifinalist ~ Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices 5/2021
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The Far Corner ~ Quarter finalist ~ Santa Barbara Script Competition 11/2021
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The Far Corner ~ Finalist ~ Filmmatic Horror Script Competition
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The Far Corner ~ Finalist ~ 13Horror.com Script Competition
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The Far Corner (as The Crowd) ~ Finalist ~ Reel Writers Script Competition
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The Far Corner (as The Crowd) ~ Semifinalist ~ Screencraft Script Competition
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Standing Dead (drama/tragedy) · Winner ~ WIFT/Houston Reel Dialogues Screenwriting Competition
(1999)
Education
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UCLA
(2001-2002)
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