Esa Nurminen is a screenwriter, born in Kuusankoski, Finland, and residing in the U.S.
He has written several screenplays and TV pilots in thriller, horror, and children's animation genres, including an adaptation of Michael Danneman's novel The Esther Code.
He was a reader in the Cinequest 2017 screenwriting competition. (60-minute teleplay category.)
He has achieved recognition in major screenwriting competitions during the past few years:
Sharctic - Feature, Thriller
ISA Horror & Thriller Genre Busting Screenplay Competition 2021 - Top 10 Finalist
Table Read My Screenplay Austin 2021 - Semifinalist
The Esther Code - TV Pilot, Thriller, Adaptation
ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Competition 2020 - Finalist
TSL Screenplay Contest 2020 - Semifinalist
ScreenCraft TV Pilot Screenplay Competition 2022 - Quarterfinalist
The Esther Code - Feature, Thriller, Adaptation
NexTV Writing & Pitch Competition 2017 - Semifinalist
Showtime's Tony Cox Feature Screenplay Competition 2017 - Semifinalist
Cinequest Feature Screenplay Competition 2017 - Quarterfinalist
The Muffia Family - TV Pilot, Comedy, Animated
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition 2016 - Finalist
NexTV Writing & Pitch Competition 2017 - Semifinalist
Creative Screenwriting Animation Screenplay Competition 2021 - Quarterfinalist
Hell Blood - Feature, Horror
Cinequest Feature Screenplay Competition 2018 - Semifinalist
Significance - TV Pilot, Thriller
Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition 2021 - Semifinalist
Blissed - TV Pilot, Thriller
Showtime's Tony Cox Episodic 60-Min Screenplay Competition 2018 - Quarterfinalist
Murray's End Budget: $5M - $10M | Thriller ⋄ Fantasy A harrowing experience in the past haunts a transgender Adirondack Mountains forest ranger, which she must confront, while a killer on the run is after her.
The Muffia Family Episode 1 Family ⋄ Animation Two bumbling Good Organization secret agents, muffins from Crumblyn City, are tricked into going after their archenemy, a glazed doughnut, and they find themselves trapped in a desert. They must find a way out to save the baked goods world from evil doughnut domination.
The Muffia Family Episode 2 Family ⋄ Animation When their archenemy, a glazed doughnut, kidnaps the Queen to steal her crown, the Good Organization secret agents, a family of muffins, spring into action to rescue Her Majesty. They must bring back the crown, Yeastopia's most treasured symbol, or it will be lost forever.
The Esther Code Thriller Four grisly murders are connected by cryptic notes left with the victims. A young Jewish FBI agent decodes and links the messages to a 2,500-year-old Biblical code, which she must solve to stop six more murders. If the perpetrator reaches his 10th kill, he will succeed in his plan and evade capture.
Significance Thriller Under investigation in a fatal shooting, a DEA agent finds himself protecting a woman and her newborn baby from a stranger with supernatural abilities. On the run, they must elude the stranger and a government agency in close pursuit, or the existence of humankind will come to an end.
Shartic Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller While investigating what killed a man in a lake 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle, a down on her luck marine biologist finds herself trapped on an ice float and fighting for her life against a monster shark.