Dianne Janis

Screenwriter

Tucson, Arizona

Member Since:
March 2021

Last online:
7 days ago

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About Dianne

Hello from Tucson, AZ! I'm a former New Yorker and I’m here on Stage 32 to connect with other creatives and share the energy and excitement of bringing stories to life onscreen.

I have a short script in development with shooting scheduled for June/2024. Fingers crossed!

The characters in the short were created for a feature script that was chosen as a winner in the Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship. It was also selected as a finalist in the Diverse Voices/Black Scripts Matter competition and was twice selected as a quarterfinalist in the Nicholl. In May, 2022, that script was selected as a QF in Stage 32's "Female Driven Screenwriting Contest."

I have also been honored as a semifinalist by the StoryPros competition. To be recognized by these panels of industry professionals has been exciting and tremendously gratifying. Now I hope to succeed in establishing the right connections to take my stories from script to screen.

Here in Tucson I am a founding member of the Old Pueblo Screenwriting Group and I served for two years as a competition judge for the “Contest of Contests.” I have studied screenwriting at NYU and at the University of Arizona. I am also one of the many writers who have been inspired by Robert McKee’s 3-day “Story” workshop and by Richard Walter’s class. In an online setting I have studied with David Mamet, the Duffer Brothers, and Aaron Sorkin via “Master Class.”

I'm working on several things right now. For film, my two current favorite projects/works-in-progress are a heist script set in Paris that involves a bit of the supernatural and a noir-ish thriller set in New York City. For stage I am working on a script about women learning more about themselves as they shop for "the dress of their dreams."

I am really looking forward to connecting with other film loving creatives on this platform.

Member: Independent Film Arizona (IFA)
Member: PANO (formerly NYC Women Filmmakers)

Unique traits: I have lived in 4 states and 2 countries. I survived a plane crash and was kidnapped by a taxi driver. Boy do I have stories!

Gender:
Female

Badges

Photos

"Sweet Dreams" was selected as a Winner in this competition.

"Sweet Dreams" selected as QF in 2022 Stage 32 "Female Driven Screenwriting Contest."

Videos

"Sweet Dreams" Clip Written for Film Camp USA

Loglines

Sweet Dreams Drama To find her young runaway daughter a woman breaks a solemn promise to her close-knit family and takes a deadly risk to bring her daughter home. 2X Nicholl QF; 2022 QF Stage 32/Female Driven Screenwriting Contest; 2021 WINNER/Missouri Stories Scriptwriting; FINALIST/Diverse Voices/Black Scripts Matter

Credits

Sweet Dreams Sizzler Reel
Film Writer
What Makes a Place Great?
Commercial Writer This was a script geared to the international market of site selectors. This script was written to intrigue and attract site selectors to consider Tucson, AZ as a destination for a company's expansion/relocation.
Tucson Daily Photo
Internet Originally launched as a website in 2009 , Tucson Daily Photo has been moved to Instagram. It celebrates "all things Tucson" - the weird, the beautiful, and the quirky. Enjoy!