Welcome to the website of Philip Sedgwick, screenwriter.

Below are some highlights and recent news about my script projects.
Please feel free to check out my bio, awards page, and loglines for more comprehensive information.

Philip and Presence Films of Sydney Australia have agreed to a development/collaborative writing arrangement for a compelling World War II drama and evocative love story, Black Cat.

Philip's screenplay, A Nuclear Option won 1st Place in the Action-Adventure-Thriller genre of the Annual StoryPros Awards.

The Woods Hole Film Festival awarded A Nuclear Option 2nd Place in the Mystery-Thriller genre of this year's festival.

Philip wrote his first script in 1989 at the prompting of a writer friend. He entered his second script, Neon Cactus, into the Academy affiliated Nicholl Fellowship. The script placed as a Quarter-Finalist. Since that time he has penned more than thirty screenplays and conjured up a file drawer full of concepts. Seven of his screenplays have received acclaim from film festivals, screenwriting fellowships and competitions. These include:

1st Place, Action Adventure Thriller, 4th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest, A Nuclear Option, 2011.
1st Place, Short Screenplay Competition, Spirit Quest Film Festival, The Tie, 2011.
1st Place, Short Screenplay, Screenwriter Takes All, The Tie, April 2011.
2nd Place, Woods Hole Film Festival, Mystery-Thriller genre, A Nuclear Option, 2011.
Runner Up, Independent Short Film & Music Arts Festival, The Tie, 2010.
2nd Runner Up, Flagstaff Film Festival, Kate, 2010.
Finalist ~ Official Selection, 2011 International Beverly Hills Film Festival, A Nuclear Option.
Top Ten Finalist, Going Green Film Festival, A Nuclear Option, 2010.
Top Ten Finalist, Elmore Leonard Literary Arts & Film Festival, Body of Work, 2010.
Official Finalist, Amsterdam Film Festival, Neon Cactus, 2011.
Quarter-Finalist, Nicholl Fellowship, Neon Cactus, 1990.

Complete List of Fellowship, Festival and Competition Awards

Philip recently co-wrote a short screenplay with director, Nikka Lorak (University of Westminster), Dreams and Beyond. This project is currently shooting in London.

22 Seventeen Productions hired Philip to come onboard and rewrite Thorns From A Rose, a horror thriller, with actor/scriptwriter Byron Browne. Visit the bio page for more on Philip's extensive and diverse writing background.

Several scripts are in various stages of submission and he always has a new script in progress. Take a look in LogLines to see Philip's available script properties.

 

April 25 - 29, 2011

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