This page is dedicated to SCSFe Alumni and Founding Members who have achieved recognition in their screenwriting endeavors. Please send us your stories: If you are an SCSFe Alumni and have achieved recognition in screenwriting please email us so we can include you as a member of our Hall of Fame.

SCSFe Alumni Success Stories

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CONGRATULATIONS to...

Chris Billett - Orange County, CA - SCSFe 2003 & 2005 Chris? screenplay "Unrest" was produced in 2006. The film is scheduled for nationwide release on November 17th, 2006, as part of the 8 Films to Die For series, distributed by After Dark Films. Chris has previously optioned material and was recently featured in Scr(i)pt Magazine?s HOT SHEET column. He is represented by the Agency for the Performing Arts. Paul Clingan - Plano, TX - SCSFe 2006 Paul Clingan, who won two Actors' Choice Awards in 2006 with "Karst" and "Division One Rules", just won the 2007 Austin Film Festival Pitchfest with "Seventeen Days". Chuck Conaway - Santa Fe, NM - SCSFe 2001 - 2007 Chuck's film Waiting for Dublin has been officially accepted to the Shangai Film Festival 2007. Gena Ellis - SCSFe 2003 Gena's film Angela's Decision won several awards in 2007 including the Ron Tibbet Best of Show at the Tupelo Film Festival; Gold ACS Award for best drama from Australian Cinematographers Society, and many others and is currently being considered for a TV series in the UK. Mike Farris - Sunnyvale, TX - SCSFe 2003 Mike's feature script Tsunami has been optioned by Boyington Studios in Santa Monica and two others have been optioned by Centrifugal Films in Los Angeles. His screenplay "The Catch" advanced to the Quarterfinals of the Nicholl Fellowships and his screenplay "Paradise Lost" finished in the top 15% at Nicholl Fellowships. Debra Hardy - Denton, TX - SCSFe 2004,2005 & 2006 Debra's screenplay "Made With Love" advanced to the Quarterfinals of Scriptapalooza. Mara Legrand - Durango, CO - SCSFe 2001 - 2006 Mara's film Heart and Soil was chosen to play at the 8th Annual 2007 Santa Fe Film Festival and has also played at the Durango Film Festival and the Taos Mountain Film Festival. John Unger Zussman & Patricia Zussman - Portola Valley, CA - SCSFe 2005, 2006 John & Patricia placed as runner-up in the Writers on the Storm screenwriting competition. Their screenplay "TRIO" has been named a finalist in Creative Screenwriting's AAA Screenplay Contest.

SCSFe Actors Choice Awards

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2007 Winners Annette Holland - Bayside, CA "Fiddletown" Scott & Paula Merrow - Albuquerque, NM "The Third Spell" Landis Dibble - Overland Park, KS "The Amber Room" Russ Meyer - New Prague, MN "The Fat Lady Sings" Sky Myers - Olympia, WA "Rattlesnake Ridge"
2006 Winners Paul Clingan - Plano, TX "Division One Rules" Paul Clingan - Plano, TX "Karst" Ken Pearson - Tempe, AZ "Tears of the Inca" Ron Andes - Santa Fe, NM "Amen's Corner"	2005 Winners Cindy Brown - Phoenix, AZ "As Time Goes By" Bruce Dundore - Los Angeles, CA "The Seduction Diet" Laurence Sarezky - Fairfield, CT "Rap City 'n Blue" John & Patricia Zussman - Portola Valley, CA "Piano Trio"
2004 Winners Ed Cosgrove - Seattle, WA "Perception" Juli King Royea - Santa Fe, NM "The Long Ride Home" Mysti Rubert - San Francisco, CA "St. John" Betty Ellington Smith - Santa Fe, NM "Blind Trust" Patrick Champ Wier - Albuquerque, NM "Blood Pressure"	2003 Winners Lyn Davis - Albuquerque, NM "Drumsticks" Kristin Goodman - Chicago, IL "La Llorona" David Hames - Colorado Springs, CO "The Faith Equations" Paul Taegel - Los Angeles, CA "Fast One" Charlie Tramontana - West Pittston, PA "Dead Alice"
2002 Winners Carolyn Pizzuti - Aurora, OR "Her Husband's Wife" Regine Ebner - Tucson, AZ "Understanding Edison" Ed Pell - Morristown, NJ "Jerky" Arthur Kanegis - Coronado, CA "OOPS" Eric Cooper - Malibu, CA "Half-Empty & Half-Full Do A Road Trip"	Joan Green - Durango, CO "The Big One" Chris Redish - Phoenix, AZ "A Cat's Tail" Bob Duerr - Hilo, HI "No Money Down" Ari Aster - Santa Fe, NM "The Black Duffel Bag" Jim Polk - Abilene, TX "Blind Date"