AWARDS & FESTIVALS

AAB INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL  (2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home 

Winner - Best Director  

 

 

CHICAGO GENRE SCREENPLAY COMPETITION  (2017)

The Family Way

Winner - First Place

Winner - Best Horror/Thriller 

FANTASM / SHOCK REEL CINEMA FESTIVAL (2022)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Winner - Best Short Film

Nominated - Best Director

 

 

FEEL THE REEL FILM FESTIVAL  (2021)

Sanson

Winner - Best Feature Screenplay

 

 

GRIM NORTH SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL (2019)

The Father of Lies

Winner - Best Horror Feature Screenplay

 

 

 

HOLLYWOOD SCREENPLAY CONTEST  (2018)

The Family Way

Winner - Gold Award Horror 

 

 

LAS VEGAS SCREENPLAY CONTEST (2019)

The Haunt

Winner - First Place Horror Screenplay

 

 

MACABRE FAIRE FILM FESTIVAL  (2018)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Winner - Best Short Screenplay

Nominated - Best Dark Drama 

 

ZOMBIE FILM CHALLENGE (2014)

Harbinger  

(Produced by Helix Media) 

Winner - Best Special Effects

 

 

OLYMPUS FILM FESTIVAL (2019)

The Family Way : Coming Home

Winner - Best Short Thriller

 

MEDUSA FILM FESTIVAL (2022)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Winner - Short Horror Film 

 

 

OLYMPUS FILM FESTIVAL  (2019)

The Family Way

Winner - Best Horror Screenplay

 

 

SPOTLIGHT HORROR AWARDS (2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Winner - Silver Award Short Film

 

 

ONIROS FILM AWARDS  (2017) 

The Family Way: Coming Home

Winner - Best Young Actor

Nominated – Best Horror

 

 

WRPN SHORT, TIGHT, & LOOSE FILM FESTIVAL (2020)

Battle  

(Directed and Produced by Emre Orun)

Winner - Costume Design

 

 

OLYMPUS FILM FESTIVAL  (2018)

The Haunt

Winner - Best Horror Screenplay

 

 

U.K. MONTHLY FILM FESTIVAL (June 2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Winner - Best Horror

 

 

VIRGINIA FILM-MAKER’S SHOWCASE (2018)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Winner - Best Short Editing

 

 

SPOTLIGHT HORROR AWARDS (2018)

Father of Lies

Winner - Silver Award Short Film

 

13HORROR FILM CONTEST (2022)

The Family Way: Coming Home 

Honorable Mention - Short Film

 

SPOTLIGHT HORROR AWARDS (2016)

The Figure

Winner - Bronze Award Short Film

 

FRIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! (2023)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Honorable Mention - Short Film

 

 

THINGS 2 FEAR   (2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Honorable Mention

 

FRIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! (2022)

 The Flower Garden

Honorable Mention - Feature Screenplay

 

 

SPOTLIGHT HORROR AWARDS (2016)

Predatory Moon

Winner - Bronze Award Feature Film

 

TAMPA BAY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL  (2019)

The Guild

Nominated - Best Horror

Nominated - Best Supporting Actor

 

 

THE MONKEY BREAD FILM AWARDS (2018)

The Family Way

Nominated - Screenplay - Best Technique

 

 

BRIGHTSIDE TAVERN FILM FESTIVAL (2020) 

The Guild
Nominated - Best Horror  

 

 

TAMPA BAY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL  (2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Nominee - Best Horror

Nominee - Best Leading Actor

Nominee - Best Supporting Actor

 

 

TAMPA BAY 48 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE  (2016)

My Sister's Shoes 

Produced by Wicked Window Productions

Nominated - Best Special Effects

 

 

BRIGHTSIDE TAVERN FILM FESTIVAL (2019)

Father of Lies

Nominated - Best Concept 

 

TAMPA BAY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL (2022)

Trail of Doom

Nominated - Best Florida Feature

 

 

 13HORROR FILM CONTEST (2022)

 The Haunt 

 Finalist - Feature Screenplay

 

13HORROR FILM CONTEST (2022)

The Flower Garden

Finalist - Feature Screenplay

 

BUCHAREST SHORTCUT CINEFEST  (2016)

The Family Way 

Finalist - Feature Screenplay

CANNES SCREENPLAY COMPETITION  (2016)

The Family Way

Finalist - Horror Feature Screenplay

 

CRIMSON SCREEN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL  (2017)

The Family Way

Finalist - Feature Screenplay

 

FANTASM / SHOCK REEL CINEMA FESTIVAL (2019)

The Guild

Finalist - Short Film

 

FEEL THE REEL FILM FESTIVAL (2017)

 The Family Way

Finalist -  Feature Screenplay

 

 

FLORIDA SCRIPT CHALLENGE (2021) 

Sanson

Finalist - Feature Screenplay

 

FRIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!(2018)

 The Haunt

Finalist - Feature Screenplay

 

INTERNATIONAL HORROR & SCI-FI FILM FESTIVAL (2023)

Flower

Finalist - Short Screenplay

 

 

OAXACA FILMFEST (2019)

Sanson

Finalist - Feature Screenplay

 

 

OLYMPUS FILM FESTIVAL  (2019)

Sanson

Finalist - Historical Feature Screenplay 

 

 

WOMEN IN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL (2017)

The Family Way

Finalist - Feature Screenplay 

 

SCREENPLAY & FILM FESTIVAL CALIFORNIA (2018)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Finalist - Short Film

 

 

WOMEN IN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL (2018)

The Haunt

Finalist - Feature Screenplay

 

 

SOUTHERN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL  (2018)

The Haunt

Finalist - Feature Screenplay

 

 

THE STRANGE DAYS HORROR FEST (2023)

Trail of Doom

Finalist - Feature Film

 

CREATIVE SCREENWRITING – UNIQUE VOICES (2022) 

Sanson

Semi-Finalist - Historic/Biography Feature Screenplay  

WOMEN IN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL (2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Semi-Finalist - Short Film

INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING COMPETITION (ISC) (2024)

Sanson

Semi-Finalist - Feature Screenplay

 

LOS ANGELES CINEFEST (2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Semi-Finalist - Short Film

WOMEN IN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL (2019)

The Father of Lies

Semi-Finalist - Feature Screenplay 

 

RENEGADE FILM FESTIVAL  (2019)

The Father of Lies

Semi-Finalist - Feature Screenplay

 

 

RENEGADE FILM FESTIVAL (2019)

 Pageant

Semi-Finalist - Short Screenplay

 

CENTRAL FLORIDA CINEFEST (2019) 

 The Family Way: Coming Home

Official Selection

 

 

CINEMA SOUP FILM FESTIVAL (2019)

Father of Lies

Official Selection

 

DAYS OF THE DEAD / REELS OF THE DEAD (2020 ATLANTA)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Official Selection

 

FANTASM / SHOCK REEL CINEMA FESTIVAL (2023)

 Trail of Doom

Official Selection 

 

TAMPA BAY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL  (2018)

Father of Lies 

Official Selection

 

FANTASM / SHOCK REEL CINEMA FESTIVAL (2021)

Father of Lies

Official Selection 

 

FLORIDA SCRIPT CHALLENGE (2022)

The Father of Lies

Official Selection - Feature Screenplay

 

GLOBAL GRIT FILM FESTIVAL (2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Official Selection 

 

 

TAMPA BAY SCREAMS / GRINDHOUSE VIDEO FILM FESTIVAL (2019)

Father of Lies

Official Selection

 

HELLFIRE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL  (2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Official Selection 

 

HONOR FILM FESTIVAL (2019)

The Haunt

Official Selection

 

HORROR BOWL (2019)

The Family Way : Coming Home

Official Selection 

 

 

INNOVATIVE FILM FESTIVAL  (2016)

The Figure

Official Selection

MASSACHUSETTS INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL   (2018)

The Family Way

Official Selection - Feature Screenplay 

 

 

POP NINJA HORROR FILM FESTIVAL (2016)

 The Figure

Official Selection

MIAMI INDEPENDENT MONTHLY FILM FESTIVAL (June 2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home 

Official Selection 

 

 

NEW YORK SCRIPT AWARDS (2022)

The Flower Garden

Official Selection - Feature Screenplay

 

 

POP NINJA HORROR FILM FESTIVAL (2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Official Selection 

 

ROMA FILM FESTIVAL  (2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home 

Official Selection

 

 

TAMPA BAY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL  (2021)

Pets Quarantined

Official Selection - Short Film

 

SHAWNA SHEA MEMORIAL FILM FESTIVAL  (2018)

Father of Lies

Official Selection

 

 

TAMPA BAY SCREAMS / GRINDHOUSE VIDEO FILM FESTIVAL (2019)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Official Selection

 

 

SHOCKFEST (2021) 

The Family Way: Coming Home

Official Silver Bullet Selection - Short Film

 

 

TAMPA BAY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL  (2022)

Pandora's Box Part II

Official Selection - Short Film

 

SICK ‘N’ WRONG FILM FESTIVAL (2021)

Pageant

Official Selection - Short Screenplay

 

SPOOKY EMPIRE FILM FESTIVAL  (2018)

Father of Lies

Official Selection - Short Film

 

TAMPA BAY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL  (2021)

 Serial Killers in the Time of Coronavirus

Official Selection - Short Film

 

 

SUNSET FILM FESTIVAL   (2018)

The Family Way

Official Selection - Screenplay

TAMPA BAY FILM SOCIETY MOVIE NIGHT (2021)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Official Selection - Film

 

TAMPA BAY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL  (2016)  

The Figure

Official Selection

 

 

THE HALLOWEEN HORROR PICTURE SHOW (2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Official Selection  

UPSTATE NEW YORK HORROR FILM FESTIVAL (2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Official Selection 

 

WOMEN'S ONLY FILM FESTIVAL (2017)

The Family Way: Coming Home

Official Selection