Melissa L. White

Screenwriter

Hollywood, California

Member Since:
June 2014

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About Melissa

Hello. Thanks for taking the time to check my bio. My writing resume includes 28 feature length scripts and 27 shorts. I've also written 7 novels and upwards of 64 short stories. By Georgia O'Keeffee biopic screenplay just won BEST SCREENPLAY DRAMA and BEST BIOPIC at 4Theatre Film Festival June 2023. It also won the GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY at the Silicon Beach Film Festival Sept. 15, 2023. I've recently started writing essays and several have been published. My essay, "Can AI Learn How it Feels to Cry?" won the Writer's Digest Personal Essay Award 2nd Prize in July 2023. My LGBTQ+ rom com script, "Modern Marriage," won 4th place in the Writer's Digest Screenplay Contest 2021. My most recent publication is a collection of short stories called "On the Green Earth Contemplating the Moon." It can be found using the Short Fiction Collection link below:

I've posted a couple of my short scripts here at Stage 32 and would love to send you one of my features if you're interested in reading them.

To view writing samples please visit my website: www (dot) melissalwhite (dot) com

To view IMDb please visit: http://www.imdb.me/melissalwhite

Wishing you success and good karma!

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Sadie Hawkins Day Budget: $100K - $1M | Comedy A quirky teenage girl struggles with peer pressure and self-esteem when she must choose between a date with the coolest kid in school and her budding romance with the class nerd in this heartfelt and humorous coming of age story.
Blackness of Space, Whiteness of Bones Budget: $10M - $30M | Biography Georgia O'Keeffe struggles to change her will to leave the bulk of her estate to her assistant and business manager, Juan Hamilton, because she believes he is the reincarnation of her late husband, Alfred Stieglitz. In Georgia’s mind, she owes her huge success to Alfred, and later to Juan as Alfred’s reincarnation, so she wants to increase Juan’s inheritance to show her gratitude—but Georgia’s niece creates obstacles.
Catch the Light (Short) Independent A quirky teenage girl moves to a new school and is bullied by the “in crowd” so she is befriended by a gay musician. Feeling like misfits, these two find solace together making music which helps her through the sudden death of her beloved grandmother.

Credits

Hard Laughter (2017)
Film Screenwriter / Producer
Shattered (2016)
Drama Screenwriter
The Calligrapher (2016)
(Short) Screenwriter
Angel Food (2015)
Film (short) Screenwriter
No Tomorrow without Merci (2015)
Film by Mighty Vision Pictures Co-Producer, and Co-Screenwriter

Awards

"Sadie Hawkins Day" Quarter Finalist in Screencraft Family Friendly Screenplay Contest 2015
(2016)
"Strangers in the Night," Quarter Finalist in the ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest 2016
(2016)
"Cornelius and Willow," Quarter Finalist in the Austin Revolution Film Festival 2016
(2016)
"Cornelius and Willow," Quarter Finalist in the Stage32 Happy Writers Feature Screenplay Contest
(2016)
"Sadie Hawkins Day" Finalist in the International Family Film Festival
(2016)
"Modern Dances" Quarter Finalist in the Creative World Awards Screenplay Contest Comedy Division
(2016)
"Cornelius and Willow" Finalist in the Writer's Room Screenplay Contest
(2016)
"Cornelius and Willow" Quarter Finalist in the Creative World Award Screenplay Competition 2015.
(2015)
"Cornelius and Willow" Finalist in the Moondance International Film Festival Screenplay Competition.
(2015)