Carole Ryavec
American, Slovenian Nationality
WRITER / DIRECTOR
Feature Scripts
Tulare Basin: Drama, Western Noir. After an ex-army ranger, small town detective finds a farmer brutally
murdered in California’s drought-stricken Central Valley, his investigation leads him to a swarm of corruption aimed at control of land and water.
Quarterfinalist: Creative Screenwriting, Fresh Voices, ISA Semifinalist: Stage 32, CWA ; Blue Cat
Official Selection: American Screenwriters Conference
Official Selection: L.A.Neo Noir Novel Film and Script Festival
Redcoats on the Hudson. Period Action/Adventure. After the Revolutionary War claims the home and loved ones of a Hudson Valley seamstress, she forges her own path to independence.
Semifinalist: Cynosure Screenwriting Awards, 2016; Creative World Awards 2017; Semifinalist: StoryPros International Screenplay Contest, 2017;
Finalist: Oaxaca Film Festival 2017 – most stirring character;
Semifinalist: 15th Annual Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards
Dark Pools. Thriller
Finalist: Scriptapalooza 2010; Semifinalist: Gotham Screen Screenplay Contest.
Venus Retrograde. Comedy. Semifinalist: IFP Market 2005; Quarterfinalist: Scriptapalooza Chef’s Special. Comedy. Quarterfinalist, Slamdance
Embargo: Thriller. Semifinalist, Scriptapalooza; Round Two, Page.
TV Scripts
NCIS LA. Spec script. “Yokosuka”
The War in Gorizia, “Night Maneuvers”. TV Anthology Drama. In Gorizia, Italy, a recently retired policeman, secretly assisting underground socialists, is required to cover up the murder of the local fascist party leader. (“Foyle’s War” in World War II Italy. )
Freya’s Folly. TV Serial Drama, Pilot. “Birthday Blues”
Documentaries
Water Bucks – The Atlantic City Story, Doc Short 2017. Best Director, Atlantic City Cinefest 2017 Letters from Slovenia, Feature Documentary, 2015
SaMo Indie Film Festival, 2016; International Independent Film Awards, 2017 Asphalt Green – Keeping it Green. PSA
Wind Shadows – Feature Documentary , Hoboken FF, East Silver Market
From Karst to Canyon. Hoboken FF
Bombay to Brooklyn – Preetworks. Doc Short, San Diego Asian FF
The Master’s Brush. Doc Short, Big Apple FF
Judge: School of Visual Arts, Dusty Awards. Doc Category, 2011-2015, 2017
NYU - Screenwriting Certificate; UCLA - Courses for Writers’ Certificate; Columbia University, Ph.D.
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CONNECTED "Blackrock Creek" Budget: $100K - $1M | Other An FBI agent, still heart-broken by an old affair, is tricked into investigating a murder when her ex-lover suddenly appears back in her life and her father, deputy director of the FBI, fails to protect her.
REKT Budget: $10M - $30M | Crime ⋄ Comedy An unprepared rookie reporter is saddled with the ghost of troublesome bitcoin billionaire who demands she catch his killer.
Tulare Basin Budget: $1M - $5M | Crime In the rural farmlands of present-day Central California, A despondent detective uncovers massive corruption; while he attempts to bring the guilty to justice, he reconnects with his dying wife.
Water Bucks: the Atlantic City Story
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Catcalling Virgin
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Four Journeys
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Letters from Slovenia
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Wind Shadows
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ZIPPER: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride
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50 Years of Art in America
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The Master's Brush
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Toe to Toe
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1001 Auditions
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Our Italian Husband
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