Dawn Prato

Dawn's Script Service
Screenwriter

Vancouver, Canada

Member Since:
June 2014

Last online:
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About Dawn

After moving to Vancouver, I went to the Vancouver Film School and completed their Writing For Film and Television Program. While taking classes, I also collaborated on a short musical film, "I Now Pronounce You Dead And Wife", created a webseries pilot "No Capes", and helped on another webseries pilot and short film. Once I graduated, I wrote a short film, "Hungry Heart", which was made via crowdfunding and a very, very small budget :) I've interned at Integral Artists and, while working on film and TV scripts, do some freelance story-editing.
In 2015 I won 2nd place in the Canadian Screenwriters Mentorship competition with a short script "Wild Abandon". I've since advanced to semi-and-finalist ranks in several competitions, most recently making the semi-finalists with other awesome writers in the "Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition" in 2023 with my fantasy TV pilot "Future King". I've also been fortunate enough to co-write a semi-finalist sci-fantasy procedural TV pilot based on a series of novels. I also offer script feedback services alongside working on my own scripts!

Gender:
Female

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Loglines

Altered Sci-fi ⋄ Crime When crimes involve fantastic creatures, it's up to the agents of the ACTF to deal with it. But for rookie Nathaniel Leone and veteran Lucian Descartes there's something else to deal with - each other.
Future King Fantasy After accidentally waking King Arthur in the present day, a disillusioned woman must sort fact from fantasy if they're going to survive his enemies, both ancient and new - the problem is, she may be one of them.
Otherworld Drama ⋄ Fantasy When a no-nonsense lawyer inherits an Irish estate from an estranged grandmother, she discovers that the legends around her family name are real and must navigate ancient traditions, dark legends, and shifting loyalties if she's going to survive what's coming.

Credits

Life Changers (2016)
Television (Reality-TV) Writer Life Changers is a reality show series that follows the journey of everyday people as they achieve their lifelong dreams in 30 days.
Hungry Heart (2013)
Film (short) Writer
I Now Pronounce You Dead And Wife (2012)
Film (short) by VFS Writer
No Capes (2012)
Internet by VFS Writer-Director

Awards

Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition Semifinalist
(2023)
Stage32 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenwriting Contest Quarterfinalist
(2023)
Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition Semifinalist
(2022)
The Script Lab Free Screenplay Contest Seminfinalist
(2021)
ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship Semifinalist
(2020)
ScreenCraft Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenwriting Competition Semifinalist
(2020)
ScreenCraft's Pilot Launch competition Finalist
(2018)
Cinequest Top 50 for "Otherworld"
(2018)
Table Read My Screenplay: Hollywood Semifinalist for "Wild Abandon"
(2018)