Alexander Major

Attorney (Non-Entertainment), Screenwriter, Comedian and Director

Washington, D. C.

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About Alexander

Father-Writer-Lawyer-Spy

- Member, 2022 Writers Guild Foundation Veterans Writing Project

- Finalist, 2022 ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Competition, "100 Acres"

- The Red List ("highest Industry Scores™ on Coverfly“), "100 Acres"

In 2010 I won the opportunity to direct my short, "Random Natural Occurrence," as part of the Duke City Shootout. With three days to film and seven days to edit, using a professional cast and crew from the Albuquerque area, and shooting under strict union rules, I was lucky enough to shoot a comedy filled with music, special effects, and stunt work with an unbelievably talented group of actors and technicians. The film went on to screen at the Shootout's Gala Film Festival where it won "Audience Favorite," "Best Screenplay," and "Best Special Effects," and then onto the festival circuit for a few months. It ignited my passion for filmmaking and the joys of writing for the screen.

I've written feature screenplays and original TV pilots, one of which I am actively attempting to sell. "Buffalo Nation" tells the story of the Lakota at the height of their power from the Native American perspective. I spent nearly four years researching and writing a pilot that tells a fictionalized story of Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, High Backbone, and the Bad Faces band as they ruled the plains in the 1860s. Addressing love, war, and Native politics at the time, the series was painstakingly crafted to accurately and respectfully depict the progressive and diverse Lakota culture at that time for today's global viewing audience. More about the series can be found through the link below.

My feature "100 Acres" is a unique adaptation of A.A. Milne's novel "Winnie-The-Pooh," which just entered the public domain this year. Set in 1971, it tells the story of a prudish and urbane schoolboy Christopher Robin, who is reluctantly dragged to rural America where he encounters a curious group of kids in the orbit of a simple but curious girl named Winnie Saunders.

iMDB and Series website below.

Unique traits: Intelligence officer, military officer, SCUBA instructor, stand-up comic, attorney, outstanding accent skills

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 11"

Weight:
215

Body type:
Average

Hair:
Bald

Hair color:
Brown

Eyes:
Blue

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

Certifications

Loglines

Buffalo Nation Historical ⋄ Western ⋄ Action ⋄ Drama It's 1864 on the Great Plains - the Lakota Empire. Loner warrior Crazy Horse, born with curly brown hair, has spent his young life denying his mythic destiny. Now, facing the impact of the White invasion, he is caught in the web of intrigue spun by the great chiefs and savvy women who broker power. Unable to avoid his fate, Crazy Horse navigates tribal politics, influence, and romance during the bloody struggle for the Great Plains to maintain Lakota dominance. An epic, unseen, and authentic “American”-tale where Game of Thrones meets Rome.

Credits

Random Natural Occurrence (2010)
Film (Short and Comedy) Director "I died and went to... a day job?" Welcome to Purgatory's grueling Life Traffic Control, the after-life department responsible for maintaining the balance of life and death on Earth. Births are on the rise and life traffic controllers must keep a keen eye on all opportunities to pluck a soul from its mortal coil. Failure to take advantage of a fatality opportunity requires a Random Natural Occurrence, or RNO, to preserve the status quo. After one RNO too many, failure prone controller Wesley is threatened with damnation by his domineering boss and decides to take matters into his own hands proving that living isn't easy and dying isn't hard, but managing both can be murder! Written by Alex Major

Education

Montana State University
(1989-1993)
Catholic University of America
(1989-1993)