Lee Tidball

Author, Screenwriter and Script Consultant

Modesto, California

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October 2011

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About Lee

Lee Tidball is an optioned screenwriter and published author branded in high-concept, broad audience and genre entertainment, mostly featuring children and/or young people in key roles. After a decades-long career teaching, coaching, and directing middle-grades children, Lee has become a writer, earning the Master of Screenwriting Certificate through online screenwriting school Screenwriting U, and being named as one of their Most Recommended Screenwriters of 2014. He writes both award-winning spec screenplays, pilots, and novels. He's also co-authored a write-for-hire adult novel (released in July, 2021 by its "traditional" indie publisher) and has written under assignment its accompanying screenplay adaptation. He also has contributed liberally to the filmmaking efforts of friends and associates, both monetarily and as a script consultant, earning a number of IMDb credits (see his name on IMDb Pro) along with his writing successes.

Unique traits: Former elementary school teacher, youth soccer and track coach, and children's theater founder and director.

Gender:
Male

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

Badges

Certifications

Photos

Windfork Secrets; Amazon #1 Best-seller in Teen/YA Mystery/Detective category; 10/25/2014

Credits

Be Cause (2018)
Short Producer
The Girl at the End of the World (2014)
Film by Dervan Productions Associate Producer

Awards

Finalist - Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards - Summer, 2021
(2021)
Top 10 Finalist, Family Category; PAGE Intn'l Screenwriting Awards (2005, 2007, 2009, 2019)
(2019)
Winner - Family Category - Capital Fund Screenplay Competition - 2015
(2015)
Most Recommended Screenwriter 2014 - Screenwriting U
(2014)
Optioned Screenwriter; 2009, 2013
(2011)
Bronze Medal Winner, TV Drama Pilot; PAGE Intn'l Screenwriting Awards
(2010)

Education

Screenwriting U (Master in Screenwriting Certificate)
(2013-2015)
Supermentors 6-week Intensive (teleconference course)
(2008-2008)
Screenwriting U (Professional Series in Screenwriting 15-online course)
(2006-2007)
California State University - Stanislaus
(1982-1983)
LeTourneau University
(1977-1979)