Phillip E. Hardy, "The Real Deal"

Unique traits: I wasn't put on this earth to explain myself to you.

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  MADACASGAR GOLD (2024 - 2025)
  Film by Marlin Darrah Screenwriter When the lives of their families are threatened by a vicious gangster, a history professor, and a freelance writer are compelled to search for a legendary pirate treasure.

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  Dirty Real, The Bukowski Biopic (2025)
  Film by LAMA PRODUCTIONS (Comedy and Biography) Writer A boy grows up in an abusive home, avoids the draft, works in the post office, is a serial womanizer, and becomes a famous underground writer, but not before his jealous girlfriend tries to run him over.

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  UNCOVENTIONAL WARFARE: THE CHRISTOPHER DORNER STORY (2024)
  Film by Code Blue Pictures (Action and Adventure) Screenwriter The mind of a killer is explored during a weeklong rampage when a former African American naval and LAPD officer transforms from public servant into public enemy number one.

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  PURAGTORY STATION (2024)
  Film by LAMA PRODUCTIONS (Horror, Thriller and Film-Noir) Screenwriter When a crooked lawyer wakes up in a large, pitch-dark container, he learns he has eight hours to scuttle a corporate land grab or see everyone he loves die in horrible ways. Now available at Amazon Prime and Fandango.

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  The Black Market Therapist (2021)
  by Improbable Solutions Productions (Action and Crime) Screenwriter When a psychologist accidentally acquires a sample from an abandoned clinical trial, he learns the intoxicating psychedelic ingredients are a conduit for accessing repressed memories and possible salvation for his troubled marriage and financial woes.

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  Hell's Half Acre (2018)
  by Bonzai Films (Horror) Screenwriter

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  Un Wet (2018)
  Film Writer

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  Another Full Moon (2017)
  Writer

• Roadmap Writers Jumpstart Competition - Top 25.
  (2024)

• Winner - New York Movie Awards
  (2024)

• Winner - Paris Film Awards
  (2024)

• Quarter-Finalist - Inktip Pitch To Page contest
  (2024)

• Official Selection - Socal Film Awards
  (2024)

• Winner, Best Thriller - LA Film Awards
  (2024)

• Semi-Finalist - Outstanding Screenplay Pilot Awards
  (2024)

• Shortlist, Barnstom Fest
  (2024)

• Coverfly Red List - for Adventure Pilots and Western Screenplays
  (2024)

• Winner, Best Screenplay - Atlanta Film Awards
  (2023)

• Semi-Finalist - Scriptapalooza Television Writing Contest
  (2023)

• Official Selection - Oxford Script Awards
  (2023)

• Finalist - Roadmap Writers Greenlights Challenge
  (2023)

• Two Finalists - Page Turner Screenplay Contest
  (2023)

• Quarter Finalist - Inktip limited location contest
  (2023)

• Semi and quarter-finalist - Los Angeles International Screenplay Contest
  (2023)

• Semi-finalist - Santa Cruz Independent Film Festival
  (2023)

• Semi-finalist - Outstanding Screenplay Awards
  (2023)

• Quarter-Finalist - Storypros International Awards
  (2023)

• First Round Finalist - Creative World Awards
  (2023)

• Semi-Finalist - San Diego International Film Festival
  (2023)

• Official Selection - Underground Indie Film Festival
  (2023)

• Winner, Screenplay - LA Neo Noir Film Festival
  (2023)

• Second Round Finalist - Austin Film Festival
  (2023)

• Quarter-Finalist - Page Turner Awards
  (2023)

• Finalist - Page Turner 100
  (2023)

• Winner - Hollywood Gold Awards
  (2023)

• Winner - London Movie Awards
  (2023)

• Winner - New Wave Film Festival
  (2023)

• Semi-Finalist - Sunvale Film Festival
  (2023)

• Official Selection - 8 & 1/2 Film Awards
  (2022)

• Winner, Best Genre Screenplay - Horror Bowl
  (2022)

• Official Selection - Global Film Market
  (2022)

• Official Selection - Hollywood Gold Awards
  (2022)

• 2 Semi-Finalist Scripts - Dallas Movie Awards
  (2022)

• Semi-Finalist - Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
  (2022)

• Semi-Finalist - Palm Springs Movie Awards
  (2022)

• Winner, Best Unproduced Screenplay - New Short Filmmakers Austin
  (2022)

• Winner, Honorable Mention, Best Comedy - Los Angeles Film Awards
  (2022)

• Winner, Best Screenplay - Only The Best International Film Awards
  (2022)

• Official Selection, Hamburg Film Awards
  (2022)

• Best Screenplay Nominee - Milan Film Awards
  (2022)

• Official Selection - Paris Film Awards
  (2022)

• Semi-Finalist - Emerging Screenwriters Genre Contest
  (2022)

• Quarter-Finalist - Rio De Janeiro World Film Festival
  (2022)

• Winner, Best Feature Screenplay - Movieplay International Film Festival
  (2022)

• Official Selection - Popcon International Film Festival
  (2022)

• Semi-Finalist - Atlanta Movie Awards -
  (2022)

• Winner, Gold Remi Award, World-Fest Houston.
  (2022)

• Finalist, 13Horror.com
  (2022)

• Two Screenplay Official Selections - Brilliant Indie Film Festival
  (2022)

• Semi-Finalist - New Orleans Filmmakers
  (2022)

• Top Ten action pilot - The Red List
  (2022)

• Finalist - Reno-Tahoe Screenplay Contest
  (2022)

• Winner, Best Feature Screenplay - Florence Film Awards
  (2022)

• Runner Up, Best Screenplay - Action On Film Megafest
  (2022)

• 2 Semi-Finalist Screenplays - Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival
  (2022)

• Semi-Finalist - Seattle Film Awards
  (2022)

• Semi-Finalist - Mad Wife Productions
  (2022)

• Official Selection for Tunnel Rats - Urban Action Showcase
  (2022)

• Official Selection for The Black Market Therapist - Urban Action Showcase
  (2022)

• Seconder Rounder (4th time) - Austin Film Festival
  (2022)

• Semi-Finalist - Montreal Arthouse Film Festival
  (2022)

• Official Selection - The Hidden Film Festival
  (2022)

• Winner, Best Screenplay - Los Angeles Punk Rock Film Festival
  (2022)

• Winner, Best Crime Drama Screenplay - The Wild Bunch Film Festival
  (2022)

• Nominee, Best Urban/Crime Script- Urban Action Showcase International Film Festival
  (2022)

• Winner, Best Crime Drama Screenplay - Urban Action Showcase International Film Festival
  (2022)

• Semi-Finalist - Santa Monica Film Awards
  (2022)

• Semi-Finalist - Rotterdam Independent Film Festival
  (2022)

• Finalist - Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
  (2022)

• Official Selection - Festivus Film Festival
  (2022)

• Finalist and nominee, Best Comedy Screenplay - LA Film Awards
  (2022)

• Finalist - StoryPros International
  (2022)

• December Redlist - Coverfly (One-hour Adventure Television)
  (2022)

• Best Comedy Screenplay Nominee - Austin Revolution Film Festival
  (2022)

• Semi-Finalist - New Filmmakers New Orleans
  (2022)

• Official Selection, Red Dragon Creative Awards
  (2021)

• Quarter-Finalist - Shriekfest
  (2021)

• Winner, Best Screenplay - Only the Best Film Festival
  (2021)

• Official Selection - Wiki Screenwriting Contest
  (2021)

• Semi-Finalist - Cult Movies International Film Festival
  (2021)

• Official Selection - LA Independent Women Film Awards
  (2021)

• Official Selection - LA Sun Film Fest
  (2021)

• Finalist - Horrors4you Film Fest
  (2021)

• Winner, Special Mention - Gold Star Movie Awards
  (2021)

• Official Selection - Cannes International Cinema Festival
  (2021)

• Official Selection - Paperscreenplay
  (2021)

• Finalist - Action On Film Megafest
  (2021)

• Finalist - Hollywood Dreams Film Festival
  (2021)

• Best Screenplay Nominee - Austin International Art Festival
  (2021)

• Quarter-Finalist - Page Turner Screenplays
  (2021)

• Best Horror Screenplay - Waikiki International Film Festival
  (2021)

• Best Screenplay - Waikiki International Film Festival
  (2021)

• Semi-Finalist - London Film and Television Awards
  (2021)

• Official Selection - Fuji International Film Festival
  (2021)

• Official Selection - Best Script Award (London)
  (2021)

• Official Selection - Red Moon Film Festival
  (2021)

• Finalist - Fuji International Film Festival
  (2021)

• Official Selection - LA Independent Women Film Awards
  (2021)

• Winner, Best Feature Screenplay - Red Moon Film Festival
  (2021)

• Winner, Best Scriptwriting and Best Screenplay - Mount Fuji International Film Festival
  (2021)

• Finalist - Las Vegas International Film Festival
  (2021)

• Winner, Honorable Mention, Best Comedy - Los Angeles Film Awards
  (2021)

• Winner, Best Screenplay - Bridge Film Festival
  (2021)

• Semi-Finalist Filmmatic Pilot Contest
  (2021)

• Winner, Honorable Mention - London International Film Festival
  (2021)

• Winner, Best Screenplay, Honorable Mention - Like It Film Festival
  (2021)

• Winner, Best Screenplay, Honorable Mention - For You TV
  (2021)

• Winner, Best Screenplay - The Film Contest
  (2021)

• Official Selection - We Script Competition
  (2021)

• Official Selection - Sweet Democracy Film Festival
  (2021)

• Official Selection - New York Film Awards
  (2021)

• Finalist - Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
  (2020)

• Semi-Finalist - Flight Deck Film Festival
  (2020)

• Quarter-Finalist 2020 - Storypros
  (2020)

• Official Selection - Beyond Earth Film Festival
  (2020)

• Semi-Finalist - Page Turner Screenplay Awards
  (2020)

• Official Selection - Lit Laughs International Comedy Film Festival
  (2020)

• Official Selection - Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards
  (2020)

• Official Selection - Art is Alive Film Festival
  (2020)

• Finalist - Literary Laughs Film Festival
  (2020)

• Quarter Finalist - The Script Lab
  (2020)

• Official Selection - Kalakari Film Festival
  (2020)

• Official Selection - Action On Film Megafest
  (2020)

• Official Selection - Hollywood Dreams Film Festival
  (2020)

• Screenplay Finalist - The Wild Bunch Film Festival
  (2020)

• Finalist - Indo-American Film Festival
  (2020)

• Screenplay finalist - Beyond the Curve Film Festival
  (2020)

• Official Selection - Urban Action Showcase
  (2020)

• Official Selection - Los Angeles Film Awards
  (2020)

• Winner, Special Jury Award - Wallachia International Film Festival
  (2020)

• Winner, Best Comedy Screenplay - Los Angeles Film Awards
  (2020)

• Winner, Best Monthly Screenplay - Los Angeles Film Awards
  (2020)

• Winner, Festival Directors Choice - The Wild Bunch Film Festival
  (2020)

• Finalist, Marina Del Rey Film Festival
  (2020)

• Semi-Finalist, Hollywood International Golden Age Film Festival
  (2020)

• Finalist, The Out of the Can Film Festival
  (2020)

• 2 Official Selections, Lit Scares International Film Festival
  (2020)

• Best Screenplay Nominee, Urban Action Showcase
  (2020)

• Semi-Finalist, LA Crime and Horror Film Festival
  (2020)

• Semi-Finalist, Lil Scares International Film Festival
  (2020)

• Winner, Best Screenplay - Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
  (2020)

• Best Screenplay Nominee, Flixze Film Festival
  (2020)

• Winner, Best Horror Screenplay - Los Angeles Film Awards
  (2019)

• Winner - 30 Best Scenes of 2018 - Wildsound Festival
  (2019)

• Winner - Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge
  (2019)

• Official Selection - Prisma Independent Film Festival
  (2019)

• Winner - Festigious Film Festival
  (2019)

• Quarter-Finalist - BlueCat Screenplay Contest
  (2019)

• Finalist - Austin Short Comedy Film Festival
  (2019)

• Official Selection - American Screenwriting Conference
  (2019)

• Official Selection - Las Vegas International Film and Screenplay Competition
  (2019)

• Winner - Best Iconic Neo Noir Screenpaly - LA Neo Noir Film Festival
  (2019)

• Official Screenplay Selection - HOLLYWOOD HORRORFEST
  (2019)

• Finalist - Las Vegas International Film and Screenplay Competition
  (2019)

• Official Selection - FilmQuest Film Festival
  (2019)

• Semi-Finalist - Stage 32 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Contest
  (2019)

• Official selection and finalist - Oaxaca Film Festival
  (2019)

• Official Selection - Austin Under The Stars Film Festival
  (2019)

• Finalist - FilmQuest Film Festival
  (2019)

• Quarter-Finalist - WeScreenplay Pilot Contest
  (2019)

• Semi-Finalist - WeScreenplay Pilot Contest
  (2019)

• Finalist for Best Screenplay - Oaxaca International Film Festival
  (2019)

• Quarter- Finalist - Stage 32 Feature Script Contest
  (2019)

• Winner for Best Screenplay - Austen Under The Stars Film Festival
  (2019)

• Official Selection - Diabolical Horror Film Festival
  (2019)

• Finalist - Hollywood Blood Horror Fest
  (2019)

• Winner - Hollywood Blood Horror Fest
  (2019)

• Zed Film Festival - Semi-Finalist
  (2019)

• Oregon Scream Week Festival - Finalist
  (2019)

• Official Selection - Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival
  (2019)

• Quarter-Finalist - Storypros International screenwriting contest
  (2019)

• Official Selection - 2 Dollar Film Festival
  (2018)

• Semi-Finalist - Black Screenplays Matter Screenwriting Competition
  (2018)

• Semi-Finalist - Script and Storyboard Showcase
  (2018)

• Winner, Best Feature Screenplay - Austin Short Comedy Film Festival
  (2018)

• Finalist - The Die Laughing Comedy Film Festival
  (2018)

• Gold Medal Winner - The LA Neo Noir Film Festival
  (2018)

• Finalist - 13Horror.com Horror Screenplay Contest
  (2018)

• Winner - Best Screenplay Reading - Wildsound Festival
  (2018)

• Winner, Best Alternative View Screenplay - Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase
  (2018)

• Semi-Finalist - Page Turner Screenplay Genre Competition
  (2018)

• Silver Winner - International Independent Film Awards
  (2018)

• Semi-Finalist - Fade In Comedy Awards
  (2018)

• Finalist - Oaxaca Film Festival
  (2018)

• Finalist - Austin Revolution Film Festival
  (2018)

• Winner, Best Screenplay -The Christian Film Festival
  (2018)

• Winner Best Screenplay and Audience Favorite - Christian Film Festival
  (2018)

• Quarter- Finalist - Shriekfest Horror Screenplay Contest
  (2018)

• Official Selection - Mindfield Film Festival
  (2018)

• Finalist, best screenplay - Austin Comedy Short Film Festival
  (2018)

• Platinum Winner for best screenplay - Mindfield Film Festival
  (2018)

• Official Selection - San Pedro International Film Festival
  (2018)

• Winner Best Romantic Comedy Screenplay - Austin Comedy Short Film Festival
  (2018)

• Semi-Finalist - Finish Line Script Competition
  (2018)

• Nomination, Best Screenplay - LA Live Film Fest
  (2018)

• Official Selection - Los Angeles Film Awards
  (2018)

• Semi-Finalist - Los Angeles Film Awards
  (2018)

• Winner, Best Science Fiction Screenplay - Los Angeles Film Awards
  (2018)

• Finalist - World Series of Screenwriting
  (2018)

• Quarter-Finalist - StoryPros Screenwriting Contest
  (2018)

• Official Selection - Los Angeles Film Awards
  (2018)

• Official Selection - Independent Talents Film Festival
  (2018)

• Winner, Golden Earth Film Festival
  (2018)

• Official Selection - Chandler Film Festival
  (2017)

• Official Selection - Christian Film Festival
  (2017)

• Winner - Christian Film Festival
  (2017)

• Finalist- Houston Black Film Festival
  (2017)

• Quarter-Finalist - Happy Writers Comedy Contest
  (2017)

• Winner - 13 Horror.com feature screenplay contest
  (2017)

• Finalist - Twister Alley Film Festival
  (2017)

• Finalist - Cannes Screenplay Contest
  (2017)

• Best Film Awards - Semi-FInalist
  (2017)

• Finalist- Harlem International Film Festival
  (2017)

• Semi-Finalist - Write Movies Awards
  (2017)

• Winner - WeWrite International Screenplay Contest
  (2017)

• Official Selection - Hope Film Awards
  (2017)

• Quarter- Finalist - Shriekfest Horror Screenplay Contest
  (2017)

• Winner, Best Scene Reading - Wildsound Feeback Scrrenplay Fest
  (2017)

• Official Selection - Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest
  (2016)

• Official Selection - Los Angeles Cinefest Film Festival
  (2016)

• Quarter-finalist - Screenscraft Screenwriting Fellowship
  (2016)

• Official Selection - Paris Online Film Festival
  (2016)

• Official Selection - River Bend Film Festival
  (2016)

• Finalist - Houston Comedy Film Festival
  (2016)

• Winner - Best Comedy - Cannes Screenplay Contest
  (2016)

• Semi-Finalist, Screencraft Fellowship
  (2016)

• Finalist-International Open Film Festival
  (2016)

• Official Selection - American Grindhouse Film Festival
  (2016)

• Official Selection - Austin Revolution Film Festival
  (2016)

• Quarter-Finalist - Page International Screenplay Awards
  (2016)

• Semi-Finalist - Austin Revolution Film Festival
  (2016)

• Official Selection - Urban Action Showcase
  (2016)

• Official Selection - Indiewise Film Festival
  (2016)

• Winner, Best Action/Adventure at American Grindhouse Film Festival
  (2016)

• FINALIST - Selente Film Festival
  (2016)

• FINALIST - 13HORROR.COM Horror Awards (top 13 scripts)
  (2016)

• Quarter-Finalist - Shore Scripts
  (2016)

• Third Place Winner - California Film Awards
  (2015)

• Quarter-Finalist - Richmond Film Festival
  (2015)

• Official Selection - Mongolian International Film Festival
  (2015)

• Special Selection - Artemis Women In Action Film Festival
  (2015)

• Finalist - Hill Country Film Festival
  (2015)

• Finalist - Three Cities Film Festival
  (2015)

• Quarter-Finalist - Happy Writers Feature Screenplay Contest
  (2015)

• Semi-Finalist - Happy Writers Feature Screenplay Contest
  (2015)

• Official Selection - Fanstasmagorical Film Festival/Comic Con
  (2015)

• Finalist - Austin Revolution Film Festival.
  (2015)

• Finalist - Happy Writers Feature Screenplay Contest
  (2015)

• Finalist - The Monthly Film Festival
  (2015)

• Quarter-Finalist - Screencraft Horror Screenplay Contest
  (2015)

• Official Selection - Sunscreen Film Festival
  (2015)

• Honorable Mention, Best Screenplay - Fantasmagorical Film Festival
  (2015)

• Semi-Finalist - Screencraft Horror Screenplay Contest
  (2015)

• Quarter-Finalist - Screencraft Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest
  (2015)

• Second Round Finalist - Austn Film Festival
  (2015)

• Official Selection - Dazed 4 Horror Film Festival
  (2015)

• Official Selection - The Haunted Horror Film Festival
  (2015)

• Official Selection - Indie Film Festival
  (2015)

• Official Selection - Kinolit Film Festival
  (2015)

• Semi-Finalist - Screencraft Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest
  (2015)

• Official Selection - London Shows Film Festival
  (2015)

• Official Selection - The Legends of Hollywood Film Festial
  (2015)

• Official Selection - Hollywood Sky Film Festival
  (2015)

• Finalist - Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest
  (2015)

• Official Selection - Hill Country Film Festival
  (2014)

• Semi-Finalist - Austin Revolution Film Festival
  (2014)

• Finalist - Austin Revolution Film Festival
  (2014)

• Second Round Finalist - Austin Film Festival
  (2014)

• Quarter-Finalist - Screencraft Pilot Launch TV Script Contest
  (2014)

• Finalist - The Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest
  (2014)

• Finalist - IFIPG Screenwriting Contest
  (2014)

• Second Round Finalist - Austin Film Festival
  (2013)

• Second Round Finalist - Filmmaker's International Screenplay Awards -
  (2013)

• Semi-Finalist - The Screenplay Festival
  (2013)

• Quarter-Finalist - Screencraft Action/Thriller Script Contest
  (2013)

• Finalist - Richmond Film Festival
  (2013)

• Semi-Finalist - Richmond Film Festival
  (2013)

• Finalist - Creative Scope Awards
  (2013)

• Official Selection - Richmond International Film Festival -
  (2013)

• Gold Medal Winner - Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest - Once Upon A Time in LA
  (2013)

• Quarter-Finalist - Filmmaker's International Screenwriting Awards-
  (2013)

• Finalist - Richmond Film Festival
  (2012)

• Stanford University
  (2008-2009)

• University of Redlands
  (2001-2003)