Loglines & Screenplays by Melanie Schiele

GENRES: Romance, Drama

A furniture craftsman struggles to save his failing marriage and six-year-old daughter afflicted with a rare and debilitating disease, leaving her skin as fragile as a butterfly's wings.

WINNER, Film Empire's Fempire Screenwriting Mentorship
WINNER, NYU Purple List- in partnership with The Black List
WINNER, Slamdance Screenwriting Competition (from 2500 entries)
WINNER, Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition
WINNER, NYU Fusion Film Festival’s Screenplay Competition
WINNER, Stowe Story Lab Fellowship
WINNER, Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Black List Featured Script and on Coverfly's Red List
Runner-up, ScreenCraft Fellowship (from 2000 entries)
Finalist, Sundance/Sloan Grant
Finalist, WeScreenplay Feature Competition (Top 2%)
Finalist, Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival
Finalist, ISA's Emerging Screenwriters Competition 
Top-5 Finalist, ScreenCraft’s Nashville “Live Read”
Top-10 Finalist, Cinequest Film Festival
Top-20 Finalist, Script Pipeline Competition
Top-25 Finalist, WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Competition
Top-50 Finalist, ISA Fast Track Fellowship
Top-100 Finalist, Fresh Voices Feature Competition
Top-100 Finalist, Table Read My Screenplay @ Chicago
Top-100 Finalist, Table Read My Screenplay @ Sundance
Top-100 Finalist, Napa Valley Film Festival’s Pitch Contest
Semi-Finalist, American Zoetrope
Semi-Finalist, StoryPros Awards
Semi-Finalist, Fade In Awards
Semi-Finalist, Scriptapalooza
Semi-Finalist, ScreenCraft's Drama Screenplay Contest
Semi-Finalist, Finish Line Screenplay Competition
Semi-Finalist, Circus Road Films’ Screenplay Competition
Semi-Finalist, CineStory Screenwriting Awards
Quarter-Finalist, Final Draft/Big Break Contest
Quarter-Finalist, Nicholl Fellowship (Top 5% of 7251 entries)
Quarter-Finalist, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
Quarter-Finalist, Writers On the Storm

"The script is astoundingly quiet, subtle and intuitive. Even when literally dealing with life and death, the script unfolds with incredible restraint, letting each character beat and plot point occur at its own pace, a trick the author pulls off by writing with real efficiency, letting slice-of-life moments create an emotional journey. Compelling protagonists behave like real people at every turn, giving in to their weaknesses and neuroses quietly and privately. The conclusion of the script is brave in a way few stories are. From page 1, it is an incisive, touching drama with fully realized characters." 
- The Black List

GENRES: Action, Comedy

A retired hypochondriac salsa dancer and a former Hell's Angels groupie break free of the drudgery of their senior citizen home and head to South Beach, Miami during Spring Break on a beat-up motorcycle in an effort to prove they still have a lot of living left to do.

Top 20% (2600 entries), Finish Line Script Competition
Top-100 Finalist, Capital Fund Screenplay Competition
Semi-Finalist, Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Semi-Finalist, ScreenCraft Comedy Writing Competition
Semi-Finalist, Circus Road Screenplay Contest
Semi-Finalist, Atlanta Film Festival
Quarter-Finalist, ScreenCraft Fellowship

"Two spunky, sassy older women taking the world by storm, what's not to love?" - Atlanta Film Festival

GENRES: Film-noir, Drama

Upon her 16th birthday, Kayla Winter must decide between following in the footsteps of her father- a professional assassin- or abandoning him forever.

Top-rated on The Black List and Coverfly's Red List
Top 20% (2600 entries), Finish Line Script Competition
Finalist (Top 2%), WeScreenplay's TV Writing Competition 
Top-100 Finalist, Table Read My Screenplay @ Hollywood
Second-Rounder, Sundance Film Festival's Episodic Lab
Semi-Finalist (Top 15%), New York Television Festival
Semi-Finalist, SeriesFest's Featuring Women Initiative 
Semi-Finalist, Nantucket Film Festival Episodic Competition
Semi-Finalist, ScreenCraft's Screenwriting Fellowship
Quarter-Finalist, ScreenCraft's Pilot Launch Competition
Quarter-Finalist, Script Pipeline TV Writing Competition
Quarter-Finalist, BIFF Screenwriters Residency

"The central conflict of this series is a superbly strong one. The final moments of the pilot are pulse-pounding and intense, demonstrating that the series can excel at being a smart blend of straightforward family/teen drama with more high concept, crime thriller elements."
- The Black List