Anthony John Orlando

Competition Reader at Austin Film Festival
Screenwriter, Author, Videographer, Actor, Cinematographer, Director, Editor and Photographer (Still)

Oradell, New Jersey

Member Since:
November 2022

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About Anthony

Anthony’s journey as a writer/director began when he wrote his first novel at the age of twelve. His debut horror short, THE SHADOWS, was a Semi-Finalist at the BFC Short Film Festival 2022. He then made THE SHADOWS into a feature-length screenplay that was officially selected by multiple film festivals and was a Semi-Finalist in the ISA Horror & Thriller Genre Busting Screenplay Competition.

Anthony mainly writes action, adventure, science-fiction, fantasy, and horror, but he likes to mix genres to write stories everyone can enjoy. Inspired by his experiences with his anxieties, Anthony's stories explore universal themes of loneliness and trauma and finding hope and love in a chaotic world.

Anthony currently works as a freelance writer for Digital Trends and Comic Book Resources, a script reader for the Austin Film Festival, and a social media intern for the Teaneck International Film Festival. Before that, he was the co-head of PR/Social Media at Dead Talk Media. He wrote for news outlets like BuzzFeed and COED Media. He was also an Associate Director/Intern making nonprofit documentaries for Red Sand Foundation, Inc. He has even worked as a Production Assistant for Courageous Studios on a documentary for CNN and a promo for NFL's "Good Morning Football."

Unique traits: Writer/director of THE SHADOWS, loves to sketch, runs cross country, author of THE LEGENDS OF THE STARS

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 11"

Body type:
Average

Hair:
Medium

Hair color:
Brown

Eyes:
Brown

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

Badges

2024-11-05

Writers' Room Member

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Loglines

The Shadows Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror ⋄ Drama Something wicked awakens in Delford... After a supernatural killer kidnaps a young girl, her neurotic older brother must overcome his fears and unite their friends and family to save her. It's A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET meets THE BABADOOK.

Credits

The Shadows (2020)
Film (short) by Anthony Orlando Michael Roland Logline: A young college student living with obsessive-compulsive disorder fears he is being stalked by a demonic presence through his dorm.