Dana Hawthorne

Dana Hawthorne

Screenwriter, Actor and Voice Actor

Pensacola, Florida

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May 2023
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About Dana

Born in Pensacola, Florida, Dana Hawthorne has been writing for twelve years, completing her first novel at 12. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving a bachelors degree in the Fine Arts. Hawthorne has worked as a news producer, social media director, web designer, voice actress, and illustrator. In 2017, she was honored nationally by the Kennedy Center’s VSA Playwright Foundation. Her scripts have placed in/won multiple competitions since. Her works often focuses on mental health issues, as she suffers from depression, anxiety, and untreated brain injuries.

Unique traits: Screenwriting, playwright, novelist, poet, tv writer, short film screenwriter. Heavy interest in sci-fi/spec-fi, horror (psychological, paranormal, creature feature, crime, found footage, etc.), and addressing political/social topics like mental health advocacy, veterans affairs, LGBTQIA+ rights, women’s rights, issues of racism, issues of ableism, gun control, and much more. Outside of writing, I also illustrate and sometimes animate.

Certifications

Loglines

  • United

    United Budget: $5M - $10M | Romance Drama A rebellious underdog and a wealthy politician slowly fall for each other as they each campaign for the Mayor’s seat.

  • Hook and Swing

    Hook and Swing Budget: $0 - $100K | Thriller Sci-fi Distrust leads to a dark discovery when a new viral dance sparks suspicion in those who helped make it trend.

  • Flickerbeat

    Flickerbeat Budget: $30M+ | Sci-fi A news producer finds herself woven into the complex fabric of a military conspiracy following the implantation of an experimental device.

  • Virago

    Virago Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller A former Marine, defamed as a war criminal, attempts to escape the life of slaughter. But with more than one bounty on her head, it seems she must dive deeper into the underworld to reach the surface.

  • The Term

    The Term Budget: $5M - $10M | Sci-fi A newly elected president must face the terms and costs of equality for AI in 2050s America.

Credits

  • Mysterious Misadventures of Mollie and Mordecai

    Mysterious Misadventures of Mollie and Mordecai (2021 - 2022)
    Video Game by Lunarfall Games (Adventure and Fantasy) Lead Writer Mollie and Mordecai are transformed into dolls by an evil wizard, and have to team up to find his magical book to change themselves back.

Awards

  • Kennedy Center for Performing Arts VSA Playwright
    (2017)

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