David Bramer
Adult Education teacher at a County Jail (I took the job 3 months ago, in part, because I'm writing a horror script)
Screenwriter
Tampa, Florida
May 2024
2 days ago
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About David
David is a faculty brat who left home at 16 and dropped out of high school, reconsidered, academically rehabilitated at a community college and finished his undergrad years at Michigan State University, from which he graduated with honors, then went on to earn an M.A. from New York University (where he taught fiction writing to undergrads), and, finally, began work on a PhD at the UChicago, only – alas – to dip from its many-Nobel’ed premises ABD to begin laboring, all but unremunerated, in Chicago’s book publishing industry. All told, he has punched the clock as a writer, an editor, and a teacher at both the high school and community college levels. David has written book reviews for The Village Voice, quasi-political pieces for the Tampa arm of Creative Loafing, literary genre spreads for a Houghton Mifflin high school textbook, and marketing materials for the University of Chicago hospitals. This January, David began teaching Adult Education classes at the Pasco County Jail, whose gatekeeper calls him “Houdini” for reasons that are entirely baffling to him. David’s first—somewhat autobiographical—screenplay, THE SLEEPWALKER, was one of 10 finalists in Stage 32’s 2nd Annual Feature Screenwriting Fellowship Competition (2024) and was a semifinalist in two other screenwriting contests, but has yet to grab the golden goose, which, in David’s mind, is perhaps the single most irrefutable proof that there is no God.
Unique traits: I'm a high school dropout who left the UChicago ABD.
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Loglines
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THE SLEEPWALKER Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama When a troubled English professor's life unravels after the death of his abusive father, he must confront the past to reconnect with his rebellious teenage daughter and build a hopeful future.
Awards
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Finalist, Stage 32 Feature Screenwriting Fellowship Competition
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Quarterfinalist, Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition
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Semifinalist, StoryPros International Screenplay Contest 17th Annual
(2023)
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