Janet Ritz is an award-winning author, screenwriter, musician, photographer and journalist; the recipient of the 2009 Green Book Festival Award for Fiction and the 2004 Yamaha International Music Production Prize, and a producer with Inside Forward Productions.
A specialist in historical research and book-to-script adaptation, Janet Ritz is also the Managing Editor of The Environmentalist Magazine and a long-time contributor to The Huffington Post.
UNDER ERCIYES Action ⋄ Adventure A determined geologist stumbles onto a sparkling mineral that could replace oil and must fight time, enemies and his own troubled past to bring it to the world.
THE FORTRESS Drama ⋄ Historical ⋄ Sports ⋄ Thriller Set in a world of international espionage during war, a soccer star trains to be a spy and returns to his team to face his biggest fan, the murderous head of the occupation he's been sent to defeat.
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Television
by Grand Avenue Pictures
screenwriter
Tough Enough
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Music
by Martin Music
Composer
Blue Cat Screenplay Competition - Quarterfinalist "THE FORTRESS"
(2014)
Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest – Finalist "THE FORTRESS"
(2013)
Write Movies Contest - Finalist "UNDER ERCIYES"
(2013)
Writers on the Storm Contest - Quarterfinalist "UNDER ERCIYES"
(2013)
MovieBytes Screenplay Festival - Semifinalist "UNDER ERCIYES"
(2013)
MovieBytes Screenplay Festival - Semifinalist "THE FORTRESS"
(2013)
Intl Green Book Festival Award for Fiction (First Place) "UNDER ERCIYES"
(2009)
Yamaha Intl Music Production Prize (First Place) "TOUGH ENOUGH"
(2004)