Tony Jerris

Screenwriter

Los Angeles, California

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About Tony

I'm a Los Angeles based screenwriter, playwright and author. I self-published a successful series of children's books, including "The Littlest Witch" that is licensed by Stage Rights Inc. and has played nationwide at a variety of theaters. Currently, looking to find a home for 3 original Christmas scripts.

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Pretty Girls Aren't Funny Budget: $5M - $10M | Drama ⋄ Biography She was constantly told she was too pretty to be funny, but former beauty queen turned Hollywood bombshell Rhonda Shear shattered the glass ceiling for beautiful comediennes in the 80s & 90s, only to reinvent herself as a successful lingerie mogul.
Yellow Bird Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama ⋄ Comedy A once successful P.R. Specialist deals with the trials and tribulations of managing a local grocery store known as “The Yellow Bird” while struggling with his loveless marriage, an unhappy stepdaughter and his own sobriety.
Christmas Unplugged Budget: $100K - $1M | Romance ⋄ Comedy After a freak accident, a woman gets sucked into the predictable plot lines of a Christmas movie and desperately tries to find her way back home.
Waking Up In Kansas Budget: $100K - $1M | Fantasy ⋄ Comedy When an unhappy trailer park mom with a cheating husband suffers a concussion, she wakes up “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (actually in Liberal, Kansas), but is it reality?
Dead B-Horror Queen Budget: $1M - $5M | Musical ⋄ Comedy An aging B-horror queen realizes that sometimes you really DO have to die to become famous!
Stupid Girl Budget: $100K - $1M | Independent ⋄ Drama Bullied by his peers, a young teen struggling with gender identity changes the mindset of others in his anti-LGBT community with help from his widowed father and a closeted transgender teacher.

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Credits

Losing Sight (2015)
Short Writer
I Love Dick (2011)
TV Mini Series Writer
Outdishes with Dinah Diva (2008)
Video Writer
Tell Veronica (2008)
Video Writer
The Hostesses (2007)
Short Writer
Getting It Straight (2006)
Short Actor
The Potters
Writer
Blood Current
Writer

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Awards

• Page Turner Screenplays Contest – Semi-Finalist – “Pretty Girls Aren’t Funny”
• Page Turner Screenplays Contest – Semi-Finalist – “Yellow Bird” TV Pilot
• ISA Comedy Screenplay Competition – Quarter-Finalist – “Dead B-Horror Queen”
• Table Read My Screenplay – Top 100 Action/Adventure – “Waking Up In Kansas”
• Wiki Screenplay Contest – Official Selection – “Pretty Girls Aren’t Pretty”
• Wiki Screenplay Contest – Finalist – “Yellow Bird” TV Pilot
• Wildsound Writing & Film Festival Review – Top 5 New TV Pitches – “Yellow Bird”
• Nicholl Fellowship Awards – Top 10% Semi-Finalist – “$980,000 Over Reno”
• Project Greenlight Contest – Semi-Finalist – “Home Before Midnight”
• Writer’s Digest Competition – Winner – “No Strings Attached”
• Big Damn Film Festival – Top 20 Best Shorts – “The Hostesses”
• North American Book Exchange – Best Children’s Book – “The Littlest Spruce”
Emerging Screenwriters Competition - Top 10 Finalist - "Pretty Girls Aren't Pretty"

Education

• American Theatre of Writers & Actors, NY – James Jennings, Teacher
(1989-1992)
• SUNY Geneseo & Nazareth College, NY – BA, English & Journalism
(1979-1983)