Penny LeLeux
Writer/Director/Producer at On the Fly Film Productions
Content Creator, Editor, Film/theatre Journalist, Filmmaker, Location Scout, Marketing/pr and Photographer (Still)
Orange, Texas
August 2017
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About Penny
Penny began in films through 48 Hour Film Races in 2016 and screenwriting through NYC Midnight screenwritng challenges in 2018.
Through reworking the script after receiving feedback, her first short script won 2nd place at the Lake Charles Film Festival and further rewrites won her Best Short Screenplay at BMT Film Fest 2019. She is working to expand the story to a potential series.
The second script for NYC Midnight, "Shhh" was produced and won 2nd place at Calcasieu Parish Short Film Fest in 2020 and was accepted to several other fests.
After a re-edit and original scoring, the film just won Best Female Director/Best Soundtrack 2021 at the inaugural Music City Film Fest and is an Official Selection at Cannes Short Films Festival 2021.
She currently has several scripts in the works and is working to help build the film community in Southeast Texas.
Unique traits: Southern accent, contagious laugh, quirky sense of humor.
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Loglines
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Shhh Budget: $0 - $100K | Romance ⋄ Action When a pharmaceutical spy ducks into a library to avoid capture he encounters a potential partner/love interest in a librarian looking for adventure and a new job.
Credits
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Death by King Cake (
2022 )
Film (short) by Best of Luck Films/Janssen Swint Penny Moreau/Producer Daisy Moreau's dream is to become an actress. Presenting her family background to the admissions director of a notable art school may be a challenge - they're the All-American family, pro wrestling, blackmail, and a deadly plastic baby. -
Finding Frank (
2022 )
Series by Inwood Park Productions/Zach Jones, Chance Smith Frank's Mom Frank, a starving artist, moves into a new apartment and becomes friends with his stoner neighbor Leo. Navigating new relationships, jobs and friends, Frank is in for one hell of a ride. -
Shhh (
2019 - 2021 )
Film (short) by On the Fly Films/Fresh Productions (Adventure, Comedy and Romance) Writer/Director/Producer When a pharmaceutical spy ducks into a library to avoid capture he encounters a potential partner/love interest in a librarian looking for adventure and a new job. -
Spindletop: The Beginning (
2020 )
Film Script and Continuity Department -
Ghost Writer (
2019 )
Film Director
Awards
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Best Short Film "Shhh" Sunny Side Up Film Festival
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Best Romance Film "Shhh" Sunny Side Up Film Festival
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Best Supporting Actress "Shhh" Sunny Side Up Film Festival
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Nominated Best Director, Female Director, Dark Comedy, Texas Film "Shhh" Sunny Side Up Film Festival
(2022) -
Best Short Film Century Cinema Film Festival
(2022) -
Nominee Austin Action Film Festival
(2022) -
Nominee: Director, Female Director, Comedy: San Angelo Revolution Film Fest
(2022) -
Best Action/Thriller Mesa Film Festival
(2022) -
Nominee GainesCon
(2022) -
Best Female Director- "Shhh" -Music City Film Fest
(2021) -
Best Soundtrack - "Shhh" -Music City Film Fest
(2021) -
Official Selection - "Shhh" -Cannes Short Film Fest
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Best Short Narrative "Shhh" Lake Charles Film Festival
(2021) -
3rd place Short Screenplay "Monsters Among Us" Lake Charles Film Festival
(2021) -
Official Selection "Shhh" Fargo Fantastic Film Fest
(2021) -
Official Selection "Shhh" Grand Rapid Comic Con
(2021) -
Qtr Finalist Stage 32 Short Film Competition "Shhh"
(2020) -
2nd place Short Narrative Calcasieu Parish Short Film Fest "Shhh"
(2020) -
Nominee Urban Action International FF "Shhh"
(2020) -
Official selection Mr. Holehead's Warped Dimension "Shhh"
(2020) -
Best Screenplay- BMT Film Fest "Life with Bill: Waiting on Cahill"
(2019) -
Second Place Short Screenplay- Lake Charles Film Festival for Life with Bill "Waiting on Cahill"
(2018) -
Outstanding Media Support for the Arts and Humanities from Southeast Texas Arts Council
(2017)
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