Karl Mather

Karl was born in Liverpool, England and is a lifelong supporter of Everton F.C.
He has worked as a copywriter, art director and Creative Director for some of the biggest ad agencies in the world in London, Dusseldorf, Tokyo and Sydney. Currently living in Brisbane, he has written several award-winning short films, including The Story of Bubbleboy, Size Thirteen and Great Adventures.

Now it is time to move on to features... this is Karl's current list of unproduced script wins.

Winner:
Pipeland – Vegas Movie Awards 2021
The Federal Hotel – LGBTQ Unbordered Film Festival 2021: Gold Winner
On A Wing and A Prayer – Film Lot The Film Club Australia 2020
Double FF – Australasia’s Film Festival of Time 2020: Silver Screenplay
Tiger Tale – Nature Without Borders International Film Festival 2020
Sea Monsters - New Age Cinemas and Scripts 2020
The Federal Hotel – Film Lot Australia 2020
Sea Monsters - Film & Screenplay Contest 2020
Sea Monsters – Hollywood Blood Horror Festival 2020
Black Tiger – Vegas Movie Awards 2020
Born to be Wild – Vegas Movie Awards 2020
Free Falling – UK Film Festival 3 Minute Script Competition 2020: 2nd place
Welcome to Valhalla – New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition 2020: 2nd place
Black Tiger – Depth of Field International Film Festival 2020: Silver Award
Born to be Wild – Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards: Overall Winner 2019
Black Tiger – Los Angeles Film Awards 2019: Winner
Double FF – Genre Celebration Festival 2019: Winner
Born to be Wild – Rome Prisma Film Awards 2019: Winner
Double FF – ZedFest Film Festival 2018: 5th place

Finalist:
Black Tiger – World Film Carnival Singapore 2022
Black Tiger – Capital Fund Screenplay Competition Hot 100 List 2021
Featherfoot Man – Scario Short Film Fest 2021
Lonely Planet – British Animation Film Festival 2021
Lonely Planet – Beverly Hills Film Festival 2021
Bad Sugar – Shockfest Film Festival 2020
Sea Monsters – Shockfest Film Festival 2020
Black Tiger – Page Turner Screenplays Genre Competition 2020
Lonely Planet – FilmQuest 2020
Born to be Wild – Wiki Screenplay Contest 2020
The Federal Hotel – Skyline Indie Film Fest 2020
In Lock Down in Road Town – Film Lot Australia 2020
Tiger Tale – British Animation Film Festival 2020
Black Tiger – Vail Screenplay Competition 2020
Double FF – Australasia’s Film Festival of Time 2020
Bad Sugar – Australasia’s Film Festival of Time 2020
Lonely Planet – Rome Prisma Film Awards 2020
Black Tiger – ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2020
Welcome to Valhalla – Moody Crab Film Festival 2020
Bad Sugar - Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards 2019
Black Tiger – Genre Celebration Festival 2019
Bad Sugar – HorrorHaus Film Festival 2019
On A Wing and A Prayer – Rome Prisma Film Awards 2019
Bad Sugar – Horror Bowl Movie Awards 2019
Bad Sugar – 2019
Bad Sugar – Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest 2019
The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco - Australian Writers’ Guild Insite Award 2017
Never A Word of A Lie – BlueCat Screenplay Competition 2016

Semi-Finalist:
Seven Gods – NYC Screenplay Awards 2021
Free Falling – Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards 2021
Born to be Wild – Stage 32 6th Annual Television Writing Contest 2021
Featherfoot Man – Fade In Awards Short Film/Short Script 2021
Born to be Wild – 25th Annual Fade In Awards TV Pilot 2020
Sea Monsters - ZedFest Film Festival 2020
Sea Monsters – Screenplay Festival 2020
Black Tiger – Screenplay Festival 2020
Tiger Tale – ScreenCraft Animation Screenplay Competition 2020
Lonely Planet – ScreenCraft Animation Screenplay Competition 2020
Black Tiger – 2020 PAGE Awards
Lonely Planet – WriteMovies Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award 2020
Welcome to Valhalla – Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards 2020
Lonely Planet – WriteMovies Summer Screenwriting Contest 2020
Black Tiger – Wiki Screenplay Contest 2020
Double FF – Screencraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition 2020
Born to be Wild – Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards 2020
Double FF – Fade In Awards Sci-Fi 2020
Double FF – Page Turner Screenplays 2020
Bad Sugar – Fade In Awards Horror 2020
On A Wing and A Prayer – Fade In Awards True Story/Biopic 2019
Double FF – 24th Annual Fade In Awards First Ten Pages Competition 2019
Bad Sugar – ZedFest Film Festival 2019
Born to be Wild - Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition 2019
Double FF - Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition 2019
Double FF – Stage 32 3rd Annual Sci-Fi & Fantasy Contest 2019
Welcome to Valhalla – Fade In Awards Comedy Contest 2019
Welcome to Valhalla – Stage 32 4th Annual Comedy Writing Contest 2019
The Federal Hotel – Screencraft Action & Adventure Contest 2018
The Federal Hotel – WeScreenplay Diverse Voices 2017
Bad Sugar – Stage 32 Search for New Blood 4th Annual 2017

Quarter Finalist:
Welcome to Valhalla – Chicago Screenplay Awards 2021
Born to be Wild – Chicago Screenplay Awards 2021
Featherfoot Man – Chicago Screenplay Awards 2021
Seven Gods – WriteMovies Spring Screenwriting Contest 2021
Double FF – Stage 32 5th Annual Sci-Fi & Fantasy Contest 2021
Bad Sugar – Page Turner Screenplays First 15 2021
Welcome to Valhalla – Scriptation Showcase Script Competition 2020
On A Wing and A Prayer – Page Turner Screenplays 2020
Black Tiger - BlueCat Screenplay Competition 2020
Black Tiger – Screencraft Action & Adventure Contest 2019
Black Tiger – WriteMovies Fall Screenwriting Contest 2019
Double FF – WriteMovies Spring Screenwriting Contest 2019
The Federal Hotel – WriteMovies Summer Screenwriting Contest 2017
Never A Word of A Lie – Stage 32 3rd Annual Feature Screenwriting 2017