Carole Ryavec

Carmic Productions
Director and Screenwriter

New York City, New York

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About Carole

Carole Ryavec
American, Slovenian Nationality

WRITER / DIRECTOR

Feature Scripts
Tulare Basin: Drama, Western Noir. After an ex-army ranger, small town detective finds a farmer brutally
murdered in California’s drought-stricken Central Valley, his investigation leads him to a swarm of corruption aimed at control of land and water.
Quarterfinalist: Creative Screenwriting, Fresh Voices, ISA Semifinalist: Stage 32, CWA ; Blue Cat
Official Selection: American Screenwriters Conference
Official Selection: L.A.Neo Noir Novel Film and Script Festival
Redcoats on the Hudson. Period Action/Adventure. After the Revolutionary War claims the home and loved ones of a Hudson Valley seamstress, she forges her own path to independence.
Semifinalist: Cynosure Screenwriting Awards, 2016; Creative World Awards 2017; Semifinalist: StoryPros International Screenplay Contest, 2017;
Finalist: Oaxaca Film Festival 2017 – most stirring character;
Semifinalist: 15th Annual Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards
Dark Pools. Thriller
Finalist: Scriptapalooza 2010; Semifinalist: Gotham Screen Screenplay Contest.
Venus Retrograde. Comedy. Semifinalist: IFP Market 2005; Quarterfinalist: Scriptapalooza Chef’s Special. Comedy. Quarterfinalist, Slamdance
Embargo: Thriller. Semifinalist, Scriptapalooza; Round Two, Page.

TV Scripts
NCIS LA. Spec script. “Yokosuka”
The War in Gorizia, “Night Maneuvers”. TV Anthology Drama. In Gorizia, Italy, a recently retired policeman, secretly assisting underground socialists, is required to cover up the murder of the local fascist party leader. (“Foyle’s War” in World War II Italy. )
Freya’s Folly. TV Serial Drama, Pilot. “Birthday Blues”

Documentaries
Water Bucks – The Atlantic City Story, Doc Short 2017. Best Director, Atlantic City Cinefest 2017 Letters from Slovenia, Feature Documentary, 2015
SaMo Indie Film Festival, 2016; International Independent Film Awards, 2017 Asphalt Green – Keeping it Green. PSA
Wind Shadows – Feature Documentary , Hoboken FF, East Silver Market
From Karst to Canyon. Hoboken FF
Bombay to Brooklyn – Preetworks. Doc Short, San Diego Asian FF
The Master’s Brush. Doc Short, Big Apple FF

Judge: School of Visual Arts, Dusty Awards. Doc Category, 2011-2015, 2017
NYU - Screenwriting Certificate; UCLA - Courses for Writers’ Certificate; Columbia University, Ph.D.

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REKT Budget: $1M - $5M | Crime ⋄ Comedy An aspiring journalist witnesses the hit and run death of an arrogant Bitcoin billionaire and is haunted by his ghost until she finds his killer.
Tulare Basin Budget: $1M - $5M | Crime In the rural farmlands of present-day Central California, A despondent detective uncovers massive corruption; while he attempts to bring the guilty to justice, he reconnects with his dying wife.
Venus Retrograde Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance ⋄ Comedy A high-flying Wall Street trader’s life spins out of control when her trading success falters, and she turns to astrology for guidance just as her estranged husband reappears, seeking reconciliation.