June Escalante

June Escalante
escalantejune@
BIO: June was born in England and became an American citizen 5 years ago. She has written several screenplays that have either won or placed in many competitions. She now writes full time in Los Angeles.
EDUCATION: Studied drama at Mable Fletcher Drama College in Liverpool, UK.
Studied acting under Joan Sittenfield, Los Angeles, US.

THE LODGER/Thriller
Logline: A psychotic drifter is intent on claiming a dead man’s family for himself.
Top Ten Winner - Wescreenplay - 2015
Top 50 – Shoreline Scripts - 2013
Finalist – The Page Awards - 2011
Finalist – Screenplay Festival - 2011
Finalist – Writers On The Storm- 2010
Semi- Finalist – BlueCat – 2010
Semi – Finalist – Champion Screenwriting – 2010
Top 25 – Gotham Screenwriting – 2009

RULED ACCIDENTAL/Drama
Logline: With the last shovel dirt on her husbands’s grave, Violet Jones thinks all of her troubles are behind her, but whoever said the past is dead and buried has never met Nola French.
First place winner – Blazing Quill - 2011
Finalist – Screenplay Search - 2010
Semi- Finalist – Scriptapalooza - 2010
Top 25 – British Screenplay/Kaos Films - 2010
Semi – Finalist – Screenplay Festival - 2010

MR. CLARK/Thriller
Logline: A murderous philanthropist falls in love with his latest victim’s sister as he maneuvers to avoid suspicion for his crimes.
Semi-Finalist - The Page Awards - 2018
Top Three - Fresh Voices - 2014
Top 20 – The Happy Writers - 2012
Finalist – Award Winning Screenplay Comp. – 2011
Finalist – Blazing Quill – 2011
Finalist – Red InkWorks – 2011
Top 10% The Nicholl Fellowship 2011

THE ORTONS/Drama
Logline: Two young brothers will stop at nothing to ensure their mother’s happiness when they discover that their stepfather is cheating with a local waitress.
Silver Award/second place - The page awards - 2017
Top Ten Finalist - The Page Awards - 2015
Official Finalist – Chicago Screenwriting Contest - 2013
Top 10% - Nicholl Fellowship – 2013
Semi – Finalist – Cinestory - 2013
Top 10% - Austin Film Festival - 2012
Top 25 The Page Awards - 2012

HONEYCHILD/Drama-Comedy
Logline: A young girl defies the family patriarch by refusing to go into the family business of exotic dancing. She has dreams of her own to become a famous fashion designer.
Currently a Semi-Finalist in The stage32 Comedy Screenwriting Contest - 2020
Quarterfinalist - The Page Awards - 2017
Top 10% - Austin Film Festival – 2011
Top 25 – Fresh Voices Screenplay Contest - 2012

ILL GOTTEN GAINS/Thriller
Logline: A dangerous criminal family begins to fall apart in their attempt to retrieve a large amount of money stolen by, Vera, their disgruntled maid.
Quarterfinalist - Wescreenplay - 2016
Top 10% Austin Film Festival - 2015

THE MAD WOMAN
Logline: A philandering husband struggles to do right by his family following his mother-in-law’s untimely death - and return as a ghostly apparition.
Semi-Finalist in the Bluecat Screenplay Competition - 2020
Quarterfinalist in the Screencraft Drama Competition - 2019