Joanne Bellew

Screenwriter

Sydney, Australia

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September 2019

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About Joanne

Joanne Bellew is an Australian multi-award-winning mother of two who writes in the drama, comedy, and romantic comedy space. She believes there is an unlikely or untapped hero in everyone and enjoys writing everyday stories of characters working through their brave and sometimes comedic paths to enlightenment.

Her romantic comedy feature 'Mojo' reached Semi-Finalist at the 2023 Austin Film Festival.

Her 2023 Page Award Silver Winner 'Un Violon' sits at Top 1% on Coverfly and reached #1 on Coverfly's 2023 Annual Red List for Family Shorts, as well as Finalist in the Roadmap Writers 2023 Shorts Competition. Her 2024 drama short 'You Cannot Sweep The Moon' reached #2 in the June 2024 Red List for Family Shorts.

Joanne's drama feature 'The Bracelets' made Top 10 in the 2021 Final Draft Big Break and her latest heartfelt comedy feature 'Once Upon A Christmas In Hollyville' reached Semi-Finalist in the 2024 Page Awards, Coverfly's Red List for Faith Based scripts and made the Top 20 of Faith based scripts listed on Coverfly for 2024. 'Once Upon a Christmas in Hollyville' is a rewrite of Joanne's edgier comedy feature Rudy's Christmas Revenge' which made the Blacklist's Top List multiple times and won various faith and comedy competitions.

Gender:
Female

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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RUDY'S CHRISTMAS REVENGE Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy Decades after giving up his musical aspirations to raise an abandoned child, a single Christian trailer park father goes rogue with his old bandmates at Christmas to seek revenge on the high school bully who stole his girlfriend and his musical career.
THE BRACELETS Drama ⋄ Adventure A young girl and her two best friends face retribution when they are forced to fight racism in a hypocritical religious town.
MOJO Budget: $5M - $10M | Drama ⋄ Romance When her voodoo priestess grandmother falls ill with dementia, a woman finds herself in a battle against her stepsister, her socialite father, and her loyalty to an old flame when she attempts to save her grandmother’s voodoo store and home.
SAVING SIMON Crime ⋄ Comedy When an irresponsible young woman's father goes to prison, she must prove to Social Services… and the mob… that she is responsible enough to care for her OCD hyper-intelligent little brother.
UN VIOLON Budget: $0 - $100K | Family A young boy desperate to impress his musical grandfather must make his first violin performance his greatest when the elderly man falls gravely ill.

Awards

Silver - The Page Awards
(2023)
Semi-Finalist - Austin Film Festival
(2023)
TOP 10 - Final Draft Big Break
(2021)
SECOND ROUNDER - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL
(2019)
HONORABLE MENTION - Los Angeles Movie Awards.
(2019)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - The Sacramento International Film Festival.
(2019)
FINALIST - The Las Vegas Film and Screenwriting Competition.
(2019)
FINALIST - European International Film Festival.
(2019)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - The West Europe Film Festival, Brussels Edition.
(2019)
SEMI-FINALIST - Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival.
(2019)
FINALIST – Writer of the Year – The Las Vegas Film and Screenplay Competition.
(2019)
FINALIST - BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Rome Prisma Awards.
(2019)
FINALIST - Filmmatic Pitch Now Screenwriting Contest.
(2019)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Script Summit Screenplay Competition.
(2019)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE - New York Los Angeles International Film Festival. 2019 - FINALIST - Big Apple
(2019)
FINALIST - The Las Vegas Film and Screenwriting Competition.
(2019)
FINALIST - INROADS Screenwriting Fellowship.
(2019)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - The West Europe Film Festival, Brussels Edition.
(2019)
FINALIST - Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Contest.
(2019)
SEMI-FINALIST - Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival.
(2019)
FINALIST – Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia (winner tba).
(2019)
WINNER - Best Feature Screenplay - Los Angeles Film Awards.
(2019)
WINNER - Best Feature Screenplay - Festigious International Film Festival.
(2019)
WINNER - Screenplay of the Month - New York Film Awards.
(2019)
FINALIST - Changing Face International Film Festival.
(2019)
QUARTER FINALIST - New York City International Screenplay Competition.
(2019)
WINNER - BEST FAITH BASED SCREENPLAY - The Las Vegas International Film and Screenwriting Competitio
(2019)
SEMI-FINALIST - Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival.
(2019)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - The Global Film Festival Awards, LA.
(2019)
FINALIST – Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia (winner tba).
(2019)
ANNUAL NOMINATION - BEST SCREENPLAY - New York Film Awards
(2019)
ANNUAL NOMINATION - BEST SCREENPLAY - Festigious Film Awards
(2019)
WINNER - Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards
(2019)
SEMI-FINALIST - Los Angeles Independent Film Festival.
(2018)
FINALIST WITH HONORABLE MENTION - Los Angeles Film and Script Festival.
(2018)
WINNER - Award of Excellence - New York Los Angeles Independent Film Festival.
(2018)
WINNER - Best Screenplay Los Angeles Film Awards.
(2018)
WINNER - Best First Time Screenwriter - New York Film Awards.
(2018)
WINNER - Best Screenplay - Festigious International Film Festival, Los Angeles.
(2018)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Hollywood Boulevard Film Festival.
(2018)
HONORABLE MENTION - Global Film Festival Awards.
(2018)
RUNNER-UP, BEST SCREENPLAY - Filmstrip Independent Film Festival (Romania).
(2018)
FINALIST - Rome Independent Prisma Awards (Rome).
(2018)
HONORABLE MENTION – Experimental Forum Festival, Los Angeles.
(2018)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - The Next Level International Film Festival, Australia.
(2018)
SEMI-FINALIST – Australia Independent Film Festival.
(2018)
SELECTION - Cartharsis International Film Festival.
(2018)
WINNER - Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards.
(2018)
WINNER - HONORABLE MENTION - Los Angeles Film Awards.
(2018)
WINNER - BEST SCREENPLAY - New York Film Awards.
(2018)
QUARTER-FINALIST – Screencraft Drama Contest.
(2018)
FINALIST - Yosemite International Film Festival.
(2018)
WINNER - BEST SCREENPLAY DRAMA - Festigious International Film Festival, LA.
(2018)