Jonathan Turner Smith

Turner/Smith Productions
Actor, Screenwriter and Producer

Los Angeles, California

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February 2020

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About Jonathan

I recently retired from the Los Angeles Unified School District as a high school English/theatre teacher. I loved teaching and won several awards during my career. I was named the Texas Classroom Teacher Association Representative of the Year and was a Finalist for “You’re the Best Teacher” Award. I was also twice nominated for Teacher of the Year for the Los Angeles Unified School District and was selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in American High Schools.
As part of my Master of Arts Degree, I wrote a one-act play, The Losers’ Club, that has been published by Eldridge Publishing and has been produced over 100 times by 60+ junior high and high schools from across the country and even Australia! Productions of the one-act play have garnered more than 15 area and state high school theatre awards.
Due to the success of The Loser’s Club and understanding that the play had a strong fan-base, I adapted the play into a screenplay in 2020. The screenplay has been honored by more than 80 Screenplay Competitions and Film Festivals from around the world.
I have also written two awarding-winning faith-based Screenplays, Jeremy and Our Final Hour. My screenplay, Nathan, co-written by JP Christy and Fred Watkins, is a family drama adapted from my play of the same name.
Besides The Losers’ Club, I have written three other published plays: The Election and Aftermath, both published by Eldridge Publishing and Whose High School Is It Anyway, published by Heartland Publishing.
I also co-produced, co-wrote and essayed the lead role the independent feature film, Broken Victory. The film won the Silver Medal at both the New York Film & Television Festival and the Houston International Film Festival. It was also a Finalist for a Billboard Dramatic Video Award and the recipient of four (4) Halo Awards from the Southern California Motion Picture Council.

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Male

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THE WEREWOLF CHRONICLES Budget: $5M - $10M | Horror Conrad Pennington’s first two fictional novels in his series, The Werewolf Chronicles, are best sellers . Bloody and gory, they are not for the faint of heart. Violence and evil are his forte… and his third and last book in the series will be his masterpiece as he reveals the only cure for lycanthropy. He is at the zenith of his career… until he comes face to face with the fictional hero of The Werewolf Chronicles, who not only informs him that werewolves are indeed real and far more evil and malevolent than he could ever imagine, but that much of what Conrad has written is actually true. Worse yet?… He is being hunted. Evil will never allow his third book to be published.
The Loser's Club Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy On the night of their Centennial Homecoming, a group of high school misfits, self-named “The Loser's Club,” put their revenge plan, “Operation Get Back” into action by kidnapping the two most popular students in their small West Texas high school and put them on trial for crimes committed against their fellow students. Operation Get Back is about to kick some serious butt!
JEREMY Budget: $1M - $5M | Family Jeremy so wants to do the right thing and stand up for what he truly believes in even if it means being tormented by the biggest bullies in school. But with the help of his new friend, Margaret, and her Native American Grandfather, he soon learns that bravery and courage can make a superhero out of anyone – even a third grader.

Awards

Semi-Finalist: San Francisco International Screenplay Conpetition
(2021)
Semi-Finalist: Hollwyood International Diversity Film Festival
(2021)
Semi-Finalist: Script Summit Screenplay Competition - "The Loser's Club"
(2020)
Quarter-Finalist: Page Turner Screenplay Competition - "The Loser's Club"
(2020)
Quarter-Finalist: Austin Screenplay Awards - "The Loser's Club"
(2020)
Finalist: Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship - "The Loser's Club"
(2020)
Finalist: Screencraft Film Fund Screenwriting Competition - "The Loser's Club"
(2020)
Finalist: South Texas International Film Festival - "The Loser's Club"
(2020)
Winner: Grand Jury Pize: Film Invasion Los Angeles
(2020)
Semi-Finalist: Wiki Screenplay Competition
(2020)
Winner: Best Comedy/Drama Screenplay: LA Live Film Festival
(2020)
Winner: Best Comedy Feature Screenplay: Austin Spotlight Film Festival
(2020)
Winner: Best Screenplay: Cine Accord Fest
(2020)
Gold Award Winner: Best Screenplay: International Independent Film Awards
(2020)
Wiiner: Best Screenplay: Silk Road Film Awards Cannes
(2020)
Winner: Best Screenplay: Kocise International Film Festival
(2020)
Winner: Best Screenplay: Port Blair International Film Festival
(2020)
Winner: Best Screenplay for Youth: Culver City Film Festival
(2020)
Wiinner: Best Young Adult Screenplay: Silver City Film Festival
(2020)
Winner: Best Comedy Screenplay: Canadian Diversity Film Festival
(2020)
Winner: Best Screenplay: CFK International Film Festival
(2020)
Finalist: Best Comedy Screenplay: Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival
(2020)
Finalist: Australia Film & Literature Festival
(2020)
Finalist: Best Screenplay: Los Angeles Film Awards
(2020)
Finalist: Portland Comedy Film Festival
(2020)
Finalist: Best Screenplay: International Moving Film Festival
(2020)
Semi-Finalist: Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards
(2020)
Semi-Finalist: Best Script Awards
(2020)
Semi-Finalist: SWN Screenplay Competition
(2020)