Phil Hollins

Unique traits: Fortunate to have done very well in competitions across various genres. I like helping writers in reading groups and finding something positive in nearly everything.

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  Blackballed Thriller ⋄ Action When a reformed white supremacist's daughter receives a heart transplant from a black FBI agent's son, the two men must overcome their deep-seated prejudices and join forces to take down a dangerous hate group, all while protecting the girl who bridges their worlds.

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  Blows My Mind Sci-fi ⋄ Action An ex-CIA agent, now a contract operative with a bullet lodged in her brain that grants her abilities to absorb memories and skills through touch, balances dangerous international missions while relentlessly pursuing the man who shot her.

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  Har(t)less Thriller ⋄ Drama World's top cardiac surgeon, Javi Harless, serving time for murder, strikes a deal with Warden Lynda Turner to save her daughter's life, if she'll help track down whoever set him up.

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  Beneath the Brimstone Action ⋄ Adventure When the world’s tallest teenager's shot at the pros is disrupted by the Rapture, he uses his God-gifted talents to go on a perilously journey in search of the Biblical flaming sword to help save mankind...

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  Retro Thriller ⋄ Drama When a biotech firm developing prosthetics for amputee veterans inadvertently resurrects the dead, they covertly use this technology to target unpunished criminals. But their quest hits a road bump, when a grieving new hire stumbles upon their secret operation, becoming entangled in a dangerous web of moral dilemmas that blur the lines of justice and vengeance.

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  The Yucatan Action ⋄ Adventure A spoiled L.A. teens move to the Yucatan Peninsula goes awry when she inadvertently unleashes an ancient Mayan curse from a hidden pyramid, forces her to team up with an eccentric old man and a mysterious boy to battle mythical monsters from another realm before an evil force destroys the world.

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  Grandma's a Hitman Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy Ingrid's world is thrown for a loop after she finds evidence that her sweet ole late Grandma may have been one of America's Most Wanted.

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  Sin Mi Familia (Without My Family) Budget: $1M - $5M | Action ⋄ Thriller A Guatemalan mother, whose past catches up with her, goes on the run with an illusive stranger, after they pop up on the radar of rogue agents and a jilted ex who has a thirst for blood.

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  The Roof is on Fire Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy LAPD Sergeant Raymond Roof, an extremely gullible by the book cop, turns up the heat, when a mint candy he's given at beginning of a shift turns out to be a super hyperactive "Weezo Pill" causes him to live out his repressed behaviors.

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  Arianrhod: A New Beginning - Pilot Budget: $5M - $10M | Action ⋄ Sci-fi In 2049, after a post apocalyptic mutation of the Y chromosome decimates the male species, the world depends on society of female warriors who must fight against tyranny to protect remaining cryobanksand find a cure to save what's left of humanity."Game of Thrones" meets "Mad Max: Fury Road"

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  Fake It! Budget: $5M - $10M | Romance ⋄ Comedy Margo (Trudy) , brutally bullied in high school over her looks, uses her recently lottery winnings to secretly undergo an extreme surgical makeover and now confronts her demons when her prince-charming love interest pressures her to take their relations to the next level.

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  Forces of Decadence Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical ⋄ Drama A military cop chronicles a series of incredible events as a lawyer preps a high-profile international smuggling court-martial involving an attempted assassination case against one of the most decorated Green Berets in U.S. history.Based on a True Story

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  Red Ball Budget: $10M - $30M | Action ⋄ War Five soldiers, deployed on special duty, end up in their own war as they plan a nearly impossible heist to intercept a scheduled central banking funds shipment that's being diverted to terrorists & insurgents.

• Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices (Quarter Finalist) Fake It!
  (2022)

• Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices (Quarter Finalist) - Sin Mi Familia
  (2022)

• International Screenwriting Competition (Finalist) - Sin Mi Familia
  (2022)

• International Screenwriting Competition (Semi Finalist) - Blackballed
  (2022)

• Dreamanila International Film Festival (Winner)
  (2022)

• Calcasieu Parish Short Film Festival - Best Script (Finalist - Winner Pending)
  (2021)

• Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition - Best Short (Finalist)
  (2021)

• Azure Lorica Fan Film Awards - Best Script (Finalist)
  (2021)

• Austin Film Festival - Screenplay Competition (Second Rounder)
  (2021)

• BLASTOFF – Short Script (Winner - Spring)
  (2021)

• BLASTOFF - Best Feature (Winner - Fall)
  (2021)

• Andromeda Film Festival - Best Script (Winner)
  (2021)

• Honor Film Festival – Best Story or Plot (Winner)
  (2021)

• Screencraft Action & Adventure - Best Script (Quarter Finalist)
  (2021)

• WeScreenplay - Best Screenplay (Quarter Finalist)
  (2021)

• Top Indie Film Festival - Best Feature (Winner) Grandma's a Hitman
  (2021)

• Four Corners Film Festival - Best TV (Winner)
  (2021)

• Rameshwaram International Film Festival - Short (Winner)
  (2021)

• Rameshwaram International Film Festival - Feature (Winner)
  (2021)

• Monochrome Film Festival (Finalist)
  (2021)

• LIFFT INDIA FILMOTSAV & AWARDS - World Cine Fest (Finalist)
  (2021)

• Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards Season 6 (Quarter Finalist)
  (2021)

• Emerging Screenwriters - Genre Screenplay Competition 2021 (Quarter Finalist)
  (2021)

• Utah Film Festival - Best Feature (Semi Finalist)
  (2020)

• Medellin Int'l Fest - Best Script (Winner)
  (2020)

• Top Indie Film Festival - Best Feature (Winner) - Blackballed
  (2020)

• Las Vegas Black Film Festival - Best Script (Top 3 Nominee)
  (2020)

• WarnerMedia Urban Action Showcase - Best Action Script (Winner)
  (2020)

• WILDSound FEEDBACK Film Festival - Best Script (February Winner)
  (2020)

• Monochrome Film Festival - Best Script (Top-4 Nominee)
  (2020)

• Top Indie Film Festival - Best Featured Screenplay (Winner) - Chusei
  (2020)

• Orlando Urban Film Festival - Best Script (Top-4 Nominee)
  (2020)

• Asian Film Festival, Los Angeles Hollywood - Best Script (Finalist)
  (2020)

• Azure Lorica FanFic Gala - Best Screenplay (Finalist)
  (2020)

• Berlin Flash Film Festival - Best Short (Winner)
  (2020)

• LiveRead/LA (Finalist)
  (2020)

• Stage 32 That's A Movie - Logline Contest (Winner)
  (2020)

• LIFFT India Filmotsav - World Cinema Fest (Winner)
  (2020)

• Queen Palm International Film Fest - Best Script Dialogue (Winner)
  (2020)

• Write LA - March Reading (Finalist)
  (2020)

• Oaxaca Film Fest - Best TV Pilot (Finalist)
  (2019)

• HBO/Cinemax Urban Action Showcase - Best Sci-fi Script (Winner)
  (2019)

• Sacramento Int'l Fest - Best Comedy (Winner)
  (2019)

• Seoul Int'l Fest - Best Screenplay (Finalist)
  (2019)

• Evolution! Mallorca Int'l Film Festival - Best Feat (Semi-Finalist)
  (2019)

• Script and Storyboard Showcase - Best Script (Nominee)
  (2019)

• Chhatrapati Shivaji Int'l Film Fest - Best Script (Finalist)
  (2019)

• Austin Film Festival - Screenplay Competition (Second Rounder)
  (2018)

• Chandler Int'l Film Fest - Best Screenplay (Winner)
  (2018)

• Hollywood Blvd Film Festival - Best Script (Winner)
  (2018)

• Art Color Digital Cinema Int'l Film Festival - Best Screenplay (Winner)
  (2018)

• ColorTape Int'l Film Festival – Scripts/Screenplay Best Adaptation (Winner)
  (2018)

• Azure Lorica's Awareness Festival – Best Screenplay (Top 6 Finalist)
  (2018)

• Script Summit - Best Script (Finalist)
  (2018)

• Mediterranean Film Festival - Best Military Screenplay (Winner)
  (2017)

• Arizona State University
  (2012-2013)

• Grand Canyon University
  (2010-2012)

• Ashford University
  (2007-2009)

• University of Maryland - College Park
  (1989-1992)

• Hampton University
  (1984-1987)