David Bass
Dust and Sweat and Blood Productions, LLC
Content Creator and Screenwriter
Raleigh, North Carolina
April 2021
2 weeks ago
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About David
Start with why... why be a comedy screenwriter? Because laughter is seriously good medicine for the body and soul. Laughter stimulates the heart and lungs, relieves stress, relaxes muscles, releases neuropeptides that boost the immune system, relieves pain, and helps people connect better with each other.
David enjoys giving unsolicited advice to his adult children, playing poker (over 65 road trips to casinos in the last decade), telling funny stories, and creating and writing diverse characters who defy their stereotypes. Ask how he talked Mrs. Bass into driving to an all-night poker game at 6:00 a.m. to make buttermilk pancakes (from scratch!) for everyone. He's talented, funny, relatable, responsive, coachable, and easy to work with.
His short film PRIORITY BOARDING was completed in February 2023 and has been submitted to numerous film festivals.
His feature film SUGAR IS MAGIC is currently in development with an Indie producer in LA.
Certifications
Links
Loglines
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Easy Game Budget: $5M - $10M | Comedy Needing costly home repairs and 24/7 care for her frail husband, a Black great-grandma comes out of poker-playing retirement to be the third wheel on a Gen-X white guys’ trek to the World Series of Poker.
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SUGAR IS MAGIC Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy A neurodivergent YouTube chef drives from Myrtle Beach to Manhattan, with his cat, to boost his career on a TV baking competition.
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PRIORITY BOARDING Budget: $0 - $100K | Comedy A progressive airline’s commitment to a wokeness culture crosses the line into absurdity.
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AMERICA'S #1 DICK Budget: $5M - $10M | Comedy Inspired by his transgender niece, America's #1 podcaster, Dick Owens, goes rogue to take down his home state Governor before a power grab becomes irreversible.
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F.U.C.C. Budget: $5M - $10M | Comedy When the Fredrick Upchurch Country Club's pompous owner demands sex-for-promotion from her beloved mother, a recent law school grad channels her fury into an audacious lawsuit funded by the sale of edibles from the golf course snack cart.
Awards
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Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Winter 2021
(2021) -
Second Round, Launch Pad Pilot Competition 2021
(2021) -
Quarterfinalist, Stage 32 1st Annual TV Comedy Screenwriting Contest
(2021) -
Quarterfinalist, The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards (HOLD'EM)
(2021) -
Finalist, The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards (HOLD'EM)
(2021) -
Quarterfinalist, The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards (BIG EASY GAME)
(2021)
Education
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University of South Carolina
(1980-1983) -
Duke University
(1978-1980)
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