Phoenix Black is on the ‘ Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch In 2024’ list by Network ISA (USA). Phoenix, a former aidworker, became a single foster mom during the pandemic. She is the daughter of one of Australia’s first dozen immigrants of color and is based in Sydney.
Phoenix writes genre benders about personal chaos and adventure, at the intersection of racism, identity and loss, told from her perspective as a woman of color with a disability.
She is a final Draft Big Break Top 5 finalist and has placed at Austin Film Festival, PAGE Awards and ScreenCraft. Phoenix studied novel and playwriting. Her Master in Public Health led to working for Oxfam and United Nations in war zones and disasters.
Her features include FATHER TRINITY, a drama psychological horror about masculinity, racism and loss and the dangers of repeating our parents’ relationship pattern.
Her family fantasy drama feature KEANU REEVES IS MY MUSE, MY SON IS A DRAGON, is inspired by her muse, Keanu Reeves, and her foster son, who thinks he is a dragon. Neither of them does the dishes.
Unique traits: Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch In 2024 list (Network ISA). High tolerance for chaos. Doggedly optimistic.
KEANU REEVES IS MY MUSE, MY SON IS A DRAGON Budget: $30M+ | Fantasy ⋄ Drama When a single, chaotic writer fosters a boy who thinks he's a dragon, she must embrace his imaginary world and share her own to heal them both and form a family. Based on a true story.
FIRE KINGS Budget: $5M - $10M | Drama A war veteran police officer infiltrates a veteran’s motorcycle club suspected of drug smuggling, finding the brotherhood he needs to recover from his past.
BLOOD DRIVE Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror ⋄ Drama When a vulnerable single mom marries a dreamy paediatrician, she discovers a ring of vampires preying on children in the paediatric unit – including her hemophiliac daughter.
FATHER TRINITY Budget: $1M - $5M | Experimental ⋄ Drama MULHOLLAND DRIVE meets GET OUT. On the set of a martial arts horror show, 3 stories of masculinity interweave. A stuntman’s son sabotages his father’s affair, a sex-addicted star falls in love and a grieving stagehand finally faces his demons.
Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch In 2024 - Network ISA
(2024)
Titan Awards Finalist - winner drama category
(2023)
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Feature Competition
(2022)
Runner-up, Roadmap Writers - Roadmap's Diversity Initiative Competition
(2022)
Quarterfinalist, WeScreenplay Feature Contes
(2022)
Top 5 Finalist, Final Draft Big Break
(2022)
Quarterfinalist, PAGE Awards - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Competition
(2021)
Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival
(2021)
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