Philip Elliott

Unique traits: Musician. Former literary magazine founder/editor-in-chief. Immigrant. Well-traveled; lived in several major global cities/countries; citizen of Ireland (EU) and Canada.

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  American Swastika Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Crime When a Los Angeles family man's secret neo-Nazi past resurfaces, to avoid life behind bars he must become the man he swore he never again would be and infiltrate a white-supremacist terrorist organization before it seizes the White House.

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  Porno Valley Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Mystery In 2000, a recently widowed PI investigates the disappearance of the Los Angeles adult-film industry's biggest star, the enigmatic Jeffrey Strokes; and in 1999, desperate young junkie lovers find the perfect score—one that involves a porn star. Based on the Shamus Award-finalist novel.

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  The Ride Home Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller When 14-year-old Roxy's estranged father, X, breaks out of a Texas prison, they must escape to Canada while avoiding capture by Deputy US Marshal Yolanda Jones and X's neo-Nazi sex-trafficker brother hunting for a stolen $10 million.

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  Highway of Tears (Best Screenplay, VHS 2022) Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror ⋄ Thriller When Indigenous girls vanish from a remote Canadian town its hypocritical mayor and a Native woman seeking escape join forces to uncover the mysterious evil feeding on the Highway of Tears.

• Quarter-finalist: Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition (The Ride Home)
  (2023)

• Quarter-finalist: ScreenCraft Horror Competition (Highway of Tears)
  (2023)

• Quarter-finalist: ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition (Swastika)
  (2023)

• Quarter-finalist: Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Competition (Highway of Tears)
  (2023)

• Quarter-finalist: Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards (Highway of Tears)
  (2023)

• Finalist: Coverfly Pitch Week (Porno Valley)
  (2022)

• Semi-finalist: Table Read My Screenplay Genre Contest (Porno Valley)
  (2022)

• Semi-finalist: Willamette Writers FilmLabTV (The Ride Home)
  (2022)

• Honorable Mention: BOLT (The Ride Home)
  (2022)

• Finalist: Best First PI Novel for Porno Valley, Shamus Awards (Private Eye Writers of America)
  (2022)

• Quarter-finalist: Stage 32 Television Drama Writing Contest (The Ride Home)
  (2022)

• Official Selection: HorrOrigins Film Festival (Highway of Tears)
  (2022)

• Honorable Mention: The Finish Line Script Competition (The Ride Home)
  (2022)

• Quarter-finalist: Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Screenplay Competition (Porno Valley)
  (2022)

• Quarter-finalist: Creative Screenwriting TV Pilot Competition (The Ride Home)
  (2022)

• Second Round: SYS's Six-Figure Screenplay Contest (Highway of Tears)
  (2022)

• Second Round: Launch Pad Prose Competition (Swastika)
  (2022)

• Winner: Best Screenplay, Vancouver Horror Show (Highway of Tears)
  (2022)

• Quarter-finalist: Horror2Comic (Highway of Tears)
  (2022)

• Honorable Mention: Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Competition (Porno Valley)
  (2021)

• Best First Novel: CWC Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing (Nobody Move)
  (2020)

• Adult Fiction Winner: Indie Author Project Ontario (Nobody Move)
  (2019)

• Finalist: Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Competition (Nobody Move)
  (2019)

• Longlisted: Millennium Book Award (Nobody Move)
  (2019)

• 3rd Place: Big Pond Rumours Chapbook Prize (Hunger & Hallelujahs)
  (2018)

• Ancient Classics - Honors BA - Maynooth University (Kildare, Ireland)
  (2014-2017)

• Drum Kit Performance - Distinction - Trinity College (London, UK)
  (2015-2015)

• Sound Production - Distinction - Kylemore College (Dublin, Ireland)
  (2012-2013)