MARIA & KEVIN O'BRYAN are a multi-award winning Writing, Directing & Producing husband & wife duo - with a slate of content covering many genres. They currently have numerous scripts for film & tv in various stages of development.
Their slate includes Features, Episodics, 1/2 Hr Sitcom, Animation, ranging in Genres from Faith-Based, Rom-Com, Historical Fiction, Period piece, Drama, Comedy, Female driven dramas and Political Sci-Fi.
Maria and Kevin are currently in Pre-Production on their award winning screenplay BLUE JACKET, set to shoot in the Mid-West and they're excited to announce they just signed on director Lisa Arnold to their multi-award winning rom-com "WHO WROTE THE BOOK".
Maria Bellantoni O'Bryan, is a born and raised New Yorker with over twenty-five years experience in film, television and theater, and Kevin O'Bryan, is born and raised in the mid-west, and has an extensive background as a Project Executive, overseeing projects in scale of $500MM.
Kevin and Maria are excited to be making an impact on the culture of media. They are an unstoppable husband & wife duo who balance each other out, not only professionally, but personally and are very excited to bring their stories to life!
Weaving gold into fine linen!
Unique traits: Executive Production Manager with schedule, budget and financial management experience, handling budgets up to $500MM.
The Most Perfect Christmas Budget: $1M - $5M | Other ⋄ Comedy A newlywed couple prepare for their perfect first Christmas, in their perfect new home, when their not so perfect families crash the festivities.
Who Wrote the Book Budget: $5M - $10M | Romance ⋄ Comedy After being left at the altar, a jilted premarital consultant goes undercover for revenge when her ex's new fiancée unknowingly hires her, only to discover true love with his best friend.
Blue Jacket Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Drama A single choice triggers a group of teens to split off into alternate versions of themselves, until all culminate at a house party where one of them may not survive the night.
Stupid Girl Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical ⋄ Drama A teenaged girl dreams of elevating above her poor Bronx neighborhood, mirror her immigrant mother’s earlier struggle for survival in Italy.
The Lunch Montior Budget: $100K - $1M | Comedy A disillusioned, middle-aged mom takes a part-time lunch monitor job at the local elementary school in order to help her husband pay the bills.
Columbus Avenue Boys Budget: $10M - $30M | Drama ⋄ Historical Three blood brothers, descendants of a family massacred by Bugsy Siegel, work with the FBI to bring revenge on the mob, requiring the assistance of an unlikely hero.
The Macaronis Animation When pasta-savant Ricky takes second place in his Neighborhood Pasta Cook-Off, beaten by interloper Lilly’s noodles, a freak accident sends him to an all-pasta world, where he must learn that all ronis are valuable.
Honorable Mention - Who Wrote the Book - Los Angeles Reel Film Festival
(2023)
Semi-Finalist - Who Wrote the Book - Page Turner Screenplays
(2023)
Quarter Finalist - Wo Wrote the Book - Creative Screenwriting Feature SCreenplay Competition
(2023)
Quarter Finalist - The Lunch Monitor - Page Turner Screenplays
(2023)
Official Selection - Who Wrote the Book - Paperscreenplay
(2023)
Semi-Finalist - The Most Perfect Christmas - New Orleans International Film Awards
(2023)
Honorable Mention - The Most Perfect Christmas - New York Screenwriting Awards
(2023)
Best Screenplay - Who Wrote the Book - Kingdomwood Int'l Film Festival
(2022)
Honorable Mention - The Lunch Monitor - Big Apple Film Festival
(2022)
Semi- Finalist - Who Wrote the Book - Santa Barbara Int'l Screenplay Awards
(2022)
Quarter-Finalist - Who Wrote the Book - Faith in Film Int'l Film Festival
(2022)
Honorable Mention - Who Wrote the Book - Big Apple Film Festival
(2022)
Critic's Choice Award - Who Wrote the Book - Kingdomwood Int'l Film Festival
(2022)
Official Selection - Who Wrote the Book - Los Angeles Int'l Screenplay Awards
(2022)
Best Screenplay - Blue Jacket - Kingdomwood Int'l Film Festival
Viewers Choice Award - King's Heart - RE:Image Film Festival
Mission Excellence Award - King's Heart - RE:Image Film Festival
Best Short - King's Heart - Kingdomwood Int'l Film Festival
Best Shorts Award - King's Heart