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About Michael
Michael Elliott was born to entertain. First as a professional musician, powering backlines with some of the most popular bands in Maryland which lead to working as a much sought after studio musician.
Later he became a popular stand-up comic, working clubs and colleges in the East, South and Midwest for 12 years, highlighted by opening for stars like Dave Chapelle and Darrell Hammonds.
Then, starting in 2019, Mike turned his talent to screenwriting. In five years, he’s built an impressive portfolio of professional level screenplays in the genres of Action, Drama and Crime/Mystery. Two of them are in Coverfly’s Top 1% with a third in the Top 4%.
When not creating compelling characters and breathless action sequences, Mike is a Reading Intervention Specialist, dedicated to helping 6th and 7th grade students improve their reading skills.
Badges
2024-11-05
Double Recommended Screenwriter
2024-11-05
Writers' Room Member
Certifications
Loglines
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(I'll Never Find) Another You Budget: $5M - $10M | Romance Realizing the true "love of her life" has been in and out of her life for six decades, a 70ish woman, suffering with cancer, tries that love again.
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Stolen legacy Drama A white Vietnam vet discovers his family's fortune was built from stealing black-owned farms during the Great Depression. He joins with an African-American vet and the local AA church in a quest for justice,
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Nobody's Heroes Budget: $5M - $10M | Action ⋄ Adventure A disillusioned Vietnam combat vet defies the FBI to help a notorious antiwar activist escape to Canada. "The Fugitive" meets "The Deer Hunter".
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In Self Defense? Budget: $5M - $10M | Thriller ⋄ Action Seeking revenge on a white criminal gang, a black homeowner lures them into a home invasion to disguise murder as self defense. "Death Wish" meets "Straw Dogs".
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Witches & Warriors Action ⋄ Fantasy In 1990, an emotionally vulnerable teenager gets mysteriously transported to 1967 San Francisco. He joins the Army and volunteers for Vietnam to find the Father he never knew. SPYGATE meets PLATOON.
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Therapy Sessions Thriller ⋄ Mystery A female med student on rotation at the hospital's mental health clinic suspects her patient killed her sister twelve years earlier, forcing her into a dangerous revenge scheme that blurs ethical lines and threatens her life and sanity.
Awards
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On ISA, 107 Finalist badges
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"Nobody's Heroes" Top 1% Coverfly, 53 accolades. #6 Action script, Red List
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I'll Never Find Another You. Top 1% Coverfly, 19 accolades. #9 Drama script, Red List
(2024) -
I'll Never Find Another You. Best Romantic Screenplay, Chicago Script Awards
(2023)
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