Gregory G. Allen is an award-winning author, screenwriter, director and producer. His short film Hiding in Daylight (Writer/Producer) was one of 29 films chosen to screen at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival for 2019 and won several awards before streaming on RevryTV. His short film Mother (Director/Writer/Producer) garnered him a Best Director award at Boston International Film Festival and Los Angeles International Film Festival and a 2015 Remi Award from WorldFest-Houston. His screenplay He is Gone was an official selection in the 2019 Beverly Hills Film Festival and Reparations was an official selection in the HollyShorts 6th annual screenplay contest summer 2019. His latest film Reparations is about a holocaust survivor being interviewed by an African-American grad student about payments he receives from Germany.
Gregory is looking to connect to filmmakers in search of source material for scripts and discuss his published novels' potential to be adapted as screenplays or executive producers that want to be involved with turning the short film "Hiding in Daylight" into a feature film.
Hiding in Daylight Drama Four gay friends must erase themselves in order to survive as they attempt to "wait out" a gay purge that has occurred in America.
Patchwork of Me Drama ⋄ Romance A woman travels across country to confront a heinous and forgotten past in order to find potential love in her future.
Cool Side of the Pillow Comedy ⋄ Drama A stay-at-home dad at a crossroads in his life, falls down the “rabbit hole” when an eccentric older actress enters his life.
Mother Drama As a thirty four year old man lies dying, the depths to which a mom will go for the love of a child are discovered.
Reparations
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Film
Director/Screenwriter/Producer
Shatter the Silence
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Film
Producer
Hiding in Daylight
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Film
Producer/Screenwriter
The Suffering
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Film
Producer
Love Meet Hope
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Film
Producer
Mother
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Film
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Inside Hollywood on the Hudson
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TV Series
Self - Interview
The Speech
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Film
Producer
Our Father
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Film
Producer
Ataraxia
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Film
Producer
Saturday Night Live
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TV Series
Actor
Tattinger's
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TV Series
Actor
Luz
Producer
The Hunters
Producer
Own Worst Enemy
Producer
Hiding in Daylight: Award of Excellence Script & Best LGBTQ Film
(2019)
Hiding in Daylight: Best in Show Wicked Queer Film Festival
(2019)
He is Gone: Screenplay Official Selection Beverly Hills Film Festival
(2019)
Cool Side of the Pillow: Semi-Finalists/Screencraft Cinematic Book Competition
(2018)
Indie Soul Best Director/Boston International Film Festival (Mother)
(2015)
Patchwork of Me: Winner in General Fiction NY Book Festival, Winner in Women's Lit category International Book Awards, Gold Winner in Fiction:Intrigue category Readers Favorite Awards, Finalist in Cross-Genre category International Book Awards
(2012)
Well With My Soul: Finalist in Literary Fiction category USA Best Book Award, Nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for Debut Novel, Short-listed as a finalist for GLBTQ category for Indie Lit Awards
(2011)
American Musical and Dramatic Academy
(1987-1988)
Thomas Edison State College
(1987-1988)
NJ Film School
(1987-1988)
Hunter College (NYC, NY)
(1987-1988)