Vicki Speegle is a writer, film fanatic, and ice cream addict living in New Jersey. She grew up the daughter of a gay pastor in Akron, Ohio, where her love of storytelling began after her mother took her into the office and Vicki became infatuated with the typewriter. Since then she's worked an odd mix of jobs to support her writing and filmmaking, including 4 years in the U.S. Navy tracking submarines, and a brief bout as the world's worst waitress. Vicki studied music at Akron University before making the move to New York University, where she earned her degree in Film & Television Production. During her studies at NYU she interned as assistant to the editor for Ken Burns' production of The West.
Vicki is an award-winning writer whose feature script Loved Ones was in development at Amazon Studios and came oh so close to winning Best Screenplay of the Year there. Her work has placed in the finals of the Sundance Screenplay Lab, Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope, Bluecat, and Slamdance. She recently completed production of a documentary about her mother's struggle with faith in the wake of Alzheimer's, In the Night I Remember Your Name. The film features Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden as the voice of Pastor Speegle, and it was a finalist for the Screencraft Film Fund.
Vicki's credits include a teen comedy for Applause Films and some really rhythmic radio scripts for jazz great Wynton Marsalis. When she can't make enough as a writer to buy ice cream, she works as a web producer, and she recently helped Carnegie Hall launch their new site.
Memento Mori
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Film (short)
by Mirror Images (Horror)
Writer, Producer, Director, Co-Editor Currently in post-production. A woman overwhelmed by the death of her little boy comes to believe that his spirit is haunting her. But is he?
The Wakes of Wilson Poe
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Television
(Horror)
Co-screenwriter A pilot for an original television horror. SECOND ROUNDER at Austin Film Festival. FINALIST at Slamdance.
Masters
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Film (short)
by Garden State Productions (Comedy)
Script and Continuity Department
In the Night I Remember Your Name
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Film
by Mirror Images (Documentary)
Writer, Producer, Editor A gay pastor struggles to reconcile her faith with her advancing Alzheimer's. Featuring Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden. FINALIST for the Screencraft Film Fund.
Shy Guys
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Film (short)
by Fredric Lehne (Comedy)
Script and Continuity Department Strangers (Tony winner Reed Birney and Blake DeLong) bravely confront and resolve one of the most terrifying and perplexing scourges to ever afflict mankind...while standing at urinals with their willies out.
Loved Ones
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Film
(Drama)
Screenwriter A lonely 11-year old who sells Polaroids of herself. An alcoholic single Mom haunted by the sins of her past. And a cynical 17-year old searching for the answer to one burning question. Together each of these women will learn what it means to truly love. FINALIST for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. FINALIST for Best Screenplay of the Year at Amazon Studios. Top 5 in the Bluecat Screenplay Competition.
Love's Baby Soft
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Television
(Comedy)
Screenwriter Pilot for TV Series. A feisty 12-year old desperate to grow up learns how tough it truly is when her world collides with her super cool 16-year old babysitter. SECOND ROUNDER at Austin Film Festival. FINALIST, Bluecat Screenplay Lab.
Parting Gift
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Film (short)
(Comedy)
Co-Writer, Producer, and Director, Editor A delusional man returns to the apartment he once shared with his family on his estranged daughter's birthday, but doesn’t quite get what he expects.
Jump Cut
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Television
Screenwriter
Trixie Dixon in the Mystery of the Manor and the Manner in Which the Townsfolk Lose Their Minds
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Film
Screenwriter
Dearest
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Film
Screenwriter
Prom Queen
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Film
by Applause Films
Screenplay
Baker Hill Beauties
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Film
Screenwriter
Kiss & Tell
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Film
Screenwriter
BOYcott
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Film
Screenwriter
Stretchin'
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Voice-over
by Wynton Marsalis/Delta Airlines Radio
Writer
Collaborations & Common Humanity
(
Voice-over
by Wynton Marsalis/Delta Airlines Radio
Writer
Wheels Wanted
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Film (short)
(Comedy)
Screenwriter When a lonely biker seeks to replace his trashed motorcycle, he finds more than he expected. SEMI-FINALIST, Flicks on 66.
The West
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TV Series
Miscellaneous Crew
Older
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Film (short)
(Drama)
Writer, Producer, Director, Co-Editor NYU Thesis Film. A 5-year old boy struggles to comprehend the meaning of death through the odd goings-on surrounding his little brother's funeral.
2nd ROUNDER - Austin Film Festival
(2018)
FINALIST - Screencraft Film Fund
(2018)
FINALIST - Sundance Screenwriters Lab
(2016)
2nd ROUNDER - Austin Film Festival
(2016)
TOP 4% out of 1200 scripts - Table Read My Screenplay (Sundance)
(2012)
FINALIST - Best Screenplay of the Year - Amazon Studios
(2011)
FINALIST - Sundance Screenwriters Lab
(2010)
FINALIST - Slamdance Screenplay Competition
(2010)
WINNER - Screenplay Live - Rochester Film Festival
(2008)
TOP 5 (Finalist) - Bluecat Screenplay Competition
(2007)
WINNER - WildSound Screenplay Reading Series
(2007)
QUARTER-FINALIST - Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope
(2007)
TOP 10 (Finalist) - Media Darlings Guerilla Filmmaking Grant
(2005)
SEMI-FINALIST - Women in Film Las Vegas
(2005)
TOP 15 (Semi-Finalist) - American Gem Short Script Contest
(2005)
SEMI-FIINALIST - Blueprint Screenplay Competition (Maverick Films)
(2004)
SEMI-FINALIST - Flicks on 66 Short Screenplay Competition
(2003)
SEMI-FINALIST - The Writers Network
(2003)
2nd PLACE - Pioneer Theater Short Film Slam - New York City
(2003)
2nd PLACE - Short Screenplay Category - Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope.com
(2002)
SEMI-FINALIST - Chesterfield Writer’s Film Project
(2000)
New York University
(1992-1996)
University of Akron
(1992-1996)