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mwarner@airsealand.com
A graduate of the University of Michigan and an award winning screenwriter, Michael J. Warner has expanded into becoming an overall filmmaker with his first 16-minute HD short called “Shocked Jock” which has been an official selection of eight film festivals so far. www.shockedjock.com
He directed, wrote and produced the short film which made its debut as an official selection in the Newport Beach Film Festival where the film “Crash” made its U.S. debut in 2005. Since then it has screened at the Magic Johnson Theaters in Harlem for the Harlem Film Festival, the famous Mann’s Chinese Theaters for the FAIF Int’l Film Festival and at the Tribeca Cinemas for the Big Apple Film Festival. For the Delray Beach Film Festival in Florida, “Shocked Jock” was one of the first official selections.
“Flux,” a 7-minute short film written by Michael and co-produced with director Zachary Spira-Bauer, has been an official selection of five film festivals including the New Hampshire Film Festival and the Denver Underground Film Festival.
Michael began his career as a staff accountant in the consolidation department at Paramount Communications. After working as a p.a. on “Sex and the City” for one season, Michael landed at Air Sea Land Productions, Inc. (ASL) where after a few quick years he became Director of Operations. Now in his 7th year at ASL, he is currently developing several ASL productions both for HDTV and for direct-to-market (HD-DVD and Blu-ray).
Michael’s sci-fi fantasy screenplay, “Born Again,” which has been a finalist in a few screenwriting competitions just took 2nd place in the 2009 Writemovies.com writing contest.
Overall, Michael has written 12 feature-film screenplays, 4 original TV dramas, 3 original sitcoms and 3 short films.
Screenwriting Contest History
2009
2nd PLACE WINNER – Writemovies.com International Writing Competition
SEMI-FINALIST - Writemovies.com International Writing Competition (different script)
SEMI-FINALIST – Movie Script Short Contest: The Golden Brad Awards
CURRENT QUARTERFINALIST – The Writers Network Screenplay Contest
2008
FINALIST – Charleston International Film Festival
TOP-TEN FINALIST – The Movie Deal Screenplay Contest
SEMI-FINALIST – Fade In Awards
FINALIST (TOP FIVE) – Yale Bulldog Productions Short Screenplay Competition
2007
QUARTERFINALIST – Writers Network Screenplay Contest
TOP TEN – The Vine Entertainment Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition
SECOND ROUND QUALIFIER (Top 204 of 1200) – Gem Short Screenplay Competition
2002
SEMI-FINALIST - Writers Network Screenplay Contest
2001
FINALIST (TOP TEN) - Filmmakers.com/Radmin Co. Screenwriting Competition
FINALIST - The Writers Foundation America's Best Screenwriting Contest
2000
FINALIST (7th or 8th) - Texas Film Institute screenplay comp.
FINALIST (4th place) - Scriptapalooza TV for an original drama
SEMI-FINALIST (13th place) - Scriptapalooza TV for an original sitcom
QUARTER-FINALIST - Scriptapalooza TV for a spec script
FINALIST - Acclaim TV for an original series
SEMI-FINALIST - American Accolades TV for a spec script
SEMI-FINALIST - Square Magazine TV Contest for an original series
1999
FINALIST (7th & 8th place) - The Writers Foundation America's Best Contest for original TV dramas
SEMI-FINALIST - Scriptapalooza screenplay competition
1997
SEMI-FINALIST (TOP 15%) - Chesterfield Writers Film Project
FINALIST - The Writers Foundation America's Best Contest for original TV sitcom and drama
1996 QUARTER-FINALIST (TOP 15%)- Lone Star Screenplay Competition
1995 FINALIST - Writers Foundation Contest for original TV sitcom
1994 SEMI-FINALIST - Writers Network Contest/dramatic screenplay
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