JULIE ANNE WIGHT
writer
AVAILABLE PROJECTS
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Television
BIG WORDS
TV Comedy Pilot
To earn the money she needs to escape living under the same roof as her plagiarizing mother and her orally-fixated father, Molly, a washed-up former spelling bee champ, takes a job training an annoyingly determined middle schooler for the National Bee - a gig that threatens to bring back "bee" stings from Molly's own childhood.
* Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival TV
OBNOXIOUS OLDER SISTER'S KNOW-IT-ALL GUIDE TO YOUR TEENS
TV Dramedy Pilot
To navigate the challenges of her dysfunctional parents and hormone-riddled friends, high school freshman Patti puts to use a book of advice her older sister made before committing suicide and finds the best advice on how to live from someone who chose to die.
* Finalist, Script Pipeline TV Writing Competition
* Finalist, America's Newest Scriptwriter (sponsored by Overbrook Entertainment)
* Quarterfinalist, Issa Rae & CoCre.TV's Fresh Wave Competition
* Finalist, Roy W. Dean Writer's Grant
TESTERS
TV Drama Pilot
A group of twentysomethings sign up to become virtual reality game testers and wind up in a government experiment to test life on a distant planet.
* Winner, The A-List
* Finalist, ScreenCraft Pilot Launch Competition
INSIDE
TV Drama Pilot
After an attack of viral warfare creates a population of mindless predators that stalk their prey by the scent of human blood, those few women who've survived have taken refuge within Fort Monroe, a one-time Union stronghold, where their safety comes at a steep price. But Fort Monroe holds even more danger for fifteen-year-old James, a girl living disguised as a boy to avoid being forced into repopulation efforts and whose blood may hold the antidote.
* 2nd Rounder, Austin Film Festival
BRUSHBACK
TV Drama Pilot
After he discovers his absentee father was actually a physicist who'd discovered time travel, a washed up former Minor League Baseball player embarks on his own journey through time, revisiting his relationship with his father and on the run from those who'd use his father's discovery for their own nefarious purposes.
* 2nd Rounder, Austin Film Festival
Feature Film
MY CLONE'S AN A-HOLE
Comedy
After her father replaces her with a "perfect" clone to take on his gubernatorial campaign trail, spoiled slacker CJ is locked away with the failed attempts to clone her, all of whom embody her worst flaws... flaws she must conquer in order to reclaim her life from her father and the a-hole clone who's assumed her identity.
* Winner, National Lampoon & Stage 32s Search for Comedy Gold
* Finalist placed script, Universal Writers Program
* Top 3 Winner, Final Draft's Big Break Competition
* Quarterfinalist, Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting
IMAGINARY BOYFRIEND
Romantic Comedy
After conjuring her imaginary boyfriend during a freak vibrator incident, a relationship therapist is forced to confront her own feelings on love and partnership when she's saddled with the "perfect guy" only she can see.
* Semifinalist round advancing script, Universal Pictures Emerging Writers Fellowship
DIGGING DOUG
Horror Comedy
After the untimely death of their best friend Doug, two twenty-somethings looking for purpose in life decide to fulfill Doug's unrealized dream of being in a zombie film, but wind up in the middle of an actual zombie outbreak.
* 4th Place, Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition
* Quarterfinalist, American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest
THE WELL
Coming-of-Age Thriller
When 12-year-old Jenna's pushed to befriend the troubled teenage daughter of an ex-felon, her eyes are opened to a world of desire, betrayal, and a heinous murder only she holds the key to solving.
* Finalist, Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition
* Honorable Mention, UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting