AWARD-WINNING
SCREENWRITEr & Photographer
ABOUT
Welcome to my official writing website. I have many creative passions, and storytelling is one of them. It began early in school when creative writing inspired the writer within me. Then the dramatic arts lead me to become a trained actor in film, television, and theatre. In the early 2000s, I ventured into screenwriting, and my first script, The Black Dahlia Mystery, garnered me literary management. During those few years, I wrote four scripts during the most troublesome time for a screenwriter—the former post 9/11 years when all movies had to be written safe: no explosions, terrorism, hijackings, or any kind of violence imaginable. I listed those former works in the Screenplays section below.
As of now, I have returned to screenwriting, writing short scripts with some recent award-winning works. And I'm also seeking a reputable script agent for representation for my latest and upcoming feature-length screenplays.
When not writing, I dabble in graphic design from my professional art education. And as a photographer, photography is another creative passion.
I’m a native of Seattle, Washington, and still live in the area. I love science fiction and fantasy, true crime, video games, and love working out in virtual reality with my Oculus Quest. If you have questions, feel to reach out via the Contact button at the bottom of this website
NEWS
JULY 2021
Artist of the Week
For the week of July 22, 2021, I was named Artist of the Week by Filmmakers Connect! A very BIG thank you to their team for this great feature that has created some awesome, unexpected industry exposure. Click here to read the feature article!
My current work in progress... a feature-length comedy...
I’m proud to announce THE LETTER is the BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY WINNER in the NEW YORK FILM AWARDS for June 2021. I’m deeply honored as it’s a very dramatic story. And I know with the right director someday, it will achieve the same festival contest recognition as a film! Thank you NEW YORK FILM AWARDS for this great honor! Overall, it was a great month with three unexpected, award-winning screenplays and one Top 10 finalist!
I'm very excited to announce that BLOOD, SCUM & NEON LIGHTS is the FILMCOM AWARDS BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY WINNER for June 2021.
Thank you, Filmmakers Connect!
Thank you to the NEW YORK SCRIPT AWARDS for the Official Selection recognition!
Thank you to the film industry professional with The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards for the recent notes from my contest entry for BLOOD, SCUM & NEON LIGHTS. The positive feedback is extremely helpful. I always felt this could be a feature film... and well, from the reader's notes... it just confirms it! The feature-length script begins early summer 2022.
PUFF is a Top 10 Finalist in the FILMCOM AWARDS 24HR SCREENPLAY CHALLENGE for June 2021. Thank you, Filmmakers Connect!
(Click film poster to read the script)
JUNE 2021
Thank you to FILMCOM AWARDS and the 24HR SCREENPLAY CHALLENGE. You may read the winning script by clicking on The X-Files film poster graphic below.
(Click film poster to read the script)
IN DEVELOPMENT
FEATURE-LENGTH SCREENPLAY
COMING FALL 2021
FEATURE-LENGTH SCREENPLAY COMING 2022
SCREENPLAYS
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Suspense, Drama, Short Screenplay. 29 pages.
Logline: During a severe snowstorm, three friends decide to take a shortcut home. But their after-school journey becomes a horrific detour when they venture into the dense forest known as The Jigsaw.
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Drama, Noir. Unavailable. A short script to be made into a feature-length screenplay coming 2022.
WINNER — BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY — FILMCOM AWARDS — JUNE 2021
LOGLINE: On a rainy Seattle night, a mysterious man & woman meet, not realizing they share a close bond—through vengeance and murder.
Genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure. Feature-Length Script. 108 pages.
LOGLINE: After seeing her father at the movies with another woman, his daughter confides to her zany, Italian family that he is having an affair. With their support, she tells her mother, who gives them strict orders to plot a stakeout at the drive-in, where all hell breaks loose.
Genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure. 106 pages.
3rd Place Winner/Division I - 2004 Split-Screenplay Writing Competition
Honorable Mention - 2004 Words From Here Contest
LOGLINE: A wife is asked for a divorce by her dispassionate husband on their twentieth anniversary in Central Park. At the same moment, a man admits to his girlfriend that he’s a cross-dresser, and a young man tells his family he’s gay while introducing his older, flamboyant lover.
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Suspense, Drama, True Story. 108 pages.
LOGLINE: A skilled FBI agent becomes obsessed in capturing a skyjacker named Dan Cooper, who demands $200,000, four parachutes, and a vanishing jump from a 727 airplane.
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Suspense, Drama, True Story. 109 pages.
LOGLINE: When a young and aspiring starlet seeks love along the way to her Hollywood dream, she becomes the obsession of many admirers. But her mysterious past catches up with her, resulting in her gruesome, unsolved, 1947 murder.
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Action, Adventure. Pitch Available/No Script. This project is SAW meets GUNS AKIMBO set in a serious and dramatic, high-octane style.
LOGLINE: An intolerant man is corrected by a low-key serial killer named Conscience, who forces him to participate in a deadly scavenger hunt, in which his innocent, kidnapped family is the prize.
The Letter
A Dramatic Short Story
After losing her job, a kindhearted man consoles a young woman in Central Park. But upon their next visitation, his life is forever changed—from unforeseen circumstances.
The Jigsaw
A Short Story
During a severe snowstorm, three friends decide to take a shortcut home. But their after-school journey becomes a horrific detour when they venture into the dense forest known as The Jigsaw.
BOOKS
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After the failure of global peace, and the disbandment of NATO allies, the governments of many nations clash, resulting in a worldwide nuclear war.
As the global crisis escalates, American Astronaut Kyle Gannon awaits his lifelong dream of a mission to Mars while in hiberstasis for a routine test launch. But unbeknownst to him, his dream becomes a nightmare when SpaceX launches Gannon at the onset of the nuclear strike, sending him light years into outer space. Seven years and one day later, his space capsule arrives at its galactic destination.
Rescued by the Akryllians—humanoid aliens in the Astronokai galaxy, he becomes a strong ally in their interplanetary, galactic war against the evil Skrayth regime. But upon the discovery of an ancient battle sword, Gannon learns he is destined to be there—and must try to stop a cataclysmic event, reminiscent of earth’s fate.
ONE MAN. MANY WORLDS. A NEW DESTINY.
LINKS
The online portfolio website of award-winning photographer, Brett Howard Nelson.
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CONTACT