NIGHTBREAK

I'm from Indianapolis, I was a theater and speech team jock in high school. I got a film degree from Northwestern, then I moved to San Francisco to become a rock star. I had pretty fun run, played the Fillmore a couple of times, opened a few shows for Bowie. • I started naming things for a living ( www.Gunnion.com ), and then moved up into the wine country of Sonoma County. After a successful 20-year career in branding and naming products and companies for clients around the world, I've been writing screenplays for the last few years.

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I'm from Indianapolis, I was a theater and speech team jock in high school. I got a film degree from Northwestern, then I moved to San Francisco to become a rock star. I had pretty fun run, played the Fillmore a couple of times, opened a few shows for Bowie. • I started naming things for a living ( www.Gunnion.com ), and then moved up into the wine country of Sonoma County. After a successful 20-year career in branding and naming products and companies for clients around the world, I've been writing screenplays for the last few years. • I currently have seven complete original spec screenplays that I'd love to get into development - or use as writing samples. Please drop me a line at markgunnion@gmail.com if you'd like to read one. • NIGHTBREAK was a Quarter-Finalist at the 2017 PAGE International Screenwriting Competition, and it was the 1st Runner-Up (Second Place) at the Fantastic Planet Film Festival in Sydney, Australia. It just made Finalist at the Hollywood Screenplay Contest, it was a Semi-Finalist at the Story Pros Screenplay Contest (Top 25 in Sci-Fi/Horror), and it won the Gold Award at the California Film Awards. It was a Semi-Finalist at the Other Worlds Austin Film Festival, and was a Quarter-Finalist at the ScreenCraft Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest. It was an Official Selection and nominee for Best Screenplay at the Famous Monsters of Filmland Silver Scream Film Festival.

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Austin After Dark (Finalist) [2022]
Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Quarterfinalist) [2022]
Miami Science Fiction (Quarterfinalist) [2022]
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Austin After Dark (Finalist) [2022]
Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Quarterfinalist) [2022]
Miami Science Fiction (Quarterfinalist) [2022]
California (Finalist) [2017]
Hollywood Screenplay (Finalist) [2018]
PAGE International (Quarterfinalist) [2017]
StoryPros Awards (Semifinalist) [2017]
ScreenCraft SciFi (Quarterfinalist) [2016]
Other Worlds Austin SciFi (Semifinalist) [2016]
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