Candace Egan

Screenwriter and Videographer

Fresno, California

Member Since:
April 2023

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About Candace

Candace Egan is a native Californian who currently lives near Yosemite National Park. She is a screenwriter, semi-retired professor of Film and Media Arts at Fresno State and an avid tennis player. She began her career when she was seduced by the moving image and became the first female news videographer at the TV station where she worked, later she was the only woman in a media production department and then she became the only female digital film/video professor at her university. She’s had a long career as a non-fiction visual storyteller, exploring stories about a breadth of people such as the first Hmong women to go to college, an American WWII POW from a Nazi death camp, a Portuguese-American congressman, competitive wheelchair tennis players and a U.S. Poet Laureate. Her life and career lead her to write female-driven, inspirational dramas about mature, authentic women who transform into vibrant, adventurous versions of themselves. She has received several accolades for her screenplays including: WINNER of the 2023 Stowe Story Labs Law Firm of Stacy A. Davis Fellowship, WINNER 2023 Portland Comedy film Festival Best Comedy Teleplay, WINNER May 2023 Wiki Feature Screenplay contest, FINALIST in the 2022 California Women’s Film Festival, Best Television Comedy Screenplay 2023 Golden State Film Festival, SEMIFINALIST in the 2023 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Competition, SEMIFINALIST of the 2023 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, SEMIFINALIST in the 2023 Reno-Tahoe Screenwriting Contest, QUARTERFINALIST in the 2022 CineStory Feature Retreat competition, and OFFICIAL SELECTIONS of the Fall 2022 Big Apple Film Festival, 2022 Sacramento International Film Festival and Winter 2022 Toronto International Women Festival screenplay competitions.

Unique traits: Plays tennis.

Gender:
Female

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Desert Belles Adventure Determined to win a grueling desert 4-wheel drive rally to save her family’s motor sports shop, a driven off-road racer finds herself saddled with a beginner partner who won’t be much help in the battle against deadly conditions, sabotage, and her shady former racing partner.
Second Set Comedy At loose ends, a recently divorced grandmother revisits her childhood dream to play tennis for a community college and struggles to navigate the challenges of being a 55-year-old freshman student athlete.
Northern Voice Historical ⋄ Western When a sexually traumatized revival singer comes to Hope, Alaska on the eve of the Klondike Gold Rush in 1896 she faces the challenges and dangers of living in a place where man and nature can be deadly.

Awards

Stowe Story Labs-2023 Law Firm of Stacy A Davis Fellowship
(2023)
BEST TELEVISION COMEDY SCREENPLAY Golden State Film Festival
(2023)
FINALIST California Women’s Film Festival
(2023)
SEMIFINALIST Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
(2023)
SEMIFINALIST Santa Barbara International Screenwriting Contest
(2023)
SEMIFINALIST ScreenCraft TV Pilot Competition
(2023)
WINNER BEST COMEDY TELEPLAY 2023 Portland Comedy Film Festival
(2023)
WINNER May 2023 Wiki Feature Screenplay Contest
(2023)
QUARTERFINALIST CineStory Feature Retreat and Fellowship
(2023)
QUARTERFINALIST ScreenCraft 2023 Action Adventure Contest
(2023)
OFFICIAL SELECTION Portuguese Golden Lemur International Film Festival
(2023)
QUARTERFINALIST Filmatic Inroads Fellowship Season 6
(2023)
QUARTERFINALIST Stage 32 TV Drama Contest
(2023)
QUARTERFINALIST CineStory Feature Retreat and Fellowship
(2022)