David Munnell

Screenwriter and Acting Teacher

Rochester, NY, USA

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February 2025

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About David

Hi folks! I'm a retired stage actor, director and theatre professor who is now devoting himself to full-time to screenwriting. I have completed four feature length screenplays, three TV pilots, and four spec teleplays. I've been a finalist and semi-finalist in a half dozen screenplay competitions, and my work has been considered for development by HBO, Pathé, Omni Films and a consortium of film commissions and financiers in Canada. I live in beautiful upstate New York where I enjoy traveling, sailing, outdoor activities with my wife, Mikke, and our dog, Gracie.

Currently, I'm shopping two of my latest projects - the pilot and series proposal for a six-episode dramatic thriller - HEARTLESS, and INTERNAL YOUTH - a satire on the greed and obsession with eternal youth in Silicon Valley.

Gender:
Male

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Heartless Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller A brilliant scientist on the Spectrum has developed a breakthrough cure for chronic heart disease. But when clinical trial subjects start mysteriously dying and the scientist turns up dead, her devoted sister, takes it upon herself to investigate what the authorities won’t, only to uncover a shocking conspiracy that threatens her life and the lives of her family.
The Potomac Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller ⋄ Drama In the tumultuous early 60’s, a closeted Republican senator navigates the treacherous waters of The Potomac - an exclusive club for the political elite - cutting backroom deals that inevitably draw him deep inside the dark underbelly of political corruption, intimidation, and murder.
Eve of Dysfunction Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy On a stormy New Year’s Eve 1999, an eccentric former astronaut gathers his estranged family on an island off the coast of Maine with an absurd scheme to survive the end of the world. But when a hapless terrorist shipwrecks on their shore, the unruly reunion and his secret plan quickly descend into a struggle for hope, redemption, and survival.

Awards

Semi-Finalist Filmmatic Pitch Now Competition
(2024)
Finalist Reel Authors Screenplay Competition
(2013)
Quarterfinalist StoryPros Sceenplay Competion
(2012)
Quarterfinalist Cinequest Screenplay Competition
(2012)
Semi-Finalist Red Inkworks Screenplay Competition
(2004)
Semi-Finalist Writer's Network Screenplay Competition
(2004)

Education

Florida State University
(1980-1983)
University of Delaware
(1974-1978)