Nicholas Zingarelli

Screenwriter

Chicago, Illinois

Member Since:
September 2016

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About Nicholas

I have been writing short stories and drawing cartoons since I was in grammar school in Chicago. I was a bit of a delinquent when I was young and got into trouble with the police many times. When I finally wised up, I got a union job in the building trades and subsequently built over two hundred playgrounds for inner-city children in Chicago. I started writing screenplays twenty years ago while recovering from three severe work-related injuries that led to surgeries that have left me physically challenged. Man, I thought getting in trouble with the police, severe injuries, and the subsequent surgeries and growing up in the inner-city was tough, but this screenwriting thing is a whole new world of pain and anguish. But you know what? I love writing. Even though it's consuming my life. Even when faced with the ultimate lurking enemy, the fear of failure, I can't stop. And when I don't have my laptop I'm scribbling on whatever paper I can scrounge up, or I write on my hand. And the sitting at the laptop and not finding the right words, only to have them appear in my head at random times (sleeping, showering, intimate times, etc...) just about any time I leave the laptop. Anyways, I put my heart and soul into my writing and I'm an extremely empathetic person that has had a very interesting life. All I want to do is tell stories, make people laugh and cry, but most of all I hope that I can help them to understand that we are all the same given the same circumstances and conditions. But when given the opportunity to learn, we can all rise above our shortcomings and surprise even the most ardent of our detractors, thus changing their perception. If I can accomplish any of this I will not fail.

I am more than willing to revise any of my scripts to better fit the budgetary restraints of film production costs for anyone interested in purchasing one of them.

Gender:
Male

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Dying to See You Budget: $1M - $5M | Action Rough night for Ray, a cop. When his partner and wife are murdered, and his daughter is kidnapped. Now as the prime suspect he has to outrun a trigger-happy police force as he races to save his daughter buried alive from a leaking grave in the rain.
Should I Die Before I Wake... Budget: $1M - $5M The seeds of good and evil are sown as two Native American brothers on a nitro-fueled collision course, burn-rubber through a small desert town; Rob wants to bury the past, Tommy wants to bury everyone.
The Fatal Error Budget: $1M - $5M | Fantasy Gaslighted by his father and still haunted by his mother's ghost, HARRY has to solve the mystery of her death while a strange conspiracy closes in on him.

Awards

Sydney Cinematic Horizons Film Festival Official Selection
(2024)
17th Annual StoryPros Awards Semi-Finalist
(2024)
HorrOrigins Film Fest Official Selection
(2024)
ISA Fast Track Fellowship Second Round
(2024)
HorrOrigins Film Fest Official Selection
(2024)
Page Turner Screenplays Semi-Finalist
(2024)
Page Turner Screenplays Semi-Finalist
(2024)
Page Turner Screenplays Semi-Finalist
(2024)
KinoDrome International Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival Official Selection
(2024)
KinoDrome International Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival Official Selection
(2024)
Emerging Screenwriter's Drama Competition Quarter-Finalist
(2024)
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards Season 7 Quarterfinalist
(2023)
Emerging Screenwriter's Drama Competition Quarter-Finalist
(2023)
KinoDrome: International Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival Official Selection/XL Feature Nominee
(2023)
The Short List, Barnstorm Fest
(2023)
Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Contest Quarter-Finalist
(2023)
StoryPros International Screenplay Contest 17th Annual - Semi-Finalist
(2023)
22nd Edition - Chicago Indie Film Award - Official Selection - Nominee
(2023)
Toronto Film Magazine Fest -Official Selection
(2022)
Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Contest Quarter-Finalist
(2022)
Semifinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Spring
(2022)
Chicago Screenplay Awards Semi-Finalist
(2022)
Atlanta Film Awards Semi-Finalist
(2022)
Scriptmatix Fellowship Official Selection Award
(2022)
Santa Barbara Film Awards 2022 Official Selection
(2022)
Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival Semi-Finalist
(2022)
Finalist Scream Writing Festival
(2022)
Santa Barbara Film Awards Official Selection
(2022)
Quarter-Finalist Page Turner Screenplays
(2021)
Official Selection Hong Kong Indie Film Festival
(2021)
Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards Official Selection
(2021)
Screamwriting Festival Official Selection
(2021)
Quarter-Finalist Page Turner Screenplay Competition
(2021)
13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest Finalist
(2021)
KinoDrome International Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival Honorable Mention
(2021)
Shockfest Film Festival Official Selection
(2021)
L.A. Punk Film Festival Best Screenplay
(2021)
Quarter-Finalist Page Turner Screenplays
(2021)
Official Selection Hollywood Horrorfest
(2021)
Official Selection and Honorable Mention Award KinoDrome International Motion Picture & Screenplay F
(2020)
Hollywood Horrorfest Finalist
(2020)
The Script Lab Free Screenplay Contest Quarterfinalist
(2020)
L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Festival Honorable Mention Gold Award Winner
(2020)
Official Selection Hong Kong Indie Film Festival
(2020)
Official Selection Chicago Indie Film Festival
(2020)
KinoDrome: International Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival Official Selection
(2019)
Page International Screenwriting Awards Quarter-Finalist
(2017)
Wild Sound Festival Best Scene Screenplay Winner - Last Scene Reading
(2017)