Fernando Paez

Fernando Paez

Screenwriter

Redondo Beach, California

Member Since:
March 2019
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About Fernando

Fernando was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in San Francisco, California. He studied Graphic Design at the Academy of Art College and Liberal Arts at the University of San Francisco. Fernando worked for years in the Advertising industry as Art Director and Creative Director for several top agencies. He has been writing screenplays for over 20 years and in the past two years has won awards or been selected at over 30 different film festivals and screenwriting competitions around the world. Fernando's latest screenplays, Where the Leopards Dream, and The Resonance have both received positive coverage and selected for the "Best of Stage 32" Lookbook. Fernando is a voracious reader, prolific writer, and is also a singer/songwriter in his spare time. Fernando lives and works in sunny Redondo Beach, California.

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  • The Resonance

    The Resonance Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror After her sister goes missing, a woman teams up with a local deputy to track her down and discovers that the disappearance may be linked to a tragic – and possibly supernatural – event from their past.Selected for "The Best of Stage 32" Lookbook / Double Recommend

  • Not From Around Here

    Not From Around Here Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy A black sports agent and his white stoner buddy from L.A. traveling cross-country have their car wrecked by a crazed redneck trucker. They're taken in by a family of hillbillies and have to adapt to life on a working farm, with hilarious consequences.

  • The Boar Hunters

    The Boar Hunters Budget: $10M - $30M | Sci-fi Horror While vacationing in Tuscany, a tour group gets caught up in an erotic and dangerous underground cult. In order to survive they must overcome their greatest fears and come face to face with an ancient evil.

  • Where the Leopards Dream

    Where the Leopards Dream Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller Adventure An American professor and his daughter must fight for their lives against threats both human and animal when they cross paths with a group of desperate rebels in the mountains of Uganda. Selected for "The Best of Stage 32" Lookbook / Double Recommend

Awards

  • Film Festival of Wales - The Daffodil List
    (2202)

  • "Best of Stage 32" Double Recommend LOOKBOOK
    (2022)

  • Pitch Now Screenplay Competition - Quarterfinalist
    (2022)

  • Chicago Script Awards - Best Thriller Screenplay
    (2021)

  • Best Script Award - London - Best Thriller
    (2021)

  • Stage 32 Action/Thriller Screenwriting Contest - Quarterfinalist
    (2021)

  • Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes - Official Selection
    (2021)

  • Open Gate International Film Festival - Official Selection
    (2021)

  • Marina del Rey Film Festival - Official Selection
    (2021)

  • Gold Star Movie Awards - Special Mention
    (2021)

  • London Film and Television Festival - Quarterfinalist
    (2021)

  • San Diego Movie Awards - Best Thriller Screenplay
    (2021)

  • Adbhooture Film Festival - Best Thriller Script
    (2021)

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