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Don Stroud

Don Stroud

Editor, Screenwriter and Storyboard Artist

Carlsbad, California

Member Since:
October 2019
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About Don

Hailing from the wilds of North Carolina, I spent my formative years drawing my own comic books, and crafting galaxy-spanning sagas with my homemade toys. After a lengthy detour with a career in the software industry, I decided to dust off my artistic dreams and get back to creating. I became an editor in Hollywood, working on low-budget horror movies and award-winning documentaries. But after time spent playing with other peoples' toys, I decided to craft my own, and transfer the stories in my head to the written page. Over the last several years I have dedicated my energies towards screenwriting, producing several almost-award-winning original screenplays in the process. My goal is a lofty one: sitting in a darkened theater and seeing my work up on the big screen.

Unique traits: Twisted sense of humor. Cat whisperer. Comic book historian. Sushi lover.

Gender:
Male
Height:
6'
Eyes:
Blue
Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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2024-11-05

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  • Tar Pits

    Tar Pits Budget: $30M+ | Sci-fi ⋄ Action Forced to take sides in a centuries-old intergalactic war, a veteran soldier and her scientist ex-wife bond with giant alien warriors in a final battle that will decide the fate of humanity.

  • Pretty Baby: The Tragic Death Of Marion Parker

    Pretty Baby: The Tragic Death Of Marion Parker Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller ⋄ Crime Based on a shocking 1927 crime, a grieving woman exposes the decades-old truth about her twin sister's murder to prevent the killer's lawyer from publishing his own skewed account of the tragedy.

  • A Bullet For God's Bounty

    A Bullet For God's Bounty Budget: $10M - $30M | Western ⋄ Action In a small Arizona town in the 1880s, a righteous French bounty hunter agrees to track down a violent fugitive, only to discover he has been hunting the wrong man.

  • Consumed

    Consumed Budget: $5M - $10M | Horror ⋄ Sci-fi Trapped in a basement after an apocalyptic earthquake, a grieving wife fights off a horde of parasitic monsters, unaware that her God-fearing husband has already decided her fate.

  • Splashdown

    Splashdown Budget: $30M+ | Action ⋄ Sci-fi A mysterious space capsule adrift in the Pacific Ocean pulls a disillusioned Air Force pilot into battle against a shadowy paramilitary force hell bent on utilizing the astronauts' otherworldly cargo to enslave humanity.

  • Morbidly

    Morbidly Budget: $5M - $10M | Horror ⋄ Sci-fi A young physical therapist slowly loses his grip on reality as he succumbs to the seductiveness of his only patient, a morbidly obese woman with a grisly secret.

  • Euthanized

    Euthanized Budget: $10M - $30M | Action ⋄ Crime A grieving animal control officer becomes an unlikely social media hero when she embarks on a vigilante crusade against animal abusers, but her violent actions trap her between friends on the police force and the leader of a citywide dogfighting ring.

  • Misfortune Cookies

    Misfortune Cookies Budget: $5M - $10M | Horror ⋄ Comedy Accidentally killing an elderly Chinese chef during a botched robbery, an oafish redneck teenager and her misfit friends begin dying one by one when the chef's ghost returns from the grave, killing them in gruesome fortune cookie-themed ways.

  • Restoration (co-written with Winter Mead)

    Restoration (co-written with Winter Mead) Budget: $10M - $30M | Horror ⋄ Historical As an introverted art restorer succumbs to the evil temptations of an ancient painting, otherworldly forces attempt to stop her from unleashing the painting's unholy power.

Awards

  • "A Bullet For God's Bounty" - WINNER - Luminary Ind. Film Fiesta - Unproduced Script
    (2024)

  • "Consumed" - WINNER - Creation Int'l Film Festival - Best Screenplay
    (2024)

  • "Consumed" - WINNER - Shock-A-Go-Go Film Festival - Screenplays
    (2024)

  • "Consumed" - WINNER - Indie Suspense Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival - Best Screenplay
    (2024)

  • "Consumed" - GRAND PRIZE - TNS Horror Screenplay Competition
    (2024)

  • "A Bullet For God's Bounty" - WINNER - Wild Bunch Film Festival - Best Action Western Feature Script
    (2024)

  • "Pretty Baby" - WINNER - San Diego Movie Awards - Best Screenplay - Feature
    (2024)

  • "Pretty Baby" - WINNER - Festival For Drama Film & Writing Festival
    (2024)

  • "Pretty Baby" - Official Selection - Beverly Hills Film Festival - Screenplay Competition
    (2024)

  • "Pretty Baby" - Official Selection - Adapted Story Showcase
    (2024)

  • "Pretty Baby" - Finalist - LA Crime & Horror Festival
    (2024)

  • "Pretty Baby" - Finalist - Scriptmatix Fellowship
    (2024)

  • "Pretty Baby" - Honorable Mention - Los Angeles Film Awards - Screenplay Contest - Features
    (2024)

  • "Tar Pits" - Official Selection - B!tchfest Film Festival & Screenplay Contest
    (2024)

  • "Morbidly" - WINNER - Hollywood Horrorfest - Best Horror/Sci-Fi Feature Script
    (2024)

  • "Morbidly" - WINNER - Nightmare Fuel Film Festival LA - Best Feature Script - Diamond Award
    (2024)

  • "Euthanized" - Second Round - HollywoodGenre Action Screenplay Contest
    (2024)

  • "Splashdown" - Finalist - Creative World Awards - Action/Adventure Feature
    (2024)

  • "Misfortune Cookies" - WINNER - Thing In The Basement Horror Fest - Best Feature Screenplay
    (2024)

  • "Misfortune Cookies" - WINNER - Strange Days Horror Fest - Feature Screenplay
    (2024)

  • "Misfortune Cookies" - WINNER - Cult Movies Int'l Film Festival - Best Feature Screenwriting
    (2024)

  • "Misfortune Cookies" - WINNER - Film Basement Horror Film Awards - Feature Script - The Bloody Award
    (2024)

  • "Restoration" - WINNER - New York Sci-Fi Film Festival - Best Feature Screenplay - Supernatural
    (2024)

  • "Morbidly" - WINNER - Hollywood Blood Horror Festival - Best Original Screenplay
    (2023)

  • "Morbidly" - Finalist - Strange Days Horror Fest
    (2023)

  • "Consumed" - WINNER - Depth Of Field Int'l Film Festival
    (2023)

  • "Consumed" - WINNER - Siren By The Sea - Screenplay Competition
    (2023)

  • "Splashdown" - WINNER - Depth Of Field Int'l Film Festival - Screenplay
    (2023)

  • "Splashdown" - 1ST PLACE - Horror Hotel Int'l Film Festival - Sci-Fi Feature
    (2023)

  • "Splashdown" - Outstanding Achievement - Beyond The Curve Int'l Film Festival
    (2023)

  • "Misfortune Cookies" - WINNER - Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
    (2023)

  • "Misfortune Cookies" - Finalist - Scream Queen Film Festival
    (2023)

  • "Greenman" - Finalist - Creative World Awards Screenwriting Competition
    (2023)

  • "Greenman" - Official Selection - Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition
    (2023)

  • "Restoration" - WINNER - Independent Horror Movie Awards
    (2023)

  • "Euthanized" - WINNER - Austin Action Fest - Best Feature Script
    (2023)

  • "Morbidly" - WINNER - Best Screenplay - Hysteria Film Festival
    (2023)

  • "Consumed" - WINNER - Horror Bowl Movie Awards
    (2023)

  • "Consumed" - WINNER - Independent Horror Movie Awards
    (2023)

  • "Misfortune Cookies" - WINNER - Boobs & Blood Int'l Film Festival
    (2023)

  • "Tar Pits" - Finalist - Los Angeles Int'l Sci-Fi Film Festival - Best Feature Screenplay
    (2023)

  • "Greenman" - Finalist - Close:Up Reykjavik Film Festival
    (2022)

  • "Greenman" - FInalist - 2022 Oregon Scream Week Festival
    (2022)

  • "Splashdown" - 2ND RUNNER-UP - Midwest Weird Fest
    (2022)

  • "Splashdown" - WINNER - Best Unproduced Screenplay - LA Sci-Fi Film & Media Festival
    (2022)

  • "Tar Pits" - WINNER - Europe Gold: Unproduced Sci-Fi Screenplay - LA Sci-Fi Film & Media Festival
    (2022)

  • "Tar Pits" - Finalist - Geneva Int'l Science In Fiction Screenplay Awards
    (2022)

  • "Morbidly" - WINNER - Best Unproduced Sci-Fi Screenplay - LA Sci-Fi Film & Media Festival
    (2022)

  • "Morbidly" - WINNER - 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival
    (2022)

  • "Splashdown" - Finalist - Page Turner Genre Screenplay Contest
    (2022)

  • "Consumed" - WINNER - 13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Festival
    (2022)

  • "Consumed" - Exceptional Achievement - Best Unprod. Script - Multi Dimension Ind. Film Festival
    (2022)

  • "Tar Pits" - Finalist - Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival - Best Unproduced Screenplay
    (2022)

  • "Consumed" - WINNER - Horrors4You - Script Contest - Best Micro Budget
    (2022)

  • "Splashdown" - Finalist - LA Int'l Sci-Fi Film Festival - Best Feature Screenplay
    (2022)

  • "Restoration" - Finalist - Night Of Horror Int'l Film Festival - Unproduced Feature Screenplay
    (2022)

  • "Consumed" - GRAND PRIZE - Fade In Screenplay Awards - Horror
    (2021)

  • "Morbidly" - WINNER - Independent Horror Movie Awards
    (2021)

  • "Splashdown" - Best Screenplay - Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival
    (2021)

  • "Misfortune Cookies" - Best Screenplay - Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival
    (2021)

  • "Euthanized" - Top 10 - Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition
    (2020)

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