Michael Weinreb

Screenwriter

Oakland, California

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July 2020

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About Michael

Michael Weinreb is an award-winning journalist, screenwriter and the author of four books. His scripts have placed in the Nicholl, PAGE, Cinestory, and dozens of other contests.

His nonfiction chronicle of a Brooklyn chess team, The Kings of New York, won the Quill Award and was named one of the best books of the year by Amazon; he's also the author of Bigger Than the Game, about the growth of commercialism and the cult of personality in sports in the 1980s; and Season of Saturdays, a memoir/cultural history about how college football reflects America. His work has appeared in a number of publications, including GQ, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Grantland, Rolling Stone, and the Ringer.

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Male

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The Big D Sports ⋄ Historical An ambitious young football coach in booming 1980s Dallas, Texas, falls under the spell of a charismatic and ruthlessly competitive mentor, who forces him to confront his relationship to the dark underbelly of college sports. Inspired by true events. Think Wolf of Wall Street meets Friday Night Lights
Baghdad by the Bay Historical ⋄ Crime Amid the the beat-era cultural awakening in 1950s San Francisco, a narcotics agent with a dark CIA connection draws a pair of newcomers into his orbit. Inspired by true events.
Portland Historical ⋄ Drama 2021 Nicholl quarterfinalist2021 PAGE semifinalist After a horrific white supremacist murder in 1980s Portland, Oregon, a successful but jaded attorney joins the case against a powerful racist tied to the crime, and puts his safety and livelihood in danger, while coming to terms with his own family ties to the Holocaust. Inspired by true events.

Credits

Shakshuka Night (2018)
Film Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
The Listening Party (2017)
Film Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Awards

Semifinalist, Cinestory Feature Fellowship
(2020)
Semifinalist, Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards
(2020)
Semifinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
(2020)
Quarterfinalist, PAGE Awards
(2020)
Quarterfinalist, Screencraft Drama Screenplay Contest
(2020)
Quarterfinalist, Finish Line Script Competition
(2020)
Quarterfinalist, Stage 32 Feature Compeitition
(2020)
Top 15 percent, Nashville Film Festival
(2020)
Top 10 historical screenplays, Table Read My Screenplay
(2020)
Semifinalist, Fade In Thriller Awards
(2020)