Lisa Penner-Dang Accolades:
Semi-Finalist. Emerging Screenwriters Animation Competition. Muffin Butt Society. June 2024.
Quarter-Finalist. Emerging Screenwriters Animation Competition. Muffin Butt Society. June 2024.
Second-Round Selection. International Screenplay Association Fast track fellowship. Fall 2023.
Official Selection. Oaxaca FilmFest Mexico. Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle. Winter 2022.
Quarter-Finalist Chicago Screenplay Awards Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle. January 2022.
Quarter Finalist. Boston Screenplay Awards.Vampires of the North End TV Pilot. Winter 2022.
Semi-Finalist. NYC International Screenplay Awards. Vampires of the North End TV Pilot. Winter 2022.
Quarter Finalist. Portland Screenplay Awards. Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle. Winter 2022.
Second-Round Selection for International Screenwriters Association Fast Track Fellowship. Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle. 2022.
Best TV Pilot Script of the Month Winner. Gothamite Monthly Film Awards. Vampires of the North End TV Pilot. March 2022.
Quarter Finalist Stage 32 Romantic Comedy Screenwriting Contest. Vampires of the North End. March 2022.
Quarter Finalist. Emerging Screenwriters Drama Competition. Lobo Tren. May 2022. Semi-Finalist. Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Competition. Light Walkers. May 2022.
Semi-Finalist.Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards. Vampires of the North End TV Pilot. May 2022.
Finalist. Best Screenplay Indiefare International Film Festival.Feral Female Kangaroos. June 2022.
Finalist for Best Screenplay. Delta International Film Festival. Feral Female Kangaroos. July 2022.
Best Screenplay. Delta International Film Festival.Brigid of Dingle. July 2022.
Quarter Finalist. Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards. Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle. Fall 2021.
Quarter Finalist. Portland Screenplay Awards. The Exchange Students. Summer 2021.
Official Selection. Lit Laughs International Comedy Film Festival. Vampires of the North End. 2021.
Finalist. Lit Laughs International Comedy Screenplay Competition. Kings of Cabra. Winter 2020.
Lisa is originally from Lincoln Nebraska but grew up all over the country. Her passion is writing quirky and original characters, out of the norm, and celebrating women, LGBTQ, and diversity. She attended College in London England and Los Angeles. graduating with a BA in Fashion Design and merchandising. Her first children’s book, “My Monster Dyslexia and the Black Rock Crone of Dingle was released in July 2024 by Pegasus Publishers, Cambridge, England.
Lisa has written twenty features and one TV Pilot in Dark Comedy, Rom-Com, Horror, Thriller, and Sci-Fi.
Unique traits: Huge fan of Law of Attraction, Tarot and believe we create our own magic.
Sumo Drama ⋄ Comedy A middle school boy gets help from his famous Sumo wrestler uncle in Japan, teaching him how to find his true spirit.
Muffin Butt Society Budget: $100K - $1M | Family ⋄ Animation A Swiss Mountain dog with separation anxiety calls in a group of Special Ops Akita to get the top Akita in the country to the biggest dog show to compete.
Frank and Carson Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Crime When a branded child murderer is released after serving thirty years in prison he meets a piano savant and takes on the role of his guardian. Blood is not always thicker than water.
Feral Female Kangaroos 1/2 Hour TV Pilot Budget: $100K - $1M | Family ⋄ Comedy Four misfit teenage girls form an all-girls band. Years later, their feral daughters try and win a song competition and recording contract. You don’t always get the kids you want, you get the kids you deserve.
Kings of Cabra Budget: $1M - $5M | Family ⋄ Comedy “The Kings” Irish football team challenges “The Westies”, a fit younger black team, to a 30 day sober competition in the Cabra neighborhood of Dublin.
Happiness is a Hot Dog Bun Budget: $100K - $1M | Family ⋄ Adventure Late night eating, results in the adventure of a lifetime traveling the world in one night for an eleven year-old girl. The odd thing is...everything's made up of hot dog buns.
The Exchange Students Budget: $100K - $1M | Family ⋄ Comedy In a town known for food trucks , strip clubs, and cannabis shops, a couple down on their luck, fakes an application to host rich, highly sheltered Japanese exchange students in exchange for money.
Wishbook Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance ⋄ Comedy After a serious car crash, a man wakes up in the iconic “Sears” department store on Christmas Eve, 1977. He must change the course of events to prevent his wife's death in the future. Time is only an illusion.
Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance ⋄ Family A gay Scotsman finds love while trying to reinvent his families dying funeral business. Many little things, make a big thing.
Brigid of Dingle Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy ⋄ Animation An ordinary ten year old girl from Dingle Ireland tries to model her life after St. Brigid of Kildare. Being saintly is becoming more challenging than she imagined.
Lobo Tren Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Romance When a female werewolf and a Norteno aficionado board a luxury European train, they enjoy fine dining, romance, and murder. The world needs more leaders of the pack.
Year of Horse Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Horror Kongju, a Chinese, legendary murderous, fire horse is on a killing spree. He needs people’s happiness to survive. Only the unhappy are spared, finding sanctuary in misery.
Light Walkers Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Romance The Doomsday Kitten’s, a “Prepper Club” gets a chance to put their skills to the test when Light Walker Aliens invade their small town on Christmas Eve.
Pista de Fuego ( Rink of Fire) Budget: $1M - $5M | Sports ⋄ Drama Things get heated when a transgender Latino teenager challenges the International Skating Unions rule 302. Ice Pairs must be one women and one man.
Living in Oblivion Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance ⋄ Comedy Swan Nguyen buys a nursing home after a large inheritance, naming it “Oblivion” filling it with aging baby boomers that have clashing musical preferences. Everyone wants to live in Oblivion.
Vampires of the North End TV Pilot Budget: $5M - $10M | Romance ⋄ Horror A modern-day, curvy vampire falls in love with a K-Pop singer all while trying to catch the Great Molasses serial killer in Boston's Little Italy.
Vampires of the North End Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy ⋄ Romance A modern-day, curvy vampire falls in love with a K-Pop singer all while trying to catch the Great Molasses serial killer in Boston's Little Italy.
Jade Farms Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance ⋄ Comedy A romantic road trip goes South when a third-generation, Vietnamese beekeeper finds herself caught up in smuggling drugs across the Canadian border using the bee's as a deterrent.
Chasing the Buzz Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Comedy Three strangers form an instant connection, when unfortunate events push them to chase their 1980’s British band idols.
Feral Female Kangaroos Budget: $100K - $1M | Family ⋄ Comedy Four misfit teen girls form a rock band. Years later their own feral daughters rally to win a recording contract. You get the kids you deserve, not the one’s you want.
Isla Mujeres Zombies Budget: $5M - $10M | Comedy ⋄ Adventure Dying to go on vacation takes on new meaning when an overworked, corporate man is determined to let nothing get in the way of enjoying his annual family vacation.
Emerging Screenwriters Animation Competition. Quarter Finalist.
(2024)
Emerging Screenwriters Animation Competition Semi-Finalist
(2024)
Quarter Finalist for Chicago Screenplay Awards for my script: Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle
(2022)
Quarter Finalist: Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle Los Angeles Screenplay Awards
(2022)
My Feature screenplay: Vampires of the North End was Official Selection in Lit Laughs International
(2022)
My TV Pilot: Vampires of the North End Placed as Quarter Finalist for the Boston Screenplay awards.
(2022)
My screenplay: Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle placed as Quarter Finalist in Portland Screenplay Awards
(2022)
Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle made second round selection for International Screenwriters Association
(2022)
Vampires of the North End TV Pilot was selected Best TV Pilot Script of the Month winner March 2022.
(2022)
Semi-Finalist in The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards for Vampires of the North End TV
(2022)
Official Selection for best screenplay Indiefare International Film Festival Feral Female Kangaroos
(2022)
Award Winner for Best Screenplay Delta International Film Festival Brigid of Dingle
(2022)
Finalist for best screenplay Delta International Film Festival Feral Female Kangaroos
(2022)
Official Selection Oaxaca film fest for screenplay Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle
(2022)
My screenplay "The Exchange Students", placed as a quarter finalist in the Portland Screenplay Award
(2021)
I was a finalist in the Lit Laughs international Screenplay competition for Kings of Cabra
(2020)