Mindy Strouse

Screenwriter and Motion Graphic Design

Fullerton, California

Member Since:
February 2021

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About Mindy

Screenwriter (Live Action & Animation)

Career Goal: TV Comedy Staff Writer

Current Projects:
[Title under NDA] live action Gritty Dark Comedy/Dramedy TV Pilot for Filmsters

"Serving the Homeless" Live action Dark Comedy Feature [Fargo tone comp] for a producer/filmmaker based on one of my pilot scripts.

"How Thanos Disappeared My Ovaries: A Documentary" Animated Short Film Script

2 Horror Feature Scripts

POE & CO. DETECTIVE AGENCY Pilot
[Primetime PG-13/Adult Animated Dark Comedy Crime Procedural]
• Semifinalist, Script Pipeline TV Competition 2023
• Semifinalist, Script2Comic 2023
• Quarterfinalist, The Titan 2023
• Semifinalist, Final Draft - Big Break 2022
• Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2022
• Semifinalist, Stage 32 - New Voices in Animation Screenwriting Contest 2022
• Semifinalist, The Southern California Screenplay Competition 2022
• Semifinalist, Emerging Screenwriters Comedy Competition 2022
• Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Animation Competition 2022
• Quarterfinalist, Creative Screenwriting TV Pilot Competition 2022

...

Award Winning Short Animation Filmmaker 2021, 2022, & 2023
TV Animation Visual Development Artist, Illustrator, & Graphic Designer
[ just call me a Neurodivergent Creative Octopus ]

Directed, Produced, Designed, and Animated the music video "Set It Off Tonight" which won a Best Music Video Award, Best Animation Music Video Award, Best Animation Honorable Mention Award, Many Finalist & Semi-Finalist Placements, and over 20 Film Festival Official Selections since it's October 2021 release date. It's had screenings at the California International Shorts Festival in Hollywood and the Culver City Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Background: Creative Director, Art Director, 2.5D Motion Graphics Animator, Graphic Designer, & Web Programmer in Advertising & Marketing

I currently freelance for multiple clients:
• Script Writing / Script Doctoring
• Pitch Writing
• Pitch Deck Creation & Design
• Motion Graphics Animation / 2D Animation
• TV Animation Visual Development/Concept Art (Background, Character, & Color Design)
• Illustration

Unique traits: I have the voice of an 8-year-old girl & the sense of humor of a 12-year-old boy.

Gender:
Female

Badges

2024-11-05

Writers' Room Member

Certifications

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Loglines

Poe & Co. Detective Agency Comedy ⋄ Animation When a freak accident transports broke, melancholy, eccentric Edgar Allan Poe and his wisecracking raven into 21st century Baltimore, they make ends meet by solving mysteries and crimes as private detectives. ...If only Edgar could get people to believe that he is the real Poe.

Credits

Title Under NDA (2022)
Television by Filmsters (Comedy) Writer Gritty Live Action Dark Comedy Pilot
Set It Off Tonight (2021)
Film (short) by Lisa Dietrich (Sci-Fi and Animation) Director, Filmmaker, Designer/Artist, Animator Award Winning Animated Music Video
Alpha Betas Pilot (2020)
Television by 3BlackDot (Sci-Fi and Animation) Character Designer, Prop Designer, Color Stylist & Painter (Artist Intern) Color Styling, Character Special Pose Design, Prop & FX Design, & Prop Painting

Awards

Semifinalist, Final Draft - Big Break - Poe & Co. Detective Agency
(2022)
Semifinalist, Stage 32 - New Voices in Animation Screenwriting Contest - Poe & Co. Detective Agency
(2022)
Semifinalist, The Southern California Screenplay Competition - Poe & Co. Detective Agency
(2022)
Semifinalist, Emerging Screenwriters Comedy Competition - Poe & Co. Detective Agency
(2022)
Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival - Poe & Co. Detective Agency
(2022)
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Animation Competition - Poe & Co. Detective Agency
(2022)
Quarterfinalist, Creative Screenwriting TV Pilot Competition - Poe & Co. Detective Agency
(2022)
Honorable Mention Best Music Video "Set It Off Tonight" - IC Film Festival of Tokyo
(2022)
Best Music Video "Set It Off Tonight" - California International Shorts Festival
(2021)
Honorable Mention Best Animation Music Video "Set It Off Tonight" - Rome Music Video Awards
(2021)
Best Animation Music Video "Set It Off Tonight" - California Music Video Awards
(2021)
Best Animation Music Video "Set It Off Tonight" - Euro Video Song Awards
(2021)