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Judah Ray
Los Angeles, United States
Judah Ray stands as an accomplished Producer, and also a professional Creator, as both a Screenwriter and Director, accumulating over one hundred accolades for his work in both short and feature films. He has earned a coveted spot on the notorious BLCKLST, and has also been recognized as a Top 1% writer on Coverfly’s Red List. Additionally, he is the founder of A-Level Pictures, a testament to his unwavering dedication to the art of storytelling. Notably, one of his feature scripts, "If She Screams," has been produced and is available on various platforms worldwide. His directorial debut, "Making Peace," a project he also scripted, received over a hundred honors during its festival circuit run, including awards for Best Short, Best Drama, Best Screenplay, Best Concept, and Best Cinematography, Best Original Concept, Best First-Time Writer, and many more honors.
Presently, Judah Ray just wrapped production of his feature screenplay "Speed Train" in Thailand, which is set for release at the end of 2024. PK Films is in development of his screenplay "Do You Know Your Name", which he is set to direct, and his screenplay “Spell Bound”, which is now in preproduction. Butterfly Films has secured his feature screenplay "Unorthodox", a seven-figure budget, feature film, which he is set to co-direct. Rolling Pictures Films is in the developmental stages of the screenplay he penned for Christopher Titus, titled “Father Reaper.” A-Level Pictures is in development on the feature film “Dancing With Myself”, slated for production in November 2024, in which he will be directing the screenplay he wrote. "Demon Knights" - A horror/monster reimagining of the classic "The Warriors" that has been optioned by an animation studio and is in development.
In addition to all these achievements, Judah has also conceived a captivating horror/sci-fi novel, which has also been scripted out into a series titled " Eat The Rich," which delves into themes of the New World Order, extradimensional beings, new age metaphysics, and one woman's pivotal choice between world domination and saving humanity. This exciting project is currently in the process of being pitched for option.
I've also been recognized with some honors:
2010
- California Film Awards - Honorable Mention
- Los Angeles Cinema Festival Hollywood - Award of Merit
- Film Shift Festival - Top 15 Scripts
- Underground Exposure - Top 5 Scripts
- The Indie Gathering - Open Category Winner
- LA Reel Film Festival - Honorable Mention
2011
- Amsterdam Film Festival - Official Selection
- SkyFest Festival - Finalist
- Los Angeles Movie Awards - Official Selection
- Honolulu Film Awards - Official Selection
- American International Film Festival - 2nd Place
- Awareness Festival Selection - Scripts that Inspire
- Colorado Film Festival - Honorable Mention
2017
- Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards - Best Script
- Catalina Film Festival - Official Selection
- Nashville Film Festival - Top 3 Scripts
- Beverly Hills Film Festival - Family Top 3 Scripts
- Nashville Film Festival - Semi-Finalist
- Burbank Film Festival - Top 3 Scripts
2018
- Oaxaca Film Festival - Industry Partners program (multiple selections)
- Black Screenplays Matter - Finalist
- Nashville Film Festival - Finalist
- Oaxaca Film Festival - Finalist (multiple selections)
- The Orb Media China-Hollywood Screenwriting Fellowship - Finalist
- Filmmatic - Horror Category Winner
- Kid First! Film Festival - Honorable Mention
- Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival - Best Script
- Los Angeles Film Awards - Official Selection, Best First Time Screenwriter
- Just4Shorts Film Festival - Official Selection
- New Media Film Festival - Top 3 Scripts
- Austin Revolution Film Festival - Official Selection
- Action In Film Festival - 1st Place - Best Short & Faith Based Script Official Selection
- Script Summit Screenplay Contest - 2nd Place & Best Concept Official Selection
- Fade in Awards - Finalist
- The Film Empire's Diversity Screenwriting Contest - Semi-finalist
- Manhattan Film Festival - Semi-finalist
- London Short Series Film Festival - Official Selection
2019
- Finish Line Script Competition - Official Selection
- Calcutta International Cult Film Festival - Best Feature Script / Golden Fox Trophy
- Los Angeles Film Awards - Best Horror Screenplay
- Olympus Film Festival - Best Script Bible Feature
- Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival - 1st Place Winner
- Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival - Finalist
- International Horror Hotel - Award-Winning Script
- Action On Film Festival - Finalist
- Los Angeles International Film Festival - Winner
- Independent Horror Movie Awards - Official Selection
- Hollywood HorrorFest - Official Selection (multiple selections)
- Script Summit - 3rd Place / Best Short Screenplay
- 13Horror.com - Finalist
- Austin Revolution Film Festival - Official Selection
- Oaxaca Film Festival - Official Selection
- Burbank Film Festival - Finalist
- Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival - Finalist
- ScreenCraft Horror Contest - Finalist
- The Industry Next Diversity II - Finalist
- NOLA Horror Fest - Official Selection
- Big Apple Film Festival Screenwriting Contest - Finalist
- Los Angeles CineFest - Semi-Finalist
- Boobs & Blood International Film Festival - Official Selection
- Hollywood Screenplay Contest - Gold Prize Winner
- New York Horror Film Festival - Official Selection
- Southern California Screenplay Competition - Semi-finalist
- Olympus Film Festival - Best Original Concept Short Film
- HollyShorts Film Festival - Official Selection
- Script Summit - 3rd Place
- Filmmatic Screenplay Competition - Finalist
- Los Angeles CineFest - Best Screenplay
2020
- Industry Next: Diversity 2 - Award Winner
- LA Film Fest - Official Selection
- Austin Revolution Film Festival - Official Selection (multiple selections)
- ARFF Berlin - Official Selection
- Script Summit - Official Selection
- Stage 32 - Official Selection
- Catalina Film Festival - Official Selection
- Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition - Finalist
2021
- Short To The Point Film Festival - Official Selection
- JELLYFest - Best Actress
- Asian Cinematography Awards - Best Short Film
- Canadian Cinematography Awards - Best Drama Film
- European Cinematography Awards - Winner
- Nukhu Awards - Official Selection
- London International Web & Film Festival - Best Short
- New York Cinematography Awards - Best Short, Best Poster, Best Producer, Best Cinematography, Best Sound
- ARFF International / Berlin - Best Short Film
- Los Angeles Cinematography Awards - Finalist
- International Independent Film Festival - Official Selection
- Utah Film Awards - Best Actor
- Onyko Awards Films - Honorable Mention
- Golden State Film Festival - Best Director
- World London Film Festival - 1st Place / Gold Winner
- International Christian Film Festival - Official Selection
- Venice Shorts Film Awards - Best US Director
- Marina Del Rey Film Festival - Best Supernatural Short
- NYLA Film Festival - Best Film Of The Month
- Kalakari Film Festival - Winner
- Carmarthen Bay Film Festival - Official Selection
- Richmond International Film Festival - Official Selection
- Green Mountain International Film Festival - Award Winner
- Something Wicked Film Festival - Official Selection
- L'Hospitalet-Barcelona International Film Festival - Official Selection Best Short / Best Director
- Tylerman Film Festival - Official Selection
- Orlando International Film Festival - Official Selection
- REEL HeART Film Festival - Best Short Film
- Z-Shorts International Film Festival - Official Selection
- AFIN International Film Festival - Best Visual Effects Finalist
- Pasadena Film Festival - Official Selection
- Lift-Off Los Angeles Film Festival - Official Selection
- Austin Revolution Film Festival - Official Selection (2022)
- Muestra Intergaláctica - Official Selection
- Culver City Film Festival - Official Selection
- Toronto Film Festival - Official Selection
- Festival Angaelica - Official Selection
- LA Live Film Festival - Best Short / Best Director
- Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival - Official Selection
- Blow-Up International Arthouse Filmfest • Chicago - Official Selection
- Goldenhorn Film Festival & Market - Official Selection
- Around International Film Festival - Best Short Film
- Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema - Nominations for Best Featurette, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography (2022)
- Cleavland International Film Festival - Official Selection (2022)
- Australia Film Festival - Winner, Honorable Mention
- UPIKE Film and Media Arts Festival - Finalist
- Creative World Awards - Finalist
- The Film Empire Diversity Mentorship - Finalist
- SWN Screenplay Competition - Goldman Award
- Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition - Finalist
2022
- Southern California Screenplay Competition - Semi-Finalist
2024
- ScreenCraft Short Film Screenplay Competition - Semi-Finalist
- SIFCA - Greece - Honorable Mention
Awards
Coverfly All-time Overall Top 25% for
Dancing With Myself
Dancing With Myself
Coverfly All-time Overall Top 25% for
Shabu
Shabu
Coverfly All-time Overall Top 3% for
Unorthodox
Unorthodox
Coverfly All-time Overall Top 25% for
The Human Experience
The Human Experience
Coverfly All-time Overall Top 25% for
Demon Knights
Demon Knights
Coverfly All-time Overall Top 25% for
Eat The Rich
Eat The Rich
Scripts By Judah
BUNKER DOWN
As America spirals into chaos, a conservative father barricades his family inside their home, but with a liberal son, a defiant daughter, and a wife desperate to flee, the real war is within.
Feature Drama, Thriller For sale 97pp
1 reader loves this script
Rough-N-Tumble Night
Circa 1995, Nick escapes his suburban life for a night in the city with his reckless friends, but his thrill-seeking adventure turns into a clash with danger, betrayal, and mayhem deep within the city's underworld.
Feature Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller For sale 106pp
1 reader loves this script
Unorthodox
20+ awards as a screenplay - Madison fights to escape the torture of a holy predicament as her strict, religious mother, Faith, attributes teenage angst to demonic possession.
Feature Drama, Family, Horror, Thriller For sale 116pp
Coverfly All-time Overall Top 3%
Shabu
TRUE STORY - When a mother becomes a contract killer, the cartel murders her husband and kidnaps her children, so she embarks on a vigilante mission to rescue her family, at any cost.
Feature Action, Crime, Drama, Family, Thriller For sale 98pp
Coverfly All-time Overall Top 25%
DOLLFACE
A serial killer who wears a doll’s face and preserves his victims as lifelike dolls faces a chilling shift when an unexpected child arrives at his doorstep, threatening to unravel his twisted existence.
Feature Horror, Thriller For sale 90pp
Broken Ornaments
A picture-perfect woman’s holiday chaos turns magical when her rugged, mysterious neighbor teaches her to embrace imperfection, leading her to wonder if he’s really Santa Claus or just the gift she didn’t know she needed.
Feature Comedy, Drama, Romance For sale 95pp
Look At Me Now
A fortune teller predicts death on New Year's Eve, leading a carefree escort and a driven businesswoman on a journey of self-discovery and unexpected romance, embracing life's serendipitous moments for true fulfillment.
Feature Comedy, Drama, Romance For sale 118pp
Jux's Position
Jux suffers from dissociative identity disorder and the CIA has used her as their most lethal killing tool, but now they’ve gone too far in pressuring her to achieve their goals, by kidnapping her daughter.
Feature Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller For sale 112pp
Change The F*cking World
Robel Douglas is branded a villain after a robbery and evades a relentless cop, while a journalist uncovers hidden truths, creating a gripping narrative that challenges societal biases and prompts deep self-reflection on racism.
Feature Action, Crime, Drama, Family, Thriller For sale 114pp
Get In Where You Fit In
Pineapple Express meets Barbershop - An eccentric owner of a marijuana dispensary ropes his wayward son into working for him on the very day cops and criminals turn the place into a madhouse.
Feature Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family For sale 110pp
The Human Experience
When a grieving father and his young son attend a funeral, they confront their fears and misunderstandings about death, love, and the human experience.
Short Comedy, Drama, Family For sale 10pp
Coverfly All-time Overall Top 25%
The Trials And Tribulations Of Awkward People
Two socially awkward misfits find themselves caught in a series of hilarious and embarrassing mishaps at a dinner party, ultimately bringing them closer together in an unexpected way.
Short Comedy, Drama For sale 8pp
Beat Of Your Own Drum
In a black-and-white world, Iris, a struggling singer, and David, an eccentric drummer, find solace in their own musical pursuits until their paths cross, igniting a harmonious connection that brings color to their lives.
Short Drama, Film-Noir, Romance For sale 5pp
Eat The Rich
Extradimensional beings crossed through the Large Hadron Collider, united with the elite, and formed the New World Order, but after discovering her true nature, Christina will decide between world domination, and saving the human race.
TV Pilot Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller For sale 63pp
Coverfly All-time Overall Top 25%
Cheat Code Kids - Legend Of The Gamer World
Tobi and Bug, rival brothers, are pulled into a hyper-realistic game where they must resolve their differences and cooperate to escape, learning important lessons about family and self-worth in the process.
TV Pilot Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi For sale 35pp
1 reader loves this script
Dancing With Myself
A lifelong secret unravels when a repressed individual, Dan, kidnaps their best friend's fiancé, setting the stage for a deadly confrontation fueled by obsession, betrayal, and hidden identities.
Feature Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller Seeking finance 106pp
Coverfly All-time Overall Top 25%
Do You Know Your Name
After a virus outbreak, Adam believes he and Lilly are divinely chosen to repopulate, but when Nia arrives, the Humanimals surrounding them become the least of his concerns.
Feature Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller In development 109pp
Demon Knights
When the Demon Knights are framed for banishing the antichrist back to hell, every monster gang in the city wants to take them down.
TV Pilot Animation, Fantasy, Film-Noir, Horror, Thriller In development 63pp
Coverfly All-time Overall Top 25%