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Shawn Davis

Shawn began writing in 2008 as a means to overcome a lifelong reading disorder. After several short scripts, he took on writing his first feature screenplay in 2009. Six years and several screenplays later, Shawn's highly acclaimed script Equal Retribution was reviewed and given one of the highest screenplay ratings ever handed out by Carson Reeves of Scriptshadow.com View full review here - http://scriptshadow.net/amateur-friday-what-doesnt-kill-you/

Equal Retribution has also been submitted to and placed highly in such prestigious contests as The Academy Nicholl Fellowship and The Page Awards. It was also chosen as a top script on Francis Ford Coppola's website, Zoetrope.

Equal Retribution has also taken top honors at the 2019 NYC Indie Film Festival for Best Screenplay and was an Official Selection at the 2019 Louisiana International Film Festival.

Working with ambitious co-writer Jeff Bush, Shawn’s latest work, Chernobyl was recently completed and is now available for consideration.

Shawn's script The Right Tract was submitted to the prestigious Kairos prize competition for spiritually uplifting scripts where it placed in the top 10%. The Right Tract was also selected as an Official Selection in the 2017 Faith and Family Script Showcase Festival.

Shawn has written for and been optioned by Nancy Glass Productions, MTV, Futurproof Productions, Tyna Productions, as well as other production companies. His previously optioned screenplay Till Dawn (Thriller) has been released and is available for consideration. 

Shawn has also just optioned Nikki Lee's screenplay Wrong Exit. Principle photography has been completed and it is due for release in the summer of 2020.

Shawn's screenplay Cold Calm (Formally Reprisal) sold to Drama Queen Productions was filmed in South Africa early 2020 and has been completed and is currently submitted to multiple top tier festivals including Cannes and Sundance.

 

Scripts By Shawn

Equal Retribution
A new law allowing convicted murderers to be executed and revived forces a killer to use what time he has while dead, to gather clues in the afterlife, to prove his innocence.
Feature Action, Crime, Thriller For sale 120pp
Nicholl Fellowship - Quarter-Finalist
9 readers love this script
The Right Tract
A money making God dies and must represent himself in the ultimate court. Heaven. At stake - his soul.
Feature Drama, Family For sale 89pp
3 readers love this script
Chernobyl
An American college student goes on the run to unravel his estranged mother's involvement in the Chernobyl disaster before assassins kill them both.
Feature Action, Thriller For sale 121pp
3 readers love this script
Shark Fin
An elderly fisherman teaches his grandson that sometimes in order to gain, you must lose something.
Short Drama, Family Available for Free 10pp
3 readers love this script
Read Review by Hamish Porter
Credit where due
The killing of JFK was the greatest hit in history and now the second killer wants his due.
Short Thriller Available for Free 10pp
2 readers love this script
Read Review by Julia Cottle
Wrong Exit
A white boy proves his worth to his future black brother-in-law when their car runs out of gas and they are forced into a town that isn’t very friendly towards those of color.
Short Drama In development 20pp
Abandoned Heart
A man confronts his inner demon on the one year anniversary of his wife's death.
Short Drama Produced 10pp
Juan's Lake
A young man's tragic decision to rob a restaurant is met with eternal consequences.
Short Drama Produced 10pp