MICHAEL MCCLENDON

AFTRA - SAG

 

michaelcoach2@gmail.com     michaelcoach2@yahoo.com     770-306-7078     770-653-6080

 

    Hair: Brown                                                             D.O.B:  July, 1953                                                          Height: 6’2

    Eyes:  Brown                                                                                                                                                Weight:  190

                                                                       

 

RCENT WRITING

 Recent Writing CreditsEDITS AND AWARDS

 

 

OLD GHOSTS

Regal Summit Book Awards 2024 - Best Paranormal Novel

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SUFFER CREEK (Feature Screenplay)

First Place Screenplay, INDIE HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2014

Official Selection FRIGHT NIGHT FILM FESTIVAL 2014

Third Place SCARED STIFF HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL

Official Selection  A NIGHT OF HORROR INTERNATIONAL (Australia)

Finalist CHICAGO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2014

WINNER BEST SCREENPLAY Golden Hawk Film Awards 2024

Finalist Best Feature Script, Future of Film Awards 2024

 

DEAD CHANNELS (Horror short, produced)

Currently in competition.

 

STAND YOUR GROUND (Feature film, produced)

First Place Best Feature Film PEACHTREE VILLAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2013,

  Michael McClendon,  Director and Screenwriter.

Official Selection GIDEON FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection ICFF

Official Selection and Bronze Award, ICVM FILM FESTIVAL

 

A CRY FOR JUSTICE (Feature Screenplay)

First Place Best Screenplay - ALASKA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2013

First Place Best Screenplay - PEACHTREE VILLAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2012

Second Place Best Screenplay - LOS ANGELES NEW WAVE FILM FESTIVAL 2012

 

MUSTARD SEED KIDS (Feature Screenplay)

Official Finalist WORLD SERIES OF SCREENWRITING 2013

 

CITY HALL CEMETERY (Full length stage play)

Finalist for 2009 NEXT GENERATION PLAYWRITING CONTEST, NY, (Produced in New York)

Official Finalist BEVERLY HILLS SCREENWRITING COMPETITION (Stage Play Category)

Finalist PLAYWRIGHTS FIRST COMPETITION

Finalist 1st MONTHLY FILM FESTIVAL (Screenplay: as CEMETERY PLOTS) 2024

 

CRITTER (Feature Screenplay)

Official Selection INDIEFEST USA, 2014

Official Finalist NEW YORK SCREENPLAY CONTEST 2014

Finalist NEXT GENERATION PLAYWRITING CONTEST (Stage Play version)

Finalist APPALACHIAN PLAYWRITING COMPETITION (Stage Play version)

Official Finalist WORLD SERIES OF SCREENWRITING (Stage Play version)

Official Finalist BEVERLY HILLS SCREENPLAY COMPETITION 2014 (Stage Play Category

Official Finalist NEW YORK SCREENPLAY CONTEST 2019

Official Selection THINKING HAT FILM FESTIVAL 2020

Official Selection INDIE VEGAS FILM FESTIVAL 2024

WINNER BEST FEATURE SCRIPT  Golden Hawk Film Awards 2024

Honorable Mention FUTURE OF FILM AWARDS 2024

Official Selection, Best Original Screenplay, CINE GLOBAL FILM AWARDS 2024

MOVIE TOWN FILM AWARDS, Best Feature Screenplay 2024

THE FILM CONTEST 2024 Best Original Screenplay

MOVIE TOWN FILM FESTIVAL 2024 Best Feature Screenplay

CINE GLOBAL FILM CONTEST, Winner Best Original Screenplay

 

LOCATIONS (Feature Screenplay)

Official Finalist WORLD SERIES OF SCREENWRITING 2014 (Comedy Screenplay)

Official Finalist THE SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL 2014 (Comedy Screenplay)

Official Semi-Finalist AURA SCREENPLAY COMPETITION 2014 (Best Feature Screenplay)

Third Place ALASKA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015

Official Semi-Finalist THE NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL 2015 (Feature Screenplay)

Official Semi-Finalist MARQUEE LIGHTS CONTEST 2014 (Feature Screenplay)

Official Selection ALASKA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015

Official Selection FEEL THE REEL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017

Finalist FEEL THE REEL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017

Official Selection OAXACA INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST

Finalist OAXACA FILM FESTIVAL (New Horizon 2017)

Nominee OAXACA FILM FESTIVAL (Best Screenplay)

Winner Best Cinematography, 2018 ALTFF

Honorable Mention Best Screenplay 1ST MONTHLY FILM FESTIVAL

Finalist Best Screenplay FUTURE OF FILM AWARDS 2024

Regal Summit Book Awards 2024 - Best Cross-Genre Novel

Berlin International Screenplay Festival - Official Selection Best Feature

  Screenplay 2024

FIRELINE FILM FESTIVAL, Best Original Screenplay 2024

MOVIE TOWN FILM AWARDS, Nominee Best Original Screenplay, 2024

INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS, Best Feature Screenplay  Finalist 2024

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LIKE DADDY USED TO SAY...(Feature Screenplay)

Official Finalist ALASKA FILM FESTIVAL 2017

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INSEPARABLE (Thriller, Short)

Currently in competition

Official Selection WOMEN'S ONLY

ENTERTAINMENT FILM FESTIVAL 2017

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DEAD CHANNELS (Horror, Short)

Official Selection CINEROMADOC International

Film Festival; Rome, Italy, 2017

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HAIR MAN'S GIRLS

FIRST PLACE Los Angeles Screenplay Contest 2019

FIRST PLACE New York Screenplay Contest 2019

 

OUR FAMILY TROUBLE - A CHRONICLE OF THE BELL WITCH (Stage Play) Finalist BEVERLY HILLS SCREENPLAY CONTEST 2015