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MICHAEL CLIFTON

Screenwriter

BIO

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Growing up in West Virginia on a hazardous waste site that’s home to the Mothman legend was a lot to take in. Today I write stories about outsiders caught between real and imagined horrors. Recent accolades from Academy Award Qualifying festivals include CineQuest, HollyShorts, Raindance, Nashville and Austin Film Festivals. My horror screenplays have won top prize in competitions from FilmQuest, HorrOrigins, Nightmares, SF IndieFest, VHS, WritersXWriters, Flickers' RIIFF to Page Turner Awards. My writings on art and culture have been published in V Magazine and Encyclopedia Britannica. 

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"I write stories about outsiders caught between real and imagined horrors."

SCREENPLAYS

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Screenplays
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UPDATES

June 2023 - Graven, Gloves, Chitlin and The Bad Poet appear on the Coverfly's The Red List

May 2023 - The Cannibal Poet, Semifinalist, ScreenCraft True Story

May 2023 - Gloves, #1 Horror Short, Coverfly's The Red List

May 2023 - Chitlin, Official Selection, Art of Brooklyn Film Festival

May 2023 - Gloves, Semifinalist, Art of Brooklyn Film Festival

May 2023 - The Bad Poet and Gloves, Quarterfinalists, Art of Brooklyn Film Festival 

May 2023 - è Morto!, Gloves, Graven, Chitlin and The Bad Poet appear on the Coverfly's The Red List

May 2023 - Gloves, Finalist, Outstanding Screenplays

April 2023 - Graven, Winner, WritersXWriters

April 2023 - Gloves, #1 Horror Short, Coverfly's The Red List

April 2023 -  Graven, Chitlin and Gloves appear on Coverfly's The Red List

March 2023 - Gloves, Finalist, WritersXWriters

March 2023 - Graven, Chitlin and Gloves appear on Coverfly's The Red List

February 2023 - Gloves, #1 Horror Short, Coverfly's The Red List

February 2023 - Graven, Chitlin and The Bad Poet appear on Coverfly's The Red List

January 2023 - Gloves, #1 Horror Short, Coverfly's The Red List

January 2023 - Graven, Chitlin and The Bad Poet appear on Coverfly's The Red List

January 2023 - Chitlin and The Bad Poet, Quarterfinalists, WritersXWriters

December 2022 - Gloves, The 2022 LIST OF LISTS, Coverfly's Top 10 Most Downloaded Projects

December 2022 - Chitlin and Gloves appear on Coverfly's The Red List

November 2022 - Gloves, Winner, Page Turner Awards

October 2022 - Gloves, Semifinalist, Vail Film Festival

October 2022 - Gloves, Chitlin and Graven appear on Coverfly's The Red List

September 2022 - Gloves, #1 Horror Short, Coverfly's The Red List

September 2022 - Gloves, Chitlin and Graven appear on Coverfly's The Red List

August 2022 - Gloves, #1 Horror Short, Coverfly's The Red List

August 2022 - Gloves, Finalist, HollyShorts

August 2022 - Gloves, Semifinalist, Creative World Awards

August 2022 - Chitlin, #1 Comedy Short, Coverfly's The Red List

July 2022 - Chitlin, Graven, Gloves and The Bad Poet appear on Coverfly's The Red List

July 2022 - Chitlin, Quarterfinalist, Page Awards

July 2022 - Gloves, Semifinalist, Nashville Film Festival

June 2022 - The Bad Poet, Graven, Chitlin and Gloves appear on Coverfly's The Red List

June 2022 - The Bad Poet, Quarterfinalist, The Golden Script Competition

June 2022 - The Bad Poet, Finalist, Imaginarium

May 2022 - Chitlin, #1 Comedy Short, Coverfly's The Red List

May 2022 - Chitlin, Gloves and Graven appear on Coverfly's The Red List

April 2022 - Chitlin, #1 Comedy Short, Coverfly's The Red List

April 2022 - Gummies, Winner, Scriptwriters &  Co International Festival

April 2022 - Chitlin, Gloves, Graven and Gummies appear on Coverfly's The Red List

April 2022 - Chitlin, Quarterfinalist, The Script Lab

April 2022 - Chitlin, Coverfly's Top 1% in genre/format

April 2022 - Chitlin, Top Ten Finalist, Cinequest

April 2022 - Graven, Coverfly Top 1% in genre/format

March 2022 - Gummies, Coverfly Top 1% in genre/format

March 2022 - Graven, Grand Jury Nominee, Richmond International Film Festival

March 2022 - Gloves and The Bad Poet, Finalists, Richmond International Film Festival

March 2022 - Gummies, Honorable Mention, Killer Shorts

March 2022 - Graven, Finalist, MidWest WeirdFest

February 2022 - Gloves, #1 Horror Short, Coverfly's The Red List

February 2022 - Gloves, Semifinalist, Fade In 

February 2022 - Graven and Gloves, Quarterfinalists, ScreenCraft Short Film

February 2022 - Graven, Semifinalist, Filmmatic Horrror

February 2022 - Graven, Gloves, Chitlin, Gummies and The Bad Poet appear on Coverfly's The Red List

February 2022 - Gloves, Chitlin and The Bad Poet, Semifinalists, MidWest WeirdFest

February 2022 - Graven, Gloves and The Bad Poet, Quarterfinalists, Fresh Voices

January 2022 - Gloves, #1 Horror Short, Coverfly's The Red List

January 2022 - Gloves, Semifinalist, SoCal Screenplay Competition

January 2022 - Graven, Quarterfinalist, SoCal Screenplay Competition

January 2022 - Gloves, Graven, Chitlin and The Bad Poet appear on Coverfly's The Red List

January 2022 - Gloves, Winner, SF IndieFest

January 2022 - Chitlin and The Bad Poet, Finalists, SF IndieFest

January 2022 - Graven, Semifinalst, SF IndieFest

January 2022 - Gloves, Top 50, Roadmap Writers Shorts

January 2022 - Graven, The Bad Poet and Chitlin, Official Selections, L.A. Under the Stars

December 2021 - Gloves, Coverfly Top 1% in genre/format

December 2021 - Graven, Gloves, Gummies and The Bad Poet appear on Coverfly's The Red List

November 2021 - Gummies, Finalist, Outstanding Screenplays

November 2021 - Chitlin - Finalist, Sick-n-Wrong Film Festival

November 2021 - Gloves, Winner, VHS/The Vancouver Horror Show

November 2021 - Gloves, Winner, FilmQuest

November 2021 - The Bad Poet, Finalist Top 10, FilmQuest

November 2021 - Gloves, Winner, Diabolical Horror Film Festival

November 2021 - Graven, Winner, The Thing In The Basement

November 2021 - Graven, Gloves, Gummies, Chitlin and The Bad Poet appear on Coverfly's The Red List

October 2021 - Graven, Grand Prize Winner - Vortex Award, Flickers' RIIFF

October 2021 - Graven, Winner, Nightmares Film Festival

October 2021 - Graven, Winner, HorrOrigins

October 2021 - Gloves, Winner, HorrorHaus Film Festival

October 2021 - Graven, Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival

October 2021 - Gloves, Finalist, Pittsburgh Shorts and Script Competition

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Mexico City, Mexico

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