The First Look Project searches for higher-concept screenplays and pilots to develop new writers and connect them with industry.
Placement
Genre
Format
Representation Status
Winners
Winner
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 104 Pages
When a disconnected RadioShack Manager discovers a mysterious antenna that allows him to speak directly to his consciousness, he must thwart a greedy celebrity psychic in order to find connection and possibly save thought itself.
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH x EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE x SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED
My childhood home ended up as a meth lab.* I had no choice but to be a writer.
2023 Page Awards Finalist
2022 Script Pipeline First Look Winner
2021/22 Roadmap Writers Top Tier Grand Prize Winner
2021 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Winner (Summer)
(*I've never done meth.)
Winner
Feature
· Drama
· 104 Pages
A new surgical intern endures the brutality of medical training and the abusive mentorship of a sociopathic, renowned surgeon while vying to win the hospital's "Intern of the Year" competition--an obsession that may just cost him everything. Based on a true story.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Along with (or perhaps despite) his career as a US Navy surgeon, Scott Wagner has been writing his entire life. Dr. Wagner's poetry and short stories have been published in university newspapers, literary magazines and even an international medical journal. He has published two books (third is on the way) and someday he hopes to see his writing on ...
Show more
Winner
Feature
· Comedy
· 100 Pages
When her childhood toy is brought to life by the power of drugs and imagination, a fearless woman and her 7-foot plush dinosaur unite to take down the drug cartel that ruined her life.
Auckland, NZ
I always wanted to be Steve Irwin. But there were no crocodiles in NZ, so I started making shit up. And never stopped. My scripts lead with a hook, follow with flawed characters, hold you with ACTION… tension… and kiwi wit, and end with a punch to your feels. I’ve lost A LOT of contests, recently won one (thanks Script Pipeline), and made a fancy ho...
Show more
Runner-ups
Runner-up
Feature
· Drama
· 103 Pages
Hardscrabble, tough-as-nails Sally is only good at one thing: long-haul truck driving. When her career is put in jeopardy by the introduction of self-driving trucks, she clashes with the company set on replacing her and destroying her community. As she fights for her future, she must also confront her past when her estranged daughter reaches out to ...
Show more
New York City, New York
An Emmy-nominated editor and producer for docuseries and reality TV, Travis Carr uses his knack for fact-based storytelling to write grounded, wry character dramas often based on research heavy subjects and true stories. Growing up poor in rural Maryland, he focuses on underdogs, forged families, trauma, and blue-collar issues. He's earned accolades...
Show more
Runner-up
Feature
· Horror
· 99 Pages
When a bougie and dysfunctional Black family gets trapped inside an interactive Black history museum, they must work together to evade the museum’s hidden horrors and escape before they too become history.
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM meets Tobe Hooper's THE FUN HOUSE
Los Angeles, CA
Sheriden is a Black woman Screenwriter from MN (Currently in LA.) Her work emphasizes that Black, POC, and women do not live one monolithic story. Therefore, in her stories, her characters can survive and lead a dystopian society, be Femme Fatales, and even fall in love while filling out their jeans. You can find Sheriden lost writing in the genre ...
Show more
Runner-up
TV Script
· Sci-fi
· 70 Pages
A mainstream device that allows people to lucid dream on demand malfunctions, trapping an entire city in a permanent sleep. Those stuck in their dreams find themselves living a nightmare, while the few that remain awake face the ensuing chaos of a soft apocalypse – and the corporation responsible for it all discovers the catastrophic consequences of...
Show more
CA
Chris Muir got his start as a theatre actor, graduating from the BFA program at the University of Windsor, but came to realise it wasn’t his calling. A fascination with photography, led him to a life behind the lens, working first as a photographer, and later as a DP in commercials. He’s been writing and directing for the past five years. Chris is ...
Show more
Show 1 more writers
You have reached the end of the list.