A Family Reunion
A Family Reunion
Feature
· Horror · 119 pages
Status: Spec
A young boy fights to save a loved one from being sacrificed to a primordial deity at the family reunion.
Written by
Xavier Burgin and Tommy Wright
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7 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Coverfly Top 1% in Genre/Format
Semifinalist,
Slamdance Screenplay Competition 2022
Finalist,
ScreenCraft Film Fund Fall 2021
2 Writers
- Verified WGA Member
Los Angeles, California
Xavier Burgin is an Emmy-nominated writer/director from USC Cinema. He wrote on Starz’s wrestling drama, Heels. He's written for the WWE, CryptTV, Amazon Studios, The Discovery Channel, Lifetime, and Paramount. He directed AMC Network's Horror Noire, Adult Swim's Juneteenth Holiday Special, and the Emmy winning BET+ series, Giants. Xavier is the dub...
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Xavier Burgin is an Emmy-nominated writer/director currently repped at CAA whose work has been covered in USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, and more. His documentary HORROR NOIRE, currently on Shudder, has a 100% certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. He is currently packaging a feature he also wrote and will direct. Growing up, he concurrently cultivated a passion for iconic films like FRIDAY, EVE’S BAYOU, and CANDYMAN alongside genre anime like DRAGON BALL Z, COWBOY BEBOP, & FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD. This comes across in his work that displays an intersection of truthful representation of the African diaspora in the confines of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and magical realism.
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Coverfly VP of Development
Los Angeles, California
Tommy Wright is an American Writer/Actor/Director and a 2016 New Voices Sundance Alumni. As a performer, he has appeared in major productions such as Fruitvale Station and Red Tails. Tommy previously worked on Fox networks hit show “Last Man Standing”, where he has received Story By credit on three episodes — “Extrasensory Deception” and “Otherwise ...
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Additional Project Info
Sundance Beta Workshop - Selection