A Family Reunion
A Family Reunion
Feature
· Horror · 109 pages
A young boy fights to save a loved one from being sacrificed to a primordial deity during a 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 director from USC Cinema. He directed AMC Networks' Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. He wrote the Lifetime film, Give Me Back My Daughter. He’s a staff writer on the Starz wrestling drama, Heels. He’s the dubbing director for Netflix’s sumo show, Sanctuary. He directed Adult Swim’s Juneteenth Holiday Specia...
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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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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