MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
Television (One-hour)
· Thriller · 61 pages
Status: Spec
Beautiful sunny Santa Cruz is known for being the destination for surfers, sightseers, and stoners, but its tall redwood trees and cool ocean breeze also attracts another more sinister type of tourist; soon two 90’s teenagers find themselves stumbling into a bloody mess of dead bodies, murderers, and cult members.
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Leon Masters
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Winner,
Script Summit 2024
Second Rounder,
Austin Film Festival 2022
Second Rounder,
Austin Film Festival 2018
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Los Angeles, California
Leon is a queer man who was raised in the proudly weird, central coast hippie-town and former Murder Capital of the World, Santa Cruz, California. He writes crime thriller, supernatural horror, and science fiction teleplays, features, podcasts, and shorts that place gay and transgender characters in key roles and explore LGBT+ issues. Leon has an ...
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Leon Masters is a one-hour genre writer whose writing fuses the othering of supernatural creatures and real-world horrors to explore issues facing trans and other marginalized folks. Raised in the former Murder Capital of the World, he developed an off-beat sense of humor when it comes to tackling serious issues, and is heavily influenced by his background where cults, ghost-hunts and séances felt like the norm. With a voice to die for and a truly one-of-a-kind perspective, Leon is ready to take on TV.
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UCLA Donor Kenneth Macgowan Family Award (2018)