STEEN'S FOLLY

STEEN'S FOLLY

Feature · Historical · 112 pages
In this untold 1950s Americana rags-to-riches story, maverick Charlie Steen risks it all to search for the world’s most valuable mineral and helps launch a mining boom bigger than the California Gold Rush. Based on a true story. Comps: October Sky, The Right Stuff, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Stroke of Genius, The World’s Fastest Indian, A Bea...
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Written by Jeffrey Gold
5 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Semifinalist, Final Draft - Big Break 2015
Winner, StoryPros International Screenplay Contest 6th Annual - 2012
Finalist, Napa Valley Film Festival - Napa Valley Screenplay Competition 2017

1 Writer

Jeffrey Gold
Los Angeles, CA
Jeffrey has won over 100 awards and recognitions in playwriting and screenwriting. He has pitched to Netflix, Barrie Osborne, Mark Johnson, Jordan Horowitz, Chris Kuser, Beth Swofford, Rob Kenneally, and Christopher Lockhart. He has had masterclasses with McKee, Sorkin, Mamet, Swicord, LeFauve, Jack Epps, Jr., Jon Jory, among others. He lives in Los...
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Second Rounder - 2014 Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition Top 20% - 2013 Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Competition Finalist - 2013 Sundance/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Screenwriting Fellowship Competition Finalist - 2013 World Series of Screenwriting competition (Top 10 Historical/Biographical) Quarter-Finalist - 2013 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest Semi-Finalist (Top 30) - 2013 Screenwriting Goldmine Awards/International Scriptwriting Contest (UK) Finalist - 2013 Woods Hole Film Festival Screenplay Competition Winner - Best Screenplay based on a True Story, 2013 Columbia Gorge International Film Festival Screenplay Competition Winner - 2013 Best of State Gold Medal - Screenwriting Finalist - 2013 Write Brothers Screenplay Competition Finalist - 2013 Canada International Film Festival Screenplay Competition (Vancouver) Winner - 2012 SLFS/USP Fellowship, sponsored by the AMPAS (Oscars) Winner (2nd) - 2012 StoryPros International Screenplay Contest Top 10 Semi-Finalist - 2012 New Hampshire Film Festival Screenwriting Competition Semi-Finalist - 2012 New York Screenplay Contest Quarter-Finalist - 2012 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest 2nd Rounder - 2012 Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition 2nd Round - 2102 Cinequest Film Festival Screenwriting Competition Winner - 2012 Best of State Gold Medal - Screenwriting