Deadshot Girls Pilot + Deck
Deadshot Girls Pilot + Deck
Television (One-hour)
· Western · 60 pages
Status: Spec
A loner cowgirl struggling to become the greatest bull rider of all time is haunted—and guided—by an unexpected force: the ghosts of America’s trailblazing frontierswomen.
Written by
Heidi James
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11 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Finalist,
WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab 2020
Runner-up,
Script Pipeline - First Look Project 2020
Semifinalist,
ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition 2021
1 Writer
Los Angeles, Ca
Raised by theater artists in Austin, Texas, before the “Keep Austin Weird” era—when Austin simply was weird, Heidi James was creating characters for her family’s traveling roadshow by the age of seven. Chewy dramas that exalt underdogs, rebels, and renegades are Heidi’s passion. She has two feature films in preproduction, a stage rock musical in dev...
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Additional Project Info
The Western genre is not noted for its diverse view of women. It is noted for its exploitative, patriarchal, and even abusive treatment of women. Deadshot Girls offers the Western genre a revolutionary new take. The bull is an ancient metaphor for the healing power of love. At its core, Deadshot Girls is about learning to be strong, to love, to trust, and to find balance in an unpredictable world. Accolades not listed on the Coverfly website include: Winner Best TV Pilot La Femme International Film Festival and Finalist Page Turner’s Genre Competition.