SUNDOWN
SUNDOWN
Television (One-hour)
· Horror · 58 pages
In 1938, a young Black man finds that terror reigns for any person of color caught in a Sundown Town after dark...even in Los Angeles County. But a unique group of monsters is about to change that as they seek justice and a home in America for their own kind.
Written by
Melody Cooper
5 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Quarterfinalist,
PAGE Awards - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Competition 2019
Quarterfinalist,
PAGE Awards - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Competition 2018
Semifinalist,
Rideback RISE 2023
1 Writer
- Verified WGA Member
Los Angeles, CA
Weaned on sci fi, horror and social activism, Melody's currently adapting the book BEASTS OF PREY to film for Netflix . Selected for 2021 Adobe Women at Sundance Fellowship. Previously story editor, 22nd season LAW & ORDER: SVU, writer on TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES. 2021 Sundance Episodic Lab, 2019 HBO Access Writing Fellow. Comic book: OMNI ...
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Additional Project Info
2018 Sundance Episodic Second Rounder, 2018 Showtime Tony Cox Semi-Finalist, currently in consideration for 2018 MACRO Episodic Lab.