Chowchilla

Feature · Drama · 114 pages
Status: Spec
In 1976, 26 school children and their bus driver are abducted and held for ransom by dimwitted trust fund babies. But the kidnappers are no match for the determined children and their kindly old bus driver, Joe, in this true story about the largest mass kidnapping in America.
Written by Jane Gideon
3 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2023

1 Writer

San Francisco, CA
Jane is a dramatic feature and TV screenwriter who loves to mine real-life stories of strong people who have been overlooked. She is a champion storyteller on the NPR Moth radio hour, and a public relations professional who has spun corporate stories into icon-making media profiles for leaders like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.