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Bonnie Maffei

Screenwriter · Executive Producer

Award-winning screenwriter of Becoming Picasso, Lightning Ghost and Funeral Fakers.

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Biography

Screenwriter

Bonnie Maffei is a screenwriter and artist of Italian descent, with a B.A. in Art from San Jose State University. Her writing draws on art, religion, philosophy and the supernatural, across thriller, sci-fi and comedy. She is a graduate of ScreenwritingU’s Master Screenwriting Certificate Program and Professional Screenwriting ProSeries.

Her screenplay Becoming Picasso has been honoured at the Moondance International Film Festival, the L.A. International Screenplay Awards and the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival. Her other scripts have also won awards at Moondance, including A Recipe to Die For, Galactic and Written in Sand.

She is developing Becoming Picasso, on which she is also executive producer, Lightning Ghost and Funeral Fakers with The Film Co-Operative.

Representation: Nuala Quinn-Barton (@nualaqb), The Film Co-Operative

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Awards and selections

Bonnie’s screenplays have won five awards at the Moondance International Film Festival, led by Best Screenplay for Becoming Picasso, alongside festival selections and finalist placements in the US and UK.

  • Winner · 2017Moondance International Film FestivalBest Screenplay · Becoming Picasso
  • WinnerMoondance International Film FestivalSand Castle Award, Best Screenplay · Galactic
  • WinnerMoondance International Film FestivalSpirit of Moondance Award, Best Screenplay · A Recipe to Die For
  • WinnerMoondance International Film FestivalGaia Award, Best Screenplay · Written in Sand
  • WinnerMoondance International Film FestivalColumbine Award, Best Kids’ Short Story · Lalibela: Priest King of Ethiopia
  • Official Selection · 2018Vancouver International Women in Film FestivalBecoming Picasso
  • Official Selection · 2017L.A. Screenplay AwardsBecoming Picasso
  • FinalistParanoia Horror Film FestivalA Recipe to Die For
  • FinalistScriptpartnerships, Pomegranate Pictures (UK)A Recipe to Die For
  • FinalistA Feeding Frenzy, Los AngelesA Recipe to Die For

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