STACEY RUSSELL | SCREENWRITING & DESIGN
YoungBloods
Pilot | One-Hour | Dramedy | Supernatural
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When a stoner, slacker hacker dad discovers the company he works for kidnaps interns and feasts on their blood for immortality, he finally has to get off his ass to prevent his estranged daughter from becoming their next milkshake.
Accolades:
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8 on The Black List
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Top 1% Coverfly
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Semifinalist, Austin Film Festival 2023
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Top 50, 10th Annual Launchpad Pilot
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Finalist, Atlanta Film Festival 2023
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Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship 2023
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Quarterfinalist, WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Fall 2023
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Quarterfinalist, Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices 2023
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Honorable Mention, The Finish Line Script Contest 2022-2023
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Semifinalist, Stowe Story Labs 2022
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Semifinalist, Nashville Film Festival 2022
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Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Spring 2022
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Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Comedy 2022
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Quarterfinalist, WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Fall 2022
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Second Round, Network ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2022
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The Stunt List, Originals Bureau 2023
Like You Stole It
Pilot | One-hour | Sci-Fi | Action | Drama
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After a brutally oppressive regime seizes control of near-future America, a mysterious mercenary smuggles an abortion-seeking aristocrat away from the sadistic leader who bridges - and haunts - both their pasts. A (slightly tongue in cheek) FIREFLY meets HANDMAID'S TALE.
Accolades:
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Finalist, Stowe Story Labs 2023
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Finalist, Atlanta Film Festival 2024
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Semifinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards 2023
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Semifinalist, The Script Lab Screenplay Contest 2023
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Quarterfinalist, The Writers Lab 2023
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Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition 2023
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Official Grey List Selection 2023
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Roadmap Writers Hammer Jaxx Award October 2022
Tits Up
Pilot | One-hour | Dramedy
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Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Pilot 2025
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Quarterfinalist, The Script Lab Screenplay Contest 2024
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Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Winter 2024
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Second Round, Austin Film Festival 2024
Logline
When a burlesque dancer turned stay at home mom secretly turns to OnlyFans as a way to support her family and reclaim her identity, she gets swept up in the dark realities of online pornography and realizes too late she may be in way over her head. A dramedy in the vein of THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL meets WEEDS.
Partners
Pilot | One-Hour | Limited Series | Drama | Crime |
Supernatural
Logline
After surviving the bloody ambush that took his partner's life, a tormented detective's quest for vengeance pits him against his violent past, his friend's killer, and the spectre of his own sexuality.
Accolades:
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Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenwriting Awards Diversity Initiative IV
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Semifinalist, Los Angeles International Screenwriting Awards Spring 2022
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Second Round, Network ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2022
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Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Drama 2022
The Open Air
Feature | Dramedy
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To avoid having to go to a home for adults with disabilities, a young man with Down syndrome convinces his sister to join him on a trip through the South Island of New Zealand to find the rest of their family and themselves. AN IRISH GOODBYE meets HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE and A GOOD YEAR.
The Mandalorian: Ch. 16.5 - The Thief
Spec | One-hour | Sci-Fi
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Taking place directly after events depicted in Chapter 16 "The Rescue", the Mandalorian must team up with a cunning thief to take down a mysterious black market dealer of Mandalorian artifacts.
Accolades:
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Semifinalist, Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition Spring 2022
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2nd Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2022
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The Stunt List Spring 2023
Ghosts: A Star Wars Series
Pilot | One-hour | Sci-Fi | Drama | Limited Series
Accolades:
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Recommended by WeScreenplay
Logline
After events depicted in The Book of Boba Fett, ex-Rebel hero Hera Syndulla is tasked with recruiting Migs Mayfeld and other small-time criminals into her ragtag group of outcasts in order to take down the burgeoning Pyke Syndicate, who threatens the stability of the fledgling New Republic. STAR WARS meets SUICIDE SQUAD.
