
Charles Leopardo
-Screenwriter-
Contact:
310-592-7365
charlesleopardo@att.net
Awards:
2004 Nicholls Fellowship in Screenwriting- Quarterfinalist for MOROTAI.
2000 ACES Competition- Finalist for DANTE'S TOUR
Produced and Optioned Screenplays:
MOROTAI, optioned by Gross-Weston Productions for a possible MOW
VERONICA'S VEIL, a short film directed by Nicholas Delfino (from a story by Ungenita Prevost). Bear Buca and Anatomy Entertainment. Click HERE for a free viewing of the full movie.
MAN FROM TOMORROW, screenplay adaptation of a novel by award-winning science fiction author Wilson Tucker. Currently in development.
Education:
MFA, Brooklyn College- BFA, SUNY college at New Paltz
Finished feature screenplays:
IKTHYS
(sci-fi/suspense)
A down-on-his-luck space freighter captain is set to make a killing on his cargo; fish from under the icy crust of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Besides tasting great, they’re also a cancer cure; but there's just one small catch; something awfully fishy is starting happen to consumers on Earth.
ROADKILL RHAPSODY
(Dark Comedy)
(co-written with Michael Wohl)
A young
environmentalist chased by a psycho and an aspiring songstress running from the law both take refuge
with a traveling carnival run by a charismatic but dangerous magician. They quickly discover that
they've only succeeded in jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
DANTE- LIVE FROM THE INFERNO
Inspired by Dante's "Divine Comedy"
(Dramatic Comedy/Fantasy)
After a close brush with death,
a successful, white, West Coast jazz musician embarks on a disastrous concert tour of New York City.
Or has he really died and gone to Hell?
SAVING GRACE
(Dramatic Comedy)
Community Church board president Grace Parson has invited a guy from Brooklyn named Delacroce to be the new pastor of her small congregation in “The Valley”. But when unexplainable things start happening, she has to wonder; is he just the “fish out of water” he appears to be, or something more?
The following script is available for download in PDF. Just click on the
title.
My other screenplays are available to entertainment industry professionals upon request.