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Just received notification that some of the work I did for the Williamston Theatre will be used in the upcoming montage show called Flyover: Voices of Men from the Midwest. It runs May 21-June 14, 2009.
I knew the Year of the Ox was going to be a go…
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- Jack
- Profession
- Writer. There. I said it and it feels good!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Company
- Indie Dude and Devil Monkey Films: my fledgling pro/co with some good friends
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- ASA, SCBWI, NEA, TPA
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- Michigan
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- Resume (Position, Network/Production Company, Year, Location, & Description) - you can cut and paste your resume here
- Sales:
White Out (Horror)
(With Tony Lucchi)
2007 Optioned to Triboro Films, New York
Triboropictures.com
2007 WINNER: Best Horror Script Gotham Film Festival
Zeke’s Bar (Web Series)
2008 Duke Fire/CFCC Productions
Film Festival Recognition for Screenplays:
Santa Claus Goes To Pirate Island (Family/Adventure)
2005 Great Lakes Independent Film Festival- Runner Up
2005 Script Dig Top 100 Screenplays Contest
2006 Phoenix Film Festival- Quarter Finalist
2006 Beverly Hills Film Festival Finalist
2006 Action on Film Festival Best Comedy Scene Nominee
2006 Script P.I.M.P. Screenplay Competition Top 20 Great Scripts of 2006 Finalist
2007 Land Locked Film Festival Semi-Finalist
2008 WILDsound Top Twenty Finalist
Ichabod (A horror)
2005 Top Ten Finalist Script Magazine/ Guy Walks Into A Bar Thrills and Chills Screenplay Contest
Ed's Dead (And He's Hitchhiking Home) (Dark Comedy)
(With Tony Lucchi)
2006 Great Lakes Independent Film Festival Finalist
Screenplay of the Month December 2006: triggerstreet.com
2006 Big Apple Film Festival Top 10 Screenplays
2007 Film Makers Screenplay Finalist
2008 WILDsound Top Twenty Finalist
Fresh Meat (A Horror)
2007 Buffalo/Niagara Film Festival- Screenplay Competition Semi-Finalist
A Torrent of Tears (Dramatic short)
American Gems/Write Brothers Top 200 Short Scripts 2006
Photographic Memory (Sci/Fi Horror Short)- Winner; Wild Sound Screenplay Festival 2007
Freitag’s Triangle (Dramatic Short)
2007 Selection- Great Lakes Independent Film Festival
Battling Bigfoot (Sci/Fi Horror Feature)
2007 Action on Film Festival Official Screenplay Selection
Nominations: Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Script
WINNER: Best Action Sequence
Brothers in Blood (Western)
2007 Action on Film Festival Official Screenplay Selection
Nominations: Best New Writer
2007 Slamdance Screenplay Competition Round II Finalist
The Buggy (Gothic Horror) (with Tony Lucchi)
2008 Official Selection- Beverly Hills Film Festival
My Ticket Home (Family Romantic Comedy) (with Tony Lucchi)
2008 Official Selection- Charleston International Film Festival
2008- WINNER Cleveland Indie Fest
- Active Projects
- HARRY LANDERS, PI
Rookie private investigator Harry Landers longs to be the next tough guy PI in Vegas. Harry has two problems: A serious gambling addiction and a lack of experience. Harry's plan is to keep the business he took over when his mentor and boss, Stretch, was tragically killed. Applying what he's learned while taking on nickel and dime cases, as he calls them, Harry sidesteps danger and gets closer to his goal.
Harry Landers Detective Series
2008 Mind Wings Audio Books (mindwingsaudio.com)
Mumbly Peg- NOW AVAILABLE
Dan Tanna Ain't Dead- NOW AVAILABLE
Ten Minutes After Midnight
The Girl with the Dragon Wing Eyes
Satan's School for Scandal
The Udjat Eye
A Model for Murder
Lake Solitude
A Murder of Crows
- Projects Currently In Development (Title, Film/Television, Status, Budget)
- WHITE OUT- Feautre screenplay
ZEKE'S BAR- First season in post production
- Favorites (Film, Director, Television, Actors, Musicians, etc.)
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- Dreams & Goals
- Man... I'm there.
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Just received notification that some of the work I did for the Williamston Theatre will be used in the upcoming montage show called Flyover: Voices of Men from the Midwest. It runs May 21-June 14, 2009.
I knew the Year of the Ox was going to be a good year.
I knew the Year of the Ox was going to be a good year.
Posted on January 30, 2009 at 2:39pm —
Inktip Press Release
Here's a blurb about me and the web series I wrote for Duke Fire and CFCC Productions:
Duke Fire and the Cape Fear Community College Produce Webisodes
Patrick Bates was discovered on InkTip by Duke Fire with the Cape Fear Community College, who asked him to pen some web episodes as a tool to teach students how to edit. We are pleased to learn that the Cape Fear Community College Film and Video Production Department in Wilmington, NC has completed its first ever Digital 2K web-series production,… Continue
Duke Fire and the Cape Fear Community College Produce Webisodes
Patrick Bates was discovered on InkTip by Duke Fire with the Cape Fear Community College, who asked him to pen some web episodes as a tool to teach students how to edit. We are pleased to learn that the Cape Fear Community College Film and Video Production Department in Wilmington, NC has completed its first ever Digital 2K web-series production,… Continue
Posted on January 16, 2009 at 3:09pm —
National Noir Day
I was reading a blurb in a newsletter I receive about establishing a national-something-or-other day as a way of promoting my own work. I figured that since I am such a fan of pulp fiction and crime/detective films, books, and stories, I'd take a shot at coining National Noir Day, a day to celebrate hardboiled dudes, femme fatales, and the curveballs that get thrown at us. It would be celebrated annually on October 18, the release date in 1941 of The Maltese Falcon. I started a group at facebook… Continue
Posted on January 14, 2009 at 8:44pm —
Interviewed!
Give me a read:
http://audioshortstoryauthors.blogspot.com/2009/01/jack-bates.html
Thanks!
Merry Golden Globes and a Happy Oscars to you!
http://audioshortstoryauthors.blogspot.com/2009/01/jack-bates.html
Thanks!
Merry Golden Globes and a Happy Oscars to you!
Posted on January 11, 2009 at 5:22pm —
Just in Time for the Gift Giving Season
The first two audio novellas in the Harry Landers detective series are now available. Check out mindwingsaudio.com. I'm listed under detective/crime and I'm in the author spotlight.
Posted on December 23, 2008 at 3:57pm —
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Kerry David - Film Consultant:
* 2008 Sceenwriting Contest.
Finalists Announced!
* 2008 Short Film Contest.
Finalists Announced!
* Networking Events / Schmoozefests
* Testimonials
* Industry Jobs and Casting
RESOURCES:
* TV and Filmmaking Legal Issues and Information
* Financing Terms and Information
* Development Terms and Information
* Film and TV Glossary of Terms
* Post Production Terms and Information
* Discount Services
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TED
TheStream
HubPages
NeverFold
musicsupervisor.com
FilmNewsBriefs
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xo Helenna
Nce to meet you.
Keith Famie www.v-prod.com
It is a narrative film- fiction, but based on true events that are happening right now. We would like to make an accompanying documentary.
I haven't received your script yet. Feel free to send it to my other email address at dawn105@gmail.com. I look forward to reading it.
Regards,
Dawn
http://www.missmaesite.com
Thanks for your interest, and I hope you enjoy the story! :)
MM
Thanks,
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