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Adrienne Thorne

Adrienne Thorne is from middle-of-nowhere farm-country in Washington state, where she spent her childhood writing stories in between driving tractors and competing in county fair 4-H contests. In the years since then, Adrienne earned an MBA in film producing and has had a feature script produced. She has also sold a spec to an indie company, and she recently optioned an original YA dramedy feature. Adrienne has placed in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship multiple times, in addition to placements in ScreenCraft and Network ISA contests. Having been happily married to her former high school boyfriend for twelve years, Adrienne writes through the lens of the transforming power of both romantic and familial love. When she’s not writing, Adrienne is busy navigating through the non-stop adventure of life with the autistic and other neurodiverse traits that she and most of her five children live with.


Honors & Awards

Quarterfinalist, Nicholl Fellowship, STUDS - 2020

Quarterfinalist, Nicholl Fellowship, STONES - 2022

Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Contest - CAULIFLOWER QUEEN 2024

Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member

Female, Disabled

Adrienne Thorne

BULLSH!T

Action-Comedy - a lighter COCAINE BEAR meets the country feel of TWISTERS

A screwup ranch-hand and his hapless buddies work in real time to catch the raging bull he accidentally let out, before it wreaks havoc on their small town and his blunder is discovered by his fed-up boss and his newly-pregnant, long-suffering girlfriend.

CAULIFLOWER QUEEN

Animated family comedy - CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS meets THE PRINCESS DIARIES

An idealistic teenage beauty queen fights against an unscrupulous potato chip company mogul who wants to pave her town’s beloved farmland, while she unknowingly falls for his son.

STONES

Coming-of-age dramedy - LADY BIRD meets QUIZ LADY

An impetuous teenage farm girl seeks freedom from her all-male household on a trip to a national dairy knowledge bowl competition, despite her overbearing brother coming along as chaperone.

Character-driven, Western, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, YA, Animation, Snarky

Female, Disabled

unrepped

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