Independent Writers' Caucus
Eamonn Cogan
Eamonn Cogan is a neurodivergent Writer/Director from Chicago, Illinois. After seeing Jurassic Park 26 times in the theater at five years old, he knew he had to make movies.
He graduated from Drake University's School of Journalism & Mass Communication with a degree in Radio and Television Producing. At Drake, he was a Linebacker on their Division 1-AA Football team. He applied his love for film to his senior thesis project, BEYOND THE BLUE LINE, a short Documentary on which he was a Producer and Lead Videographer.
BEYOND THE BLUE LINE won 2 Silver Communicators, a Bronze Telly, and the Upper Midwest Regional Student Award of Excellence from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
After Drake, he began writing and directing. His second short film, THE RULES OF LUCK, was invited to screen as part of the HollyShorts Screening Series at the TCL Chinese Theatre. You can watch THE RULES OF LUCK here: https://vimeo.com/133103980
Eamonn's screenplays have done well in competition, including but not limited to a Finalist and two Semi-finalists at the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition and a Finalist in the Page Awards.
Honors & Awards
Finalist, Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition - SYMPATHY FOR THE WILD - 2022
Semifinalist, Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition - THE FALL OF CARIBOU LODGE - 2023
Semifinalist, Austin Film Festival ScreenplayCompetition - MEMOIRS OF A FINAL GIRL - 2021
non-WGA
Male
THE FALL OF CARIBOU LODGE
Horror
BARBARIAN meets THE STRANGERS
While visiting her brother's lake house, Madeline and her trio of friends have their reunion cut short when Satanists target the neighbor, a disgraced televangelist. Thrown into a fight for their lives, the friends discover a deeper and darker story than they could have imagined.
SYMPATHY FOR THE WILD
Adventure
QUEEN & SLIM meets BADLANDS with a dash of TRUE ROMANCE
Childhood sweethearts set out on a cross-country killing spree en route to Disneyland. While two FBI Agents, hot on their tail, begin questioning if this perfectly executed spree is random or rather an intricate revenge plot 25 years in the making.
A HARSH NIGHT AT THE SNAKEBITE
Thriller
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 meets GREEN ROOM
Stranded at a hole-in-the-wall strip joint in Michigan's Upper Peninsula during a blizzard, four strangers must defend themselves against a militarized cult with white supremacist ties that, for reasons unknown, has surrounded the establishment.
Character-driven, Crime, Thriller, Western, Psychological, Horror, Satire, Dark
Male
unrepped