Independent Writers' Caucus
Gina DeAngelis
Gina DeAngelis is the youngest of ten kids who all talked at once. She started writing a book at age 8 just to get a word in, little expecting that one day, she’d have published 32 others. After a year of high school in Australia -- as far from home as she could physically get -- she studied acting, playwriting, and directing alongside history for her B.A. A professional writer for 20+ years, she holds Master’s degrees in both history and screenwriting, and won an Emmy Award (two nominations) for historical drama.
In Gina’s spec features, her unlikely heroes suffer from estrangement and isolation before building diverse found families. Even her darkest stories are ultimately life-affirming.
Recent releases include STORIES OF WAR, a collection of 13 commissioned documentary shorts; the indie feature EVERYTHING FUN YOU COULD POSSIBLY DO IN ALEDO, ILLINOIS, which premiered in Los Angeles in 2024, and the horror short ASK FOR HELP, which DeAngelis also directed. Her short film adaptation of the Pamela Painter story DOORS recently completed post-production and will be in festivals in 2025.
DeAngelis’s work has been consistently honored by the Academy Nicholl Fellowships, CineStory, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, the Austin Film Festival, Stowe Story Labs, and others. Her work has also appeared on PBS and was performed live for Queen Elizabeth II.
Honors & Awards
Semifinalist, Nicholl Fellowships - THE KNOCKING AT THE MARSH - 2024
Winner, Virginia Screenwriting Competition - THE KNOCKING AT THE MARSH - 2024
Finalist, Film Pipeline Short Script Competition - DOORS - 2023
non-WGA
Female, 40+
THE KNOCKING AT THE MARSH
(Horror/supernatural thriller - think THE WITCH, MAMÁ, THE WIND)
When her widowed mother vanishes during a blizzard in 1850s Virginia, a biracial teenager must defend herself, her vulnerable little sister, and their isolated farm against their slaveholding uncle and the torments of an angry spirit.
THE LITANY OF THE SAINTS
(Murder mystery/thriller - THE NAME OF THE ROSE, DOUBT)
When a devout young nun suspects that the death of her mother-superior was no accident, she must identify which of her sisters is the murderer before she becomes the next victim -- while suppressing her attraction to the violent young man assigned to protect her.
IF THESE WALLS COULD SHUT UP
(Horror-comedy - think NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, THE HAUNTED MANSION)
When a reluctant inheritor decides to sell a tourist-trap re-enactment village, the site's ghosts mount a dangerous campaign of resistance, unless she can solve a 200-year-old mystery in one night.
Female-centric, Thriller, Horror, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age
Female, 40+
unrepped