Independent Writers' Caucus
Luke Zwanziger
After the recession of 2008, Luke sold his car, bought a cinema camera, pitched his first original script, & never looked back.
Since then he has worked on projects for Adobe, Nike, Apple, and more.
He writes stories that examine the absurdity and occasionally the horror of how people react when put in untenable situations. His scripts have won or placed at various competitions including PAGE, HorrOrigins, NYC Midnight, ISA Emerging Writers, FilmLabtv, and more.
His most recent Short VINES, just finished a festival run at Overlook, Dances With Films: NY, with 42 official selections, 23 nominations, 14 wins (Best Horror Short 3x, Best FX, Best Actor, Audience Choice, and more). A feature version is currently being shopped for production.
He has live directed video for over 700 multicam comedy shows including talent like Amber Ruffin, Jaime Moyer (AP BIO) and Stephnie Weir (MADtv).
He has taught and performed around the globe, from NZ to the UK.
When he isn't writing or filming, he is eating artisanal doughnuts and indulging in some ennui.
Honors & Awards
BEST HORROR SHORT, Seattle Film Festival - Vines (Short) - 2024
OFFICIAL SELECTION, Dances With Films: NY - Vines (Short) - 2024 -https://deadline.com/2024/11/2024-dances-with-films-new-york-lineup-announcement-1236177787/
BEST HORROR FEATURE, HorrOrigins Film Fest - BIOLOGICAL - 2021
VINES
Feature - Eco Body Horror - THE THING Meets ANNIHILATION
When a professor of botany is fired for radical beliefs, he continues his experiments in a small town in Oregon, where he finds a family whose genetics are receptive to his forced evolution, but their humanity is less willing to submit to his violent interference.
BIOLOGICAL
Feature - Horror Thriller - Mama + The Babadook
While at a weekend getaway at a cabin that turns out to be a secret graveyard for dead foster children, a woman, and her husband are haunted by the child she secretly gave up for adoption a decade earlier.
VAMP E.R.
TV Pilot - Horror/Comedy- What We Do in the Shadows + Scrubs
A socially-conscious ER doctor joins a mismanaged hospital for mythical creatures after she’s unwillingly turned into a vampire.