Stanley Swindling
Stanley Swindling is a writer, director, and actor in Los Angeles, CA. He has a Screenwriting MFA from LMU, and a Film BFA from UCF. Recently, his screenplay ARMADILLO reached Semifinals in the ScreenCraft Horror Contest, and finished in the top 10% of Academy Nicholls. His script THE ENIGMA was nominated for Best Graduate Feature at LMU's SFTV Awards, after winning in 2020 with NIGHTS ON FIRE.
Scripts & Awards
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In the early 2010s, misanthropic high schooler Stanley finds his angst-ridden adolescence interrupted when he befriends a free-spirited, foul-mouthed stranger: himself, transported from fourteen years in the future.
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Disgraced novelist Dan Alistair attends a secluded writer's retreat and becomes increasingly obsessed with Evan, a beguiling newcomer whose fictional stories appear to be inspired by Dan's real life.
Quarterfinalist, WeScreenplay College Student Competition 2021
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Feature Competition 2021
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In 2051, when the effects of climate change have made the planet inhospitable, a group of "Gen Zero" twentysomethings convene in a Palm Springs mansion to celebrate their final hours on Earth.
WINNER: Best Graduate Screenplay - Feature LMU SFTV Awards (2020)
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Central Texas, 2003: Easton, a stoic line cook still grieving the loss of his younger brother, befriends a close-knit trio of eccentric locals. Unearthing the group's deadly secret offers him the chance to move on... if he can use his wits to survive.
Co-written with Rachel Cylie Gross
Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Horror Competition 2022