STEVEN HARTMAN
SCREENPLAYS
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Mistaken Identity
*WINNER OF SCRIPT SUMMIT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
Genre:
Action/Adventure
Logline:
A Chicago salesman is mistaken for an FBI agent who sold bad information for cash to the Russians. Now, the Russians want him dead and his only savior is the unsuspecting and cheerful female agent assigned to protect him.
Awards:
Script Summit Screenplay Competition (2021) - Action/Adventure Winner
Austin Film Festival - Table Read My Screenplay Genre Screenplay Competition (2021) - Top 100
Genre Screenplay Competition (2021) - Quarterfinalist
Fatty Arbuckle
Genre:
Historical
Logline:
In Hollywood’s first celebrity scandal, silent film star Fatty Arbuckle struggles to survive an overzealous press fighting for readers and a power-hungry DA after he is accused of the attempted rape and murder of a young actress.
Awards:
ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Competition - Quarterfinalist
Final Draft Big Break (2019) - Top 5 Finalist
TSL Free Screenplay Contest (2019) - Semifinalist (Top 3% out of 5,500+ entries)
ScreenCraft Public Domain and True Story Screenplay Contest (2019) - Quarterfinalist
Filmmatic Screenplay Awards (2020) - Semifinalist
*This script has also been entered in contests under the name "When the World Was Ours"
Poppy
Genre:
Historical/Biography
Logline:
WWII naval pilot, George Bush aka Poppy, struggles with loyalty, patriotism and love as he trains for war and fights a fierce and determined enemy.
Awards:
Script Summit (2020) - Finalist (Historical), Top 6
When Santa Came to Town
Genre:
Christmas
Logline:
Wallace is a down-on-his-luck seasonal Santa at his sister’s failing toy store. When the real Santa Claus shows up, Wallace embarks on a Christmastime adventure when he is taken to the North Pole to discover the real meaning of Christmas and learn how to bring the spirit back home to help save the toy store.
Awards:
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (2020) - Semifinalist
Script Summit (2020) - Finalist (Family), Top 6
The Christmas Inn
Genre:
Christmas
Logline:
A busy New York account executive who must travel days before Christmas to meet with an important client experiences bad weather that diverts her to a small town's charming bed-and-breakfast helping her take a breath and embrace the magic of Christmas.
Awards:
Chicago Screenplay Awards (2020) - Semifinalist
Life or Death
Genre:
Thriller/Horror
Logline:
Ten strangers find themselves trapped in a house in the middle of nowhere, uncertain of how any arrived. They soon discover they're in a survivor's game of life or death where only two will be allowed to leave once eight die.