Philip Sedgwick

Philip wrote his first screenplay largely due to the prompting of a writer friend. The second script he penned, Neon Cactus, landed a berth as a Quarter-Finalist in the Academy's esteemed Nicholl Fellowship (1990). Since then, more than forty of his scripts & films have received acclaim in screenwriting contests, film festivals and writing fellowships (a complete listing of awards can be found on his website, URL in contact information). The first short film he penned as work-for-hire, Mirage at Zabul Province, was a multi-festival award winner, taking the trifecta of Jury, Audience Choice and Director's Choice Awards. Philip is a member of the Independent Writers Caucus (WGAw). He serves as a juror for the Prescott Film Festival, where his screenwriting workshops are among the festival's most popular presentation. Additionally, Philip has delivered presentations on screenwriting to the Tucson Festival of Books, Independent Film Arizona, the Institute for Collaborative Storytelling. In the past Philip wrote for Mediavillage, a television entertainment website based in New York. As well, he wrote as a columnist for the Science Fiction Channel's website and the America West Airlines Magazine. Philip has written published fiction projects and non-fiction treatises as well. In late 2005, he released his first collection of short stories, Glimpses - Stories From Around the Bend. These stories relate tales that could be true even though many reside in what would be termed non-ordinary reality; any of the stories in this collection have the potential to be adapted to television or film scripts. He teaches creative writing classes in narrative fiction and non-fiction. Philip writes in Final Draft or Movie Magic Screenwriter (and owns and is proficient in all current, trending screenwriting software platforms), which is his preferred screenwriting word processor.