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Screenwriting Awards + Acknowledgments

2018

• Page Turner Genre Screenplay Competition, Santa Monica, CA: 3rd Place, Genre TV Pilot Category

• Slamdance Screenplay Competition, Park City, Utah & Los Angeles, CA: Quarter Finalist (Top 25 TV Pilot; Top 100 overall)

• Launch Pad Pilots Competition, The Tracking Board, Los Angeles, CA: Top 25

• Austin Film Festival, Austin, TX: Second Rounder

2017

• Austin Film Festival, Austin, TX: Second Rounder

• Oaxaca Film Festival - Global Feature Screenplay Challenge, Mexico: Finalist: Best Character, Best Overall Script

• ScreenCraft Action/Thriller Screenplay Contest, Beverly Hills, CA: Quarter-Finalist

• Filmmatic Screenplay Awards: Finalist

2016

• Oaxaca Film Festival - Global Feature Screenplay Challenge, Mexico: Winner - Best International Crime/Thriller Screenplay; Finalist - Best Overall Script

life story

J.V. Katz is a writer and editor who currently resides in Richmond, Virginia. He got his BA in English/Creative Writing from the University of Richmond; a little while after that, he received his MA in English - Research from Virginia Commonwealth University. When he’s not writing, J.V. digs watching movies and light subtextual film criticism. To ward off bedsores, J.V. hikes and rock climbs.

He is currently available for all measures of freelance, contract, or staff writing/editing projects.

CV available upon request.