MEET CHRIS PHILLIPS
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Chris Phillips is a screenwriter, playwright and director. Raised in Austin, Texas, Chris found himself starved for authenticity at an early age and related way more to stuff like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and A Soldier's Play than any sissy-gay-white-boy-pre-teen really should. Chris’s plays have been staged on both coasts in venues such as Celebration Theatre, SoHo Playhouse and the Cherry Lane Theater, and he’s directed 7 short films -- 4 from his own scripts -- screening at festivals such as Outfest Los Angeles.
His goal is to follow in the footsteps of his idol Spike Lee, creating work that reflects LGBTQ America the same way Lee reflects Black America: with a challenging, brutally honest voice and a variety of POV’s we’ve never seen or heard before.
AWARDS
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AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL TV PILOT COMPETITION – 2021 Finalist, WB Television Pilot Award & Josephson Entertainment Fellowship
STAGE 32 DRAMA FEATURE SCREENPLAY COMPETITION - 2021 Winner
ACADEMY NICHOLL FELLOWSHIP – Top 50, 2020
AUSTIN AFTER DARK FILM FESTIVAL – 2020 Winner, Best Drama
FRESH VOICES SCREENPLAY COMPETITION – 2019-20 Semi-Finalist/Top 10 Drama Screenplays
STAGE 32 FEATURE SCREENPLAY COMPETITION - 2019 3rd Place
BIG APPLE FILM FESTIVAL SCREENPLAY COMPETITION - 2019 Winner
BEST DIRECTOR OF A SHORT - 2018 California Independent Film Festival
OUTFEST LOS ANGELES - 2018 Official Selection
WE SCREENPLAY DIVERSE VOICES LAB - 2018 Finalist
NBC UNIVERSAL EMERGING WRITERS FELLOWSHIP - 2018 Semi-Finalist
WARNER BROS. TV WRITERS WORKSHOP - 2016 Finalist
EUGENE O’NEILL THEATER CENTER - 2015 Semi-Finalist, National Playwrights Conference
GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS - 2013 & 2011 Nominee, Outstanding Los Angeles Theater
NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL - 2012 Winner, Playwriting
ROBERT CHESLEY FOUNDATION - 2011 Award Recipient