Mark E. McCann is a forty-six-year-old native of northwest Arkansas. In addition to having spent twenty-four years as a law enforcement officer (the last nine as a detective and a crime-scene investigator), he is also an award-winning screenwriter. Mark has been a finalist in over a dozen major screenwriting competitions.
CABIN 6 (Drama) (30 minutes) – produced by Woman Lake Pictures. Distr. Vision Video,
2008 WINNER: Silver Crown Award – International Christian Visual Media
2009 – WINNER: Remi Jury Award – WorldFest Houston Film Festival
2007 – WINNER: Audience Choice Award – East Lansing Film Festival
2005 – WINNER: Best of Show – DAMAH Film Festival, Los Angeles
2005 – OFFICIAL SELECTION – Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
2005 – OFFICIAL SELECTION – Fayetteville Short Film Festival
2005 – WINNER: Best Short Film – Film Artists Network, Los Angeles
2003 – RUNNER-UP: Best Short Film Screenplay – StudentFilms.Com
Other screenwriting accomplishments to date
SOIL SOLDIERS (Drama) 2015 International Screenwriter’s Association Emerging Screenwriter Competition
COWBOY UP (Romantic-Comedy)
2014 – Optioned to Edell Productions
2012 – Top 100 Finalist; Emerging Screenwriters
2012 – Semi-finalist; Fade In:
2012 – Quarter-finalist; Scriptapalooza
2012 – Quarter-finalist; Final Draft
2012 – Round-Two finalist; Page International Screenwriting
2012 Best Dialog Spotlight Award nominee; Fresh Voices
2011 – Quarter-finalist; Fresh Voices
A COP AND A CHRISTIAN (Drama)
2013 – Option extended to New Integrity Films; Joseph “J.J” Barmettler,
producer
2011 – Optioned to New Integrity Films; Joseph “J.J” Barmettler, producer
2008 – Second Round Finalist Austin Film Festival
2008 – Quarter-finalist Bluecat Screenplay Competition
THE BLUE CANE (True life drama)
2010 – Second Round finalist Page International Screenwriting Awards.
WW II-K (Action / Adventure)
2014 – Quarter-finalist Fresh Voices
2013 – Quarter-finalist Page International Screenwriting Awards.
2008 – Quarter-finalist Creative Screenwriting Expo 2008
2008 – Quarter-finalist FADE IN Writers Network 15th Annual Competition
2008 – Quarter-finalist Page International Screenwriting Awards.
2008 – Quarter-finalist Bluecat Screenplay Competition
2007 – Optioned to Painting Entertainment; John Murlowski, director
2006 – Quarter-finalist: Creative Screenwriting Expo 4
2005 – Finalist: Scriptapalooza International Screenplay Competition
2005 – Quarter-finalist: Page International Screenwriting Awards
2005 – Optioned to Funagan Management
