PROJECTS

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14863290/

2025 projects in the works:

Screenplays written:

Trajectory - Released from prison when his partner dies, a man returns home to a daughter he never met, criminals that think he stole from them, and a judge that threatens something he never thought he'd have a chance at, being a decent father.

Recommend Rating (top 3%) Indie Film Hustle

No Shallow End - Two young siblings on the run after witnessing their father's murder find out that life won't quit trying to break their hearts, but must find a way through.

Top 19% of projects on Coverfly

Valley - An increasingly delusional, evangelist small town sheriff's actions push his sons to turn against him with catastrophic results.

Shopping Agreement (expires August 2025) Story Mill Entertainment.

West of the New Kansas-

Theatrical Opening, IMAX, National Infantry Museum, January 2025

Cobb International Film Festival, August 2025. Official Selection.

Movies in pre-or post production.

TOW - A disgraced ex lawman wants to kill somebody—himself—to make up for a mistake he can’t outrun. Can a chance to save a mother and her daughter from a sex-trafficking ring give him renewed purpose in life?

Pre-production / Miles Mussendon.

Watch the trailer here!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/526773249702296

Our Father’s Hands - A young, troubled boxer struggling with his father's fading legacy, dying mother, and strained relationship with his brother, risks everything he loves for one last chance to prove himself.

In pre-production with Trey Walker/Director, MUD Films, Paul Rowe, Last Caress Productions, John and Alayna Mock, Story Mill Entertainment, Miles Mussendon. Slated for fall 2025.

A Southern Horror (writer/producer) post-production, 2025 release. Last Caress Productions.

Press/Articles:

“Why I Write”

https://thelocalcolumbus.com/2025/04/02/cineforge-co-op-why-i-write/

2024 HIGHLIGHTS:

Movies

“West of the New Kansas” (short) Submitted to film festivals on the 2024 ciruit. Writer/director/producer

“a Southern Horror” (feature) Now in production. Writer/producer

“Tow” (feature) in develpment. Writer

Screenplays

“Valley” (feature)

“Cutter” (feature)

2023 Highlights

Movies

“Consent” original screenplay (Short). Filmed and in post-production 2022. Expected completion 2023.

2022 Highlights

“Blood Apiary” original feature screenplay. FINALIST StoryPros International Screenplay Contest

“Keeper” original feature screenplay Filmmatic. QUARTERFINALIST Drama Screenplay Awards (Season 7)

“Lie-Lie” original feature screenplay. Austin Film Festival SEMIFINALIST

“Keeper” original feature screenplay. Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards SEMIFINALIST

“Linger” original feature screenplay. Oaxaca Film Fest OFFICIAL SELECTION

“Tow” optioned August 2022

“Keeper” optioned August 2022

“Lie-Lie” optioned July 2022

2021 HIGHLIGHTS

July 2021 SEMIFINALIST! I am excited that LINGER was officially selected as a semifinalist at the FILMATIC DRAMA SCREENPLAY AWARDS which was awarded to the top 3% of all entries. Come on LINGER!!!

Updated March, 2021

Please follow the link to my podcast interview with WILDsound: The Film Podcas‪t‬ with Matthew Toffolo out of Canada!

https://www.wildsoundpodcast.com/the-film-podcast-by-wildsound/2021/3/13/march-13-2021-screenwriter-andy-carpenter-throwaways

Updated February 2021 - To listen to a recorded reading of THROWAWAYS and learn more about the Environmental Film and Screenplay Festival, please follow this link!

https://environmentalfestival.com/2021/02/21/environmental-festival-winning-short-screenplay-throwaways-by-andy-carpenter/

Where else can you find me?

https://writers.coverfly.com/profile/writer-3bf894cc3-104493

https://filmfreeway.com/AndyCarpenter

https://www.scriptrevolution.com/profiles/andy-carpenter

SCREENPLAY ACCOLADES for BLOOD CREEK - FEBRUARY 2021

After submitting my adaptation to the still unpublished novel Blood Creek to The Script Lab/Coverfly I received a RECOMMEND rating which is awarded to less than 3% of screenplays!

Here is a brief excerpt of the notes from their professional reader:

These characters are forces to be reckoned with -- the amount of particularity and depth the writer clearly wound into them is what brings this feature such a dimension. In fact, the characters are just the main element that really draw someone such as me, the reader, in. This is a project intended for drama and, for that, I would say this story seems to be the epitome of real gripping, tension-fueling theatrics -- it never feels quite forced or unnatural either. We can tell almost from the very beginning, without even coming to recognize who our protagonist is, that something is going to happen and it isn't going to be pretty either.

MORE SCREENPLAY NEWS (January 2021)

Screenplay news! (December 2020) My first ever screenplay submission, THROWAWAYS, was selected by the Independent Shorts Awards!

https://filmfreeway.com/laurels/42011/IndependentShortsAwards

THROWAWAYS was SELECTED as a WINNER at the Environmental Film and Screenplay Festival! Here’s what they had to say!

"It's a heartbreaking and very effective short film. The writer does a great job at telling a handful of different stories in a short amount of time. We get to see many different ways of life in this piece. It would be great to see this piece made...

It's very powerful.

This piece is very effective.

It's interesting and intelligent.

The characters are heartbreakingly real."

Updated February 2021 - To listen to a recorded reading of THROWAWAYS and learn more about the Environmental Film and Screenplay Festival, please follow this link!

https://environmentalfestival.com/2021/02/21/environmental-festival-winning-short-screenplay-throwaways-by-andy-carpenter/

THROWAWAYS: Original Short

When you are a throwaway, significance is relative.

After a seemingly insignificant plastic toy is manufactured by a young child in Latin America, it begins a journey across the world by tractor trailer, a fast-food restaurant trash can, SUV, a garbage truck, and an ocean-freighter. Each mode of transportation offers glimpses into the lives of its transporters, whether mundane, privileged, or desperate. Finally making its way into the grateful hands of a young orphan trying to survive in the trash-wastelands of Malaysia, these throwaways prove that significance is relative.

TOW: Original Feature Length/DRAMA

A disgraced ex-law man wants to kill somebody—himself—to make up for a mistake he can’t leave behind. Can a chance to save someone else save him too?

In revision.

FORCED MOVE - Original Screenplay/Thriller

In post-production

CUTTER - Original Screenplay/Thriller/Drama

Sometimes looking for adventure will get you murdered. Eliza's next, if she can't survive the wild things in the American West.

In the works.

BLOOD CREEK - Adaptation of my original work BLOOD CREEK.

In the works.