Another Sundance Certificate

I entered this eight week class with a sketchy vision of my zany, crime-drama, darkly comedic one-hour TV pilot Texoma Shrooms and came out with a full outline!

Sundance continues to help me.

Thank you Vanessa Matsui for your incredible notes and Angela LaManna for fun and thorough teaching.

~ debi

Posted on November 18, 2020 by debi 0

TOO MUCH AIR and NYC Midnight

My short screenplay TOO MUCH AIR has advanced to the next round of NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Challenge

“TOO MUCH AIR” by Debi Yazbeck

LOGLINE – Live, love, laugh — even laugh last. But always watch your back.

This was really fun to create and write. I’m excited for my next set of prompts Saturday morning.

What craziness can I devise next… hmmm?

~ debi

Posted on November 12, 2020 by debi 0

Long Lost

How did I lose this?!

No matter – Max graciously sent me a new one.

Thank you, Max Adams and the Academy of Film Writing!

Hugs and kisses to you, Max. You laid the foundation and helped me grow as a screenwriter way past anything I ever dreamed.

This certificate means so much to me and will hang on my wall of fame.

~ debi

Posted on November 3, 2020 by debi 0

VOICE OF DISSENT

My newest screenplay makes its contest debut at LA International Screenplay Awards.

Thank you, LAISA!

~ debi

AND p.s.

I completely missed this announcement.

VOICE OF DISSENT was still titled EDDY JEAN when it made Quarter-Finalist…

2020 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition

BLIND PURSUIT made the list also! Yay!

Posted on November 1, 2020December 2, 2020 by debi 0

OUT OF XATALA and BLUECAT 2020

And the good news from April 14th…

OUT OF XATALA made the 2020 BlueCat Screenplay Competition SEMI-FINALS!

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I received some of the best notes EVER from BlueCat’s script analysis.

I’m excited to be a Quarter-Finalist for BlueCat’s 2020 Screenplay Competition.

Looking forward to April 14th!

~debi

p.s. I loved KNIVES OUT!

Posted on March 25, 2020June 9, 2020 by debi 0

SUNDANCE Certificate of Directing

This is just what I needed!

In eight weeks I went from complete ignorance to producing, writing and directing my own short film PRELUDE TO MURDER IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN while being mentored by Julia Solomonoff and Danielle Lessovitz.

Thank you so much to my incredible cast of actors, Perri Reavis and Lon Lawson. And to my DP and editor, Benjamin Ward. Directing is truly a collaborative adventure that unites everyone on set.

And add to all of that… This course has set me on the correct path for directing Della Greenawalt’s award winning script SUNFLOWER CARE in May.