Jeffrey Blake Palmer

screenwriting ~ directing ~ creating ~ filmmaking

 


ABOUT

Jeffrey Blake Palmer is a screenwriter and filmmaker with New England roots now living near Hollywood, California.

His horror/thriller screenplay The Sleeping Deep has earned 7 wins, including Best Screenplay at the 2008 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, and has placed with over a dozen contests and festivals.

His screenplay SEX BOMB DEATH RIDE is currently under option with a Maine-based producer and his dramatic feature On the Fringe can be found on DVD via Amazon and IMDb.

He is at work on several feature-length scripts in the thriller, sci-fi, and supernatural genres and has a handful of short projects on deck; one of which, Worn, is an official selection at the 2011 Sacramento International Film Festival.

Many of these projects can be found at FlickerPictures.com

** updated writing page HERE **

 

WRITING CREDITS

The Star Tree

Description: One community's tale of cosmic conservation.

Length: 32 pages
Genre: Environmental/Fantasy/Children
Status: book-dummy
Available: yes
Completed: Feb. 2009
Illustrator: Elba Raquel
Website: TheStarTreeBook.com

 

 

On the Fringe

Description: A young man returns to his hometown to reconcile with his widowed father and deal with the loss of his mother.

Length: Feature 90min.
Genre: Drama
Status: produced
Available: DVD (Amazon.com)
Completed: 2001/2006
Awards: Best Drama - Hartwick Film Festival
Website: OnTheFringeMovie.com
IMDd: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404291/

 

 

The Sleeping Deep

Description: A young journalist and a psychiatric nurse are both drawn into the mystery of a drowned woman in the backwoods of Maine. Their journey leads them to a sacred lake, an ancient Indian tribe, and a dream world of gruesome demon-spirits.

Length: Feature (101 pages)
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Status: unproduced
Available: yes
Completed: recent draft 5/15/10
Awards: Best Screenplay - H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival 2008
               Best Fantasy Script - The Indie Gathering 2009
               1st Place, Sci-Fi/Horror Screenplay - Woods Hole Film Festival 2009
Website: TheSleepingDeep.com

 

SEX BOMB DEATH RIDE
(a romantic road trip for the emotionally disturbed)

Length: feature
Genre: Horror/Comedy/Roadtrip
Status: unproduced and available THIS SCRIPT HAS BEEN OPTIONED

email for details or sample

 

TEMPS

Description: Temporary employees are the new secret agents, rooting out America's white-collar criminals and bringing them into the bright light of justice.

Length: TV Pilot (68 pages)
Genre: Crime/Thriller/Suspense
Status: unproduced
Available: yes
Completed: 2005
Co-writers: Sally Ward, Misty Hoellwarth (Martini Productions)

 

A Sea Witch For All Seasons

Description: When the coffin of an ancient sea witch, long buried at the bottom of Portland Bay, is hoisted to the surface by local fishermen, a spate of murders sparks an investigation that becomes bloodier and deadlier at every turn.

Length: Feature
Genre: Fantasy/Thriller/Supernatural
Status: 18 pages; work in progress

 

 

Tangents

Description: On his 35th birthday, a family man's world implodes, taking some unsuspecting tagalongs with him.

Length: Feature
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Drama
Status: work in progress

 

Agua Sangre (Bloodwater)

Description: A 10-year-old brat is sent to his great aunt's country ranch to unplug from technology for the summer. When he learns about a trove of Indian artifacts hidden somewhere in the nearby hills, his summer plans go from lame to lucky.

Length: Feature
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy/Children
Status: work in progress

 

THE SECRET EXPERIMENT THAT WENT HORRIBLY WRONG*
*AND TURNED MY WIFE INTO A BRAIN-EATING, SOUL-SUCKING DEMONIC BEAST FROM HELL!!!

Description: A campy horror comedic romp with retro-trash-cinema sensibilities and low-budget laughs.

Length: Feature
Genre: Camp/Horror/Retro/Musical
Status: concept

 

Worn

Description: Before moving his family to Seattle, a man tries to help his homeless father off the streets of Sacramento one last time.

Length: Short (22 pages) - draft availble for consideration
Genre: Drama
Status: unproduced
Available: yes
Completed: 2005

 

Terrible Happiness

Description: A collection of short stories presented as a novella.

Length: 130+ pages
Genre: mixed
Status: unpublished
Available: yes
Completed: first draft


ADDITIONAL

> PDF of CV HERE

> More about Jeff's directing HERE

> main website: FlickerPictures.com

 

Jeffrey Blake Palmer

jeffpalmer_email [at] yahoo [dot] com

To live a creative life, we must first lose our fear of being wrong. ~ Joseph Chilton Pearce

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