Original Screenplays
JORIE LEE CROSSES THE LINE (Writer & Director)
Original Feature Screenplay by Mary Kuryla
Producers, Alexis Seely & Gina Resnick (in development)
· Best Screenwriter, Toronto Women Film Festival.
· Winner, LA Independent Women Film Awards for Best Unproduced Script.
· Hot Springs Screenplay Competition.
· Sweet Democracy Awards.
· 8 & Halfilm Award.
· Top 10 Finalist, Screenplay Competition at the Mammoth Lakes Film Festival.
· Semi-finalist in Your Film Produced, Season 4.
· Semi-finalist Mad Wife 100 Scripts.
· Quarter finalist, Page Turner Screenplay Competition.
· Atlanta Screenwriting Awards.
· Reno-Tahoe Fellowship.
· Toronto International Women Film Festival.
· San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition.
· Travis Lake Film Festival.
· Emerging Creatives.
MESSAGES (Writer)
Feature Screenplay based on short story “Messages” by Mary Kuryla.
Quarter finalist, Page Turner Screenplay Competition.
INVASIVE SPECIES (Writer, Short)
Short Screenplay based on short story “Invasive Species” by Mary Kuryla.
· Top 10 Finalist (out of 1,200), Killer Shorts Horror Screenplay Competition, 2025.
· Finalist, Mad Wife Productions, 2025.
· Creative Capital Awards, Round II, 2025.
· Short Screenplay, Austin Film Festival Script Competition, Second Rounder, 2025.
· Short List: Barnstorm Media, 2025
· Semi-finalist: Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition, 2025
· Semi-finalist: Midwest Weirdfest.
· Top 2% Short Horror Coveryfly Placement.
RUMPLE (Writer)
Horror Feature Screenplay
Commissioned Screenplays
DEAR MR. CAPOTE
Based on novel DEAR MR. CAPOTE by Gordon Lish
Producer: Mr. Mudd Films. Director: John Malkovich
MURDER BOOK
Based on novel MURDER BOOK by Richard Rayner
United Artists
BURIED ONIONS
Based on novel BURIED ONIONS by Gary Soto
United Artists/Granada Films/Mr. Mudd Films
BREAKING THE GIRL
Set of revisions
Myriad Pictures
FREAK WEATHER (Writer)
Original screenplay
· Acquired and produced by HKM Films
· Co-produced by Andrea Sperling & Alexis Seeley
BUNNY GIRL (Writer)
Original screenplay, acquired by Generation Films
· Winner, Hip Flicks Screenwriting Competition
· Winner, Lone Star Screenwriting Competition
· Finalist, Sundance Writer’s Lab
Produced Feature Films
FREAK WEATHER (Writer & Director)
A feature based on a short story by Mary Kuryla
Producer: HKM Films, Andrea Sperling, Alexis Seeley
· World Premiere — Toronto International Film Festival
· Rotterdam International Film Festival, Tiger Awards
· Seattle International Film Festival, Women in Cinema
Produced Short Films
MEMORY CIRCUS (Writer & Director)
Producers: AFI Film & Videomakers Program, Andrea Sperling
· World Premiere — Sundance Film Festival
OUT OF THE WATER (Writer, Director, Short)
· CINE Golden Eagle Award
· Best Scenario Award, Mons Film Festival
· IAC Award, Festival in London
· Best Film Award, New Zealand Amateur Film Festival
Short Films Based on Stories by Mary Kuryla
ANIMAL CONTROL
Based on short story “Animal Control” by Mary Kuryla
Director: Vanessa Newell
· Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival
· Jacksonville Intl Film Fest
· San Pedro International Film Fest
· Poppy Jasper Film Festival April
· AUNA Tepoztlán Animal Festival
EASTER SUNDAY
Based on short story “To Skin a Rabbit” by Mary Kuryla
Director: Jasmine Kosovic Featuring Jennifer Jason Leigh
MY HUSBAND’S SON
Based on short story “My Husband’s Son” by Mary Kuryla
Featuring John Carroll Lynch. Director: Eugene Yelchin
· Premiere — Clermont-Ferrand International
· South by Southwest Film Festival
· Edinburgh International Film Festival
· London International Film Festival
· Festival du Cinema de Paris, Best Actress Award
SLEEPING BEAUTIES (Co-Writer, Short)
Producers: Andrea Sperling
Director: Jamie Babbit
· World Premiere — Sundance Film Festival
Film Grants
· American Film Institute, Film & Videomakers Program
· National Endowment for the Arts
· Art Matters, Inc.
· Western States Regional Media Arts Foundation
· Apparatus/New York Council for the Arts
· Panavision New Filmmaker’s Program