Glenn Acosta

Glenn Acosta

Screenwriter

Rancho Santa Margarita, California

Member Since:
July 2024
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About Glenn

Glenn Acosta is an award-winning screenwriter known for crafting gripping sci-fi and drama with emotional depth. In 2024, his script CryoLife won three screenwriting competitions and secured a coveted spot on the Coverfly Red List, alongside his acclaimed script The Blanked. With over 20 placements in top industry competitions, Glenn’s work is consistently recognized for its originality and impact. His TV script The Blanked was optioned in 2017 but is now available. In 2017, he co-produced the short film Nobodies, starring Keith Harris.

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2024-12-12

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  • CryoLife

    CryoLife Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi Crime A detective navigating personal loss and a turbulent relationship with his daughter delves into the mystery of CryoLife, a company promising eternal life through cryogenics, only to uncover a darker side when people start dying in cryostasis.

  • Redreamers

    Redreamers Budget: $100K - $1M | Sci-fi Drama On the brink of suicide, a grieving man discovers Redreamers—a futuristic service that lets people live inside their perfect dreams. But as he reunites with his lost family in a fabricated reality, he must choose between the beautiful illusion or a life defined by loss.

  • Clerk

    Clerk Drama When a promising young law clerk begins her tenure at the U.S. Supreme Court, her dream job turns into a high-stakes crucible as she uncovers the unraveling mental state of her mentor, a powerful but troubled Justice, forcing her to confront buried personal traumas and the perilous balance between ambition and justice.

  • Liminal

    Liminal Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama A grieving paraplegic father, haunted by the loss of his wife and daughter, discovers a mysterious ability to connect with those caught between life and death, forcing him to confront his own pain while helping others find peace as they enter the afterlife

  • The Blanked

    The Blanked Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi Drama In a near-future society, violent criminals have their memories erased and are reintroduced to society under new identities. But when a sadistic killer and his last victim, both "blanked" to forget their horrifying past, meet again and fall in love, the psychological scars of their erased memories resurface, leading to deadly consequences.

Awards

  • Quarterfinalist, Table Read My Screenplay Contest (Cannes)
    (2025)

  • Winner, Stage 32 Annual Sci-Fi Contest
    (2024)

  • Winner, Big Apple Film Festival & Screenplay Contest
    (2024)

  • Winner, WRPN.TV Contest
    (2024)

  • Semifinalist, Santa Barbara International Screenplay Contest
    (2024)

  • Semifinalist, New York Metropolitan Screenplay Contest
    (2024)

  • Quarterfinalist, Page Awards
    (2023)

  • Finalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
    (2021)

  • Semifinalist, Annual Stage 32 TV Pilot Contest
    (2018)

  • Winner, Shore Scripts
    (2017)

  • Winner, Cannes Screenplay Contest
    (2017)

  • Top 100, Emerging Screenwriters
    (2017)

  • Quarterfinalist, BlueCat Contest
    (2017)

  • Second Round, Austin Film Festival
    (2016)

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