September 2018
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About Georgette
Georgette Skolnick’s father lost everything during the Depression. So she grew up in a poor dysfunctional family with both parents working to make ends meet. She was a latchkey child, left alone to fend for herself, and as a result, became a self-sufficient, empowered woman.
Her screenwriting themes, therefore, center on a strong, independent character rising to meet the challenges of their life and finally succeeding, or when they see an injustice, they decide to do something about it.
She is the only one in her family to attend college and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from U.C.L.A. After a forty-year career teaching middle school in Los Angeles, California, she decided to become a screenwriter.
Since her great grandfather was a scribe to Tsar Nicholas II, Georgette was motivated to write. Her work with the Screenplay Development Group at Fox Studios and Stage 32 helped hone her screenwriting skills resulting in twelve award-winning scripts in such competition as Page International, Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope, and the Golden Script Awards. She also wrote and self-published a Health Education workbook for middle school.
In-between writing, you will find Georgette volunteering with the Los Angeles Animal Services helping animals get adopted and at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center delivering flowers to patients.
Unique traits: Very organized and has a unique talent for knowing when to start and end a scene.
Badges
Certifications
Loglines
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Just One Inch Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical Inspired by a true story, an elderly woman recounts the tales of her ancestors from the age of the Romanovs through today and how their struggles, sacrifices, and perseverance has impacted her decision to have a life-saving operation.
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The Secret of Jasper's Cove Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller People and animals disappear at a secluded California cove in this heart-pumping, thrilling adventure. What murderous secret is lurking beneath its sand?
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The Scribe (Short) Budget: $100K - $1M | Historical In 1897, Vladimir Kaminskaya is whisked away to the Winter Palace by Tsar Nicholas II's Royal Guards. Terrifying thoughts fill his mind. Was he being arrested? What crime did he commit?
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Just One Inch (Version 2) Budget: $1M - $5M | Historical Inspired by a true story, this heart-wrenching story is about a family's struggle to survive and persevere during the Bolshevik Revolution, Depression, World War II, and the Malibu floods.
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Murder At Lake Como Budget: $100K - $1M | Mystery Set in Lake Como, Italy 1927, Inspector Lionetti must decipher who killed a wealthy American tycoon. Everyone hated the man, and everyone had a motive. So, who killed him?
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Small Town Gossip Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama In 1975 Montgomery, Alabama, veterinarian Paul Hartley and his partner thought they could avoid homophobia by moving to a small town, but the town gossip lady has other ideas in this feel-good LGBTQ dramedy.
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An Interlaken Affair Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance A tragic love story of a socialite’s extramarital affair and heart-rendering romance with a dashing local farmer set in post-World War I Switzerland, comparable to Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
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Precious Commodity Budget: $5M - $10M | Action When a severe drought in the near future makes water expensive, a powerful drug kingpin decides it's more profitable to sell water. He decides to manipulate the U.S. water supply and take over the White House, but The Secretary of Homeland Security races to stop him by any means necessary.
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Adversity Drama Inspired by a true story, a high school teacher provides a valuable life lesson about adversity she hopes will make a difference in her students' lives.
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An Act of Kindness (Short) Budget: $100K - $1M | Family Inspired by a true story, a high school bully, who continually harasses his teacher, learns a lesson the hard way in this short feel-good drama.
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An Act of Kindness (TV) Budget: $100K - $1M | Family A high school bully who continually harasses his teacher learns a lesson the hard way in this feel-good one hour television episode.
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The New Neighbors Budget: $10M - $30M | Sci-fi In the near future, climate change will cause humanity to end. The Alien leader from the planet Gilese offers humans a chance to survive, but at a price. Will humans accept the offer?
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Sacrificial Lambs Budget: $10M - $30M | Action During a flu epidemic, an everyday mailman becomes obsessed with finding out why a pursued driver was killed by the police and teams with an investigative news reporter to unravel a vast and deadly conspiracy.
Awards
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So. Calif. Screenplay Awards
(2025) -
Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices
(2025) -
Creative World Awards
(2025) -
Creative World Awards Finalist
(2024) -
New Media Festival Official Selection -- Top 3
(2024) -
Page International Awards
(2024) -
Page International Awards
(2024) -
Page Turner International Awards
(2024) -
Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards
(2024) -
Creative Screenwriting Awards
(2024) -
Emerging Screenwriters
(2024) -
Big Apple Festival
(2024) -
TSL
(2024) -
Filmmatic Sci-Fi Awards
(2024) -
Los Angeles International Awards
(2024) -
Scriptapalooza
(2024) -
Southern California Screenplay Awards
(2024) -
Filmmatic Drama Awards
(2024) -
Quarterfinalist, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
(2023) -
Emerging Screenwriter Semifinalist
(2023) -
Page Turner Awards Finalist
(2023) -
Outstanding Screenplays Quarterfinalist
(2023) -
Scriptapalooza Semifinalist
(2023) -
Pitch Now Semifinalist
(2023) -
Big Apple Fesitval Official Selection
(2023) -
Filmmatic Awards Quarterfinalist
(2023) -
Southern California Screenplay Quarterfinalist
(2023) -
Los Angeles International Screenplay Quarterfinalist
(2023) -
Stage 32 Quarterfinalist
(2023) -
Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope Quarterfinalist
(2021)
Education
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University of California, Los Angeles
(1964-1969)
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