Tom Schneider

Author, Content Creator and Screenwriter

Moorestown, New Jersey

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July 2021

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About Tom

Tom studied philosophy and painting at Hampshire College and showed his work in galleries across the US before trading his paint brushes for an old typewriter at a pawn shop somewhere in New England.

He wrote his first screenplay; Exiled while living in Moscow, Russia. After several more he wrote his first of six novels.

His screenplay Dead at Silver Lake, placed as a semifinalist in Creative Screenwriting’s Unique Voices Screenplay Contest, 2023. His work Headless 1776 placed as a quarterfinalist in Script2Comic 2022.

He is currently working on a historical thriller about medicine, murder, and revenge with a snake-oil salesman in 1910.

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 11"

Weight:
180

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Witches of The Mount Budget: $1M - $5M | Historical ⋄ Horror In 1730, a young reporter ventures into the mysterious Pine Barrens to cover a rumored witch trial, only to stumble upon a deadly conspiracy that goes far beyond witchcraft. And someone will kill to keep the truth buried.
Dead at Silver Lake Budget: $1M - $5M | Mystery ⋄ Horror A young moonshiner stumbles upon a brutal murder and finds himself ensnared in a deadly mystery that threatens not only his life but his very soul.
Betsy's Battlefield Budget: $1M - $5M | Historical ⋄ Thriller During the Christmas blizzard of 1776, Washington’s army begins a daring attack, and a brave young Betsy Ross must outwit Colonel Von Donop and 2,000 Hessian forces to turn the tide of the Revolutionary War.
Headless 1776 Budget: $1M - $5M | Historical ⋄ Horror In 1776, Elijah travels from Philadelphia to Tarrytown, NY, where he joins the revolution, falls in love, and brings about the rise of the Headless Horseman.
Montauk Mayhem Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller ⋄ Film-noir When a boy goes missing, a fortuneteller holds the key, and only an on-the-run former government agent can save him. But he’ll have to unleash hell to do it.
Hollywood Sacrifice Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller ⋄ Film-noir The hunted becomes the hunter to save a woman from a secret-society’s deadly ritual.

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Awards

Semifinalist, Creative Screenwriting's Unique Voices Screenplay Contest - Dead at Silver Lake
(2023)
Quarterfinalist, Script2Comic Contest - Headless 1776
(2022)

Education

Hampshire College
(1985-1991)