Career Summary
Jenna is an experienced writer, producer, and script consultant, specialising in science fiction. She's an award-winning screenwriter, having won the coveted TrackingB feature contest with her sci-fi script Wayworn, and also a published novelist. She is a specialist in writing and editing science fiction, thriller, horror and historical, across both feature and television.
She is available for writing assignments and script consultations, where she brings her life-long obsession with genre to your script to help it find its place in the current market.
Notable points: * Repped by Circle of Confusion in the US (alongside The Wachowski sisters and Robert Kirkman); * Won the TrackingB feature screenplay competition in 2021with her sci-fi feature Wayworn; * Wrote and produced a Screen Australia-funded sci-fi web series starring Gary Sweet that has over 1 million views online; * Is a reader for major screenplay contests in the US; * Funded by the ABC to develop a dark comedy animation series; * Author of hit YA novel Tattoo.
Professional Credits
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2021, Wayworn, Domestic, Feature Films /, Science Fiction, 110mins, Resurgence Productions, Scriptwriter /
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2021, Nova Star, Domestic, Feature Films /, Science Fiction, 90mins, Strongman Pictures, Resurgence Productions, Producer /
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2020, 2121, Domestic, Web Series /, Science Fiction, 7 x 8 mins, Resurgence Productions, Screen Australia, Producer / Scriptwriter /
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2018, Air, Domestic, Short Films /, Science Fiction, 8 mins, Resurgence Productions, Producer / Scriptwriter /
Festivals, Awards, Nominations
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2021, TrackingB Feature Screenplay Contest - Winner, USA, Wayworn
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2020, Hollyshorts Film Festival, USA, 2121
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2020, Toronto Web Fest, Canada, 2121
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2020, Glasgow International Film Festival, Scotland, The Red Palace
Professional Memberships
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Australian Writer's Guild, 2018 - current
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Screen Producer's Association, 2020 - current
Special and Technical Skills
* script evaluation
* script editing
* story development
Direct URL
https://vicscreen.vic.gov.au/choose-victoria/industry-directory/5362/jenna-cosgrove