Name: Samuel Wootton
Graduation Year: 2021
Feature Track or TV Track: Feature Track
Contact Email: samuelwootton@g.ucla.edu
Short Bio: Born and raised in Long Beach, California, Samuel Wootton attended California State University Long Beach where he obtained his BA in Creative Writing. Being a fourth generation Californian, he hopes to build upon the legacy of Los Angeles' rich cultural history. He currently resides near Downtown Long Beach where you may spot him crawling the bars most Friday nights. He is currently enrolled at UCLA as he completes his MFA in Screenwriting.
Logline #1: SPIRIT MOUNTAIN - Feature - 1866, rural New Mexico Territory. A twelve-year-old Mexican boy’s family is slaughtered gruesomely and his older sister is kidnapped by a posse of land surveyors. A listless gunman with a past happens upon the boy and takes him on a journey in hopes of finding his lost sister.
Logline #2: IN THE VALLEY - Feature - The wife of a septic cleaner dies under mysterious circumstances, spurring an investigation, all while his grip on reality slips away and fires ravage the Southern California valley.
Logline #3: MARÍA - Feature - 1964, rural central Mexico. A strong-headed orphan girl turns fifteen and is sent from the orphanage to a local nunnery. She must navigate the strict life in the abbey as she grows up wanting independence but also valuing the solitude the nunnery provides.
Name three movies or TV shows that inspire you: Blue Velvet, Drive, El Topo
Graduation Year: 2021
Feature Track or TV Track: Feature Track
Contact Email: samuelwootton@g.ucla.edu
Short Bio: Born and raised in Long Beach, California, Samuel Wootton attended California State University Long Beach where he obtained his BA in Creative Writing. Being a fourth generation Californian, he hopes to build upon the legacy of Los Angeles' rich cultural history. He currently resides near Downtown Long Beach where you may spot him crawling the bars most Friday nights. He is currently enrolled at UCLA as he completes his MFA in Screenwriting.
Logline #1: SPIRIT MOUNTAIN - Feature - 1866, rural New Mexico Territory. A twelve-year-old Mexican boy’s family is slaughtered gruesomely and his older sister is kidnapped by a posse of land surveyors. A listless gunman with a past happens upon the boy and takes him on a journey in hopes of finding his lost sister.
Logline #2: IN THE VALLEY - Feature - The wife of a septic cleaner dies under mysterious circumstances, spurring an investigation, all while his grip on reality slips away and fires ravage the Southern California valley.
Logline #3: MARÍA - Feature - 1964, rural central Mexico. A strong-headed orphan girl turns fifteen and is sent from the orphanage to a local nunnery. She must navigate the strict life in the abbey as she grows up wanting independence but also valuing the solitude the nunnery provides.
Name three movies or TV shows that inspire you: Blue Velvet, Drive, El Topo