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Name: Chris Messineo (Moderator)

Join Date: 1/1/2007 12:50 PM
Last Active: Today 8:20 PM
Forum Posts: 5602

Contests Entered: 14
Votes Received: 560

Scripts Reviewed: 1768

Location: New Jersey
Web Site: www.OffStageFilms.com

Biography: Chris Messineo is an award-winning writer and director.

He is the founder of Off Stage Films, an independent production company, shooting short films and corporate videos. They have won awards for screenwriting, acting, sound, cinematography, editing, score, and directing.

He has worked as a director, screenwriter, crew member, script reader, screenplay consultant, and even a film festival judge. He has taught hundreds of students in night school as well as at schools in the tri-state area.

In 1998, he formed the NJ Screenwriter's Group and since then, they have held over 150 original screenplay readings. In 2002, he created MoviePoet.com, a free online contest and forum to celebrate the art of short scripts and help bring screenwriters and filmmakers together.

Chris is the Director of NJ Film School, a small studio in New Jersey offering filmmaking classes for all ages. He lives in New Providence with his wife and daughter.

Entries: 12

Loglines

Title	Date	Contest	Type	Place
Alone	Feb. 2007	Voices in My Head	Short	Honorable Mention
Beautiful	May. 2007	It's Not as Bad as It Looks	Short
Broken	Oct. 2007	Small Round Things	Short	Third Place
Letters to Penthouse	Apr. 2007	The Full Monty	Short	Second Place
Letters to Penthouse	Nov. 2009	Short Film	Film	Third Place
One Saved Message	Nov. 2008	Less is More	Short	Third Place
One Saved Message	Nov. 2009	Short Film	Film	Honorable Mention
Raising the Dead	Mar. 2007	Children	Short	Honorable Mention
The Curious Case of Arthur Samuels...	Sep. 2007	One is the Loneliest Number	Short
The Last Kiss	Jun. 2010	More of Less is More	Short
The Latchkey Child	Jan. 2009	Feature ~ Round 1 of 3: Logline	Logline
The Raven	May. 2008	Poetic License	Short	First Place

Favorites: 124

Loglines

Title	Writer	Contest
$25	Micah Ricke	Numbers
270	Caroline Coxon	Numbers
-273	Paul De Vrijer	Numbers
A Hero's Gift	Pia Cook	A Christmas Present
A Man Of His Word	Wes Worthing	A Thousand Words
Ace No More	Paul De Vrijer	Ace, Baby, Honey, Jack, & Spike
Alba	Robert Newcomer	SciFi Here and Now
An Amasser	Paul De Vrijer	It's Alive
Arcade	John P. Dowgin	Small Round Things
Argon	Marnie Mitchell Lister	Chemistry
Bad Land	Micah Ricke	Feature ~ Round 2 of 3: Ten Pages
Behold His Mighty Hand	William Bienes	A Christmas Present
Beyond Flanders' Fields	Larry Basch	Phobic
Blue Light Special	Kirsten Bischoff	Voices in My Head
Brian Butterworth's Bedroom	Sally Meyer	A Total Eclipse of the Sun
Burma	Rustom Irani	A Tree Falls in the Woods
Candy	Micah Ricke	Teenagers
Catalyst	William D. Prystauk	More of Less is More
Chess	Aimee Parrott	Voices in My Head
Clutch Performance	Tom Shipley	Reduce Speed - Action Ahead
Crackle	Caroline Coxon	One is the Loneliest Number
Crumble	Kevin Carty	Feature ~ Round 1 of 3: Logline
Cycle of Life	Stephen Brown	Less is More
Daylight Robbery	Martin Lancaster	Less is More
Defending Hearth and Home	William Coleman	Rules? We don't need no stinking rules!
Dim	Charlie Hebert	Two People and One Location
Don't Let Her See	Matias Caruso	Deadly is the Female
Dying, he lies	Paul De Vrijer	Third Time's the Charm
Dynamic Duo	Faith Friese Nelson	FADE OUT.
Eight Minute Daydream	Steve Dexheimer	Feature ~ Round 2 of 3: Ten Pages
Eight Minute Daydream	Steve Dexheimer	Feature ~ Round 3 of 3: Script
Eldorado	Matias Caruso	Poetic License
Evil Ink	Elias Farnum	It's Alive
Flare	Rod Thompson	A Total Eclipse of the Sun
Fleeting Immortality	Jon Hill	White Out
Flower Girls	Don Riemer	The Full Monty
For Rememberance	Anthony Pettine	Two People and One Location
Friends For Life	Paul Williams	It's Better to Give than to Receive
From the Ashes	Martin Lancaster	Feature ~ Round 2 of 3: Ten Pages
Happy Birthday	Antonio Gangemi	Flashback
Honey	Jem Rowe	Ace, Baby, Honey, Jack, & Spike
I'd Like To Thank The Anatomy	Wes Worthing	The Full Monty
Intersexual	Michael Cornetto	Sex Sells
Just One Dance	Sally Meyer	Rules? We don't need no stinking rules!
Lithium	Joel Davis	Chemistry
Lonely Mean	Kirk White	Monologue
Mea Culpa	Sally Meyer	Third Time's the Charm
Mermaid-like Awhile	Caroline Coxon	The Full Monty
Mom Sex	Austin Jones	Sex Sells
Mr. Wobber's Flight Plan	Kirk White	Flashback
My Last Ace	JeanPierre Chapoteau	Ace, Baby, Honey, Jack, & Spike
My Life For Yours	MJ Hermanny	Monologue
Nocturne	Kyle Patrick Johnson	Deadly is the Female
not perfect not forgiven	Kirk White	More of Less is More
Numbers	Matias Caruso	White Out
Of Night And Light	Caroline Coxon	Feature ~ Round 3 of 3: Script
One Lucky Boy	Sally Meyer	Small Round Things
One Lucky Boy	Sally Meyer	Short Film
Opening Arguments	David Birch	Lex Poeta
Placebo	Martin Lancaster	Short Film
Platinum	Sally Meyer	Chemistry
Point of view	Jon Hill	Deadly is the Female
Polaroid	Travis DeStein	SciFi Here and Now
Portrait	Erich VonHeeder	INT. ATTIC - DAY
Pure Sextacy	Matt Burns	Sex Sells
Randall	Ron Blizzard	Family Film
Red, No Black	Charlie Hebert	Phobic
Requiem	Martin Lancaster	It's Better to Give than to Receive
ReTurners	Paul De Vrijer	A Thousand Words
Rutting Season	Kirsten Bischoff	It's Not as Bad as It Looks
Senselessness	Michael Hoffman	Lex Poeta
Seven For A Secret	Brad Huffman Parent	INT. ATTIC - DAY
Sherwood Crescent	Lee Carlisle	It's Not as Bad as It Looks
Shrines	Joel Davis	It's Better to Give than to Receive
Silent Treatment	David D. DeBord	Reduce Speed - Action Ahead
Simeli Mountain	Kyle Patrick Johnson	A Grim Tale
Sleeping Beauty	Jon Hill	A Grim Tale
Snowflake	William Dunbar	White Out
Some Words with a Mummy	Audrey Webb	Poetic License
Spell	Caroline Coxon	Children
Steeple	David D. DeBord	Scene in Reverse
Sudden in a Shaft of Sunlight	Caroline Coxon	Flashback
Sunrise Siege	Matias Caruso	The Sound of Silence
Tacet	Travis DeStein	Less is More
Teacher's Pet	Wenonah Wilms	Voices in My Head
The Baptism Of Dawson Parish	Rustom Irani	Scene in Reverse
The best days of your life, right?	Caroline Coxon	Teenagers
The Black Rose Garden	Matias Caruso	Teenagers
The Cold	Matias Caruso	Family Film
The Conqueror Worm	Steve Dexheimer	Poetic License
The Cosmic	Pete Barry	Feature ~ Round 3 of 3: Script
The Departed Hour	Jeff Ferry	It's Alive
The Dying Song	Alex Hollister	Rules? We don't need no stinking rules!
The Fairy That Wouldn't Fly	Michael Cornetto	Family Film
The Lake and the Mountain	Philip Whitcroft	Feature ~ Round 1 of 3: Logline
The Last Few Minutes of Sunlight	Steve Dexheimer	A Total Eclipse of the Sun
The Last Fisherman	Matthew Phillips	Children
The Low-Down Christmas Blues	Matthew Phillips	A Christmas Present
The Mariner's Prayer	Lee Carlisle	One is the Loneliest Number
The Night Watchman	Michael Thede	Phobic
The Obsidian Key Part 4: Hocknot's Loot	Micah Ricke	FADE OUT.
The Orchard	Wenonah Wilms	Children
The Other Side Of Silence	Caroline Coxon	The Sound of Silence
The Patch-up Kid	Rustom Irani	It's Not as Bad as It Looks
The Problem with the Ferrell Building	Kirk White	Reduce Speed - Action Ahead
The Rest is Silence	Kirk White	The Sound of Silence
The Ruins of Oz	Nathan Goldman	Feature ~ Round 1 of 3: Logline
The Small Multiple	Don Riemer	Two People and One Location
The Small Multiple	Don Riemer	Short Film
The Story of a Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was	John P. Dowgin	A Grim Tale
The Thick Window	Kyle Patrick Johnson	A Thousand Words
The Tower of Wishes	Matias Caruso	Small Round Things
The Weeping Willow	William Bienes	A Tree Falls in the Woods
This Modern Love	Bryan Mora	SciFi Here and Now
Three Words	Travis DeStein	INT. ATTIC - DAY
Throwing darts at Jamie Oliver	Caroline Coxon	Monologue
'Til Death Do Us Part	Brian Wind	Lex Poeta
Tim Roth Has Gotta Go	Austin Jones	Feature ~ Round 1 of 3: Logline
Time In A Bottle	Aimee Parrott	A Tree Falls in the Woods
Tobias & Son	Rustom Irani	Third Time's the Charm
Vows	Erich VonHeeder	Scene in Reverse
What Dreams May Come	Kyle Patrick Johnson	FADE OUT.
Wheel	Dan Delgado	More of Less is More
Writer's Block	Antonio Gangemi	One is the Loneliest Number