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B. Isabella Bodnar

screenwriter

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Black List Recomended

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about

Born in communist Hungary and raised by a single mom, Isabella spent her childhood putting on comedy acts, and scaring friends with spooky stories. She was a competitive gymnast, a dancer, and studied acting at The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in NYC. After moving to LA, she formed a sketch comedy group, wrote sitcom pilots for hire, and worked as a writer's assistant for an A-list producer. Isabella writes mostly genre screenplays in the R-rated space. Her specialty is putting teen protagonists through the wringer. She’s placed in numerous well-known screenplay contests, is a Black List recommended writer, and her award-winning crime thriller, “Harper Mason” has garnered interest from multiple industry professionals. Isabella is a photographer, a cinephile, a huge tennis fan, an animal lover, and a vegan. She has two teen sons, a French bulldog, and lives in Burbank.

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screenplays (features)

Harper Mason

crime-thriller feature

Held captive by an alcoholic kidnapper, a pregnant 18 year-old fights tooth and nail to escape her prison before she gives birth.

WINNER - StoryPros Awards - 2022

FINALIST (3rd Pl.) - TrackingB - 2022

SEMIFINALIST - Austin Film Festival - 2023

SEMIFINALIST - Page Awards - 2022


2022 Stunt List Originals Bureau

STOWE STORY RETREAT SELECT - 2023

WINNER - StoryPros Awards - 2022

FINALIST (3rd Pl.) - TrackingB - 2022

SEMIFINALIST - Austin Film Festival - 2023

SEMIFINALIST - Page Awards - 2022


2022 Stunt List Originals Bureau

STOWE STORY RETREAT SELECT - 2023

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Singular sky

sci-fi drama feature

After 16 years of concealing his true identity, a humanoid robot "comes out" as A.I. to his high school peers, and is met with both worship and mockery. But when a malicious kill code sparks a robot uprising, he shows true humanity and courage in shielding his loved ones from vengeful human vigilantes.

TOP 50 - Roadmap Writers JumpStart - 2024

SEMIFINALIST - StoryPros Awards - 2023


TOP 50 - Roadmap Writers JumpStart - 2024

SEMIFINALIST - StoryPros Awards - 2023


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screenplays (features)

eva’s american dream

drama feature

A 17 year-old with dreams of Broadway stardom moves from Italy to Florida to live with her estranged father who immediately turns her world upside down, leaving her no choice but to hatch a plan to run away to New York with the man she loves.

SECOND ROUNDER - Launch Pad - 2022

QUARTERFINALIST - Page Awards - 2023

SEMIFINALIST - Titan Awards - 2021

SECOND ROUNDER - Launch Pad - 2022

QUARTERFINALIST - Page Awards - 2023

SEMIFINALIST - Titan Awards - 2021

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possessed AF


horror-comedy feature

When a teen with crappy grades gets possessed, her BFFs are convinced she’s responsible for the murder spree at school, but letting go of the "demon" would also mean letting go of her math superpowers she was gifted from the beyond.

FINALIST - Horror2Comic - 2023

FINALIST - Emerging Screenwriters - 2023

TOP 50 - ISA Fast Track - 2023

SECOND ROUNDER - Austin Film Festival - 2023

FINALIST - Horror2Comic - 2023

FINALIST - Emerging Screenwriters - 2023

TOP 50 - ISA Fast Track - 2023

SECOND ROUNDER - Austin Film Festival - 2023

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screenplays (features)

We made a zombie

horror-comedy feature

Three high school buddies create a zombie virus (and an antivirus), but when one of the friend's curious little brother accidentally infects himself and runs away, the race is on to find him before he unleashes a zombie apocalypse.

QUARTERFINALIST - Screencraft Comedy - 2023

SEMIFINALIST - Filmmatic horror awards - 2021

SEMIFINALIST - StoryPros Awards - 2021

QUARTERFINALIST - Screencraft Comedy - 2023

SEMIFINALIST - Filmmatic horror awards - 2021

SEMIFINALIST - StoryPros Awards - 2021

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Arrivederci Papà


comedy (dark comedy) feature

Three estranged siblings travel to Sicily after their not-so-beloved father passes away, and end up reconnecting through a wrongly sent dick pic and a murder mystery.

SECOND ROUNDER - Austin Film Festival - 2023

SEMIFINALIST - Table Read My Screenplay - 2023

SECOND ROUNDER - Austin Film Festival - 2023

SEMIFINALIST - Table Read My Screenplay - 2023

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screenplays (tv 1-hr pilots)

Severed Souls

historical/medical/biography pilot

A world-renowned doctor is banned from performing lobotomies after a child dies from the procedure, so he invents an outpatient alternative -- the highly controversial "icepick lobotomy."

SECOND ROUNDER - Austin Film Festival - 2021

SEMIFINALIST - Outstanding Screenplays - 2023

SEMIFINALIST - FD Big Break - 2021

SEMIFINALIST - Blue Cat contest - 2020

SECOND ROUNDER - Austin Film Festival - 2021

SEMIFINALIST - Outstanding Screenplays - 2023

SEMIFINALIST - FD Big Break - 2021

SEMIFINALIST - Blue Cat contest - 2020

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the other side of time


sci-fi/suspense/mystery pilot

After slipping into a parallel universe, a loving mom goes on a quest to reunite with her daughter who has vanished from her life and is now living with a new family, while also battling a deadly glitch in the fabric of spacetime that kills anyone with memory of the girl.

QUARTERFINALIST - Page Awards - 2021

SEMIFINALIST - Emerging Screenwriters - 2022

SEMIFINALIST - Stage 32 Scifi contest - 2021

SEMIFINALIST - StoryPros Awards - 2021

QUARTERFINALIST - Page Awards - 2021

SEMIFINALIST - Emerging Screenwriters - 2022

SEMIFINALIST - Stage 32 Scifi contest - 2021

SEMIFINALIST - StoryPros Awards - 2021

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accolades & contest placements (partial)

The Black List





8/10 score -- Eva’s American Dream



8/10 Score -- Severed Souls



9/10 Score -- The Other side of time


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Screenwriting contest placements

(totaling over 40 placements!)



winner -- Storypros awards -- 2022

finalist (top 3) -- tracking b -- 2022

finalist -- emerging screenwriters -- 2023

finalist -- horror2comic - 2023

top 50 -- roadmap writers jumpstart - 2023

top 50 -- isa fast track - 2022

semifinalist -- austin Film festival - 2023

semifinalist -- page awards - 2022

semifinalist -- final draft - 2020


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