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In addition to his work as a patent agent and
technical writer, Mr. Oppenheimer pursues stagecraft and screenwriting.
He has written eight scripts (stage plays and screenplays), with
more in progress.
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The Patriot Act, a political mystery/drama, has received recognition
in multiple screenplay contests:
— 2nd Place out
of more than 5000 submissions in the Scriptapalooza screenplay
competition
— Semifinalist (top 4%) in
the Writers Network 14th Annual Screenplay And Fiction Competition
— Quarterfinalist (top 8%) in
the Zoetrope Screenplay Competition
— Semifinalist in
the Screenplay Festival Competition
— Top 20% in the 2007 Nicholls
The Patriot Act revolves
around the fallout when a President of the United States
sends government
agents sneaking into the home of a Very Important Person
American, without a warrant, for national security reasons.
- Another screenplay, Infinite Power, also revolving
around national politics and the Oval Office. Infinite Power is a
political thriller with a sci-fi twist, pitting an ordinary American citizen
against the President of the United States as they race to see who can resolve
an explosive international crisis before it leads to cataclysmic war.
Infinite Power has also received multiple recognitions:
— Semifinalist (top 7%) in the Writers Network
15th
Annual Screenplay And Fiction Competition
— Second
Round
(top
15%) in the 2008
Slamdance
— Quarterfinalist (top 25%) in the 2008
Page International Screenplay Competition
— Quarterfinalist (top 25%) in
the 2008 Fade In Awards
— Semifinalist in
the 2008 Screenplay Festival Competition
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Deadline —
Across parallel universes, tenuously linked by a flaky computer system, deadlines
loom. The first, to file some seemingly incomprehensible paperwork. The second,
to bring an end to a seemingly endless war. Save the job or save the world,
decisions, decisions....
-
Fireman —
Would you really stay in a burning building to save a bunch of total strangers... especially if you were not a fireman?
- A stage play, Here, features
several middle-aged adults whose lives have not turned out exactly as planned,
and who ask themselves the painful question: “How the hell exactly did
we wind up here?” Along with the adults are two teenagers who pose the
parallel question, “Are we also going to wind up, you know -- there?!”
Here made the Quarterfinalist Round (top 25%) in
the Writers Network 14th Annual Screenplay And Fiction Competition,
and again recently made the Quarterfinalist Round (top 30%) in
the Writers Network 15th Annual Competition.
- A fantasy/sci-fi screenplay, The Diamond Drug, revolves
around both a corporation, and a family, caught in a conflict
over a drug which could heal spinal injuries, yet which has
potentially disastrous consequences for humanity as a whole.
The script has won awards and/or letters of recognition in
several screenplay competitions. The Diamond Drug made it to
the second round (the top 10% of some 4000 submitted scripts)
in the Austin Heart Of Film Festival competition in both 2003
and 2004.
- Another stage play, Do You Believe
Me Now?, received staged readings at venues in
the Washington, DC area (The National Theater, Charter
Theater, and The Writer’s
Center). The play deals with a moral dilemma faced
by a young doctor— a psychiatrist-in-training—caught
between the demands of an older supervising doctor
and three different patients.
- Spying On The
College Of Your Choice is a screenplay which revolves
around two young students, both attending the
same university
based on scholarships – a science scholarship
for one, and a football scholarship for the other.
The screenplay
deals
with
mystery and intrigue surrounding the reasons these
two young people were offered scholarships to begin
with.
Ages ago, Mr. Oppenheimer wrote scripts for
numerous training films for the U.S. government (mainly the Navy
and Marines), as well as corporate training videos.
Mr. Oppenheimer is actively seeking agents,
producers and/or directors interested in developing several of
these projects,
especially
The Patriot Act, Here, Infinite
Power,
Deadline, and The
Philosopher.
(Last updated February 2, 2010)
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