Author / Screenwriter / Songwriter
Jonathan LaPoma’s feature-length black comedy HARM FOR THE HOLIDAYS and his short SANDLEY have advanced to the finals in the 2017 New Renaissance Film Festival.
HARM FOR THE HOLIDAYS was recently optioned by Warren Zide along with Wexlfish Pictures (AMERICAN PIE, FINAL DESTINATION, THE BIG HIT).
Jonathan LaPoma’s short script SANDLEY is an official selection of the 2016 Lake Charles Film Festival. SANDLEY follows a first-year teacher in an at-risk Los Angeles middle school who finds the inspiration to confront his bullies through his interactions with a lovable, but equally teased, student. SANDLEY is the 8th ranked dramatic short script in MovieBytes.com’s Top 10 Contest Winning Scripts. LaPoma’s ten screenplays have won 96 awards/honors.
Los Angeles CineFest has chosen Jonathan LaPoma’s scripts SANDLEY and THE WAY BACK HOME as official selections of their 2016 contest. LaPoma has won 78 awards/honors at various international screenwriting competitions in the last two years.
The NewLife Film & Script & Music Festival has chosen Jonathan LaPoma’s scripts SANDLEY and A NOBLE TRUTH as official selections of their 2015 competition. LaPoma’s seven screenplays have won 75 awards/honors in the last two years.
Jonathan LaPoma’s humorous character-driven short drama, SANDLEY, is a finalist in the 2015 Aura Screenwriter Awards.
SANDLEY follows a first-year teacher in an at-risk Los Angeles middle school who finds the inspiration to confront his bullies through his interactions with a lovable, but equally teased, student.
Jonathan LaPoma’s short screenplay SANDLEY has advanced to the semifinals in the 2015 Marquee Lights Competition.
The Aura Screenwriter Awards have selected Jonathan LaPoma’s script DELLWOOD and SANDLEY (short script) as quarterfinalists in their 2015 competition (winners still pending).
LaPoma’s writing works have won 21 awards/honors since October 7th, and 66 overall since 2013.
Jonathan LaPoma’s short script SANDLEY is a quarterfinalist in the 2015 Marquee Lights Competition. This is the 17th award/honor LaPoma has won in the last 6 weeks.
SANDLEY is about a first-year teacher in an at-risk Los Angeles middle school who finds the inspiration to confront his bullies through his interactions with a lovable, but equally teased, student.
The Hollywood Sky International Film Festival has chosen Jonathan LaPoma’s scripts LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO (co-written by Natalia Porras Sivolobova) and SANDLEY as official selections of their 2015 screenwriting contest.
In the past month and a half, LaPoma has won 16 awards/honors for his writing works.
All three of the scripts Jonathan LaPoma submitted to the Courier Awards have advanced to the semifinals. The scripts are A NOBLE TRUTH, LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO (co-written by Natalia Porras Sivolobova), and SANDLEY.
LaPoma’s 7 scripts have won a total of 57 awards/honors in various international screenwriting competitions since 2013.