DAVID HAL CHESTER
SCREENWRITER/FILMMAKER
ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPTS
BIG SISTER (Modern-day drama)
A successful woman abandons her career to save her destitute younger sister, but her efforts backfire and she becomes the one who needs to be saved.
[Blacklist Evaluation] [Coverfly RED LIST selection]​​
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Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition (Finalist)
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Creative World Awards (Finalist)
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Film Crash Screenplay Competition (1st Prize, Drama)
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Screenplay Festival (Finalist)
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Script Summit (Finalist)
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We Screenplay (Finalist)
TILLIE (Coming-of-age period drama, based on IP)
In 1890s Pennsylvania Dutch Country, an intellectually gifted farm girl rebels against her tyrannical father and risks her life to follow in the footsteps of her beloved teacher.
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Pitch Now Screenplay Festival (Finalist)
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Screencraft Public Domain (Finalist)
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Vail Screenplay Contest (Finalist)
MEND (Modern-day drama)
A young widow opens a custom upholstery shop in defiance of her critical mother, and finds unexpected support from the man she blames for her husband’s death — his brother.