About Philip C. Sedgwick
Philip wrote his first screenplay largely due to the prompting of a writer friend. The first draft of the second script he penned, Neon Cactus, landed a berth as a Quarter-Finalist in the Academy's esteemed Nicholl Fellowship (1990). Since then, his scripts & films have received acclaim in screenwriting contests, film festivals and writing fellowships (a complete listing of awards can be found via a link below). He is available as a work-for-hire screenwriter, story consultant and director, and his feature and short scripts are available for production.
In 2024 he directed Lesley Lillywhite's short script UNBRIDLED - a campy murder mystery set during Mardi Gras. Currently submitted to an array of streaming platforms.
As a result of UNBRIDLED successes, he was presented with the opportunity to submit a short film, based upon another writer's script, to a team of investors and adjudicators. He rewrote the script, directed the film and now the short film that could, VINTAGE JOURNEY (2025), currently enjoys a successful film festival run, including the esteemed Phoenix Film Festival and the Poppy Jasper Film Festival.
The feature screenplay, PECULIAR TASTE, penned by Philip and Lesley is under option. More details to come.
In April of 2022, largely as a result of his film ZAP!'s success, Philip directed his second short film from his script METEORIC. With an amazing cast, this film had a productive film festival circuit. Now streaming via FilmHub and other platforms.
In 2020 his short screenplay ZAP! took first place honors in the Phoenix Film Festival. Despite the pandemic the script was filmed in 2020, with Philip making his directorial debut. The film enjoyed a bang-up festival run and now streams on FilmHub.com.
Committed to restoring feature film production in southern Arizona near his home base in Tucson, Arizona, Philip is working to fund his screenplay, NEON CACTUS, which in its first draft placed as a quarter-finalist in the esteemed Nicholl Fellowship. Currently, he conducts advanced talks with a director and company to produce this project.
He continuously works to develop new and previous scripts in his armada of screenplays, features and shorts, including his multi-festival (Burbank International Film Festival, San Antonio Film Festival) winning script, AN UNDOCUMENTED RUMOR, a hot button, politically-charged thriller with diverse talent and in which both the protagonist and antagonist are female. This script was favored by a juror of the festival, Marcia Nasatir, one of the first female development executives in Hollywood.
Consistently his scripts, when submitted, receive festival accolades, such as FROST ON THE PUMPKIN, which took the Grand Prize in the Horror Genre Screenplay in the Oscar-qualifying, Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2012.
Philip is frequently sought out and is currently negotiating several work-for-hire features. He has completed many feature screenplay assignments including several with international status (details of ongoing projects cannot legally be revealed) such as :
OUT OF THE DARKNESS - Based upon the insurmountable task of Clyde Tombaugh in his search to discover Pluto in 1930 Arizona.
Previously, he penned several work-for-hire popular short films for the festival circuit including:
MIRAGE AT ZABUL PROVINCE (2015), a short film written by Philip and directed by Nathan Bettisworth. This short became a four-festival award-winning film and was in competition in an Oscar-Qualifying film festival.
OTRO LADO (2018), a short film about "the Border" concept conceived by EP and composer Alex Holland.
ELEVATOR PITCH (2017), based upon a short screenplay contracted by EP, Rutger Oosterhoff.
Philip has served as a juror for the Prescott Film Festival where he also conducted screenwriting workshops. Philip conducted presentations on screenwriting to the Tucson Festival of Books, Independent Film Arizona, and the Institute for Collaborative Storytelling.
He wrote for the entrepreneurial TV show, Everything Entrepreneur, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Philip previously wrote for Mediavillage.com, a television entertainment website based in New York. As well, he wrote as a columnist for the Science Fiction Channel's website and the America West Airlines Magazine.
Philip writes in Final Draft, Fade In Pro, or Movie Magic Screenwriter, the latter is his preferred script writing software. He is proficient in most professional screenwriting software platforms.
Philip is a member of the Arizona Production Association.
Complete List of Fellowship, Festival and Competition Awards
