Alfred Thomas Catalfo is a screenwriter, director, producer, member of the Screen Actors Guild and attorney. He was a winner and/or finalist in 21 major screenwriting competitions in three years with three different feature scripts. In 2006, Catalfo wrote, produced and directed The Norman Rockwell Code, a 35-minute, Web-based spoof of The Da Vinci Code which was featured on The Must List ("Ten Things We Love This Week") in Entertainment Weekly and had more than one million online hits in three months. The Library of Congress selected The Norman Rockwell Code for inclusion in its Film Collection which features works by American filmmakers chosen on the basis of their historical, cultural or aesthetic significance. In 2008, Catalfo wrote, produced and directed The Stag Hunt, a 20-minute, Hitchcockian thriller about probability theory, quantum mechanics, a secret Government program and murder, which had its world premiere at the Boston International Film Festival. His latest film, Ear Whacks, is a 5-minute, dark comedy about a Las Vegas gambling addict whose best friend, a hit man, lends him an ear on his wedding day.
Screenwriting competitions in which Catalfo was a winner and/or finalist include Final Draft (top 8 out of approximately 2500 entries) twice, Austin Film Festival Heart of Film (top 25 out of 4000), Script Magazine Open Door three times, the New Hampshire Film Festival (Grand Prize Winner and wrote two of the four finalists), San Diego Film Festival, Chesterfield sponsored by Paramount, Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope, Fade In Magazine Screenwriting Awards, Monterey County Film Commission Screenplay Competition, Texas Film Institute Screenwriting Competition, and the Nantucket Film Festival Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Showtime in which he wrote two of the three finalist scripts in a blind competition, an unprecedented achievement. In announcing Catalfo's selection, the prestigious Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenplay Competition official notification said that his writing "exemplifies our competition's dedication to creative, innovative, visionary storytelling."
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