
Michael Lee is the award-winning screenwriter of multiple feature and TV projects, including Black List script FINAL JOURNEY. He also wrote, directed and produced the critically acclaimed 35mm indie film THE PIG FARM, hailed by Amy Taubin of the Village Voice as “very talented, weirdly ingratiating and strangely sophisticated.”
Michael Lee has been writing and making movies since he was eight years old but his biggest career highlight came recently when his idol Steven Spielberg requested to personally read one of his screenplays. Michael Lee did not sleep for a full week.
Michael Lee is married with two children and in his spare time, when not driving someone to a soccer game, scouts, band practice or IKEA, he loves using his children as an excuse to play endless video games without feeling guilty.
The 20th Annual Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest is searching for extraordinary writers with original television pilots or unproduced indie series scripts.
The 25th Annual Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest is searching for extraordinary writers with feature screenplays across all genres.
The 14th Annual First Look Project searches for higher-concept material across MULTIPLE categories for film and TV, introducing select writers to reps and producers.
Well. What’s old is new again … It’s been over 15 years since Evan Daugherty (2008 Screenwriting winner) sold Snow White and the Huntsman to Universal—in what is still one of the biggest spec sales ($3.5m) from an unproduced writer in Hollywood history. So why not another fantasy script in 2026? Paramount Primal picked up […]
Scott Wagner, winner of the First Look Project (Drama) with his screenplay Intern of the Year signed with manager Aubrey Morgan at Adventure Media in 2026. Pipeline execs called Intern of the Year, loosely based on Scott's own experiences working in a hospital, as "one of the "most riveting dramas we've ever reviewed." The Pipeline […]
Screenwriting Competition winner Untitled Home Invasion Romance (formerly Getaway) was produced in the summer of 2024 released in 2026 and is now on streaming. Jason Biggs (American Pie, Orange is the New Black) makes his directorial debut with the crime/comedy. Stars Anna Conkle (Pen15), Arturo Castro (Broad City), Meaghan Rath (Hawaii Five-o), and Justin H. […]
