Peter Malone Elliott is an award-winning screenwriter and playwright hailing from the great state of Virginia.

Growing up in a house with a New York Times best-selling author, Peter always knew he wanted to write. Inspired by Scorsese’s The Departed, he firmly decided on writing for film, television, and theatre, realizing that visual storytelling, and the unique exploration of character that it allows, was something that excited him to no end.

After graduating magna cum laude from Loyola Marymount University with a B.A. in Screenwriting and a minor in History, Peter focused his writing pursuits on crafting period dramas and character-driven crime drama/thrillers.

In addition to winning the 2018 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition, Peter has, among others, been a semifinalist in the ScreenCraft Pilot Launch Contest, and a Quarterfinalist in the Nicholl Fellowship. In 2018, his proof-of-concept short film, Ziggy’s Will (which he wrote, starred in, and Executive Produced) was an official selection of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival Court Métrage Short Film Corner, Manchester International Film Festival, and Gig Harbor Film Festival.

Peter currently resides in Los Angeles with his wonderful girlfriend of three years and their two dogs, Panda and Bambi. His main career goal is to create compelling, cinematic characters whose tragic flaws and tenacious triumphs captivate audiences and serve as microcosms for greater, universal human struggles.

As Margaret Mead once said: “Don’t ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it’s the only thing that ever has.”