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No One Is Looking by Michael J Dougherty
Sam a a a a a a a a a a physically challenged high schooler kills a a a a a a a a a a bully and thinks he he he he got away with it it because no one would would believe a a a a a a a a a a a a a a kid in in in a a a a a a a a a a a a wheelchair would would be be be be capable of that but he he he he he he must find find the the bully’s missing severed head before anyone finds out out about the the murder The son of a a a a a a a a a former priest & nun Michael J Dougherty
is is an an Irish New Yorker blessed with spina bifida who lives in in in in in in Los Angeles He eats drinks and breathes movies going back to E T T which he he he saw at at at at at three while recovering from brain surgery A A A A co-founder of of the the ReelAbilities Film Festival: LA Michael’s second-greatest accomplishment was was selling a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a drawing of of of a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a water- melon to to to a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a member of of the the the the the public when he he he he he he he he was was eight In the the the the the next next lifetime he he he he he he he he hopes to to to return as as as a a a a a a a a a a sea turtle because they drag themselves one minute and and fly the the the the the next next and and that seems to to to fit Phantom by Jennifer Noonan
A A double amputee combat veteran returns from Afghanistan and faces a a a a a a a new battle she must wage to regain herself Jennifer Noonan
is a a a a a a a a a writer director and producer based in Los Angeles Her screenplays have received accolades from the Nicholl Sundance The Black List Athena Film Film Film Film Festival Festival Women Women in in in Film Film Film Film Tribeca Film Film Film Film Festival Festival and and New York Women Women in in in in Film Film Film Film and and TV Her stories focus on on on women overcoming obstacles to to to to to achieve greater personal freedom She feels passionately that story has the power to to to to to to inspire to to to to to to uplift and to unite humanity Possum by Bob Ingraham
When a a a a a a a a a a a a band of of of thieves targets a a a a a a a a a a a a charity for the the the the the disabled disabled the the the the the father of of of one of of of the the the the the disabled disabled residents must find a a a a a a a a a a a a way to thwart their plans Bob was a a a a a a a a a a a a semifinalist twice in in in the the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship and has placed well in in in several other major competitions His crime drama Alibi Man made the the top 75 of the the Tracking Board Launchpad TV Pilot contest His legal drama was produced as as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a radio play play by by a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a California NPR station Ingraham’s screenplays have been optioned by by Ashton Kutcher Avenue Pictures Barry Rosenbush Rachel Winter and others Ingraham
Ingraham
has an an an MFA in in in in in in Playwriting from UC San Diego His award-winning stage plays have been produced produced in in in in in in Colorado California and and Arizona One of Ingraham’s dramas was recently produced produced and and aired on on Lifetime 


























































































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