
Jo Hannah Afton
Screenwriter | Novelist | Photographer
Film & TV Projects
KILLER NIGHT SHIFT (Co-writer: Tom Freyer)
Suspense Thriller
OLD AS BONES
Under Contract
TV Pilot and Bible
Sons of Anarchy meets True Blood.
Vampires, werewolves and witches tackle the end of times in this 90 minute TV pilot set in the near future in a dramatic and super sexy post-apocalyptic landscape. This project is now under contract with an established producer.
ACROSS THE OCEAN
Under Contract
A romantic drama.
- Top 10 Finalist (Drama)~ 2019 International Screenwriting Association (ISA) Emerging Screenwriter's Genre Contest
- Semi-Finalist (top 3%) ~ 2019 BlueCat Screenplay Contest
JUDGE'S FEEDBACK
"(the script) is an engrossing drama that is dynamic, well-paced, and replete with emotional complexity. The characters all have fully-formed personalities, contradictory in the way humans always are without ever sacrificing their inherent core; they seem to live and breathe. And most impressively, in a film that focuses almost exclusively on a love triangle, there is no overt villain—only traumatized people with understandable positions, all trying to do their best with the hands they have been dealt. Their painful situation is handled with compassion and nuance."
INDIGO SKY
Available
A mystical adventure drama.
- Offiicial Selection ~ 2023 Beverly Hills Film Festival
- Semi-Finalist (top 5%) ~ 2018 ScreenCraft Film Fund Contest
- Top 10% ~ 2019 Academy of Motion Pictures Nicholl Fellowship
EMMA'S WAR (Co-writer: Glenn Mitchell)
Available
A US civil war biopic based on a true story.
- Finalist and Winner of the Spotlight Award for Best Female Lead, Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition 2017
- Finalist, Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Fellowship 2017
- Quarterfinalist (top 3%), American Zoetrope Contest 2018
1861. A spirited girl flees an arranged marriage for life in the United States, dresses as a man to make a living, and ultimately enlists in the Union Army as an infantry soldier. Based on the true story of Sarah Emma Edmonds, the first woman in American history to receive a military pension for service in the Armed Forces. And she was Canadian.GHOSTS IN THE FIRE
Available
A dark family drama.
- Top 20% ~ 2017 Academy of Motion Pictures Nicholl Contest.
With a tax auction on her heels, a horse breeder with a dark past leaves in search of her estranged twin brother -- a combat veteran living off grid in Idaho -- to get his signature on the family farm deed. To gain his cooperation, she will need to unearth family secrets and square up on an old debt.
MOON GARDEN
Available
A dark romantic comedy.
Who doesn’t like an awkward love story between socially
maladapted people with weirdly fascinating habitsand strange diseases?
MILITARY ORCHID
Available
A Sci-Fi Psychological Thriller (with comedic undertones)
“The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory. The truth is far more frightening - Nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.”
~ Alan Moore
COVE OF CROSSING
Available
Sci-Fi Fantasy Novel and TV Series
What if fairies were real? But they weren't what you thought they were... not at all?
An intelligent Sci-Fi Fantasy novel with a cast of complex, intriguing and fun leading female roles.
Women have stories.
I tell them.
IT'S A WOMAN'S WORLD
My leading ladies are in it to win it, and
when they venture out, they're on their own to solve whatever life throws their way. Some will go to hell and back to get what they want, and others will die trying. My stories are emotional, messy, suspenseful... my subjects can be controversial, and my lead characters unpredictable.
It's her story. We're just along for the ride.
Best you buckle up.
MY GENRES:
Drama
Thriller
Fantasy
MY STYLE:
MysticalCharacter Driven
EmotionalPsychological
Gritty
BizarreAltered States
Stark
Small Town Life
Unconventional
Uplifting
Empowering
My Photography &
AI Artwork
Feathers, Florals, & Bird Nests
>>> DREAM IN COLOR <<<
Wall art & product mockups using AI tech
>>> ECHOES OF THE FUTURE <<<
Contact me
PRODUCERS & INDIE FILMMAKERS
Contact me to discuss working on your next female-driven concept. I write to your specs, on your budget. Your creative vision is important to me.
INVESTORS
Are you interested in helping to finance my work or a project that I am producing? I often have projects in development that are not public, so feel free to inquire about investment opportunities.
Look inside.
It's the only adventure that counts.
© Jo Hannah Afton 2015 -- 2024