Printable view of Craig Weeden

Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Clearwater, FL

Florida US

Email:

craig@muzzlesthemanatee.com

Link to resume:

Craig Weeden's Resume [2]

Bio:

Frequent writing partner and comics legend Jimmy Palmiotti (Harley Quinn, Painkiller Jane, Deadpool, Black Panther) and I developed his graphic novel Queen Crab into a TV series for MiLa Media. Our graphic novel Killing Time in America was published by PaperFilms in the US and by LetraBlanka in Spain. Our graphic novel Found was serialized on Zestworld. Another graphic novel, Fantasima, will be published in Spring 2024.

I wrote the action-thriller screenplay Dark Red for Leigh Simons Productions, then was asked to work on their 10-episode documentary series Playlist. I’ve found certain skills I honed writing poetry -- being concise, finding exactly the right word, creating evocative images -- all imact my screenwriting, which has its own "shorthand."

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Favorite authors:

Too many to list. Think: classics and comics.

Twitter/X:

@craig_weeden

Born in:

Weymouth, MA

Massachusetts

Raised in:

Barrington, RI

Rhode Island

Website:

https://www.muzzlesthemanatee.com/ [3]

Prizes won:

My crime thriller DIAMOND PAYBACK, a Finalist in several screenwriting competitions, was optioned to Emmett Furla Oasis Films. It's also a Script Pipeline "Recommend." Mia's Gift: A Muzzles the Manatee Story, a middle-grade novel I wrote with my wife, Victoria, was Runner-Up in Children's Books at 2009 Hollywood Book Festival and an Honorable Mention at 2009 New York Book Festival. It won the Silver Medal, Best First Book, at the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards.

Education:

University of Arkansas

What I'm reading now:

Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen

Oscar Nominated Screenplays by Various

Harley Quinn Omnibus v. 2 by Jimmy Palmiotti & Amanda Conner

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by Eric Idle

The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Any