Thomas M. Sipos

Thomas M. Sipos, honored to meet Ray Bradbury, Malibu, CA.

Born in Queens, NY, Sipos graduated NYU's film school and studied writing at UCLA Extension (sitcoms, screenplays & animation).

He has taught "Book Promotion for Authors" at UCLA Extension and "Haunted Houses" at The Learning Annex.

He was a script reader for producers David Jackson and Peggy Chane, and for Willard Rodgers's National Writer's Workshop (an L.A. nonprofit seeking minority screenwriters). In 1995, he was a pre-judge in the NWW's minority screenwriting contest. He's written industrial scripts for producer Dan Reynolds.

He was interviewed on over 40 radio shows, was a panelist at the 2001 World Horror Con, twice a guest speaker at L.A.'s libertarian Karl Hess Club, and founder & organizer of the Hollywood Investigator's horror film festival.

E-mail.or write: Thomas M. Sipos, PO Box 1903, Santa Monica, CA 19406-1903.

Some of Sipos's Books

Vampire Nation. Horror satire about Communist vampires in Ceausescu's Romania. Inspired by Sipos's visits to relatives in Cold War Transylvania.

Manhattan Sharks. Revisionist satire of 1980s yuppie culture. Dilbert meets Bonfire of the Vanities.

Halloween Candy.
Horror fact & fiction. Celebrity interview, film critques, short stories, screenplay. Reprints and original material.

Some Articles on the Web

Aesthetic Politics of David Lynch, The (American Outlook)
Kurt Vonnegut's Neocon America: War & Socialism in Player Piano .(Lew Rockwell)
Parker Posey, Star of Indies (American Outlook)

Credits include 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Actors Source Directory, Cthulhu Sex, Filmfax, Tangent, Horror, HorrorFind, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, Journal of Horror Cinema, Libertarian Perspective, California Freedom, Liberty,.Midnight Marquee, Santa Monica Daily Press,.Rational Review, Sci-Fi Universe, Super-8 Newsletter, Mondo Cult, Indie Slate, and Wicked Mystic.

Writing Awards

* Pentagon Possessed is a Quarterfinalist in the AAA Screenplay Contest, 2007, a Quarterfinalist in the 2006 Fade-In Screenplay Contest, (announced in 2007), a Quarterfinalist in the 2007.Writers on the Storm contest, and a Quarterfinalist in The Writer's Network contest.

* Manhattan Sharks is a Semifinalist in Fade In magazine's 11th Annual Writers Network contest, 2005.

* Halloween Candy has made it into the second round of the Monterey Screenplay Competition, 2005.

* Nominee, Prometheus Award (2001, for Vampire Nation)

* Grand Prize, Writer's Digest (1992, for "Power Chris," teleplay for the Fox sitcom,.Get A Life, starring Chris Elliott)

* Finalist,.BlueCat Screenplay Contest (1999, for the horror anthology screenplay, Halloween Candy)

* Quarterfinalist, Empire Screenplay Contest (1999, for Halloween Candy)

* Winner, Writer's Foundation/America's Best (1999, for Washington Tricks, for Original Sitcom. Forwarded to NBC)

* Honorable Mention, Writer's Digest (1996, for my short story, "Spirit of '68").

* Finalist, Writer's Foundation/America's Best
         * In 1994, for the Wings (NBC) spec, "Jelly Beans, Puppy Love & Cherry Pie."
         * In 1995, for the Wings (NBC) spec, "Gremlins In Heat."
         * In 1999, for "Vampire Nation" (short story version)

Memberships

* AFTRA
* California Libertarian Party;
        - Editor of the state party's newspaper, California Freedom.
        - Vice Chair of Region 62/LA-Westside
       - Director of Communications for Los Angeles County Libertarian Party.
        - Op-Ed Writer for Libertarian Writers Bureau
*.Film Independent
* Horror Writers Association
* Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America
*.Screen Actors Guild

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