2004 Winner

Awarded $5000 cash prize

THE MAN IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR

by Andrew Pagana and Justin Thomas

A story of a man, his wife and mother-in-law in pursuit of a suspected kidnapper on the Eisenhower highways of the 1950's, brilliantly recalling the Hitchcock classic, Rear Window, at 90 miles an hour.

Andy and Justin at 2006 Austin Film Festival

News

*Recently named the Winner in the 2006 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL HEART OF FILM SCREENPLAY COMPETITION, where Andy Pagana and Justin Thomas traveled to Texas to represent.

*In June 2006, Andy Pagana was named a Top 20 semi finalist in FX network's $50,000 COMEDY COMPETITION, with over three thousand submissions. The contest called for submissions of homemade videos - a five-minute comedy bit, either a sitcom short or a stand-up routine.

*MAN IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR named a 2004 Nicholl Fellowship semi finalist.

*In the past, Andy Pagana has been named a 2003 and 2005 Project Greenlight Top 50 Director semi finalist.

Winner Interview

Andy Pagana and Justin Thomas interviewed by Gordy Hoffman

Press

NOTES FROM A WRITERS' GATHERING IN TEXAS, LA Times