HUDSON PHILLIPS

I write big, fun, action-adventure films and tiny, quirky, sci-fi indie films—both with an extra large dollop of humor and heart.

Hudson grew up in a small town in south Georgia (complete with a thick southern accent) until his pharmacist father uprooted their family to serve the sick in Haiti. After his dad passed away, he returned to Atlanta (thankfully growing out of the accent) and fell in love with writing and all things genre as a way to cope with his loss.

His first feature as a writer and producer, the post-apocalyptic film THIS WORLD ALONE was released on Hulu, won “best feature” at six film festivals, “best screenplay” at two, and received a positive review in The New York Times. His second feature, the grounded sci-fi romance GUACAMOLE YESTERDAYS is now in its festival run. That film won "best feature" at South Georgia Film Festival, the audience award for "Best Feature" at Phoenix Film Festival, and "Best Genre Screenplay" at Nashville Film Festival.

Hudson previously served as a writer-for-hire on four screenplays at different phases of development, had a script optioned by Lions Gate Films, graduated Roadmap Writer’s Career Writer Program, was a Semifinalist in Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest, a Semifinalist in ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition, and had one of the Top 50 Action Scripts on Coverfly (phew!). He’s spoken on screenwriting and indie filmmaking at numerous workshops, festivals, and podcasts (including Show Don't Tell and Making Movies is Hard). Additionally, his pulp sci-fi short story, SPILT MILK, was published in Infinite Worlds magazine.

Hudson writes genre films that aren’t afraid of sentimentality or a sense of wonder—the kind of movies that help audiences embrace their emotions... not just escape them.

A former single dad to a now college-bound son, Hudson and his wife are now empty nesters, living outside of Atlanta with their two rescue hound dogs and a shit-ton of books.

 

Work.

THIS WORLD ALONE (Feature | Post Apocalyptic Drama)
Following a cataclysmic event, a book-obsessed teen attempts to survive with her two mother figures in a world without technology or power. THE ROAD meets CAPTAIN FANTASTIC.

  • Winner, Best Narrative Feature | Oxford Film Festival 2018

  • Winner, Best Picture, Best Screenplay | Phoenix Film Festival 2019

  • Winner, Best Sci-Fi Feature | Amsterdam Film Festival 2019

  • Winner, Best of Fest, Best Screenplay | Hollywood South Film Festival 2019

  • Winner, Best Feature | Windy City International Film Festival 2019

  • Winner, Best Georgia Film | Macon Film Festival 2019

  • Winner, Best Feature | Georgia Film Festival 2019

GUACAMOLE YESTERDAYS (Feature | Grounded Sci-Fi Romance)
Following a painful separation, a heartbroken woman uses an experimental technology that allows her to revisit and manipulate her memories as a means to cope. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND meets BLACK MIRROR.

  • Winner, Audience Award, Best Feature | Phoenix Film Festival 2024

  • Winner, Best Film, Best of Fest | South Georgia Film Festival 2021

  • Winner, Best Genre Screenplay | Nashville Film Festival 2021

  • Finalist | Sidewalk Film Festival 2020

  • Semi-Finalist | Finish Line Script Competition 2020

  • Quarterflnalist | Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition 2021

ILLEGAL GUARDIANS (Feature | Action Heist Comedy)
Following a botched heist, a group of semi-competent criminals (a con-man, an assassin, a thief, a driver), on the run from a pair of double-crossed rival crime lords, are saddled with a pain-in-the-ass 13-year-old who claims one of them is her dad. OCEANS 11 meets BIG DADDY.

  • Semi-finalist | ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition 2020

  • Semi-Finalist (Top 12) | Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest 2020

  • Second Rounder | Launch Pad Feature Competition 2020

SAVE THE DATE (Feature | Action Spy Comedy)
A spy invites her new boyfriend to her father’s destination wedding to prove that she’s ready for commitment, but her perfectly compartmentalized life is threatened when she identifies her new step-mom-to-be as the double agent she’s been tracking. MR & MRS. SMITH meets MEET THE PARENTS

THE X-PRESIDENTS (Feature | Sci-Fi Action Comedy)
After uncovering a secret alien invasion, the chronically despondent daughter of the U.S. President struggles to motivate the only people who can help her stop the evil intergalactic plan: three bitter and washed-up ex-presidents. GRUMPY OLD MEN IN BLACK.

ANTI-CHRISTINA (Feature | YA Fantasy Adventure)
After her mom is kidnapped, a sheltered teen learns that her father is the literal Devil and must use her newfound supernatural powers to defeat her five deadly half-sisters in a battle to become the Antichrist… or risk never seeking her mom again. THE DAVINCI CODE meets SCOTT PILGRIM.

EMMY GREY (Feature | Grounded Sci-Fi Drama)
After going missing for 10 years, a teenage girl returns home to her “put-a-smile-on-it” family only to start searching for a way to return to her abductors, claiming they are aliens from another planet. THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER meets SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED

CREATURE SEEKERS (Feature | Amblin-style Horror Adventure)
A 30-something wannabe author reunites her childhood “cryptozoology” club, the Creature Seekers, to track down her estranged sister who went missing—on the same island where they experienced a traumatic event as kids. CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON if it were a sequel to THE GOONIES

 

Podcasts & Interviews.

 

Panels, judging, & speaking.

  • Speaker, Highlands Writers Conference 
    ”Writing Unforgettable Characters”

  • Speaker, Red Clay Writer’s Conference 
    "10 Ways to Make a Good Screenplay Great”

  • Moderator, Etowah Film Festival 
    ”Indie Film Distribution & Disruption in 2019”

  • Panelist, Phoenix Film Festival
    ”How Pictures in my Head become Words on the Page!” Screenwriting Panel

  • Speaker, Brookwood High School 
    ”Creative Writing Showcase”

  • Panelist, Atlanta Film Festival 
    ”Film Impact Georgia”

  • Judge, Paducah 48-Hour Film Fest

  • Speaker, Film Pitch ATL 
    ”Guacamole Yesterdays” Pitch Session

  • Speaker, AIM Media Conference.
    ”Mirror Box Screenwriting”

  • Judge, Film Impact Georgia Filmmaker Grant

  • Judge, SkillsUSA Digital Cinema Competition

 

Contact.

 

Reach me at hudsonphillips[at]gmail.com 

Follow me at @hudsonphillips