ANDREW WILLIAM WEAVER

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About

INT. ANDREW - DAY/NIGHT

Andrew is a screenwriter who specializes in offbeat horror, dark comedy, and genre scripts with a strong emotional core. He was a 2024 WeScreenplay Short Script Lab Fellow and a winner of the 2024 Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition. Andrew has a degree in Creative Writing from Middlebury College and worked for many years as a journalist.

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Work

MAYA'S ROOM (feature, horror)

When an unsuspecting college student takes a weekend housesitting gig at the isolated estate of his favorite professor, he learns that the man’s recently deceased young daughter might not be quite as dead as he was led to believe.

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MAYA'S ROOM (short, horror)

A teenage boy is hired to house sit for a wealthy couple whose young daughter has just died. The grieving parents have only one request for the night: Stay out of Maya's room.

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FINALE (short, drama)

A man dying of brain cancer spends his final days binging an old TV show with his family. As he struggles to face the end, he finds reality slowly blurring with the world of the show.

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Awards & Honors

Winner: 2024 WeScreenplay Short Script Lab Fellowship (MAYA'S ROOM)

Top-3 Winner: 2024 Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition (MAYA'S ROOM)

Top-10 Finalist: 2025 Killer Shorts Screenplay Competition (MAYA'S ROOM)

Coverfly Red List: #1 Ranked Horror Short of All Time (MAYA'S ROOM)

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Press

Announcing the 2025 Killer Shorts Competition Finalists (March 10, 2025)

2024 Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition Results (December 1, 2024)

Announcing the 2024 WeScreenplay Short Script Lab Winners (November 1, 2024)

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