Alyn Darnay

Writer/Director

Alyn is a multi-award winning writer/director working out of his Miami based full service film, video and HD production company "Chaos Films", specializing in commercial, music, feature, and corporate film production.

In the last few years his peers and his clients have recognized his work as the best of the best countless times. He has earned sixteen outstanding awards of excellence, including Two Vision Awards for Web Design, a National Medical Society Award for writing, a viewers best of the Web award for his film “The Miami Chronicles” , and in the past three years, four Telly Awards, two Axiem Awards, two Aurora Awards, a Videography Award for writing and directing, and a Best Director Award.

Alyn’s highly regarded book, “The Script…A Breakthrough Guide to Scriptwriting” (www.scriptwritingbook.com) is in release nationwide and is currently being translated into Spanish and French. He has also written and sold two original film scripts, has been published in Newspapers and National Magazines, and two of his short films have won awards at the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival. He guest lectures at Film Festivals, Colleges and Universities, holds script writing seminars for professionals several times a year, is preparing an intensive professional course in Directing, and teaches filmmaking courses at the Miami Film School and the Florida Film Institute.

Most recently Alyn has worked on the feature “Spin” for Global Film Partners, finished work on the newest “Ali Vegas” Video, he has wrapped up directing duties on the romantic drama “Secrets To Savor” and his road picture “The Art of Roadkill” won the 4 top awards (Best Director, Screenplay, Editing, and Musical Score) in the 2008 Miami – 48 Hour Film Project and is being shown at Film Festivals around the world. His latest film, ”Smooth Operator” has screened at the following film festivals; Delray Beach Film Festival, the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival, the Orlando Hispanic Film Festival, The Phoenix International Horror & SciFi Film Festival, ShockerFest, and the Scaramento Horror Film Festival. Alyn has also just completed acting in the new play "Macon City", a graphic novel adapted to the stage.

He also writes a popular monthly column for ‘The Northern Star’ newspapers and film reviews for Aced Magazine, Your Entertainment Ticket, and several online magazines.

Further Information

The Website:
www.scriptwritingbook.com

Lectures on Scriptwriting at:

Florida International University
The Art Institute of Miami
Florida Atlantic University
The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
The Delray Beach International Film Festival
The Florida Media Market
The Orlando Hispanic Film Festival

Professional Scriptwriting Workshops at:

The Wolfsonian Museum
The Art Academy of Hollywood
The Florida Film Institute
The Broward Alliance Creative Economy and Film Commission
The Miami Children’s Museum Film Program
The Miami Film School