Alix Samartin Reeves

Profile Updated: March 17, 2010
Alix Samartin
Class of 1979
Currently residing In CA USA
Spouse/Partner Todd Gatzow
Children, Grandchildren No children.
Occupation Title Screenwriter
Yes! Attending Reunion
Occupation(s), Career Details

Alix Reeves
Pasadena, CA
Home: 626 795-0148
Cell: 626 616-3048
Email: alixreeves@earthlink.net
WGA Member 2009
Awards List

WHY THINGS BURN (Screenplay/Dark Comedy)
2005 Finalist: Sundance Film Institute Screenwriting Competition
2005 Winner: Key West IndieFest - Screenwriting Contest
2005 Finalist: Telluride IndieFest - Screenwriting Contest
2005 MovieBytes Ezine – List of the 20 Best Screenplays in the world! 2005
2006 Finalist: Fade-In Magazine Screenwriting Contest
2007 Finalist: Screenwriting Expo
2007 Finalist: The Writers Network
2008 Finalist: Beverly Hills Film Festival- (12 Finalists out of two thousand screenplays submitted worldwide)
2008 Finalist: London Independent Film Festival (10 Finalists out of over three thousand screenplays submitted worldwide.)
2008 Finalist: Blue Cat Screenplay Competition
2008 Finalist: MovieBytes Ezine
2008 Finalist: The Writer’s Network
2008 Quarter finalist: Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Screenplay competition
2009 Winner AOF Best Drama
2009 Quarter Finalist IFF Film Festival Ireland
2010 Finalist IFFF

WHY THINGS BURN Manuscript
2006 The Writer’s Network Finalist (final 40 from 1,600 entrants worldwide)


SPLAT! (Comedy/Animation)
2008 Winner: Kids First! Screenwriting Competition
2008 Finalist: Screenwriting Expo
2008 Second Round Winner: Austin Film Festival: Final 12th of 3,000 worldwide entries
2008 Finalist: La Femme Film Festival: Final 8th of 2,000.
2008 Finalist: The Writer’s Network
2009 Finalist Best Script AOF
2009 Finalist Best New Writer AOF
2009 Finalist Arthur Rosenfeld Award for Excellence in Writing
2009 IFF Film Festival Ireland Finalist
2009 The Movie Deal! Finalist

RESUME
1984-1988 B.A. Psychology California State University, Los Angeles
1988-89 M.A, Psychology California State University, Los Angeles

1990-1992 Director of Human Resources, Knight Ridder, Inc Los Angeles, CA
1992-1994 Substitute Bilingual Educator Mountain View School District, El Monte, CA
1994-1995 Substitute Bilingual Educator San Gabriel School District, San Gabriel, CA
1996-1998 Preschool Instructor, La Canada Children’s Center, La Canada, CA
1999- present freelance screenwriter, short story author
Two short stories published in Ginosko Literary Journal 2008 STING, JUST AS BLUE
1996-present Five Acres Ambassador
2001-2003 Five Acres Board member

Different places I have lived

Manhattan Beach, Milwaukee (!)