Michael Catangay
Screenplays/TV Pilots-
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No Roses for Kate - Dramedy - short
A quirky office temp whose strange behavior alienates her from her co-workers, lives a life outside the office that most only dream about. - Richmond International Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition - Quarterfinalist
Drips: A Painter's Tale - Bromance Comedy - feature
Fed up with being seen as losers, three working-class friends dream of writing a winning screenplay to get them out of the dead ends of New Jersey and into the promise of Hollywood, but brainstorming, re-writing, and crafting the story unlocks a world of discovery that blurs the boundaries of what is real and what isn't.
The Wiki Screenplay Contest - Semifinalist
Nina - Romantic Comedy - feature
Timing is everything when a man with an uncanny ability to recognize faces from his past, finds himself inexplicably drawn to a woman whose face he doesn't remember, but who claims to have dreamt that they're the same person. BlueCat/Creative World - Quarterfinalist, WriteMovies - Semifinalist
and Honorable Mention in The Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition.
The Pointe of Christmas - Family - feature, Co-Written with Gregory Cusumano
Faced with losing her coveted role in The Nutcracker, a New York prima ballerina, begrudgingly returns home to The South, where past charms help her regain her love of dance, of family, and the magic of Christmas. Pitched to eOne Entertainment, Signed releases to Hallmark, Nicely Entertainment, and UPtv.
TV Pilots -
Fully Committed - 1/2 Hour Comedy
After relocating to the South, a proud New Jersey native, desperate for work, gets hired at a swanky hotel in Charleston, where his co-workers excel in finding faults with their jobs and each other.
Gen X Factor - 1/2 Hour Comedy
In 1981, a twelve-year-old boy’s ordinary summer day turns into a private crisis after an
embarrassing moment of puberty forces him to deal with shame, Catholic guilt, friendship,
first attraction, and the strange fact that growing up is happening whether he wants it to or not. Fast Track Fellowship - Second Round, The Outstanding Screenplay TV Pilot Competition, The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards - Semifinalist, The PAGE International Screenplay Awards - Quarterfinalist
Lost Atlantic - Hour Action-Comedy, Co-Written with Gregory Cusumano and Jim Schwartz
A washed-up race car driver gets one last shot at glory when he’s hired to track down the lost Bugatti Atlantic, but he’ll have to survive the Stasi, outwit a Bee Gees impersonating talk show host, and reach the finish line first in this 1970s zany action-comedy caper across Cold War Europe.
Dogs In Heat - Hour YA Drama Series, Co-Written with Gregory Cusumano
It's the end of the 90s; the dawn of a new century. As Grunge's angsty attitude fades, a kid from California finds himself among a group of New Jersey rockers at an all-boys high school determined to leave their mark before it's all gone.