Savannah Solorio
Savannah is a queer screenwriter who holds a master's degree from LMU's renowned screenwriting program. During her time at LMU, she received back-to-back nominations for Best Graduate Screenplay. Since graduating, Savannah's screenplay, THE POETESS, has garnering recognition in several competitions. For work, she embraced a role as an assistant for a management company, where she balanced networking during the day and writing at night. Her hard work paid off when she accepted an exciting opportunity as a Showrunner's Assistant/Writer's PA for an upcoming Amazon series. Savannah's mission as a screenwriter is to champion positive LGBT representation on the screen. Her stories revolve around complex female protagonists who navigate the intricacies of this convoluted world.
Scripts & Awards
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After a thwarted assassination attempt, renowned poet Sappho is forced into exile in ancient Sicily, where her hubris and terrible advice on love from Aphrodite jeopardizes her dreams of artistic greatness.
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A forty-something middle school teacher in a classic rock cover band has her free-spirited lifestyle threatened when her estranged daughter is kicked out of Juilliard and comes back into her life.
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At Brigham Young University, a journalism student is tasked to cover breaking news of the LDS church declaring LGBT members traitors. After interviewing a lesbian student, she begins to fall in love, forcing her to question the bigoted ideas of her Mormon university and religion.
Winner: 2020 LMU SFTV Pope Francis Award
Nominee: 2020 LMU SFTV Awards Best Graduate Feature
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A bartender discovers that she’s the last surviving member of Medusa’s bloodline, hunted by Poseidon. Chased back to the all-female cult she once escaped, she seeks protection in the form of an Athenian prophecy.