C.S. Talbott is a screenwriter and author, based in Atlanta, GA.
Talbott’s storytelling highlights endearing and enduring-driven characters.
Production teams are currently forming for multiple award-winning projects (please see STORY PORTFOLIO, below). Seeking executive producers with a desire toward bringing thought-provoking stories to life.
Investors, producers, directors, editors, actors, etc. are encouraged to contact C.S. today for more information regarding a myriad of entertainment opportunities.
Script readers are also encouraged to reach out. And like C.S. says on his voicemail:
“Have I got a story for YOU!”
coachtalbott@gmail.com / 503-881-1375
IG: @cstalbott3
C.S. Talbott was raised in Oregon. His Homeland will forever be Bend, with Eugene a close second.
As Atlanta has become “The Hollywood of the South,” life’s adventure brings C.S. here connecting his creative energy, life experience and imagination.
Ultimate Goal: Continuous, inspirational story production for the masses.
He writes from his own personal journey of endurance and adventure; having run 20 marathons and finishing five Ironman triathlons. Recently, Talbott journeyed to Pamplona to live out his dream of running with the bulls.
Talbott has been knocked down countless times; pulling himself up each time to keep moving. He believes in the words of Michael Sandrock who said, “Writers are the Don Quixotes of the world, forever flailing at windmills, sometimes laughed at, rarely understood.”
The moment my legs began to move, my thoughts began to flow.
~ Thoreau
Running transported him, taking his mind to another place.
~ Richard Matheson
Story Portfolio
HOLY GRAIL
PORTLAND SCREENPLAY AWARDS 2023 ~ 800+ Submissions, 40 Quarterfinalists, 10 Semi-finalists, 7 Finalists AND THE WINNER IS:
HOLY GRAIL, by C.S. Talbott
RUNNER-UP: BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY; Chicago Script Awards (2023).
QUARTERFINALIST: Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards (2023).
Wannabe vino virtuoso pitches billionaire Reality T.V. tycoons with the goal of joining them at their table of riches.
105-page feature-film DRAMEDY* screenplay ready-to-be OPTIONED!
*(Based on actual events)
*(Names changed to protect the innocent)
“You do not find The Holy Grail. The Grail finds you.” (Dan Brown)
WHINE
WINNER: BEST SCREENPLAY / Atlanta’s Summer In The South Film Festival (2023).
FINALIST: BEST GEORGIA SCREENPLAY, Atlanta Comedy Film Festival (2023).
Wannabe vino virtuoso pitches billionaire Reality T.V. tycoons with the goal of joining them at their table of riches.
105-page feature-film DRAMEDY* screenplay ready-to-be OPTIONED!
*(Based on actual events)
*(Names changed to protect the innocent)
“Don’t WHINE, just SELL. THE. WINE!”
MADNESS JACKSON
WINNER: BEST SCREENPLAY, Toronto Black & White Film Festival (2022).
FINALIST: Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards (2023).
FINALIST: BEST SCREENPLAY, Atlanta’s Summer in the South Film Festival (2021).
The emotionally-driven, true story of how a pint-sized, rejected basketball player journeys thousands of miles toward making the team amid the Birth of March Madness.
Story Portfolio
BEERVANA
WINNER: BEST COMEDY SHORT SCREENPLAY for Season 1, Episode 4: Thou Shalt Not Drink Beer ; ATLANTA COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL (2021).
WINNER: BEST COMEDY PILOT SCREENPLAY; GEORGIA SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (2021).
WINNER: BEST COMEDY TV EPISODE: SUMMER IN THE SOUTH FILM FESTIVAL (2021).
BEERVANA, THE MOVIE:
Small brewmaster uses secret ingredient to avoid bankruptcy, BIG BEER corporate temptations, and yeast-infection obstacles with the goal of winning World’s Best Beer Championships.
BEERVANA, The Comedy Series:
Danny True is an online BnB Superhost Based in Bend, Oregon, the Craft Brewery Capital of the World. He hosts hundreds of guests from around the globe.
When the Dave Matthews Band recently visited for the first time, Dave took the stage and immediately said, “I’m onto you guys. You can’t keep this Beervana a secret any longer.”
Beervana – It’s not only a place, it’s a state of mind.
AMERICAN TEACHER
FINALIST: Peachtree International Film Festival (2022).
SEMI-FINALIST: Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards (2023).
QUARTERFINALIST: Orlando Film Festival (2022).
Former high school teacher returns to battle out-of-control students slapping, sleeping with and shooting educators as he strives toward reaching the goal of restoring order amid nationwide classroom chaos.
C.O.W.S.
WINNER: BEST COMEDY FEATURE SCREENPLAY, Atlanta Comedy Film Festival (2021).
FINALIST: Peachtree International Film Festival (2022).
QUARTERFINALIST: Orlando Film Festival (2022).
A Dramedy
High school basketball referee battles vicious coaches, parents, players, fans and a bitter ex-fiancée on the road toward reaching his collegiate officiating dream.
Story Portfolio
Goddess Seeker
AWARDED FIVE STARS from READER’S FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL NOVELIST COMPETITION.
Goddess Seeker is the account of Steven Jenny's immersion in the Nike Culture, allowing the spiritual experience to motivate, influence and alter his thoughts and actions, while shaping his way of life. It begins when he hears the voice of the late American distance runner, Steve Prefontaine say, "See; find J." Steven Jenny interprets the Prefontaine voice as guiding him to find Nike, the Greek goddess of Victory.
Following his search through an Internet dating site, he selects three "Jens" who fit his ideal goddess. Simultaneously to his pursuit of these three goddesses, Steven Jenny's dream of a 3on3 basketball event outside Portland's Rose Garden arena begins blossoming.
After running in Pre's footsteps in Eugene, Steven Jenny relocates to Beaverton and begins running daily around and throughout the Nike World Campus. He continues seeking support for his dream of "Nikefest," a full-fledged sports festival while seeking his victory zephyr.
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The Appeal of Stalking
NOMINATED: BEST FEATURE LENGTH DRAMA SCREENPLAY; GEORGIA SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (2021).
In 21st Century Society, "Stalking" connotes a myriad of imagery and numerous definitions. Ask any female adult and she has either directly been a "victim" of "stalking," or she has a friend who has been a victim. Stalkers are no longer simply the lurkers in the shadows from the "Stalking" films of the 20th Century. Stalkers come in all shapes and sizes and socio-economic backgrounds. In addition to preying on their victims, stalkers can be apprehended for "following" in other ways including e-mail communication, texting, and even inappropriate posts on Facebook.
In The Appeal of Stalking, Billy Freeman is accused of stalking his ex-wife, Diane Downer, after Downer attempts to take custody of their six year-old grandson, Trystan. Trystan's mother, Faith Freeman, enters a "family-friendly" alcohol rehab facility, but with the help of Trystan's illegal alien father, Erasmo, Downer seizes Trystan and places him into the first grade, rather than kindergarten where he was destined to be placed under his mother's care.
Downer's animosity toward her daughter stems from an earlier incident when Faith was stalked by her mother's dream man: television star, Matthew Fox.
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Farewell Paperboy
QUARTERFINALIST: Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards (2023).
SCREENPLAY
The heart-wrenching, true story of how an underaged paperboy is murdered, and decades later his childhood buddy returns to learn the entire story, while honoring his deceased friend.
UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT
Eight-year-old Matthew Greene disappears from his neighborhood in Farewell, Oregon in June 1973. Four days later, Matthew’s bicycle is discovered in the woods west of town.
Two days after Matthew’s disappearance, Richard Edward Cline, a three-time convicted child molester, is linked to Matthew’s death. Cline is found dead by an apparent suicide, along with hair and blood samples matching the boy’s.
Thirty-eight years later, Matthew’s childhood baseball friend, Tommy Wright, returns to Central Oregon to discover why the local newspaper could have covered up the real story. Tommy’s quest leads to a shocking conclusion.
Manuscript: 80,000 words; Screenplay: 106 pages professionally-edited, ready for publication and production.
*(Names changed to protect the innocent.)
Story Portfolio
JRNY
IN THE WORKS. / Composing Now.
Sophomoric by Erica Blair
AWARDED FIVE STARS from READER’S FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL MANUSCRIPT COMPETITION.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sophomoric by Erica Blair is a 30,000-word unpublished novella with screenplay (in the works).
Sophomoric is the account of two people meeting on-line as a result of twisted fate, They then embark on a one-month cyber exploration journey. Their adventure takes them into each other’s minds, via sexual fantasy creativity while expressing their First Amendment rights to Freedom of Speech.
It begins when Berkeley Cougars, an Oregon high school sophomore English teacher, follows the trail of a pop-up ad and connects with Nova Zona, on a dating website called sex-seekers-dot-com. Nova, a Seattle-area criminal researcher, was incognito on sex-seekers-dot-com, simply to nail her live-in lover after he had strayed from their relationship.
PAPPYgate in the Beaver State
IN THE WORKS. / Researching Now.
Story Portfolio
Extranjeros Criminales
In the Spirit of the PLANET OF THE APES stories from the 1960s and ‘70s, this futuristic story set in 2076 where Latinos have taken over the United States and (on the surface) they treat illegal immigrants from other planets kindly, behind the scenes they mistreat them like Caucasian Americans mistreated Mexicans in 2020. Outer space protestors land here uprising and marching for Criminal Aliens who deserve fair immigration reform.
IN THE WORKS. / Researching Now
800m
IN THE WORKS. / Researching Now.
DARK SCHOOL
IN THE WORKS. / Researching Now.
Story Portfolio
New Haven Train Station
IN THE WORKS. / Researching Now.
KILLER PITCH
IN THE WORKS. / Researching now.
Has Anyone Seen Bobby Ellis?
IN THE WORKS. / Researching Now.
Questions/Comments/More Info/Concerns?
Contact C.S. Talbott at coachtalbott@gmail.com
Story Portfolio
Who Killed Judy Reeder?
IN THE WORKS. / Researching Now.
Questions/Comments/More Info/Concerns?
Contact C.S. Talbott at coachtalbott@gmail.com
OSCAR GUY
IN THE WORKS.
Aussiegate in the Beaver State
IN THE WORKS.
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LEFTHANDERS’ LIVES MATTER
IN THE WORKS. / Researching Now.
DEATH IN THE MORNING
IN THE WORKS. / Researching Now.
BLAME IT ON THE VIRUS
IN THE WORKS. / Researching Now.
C.S. Talbott is a screenwriter and author, based in Atlanta, GA.
Contact C.S. Talbott today for more information. Feel free to also contact C.S. if you have additional info/questions/concerns about Projects in the Works and/or Future project ideas. Any info provided will be held in strict confidence.
coachtalbott@gmail.com / 503-881-1375
Additional Notes:
~ Atlanta Ducks, President
~ University of Oregon Lifetime Alumni Member
~ U of O, Bachelor of Science Degree, Journalism/English
~ U of O, Master’s Degree: Educational Leadership (School Administration)