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film and television writer

Victor Adame is a Chicano actor and writer for film and television. A textbook youngest child, Victor turned to books, cats, and Golden Age Hollywood to find his individuality in his rambunctious family in Riverside, California. While others in his family ran the streets… Victor ran 5Ks in cross country. He has made it his goal to uplift his community in his stories and tell Latino family dramas that explore how society and politics can inform family dynamics. On top of holding an MFA in Screenwriting from Chapman University, Victor has worked with Sundance and The Black List, and was also part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Gold Rising Program. He was recently one of ten chosen for the 2024 NHMC Series Scriptwriters Program. With his scripts, he has placed at Humanitas, the Austin Film Festival, and Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship where he was in the top fifty of over three thousand applicants. He’s now developing his first feature film that he wrote and will star in.

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Selected Projects

FEATURE FILM | DRAMA | 94 PAGES

When a false incarceration tears them apart, a close-knit Chicano family struggles to overcome their grief while coming of age in Riverside, California.

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HEIR

TELEVISION PILOT | DRAMA | 57 PAGES

PILOT - "Casus Belli”

 

After generations of feuding over shared land, two rival families (one Mexican and one Navajo) are brought together by a newfound shared relative - the heir. Now, they must work together to survive the everchanging Indigenous frontier.

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CHUPACABRA

FEATURE FILM | HORROR/COMEDY | 93 PAGES

As their lifelong friendship withers away, five friends decide to spend Halloweekend on hallucinogens at a remote cabin in Tijuana, Mexico. When the problematic leader of the group is bitten by a Chupacabra, his friends must decide whether or not to kill him to prevent him from becoming a Chupacabra.

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UPPERCUT

FEATURE FILM | DARK COMEDY | 104 PAGES

When a cynical and self-loathing zoomer is diagnosed with depression, he cannot afford his antidepressants due to his lack of health insurance. As his mental health deteriorates, he must excel at street fighting to save his life - problem is, he’s the worst fighter on Earth.

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THE GARAVITOS

TELEVISION PILOT | CRIME/DRAMA | 60 PAGES

PILOT - "Leak"

 

In the mid 1990s, the Governor of California (a self-made Chicana) is up for reelection during the peak of the war on drugs. She and her dysfunctional yet powerful family must hide their resurfacing criminal past in order to maintain political power.

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THUNDER BOYS

FEATURE FILM | DRAMA/MUSIC | 98 PAGES

A behind the scenes look at a Latino rock band as the four teens from different Latin American countries search for success while coming-of-age in 1980s Los Angeles.

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Accolades

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2024 Series Scriptwriters Program - National Hispanic Media Coalition

2023 Semi-Finalist - Humanitas Prize Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award (¡Raza!)

 

2023 Drama Feature Second Rounder - Austin Film Festival (¡Raza!)

 

2023 Television Spec Second Rounder - Austin Film Festival (Succession)

2023 WeScreenplay Diverse Voices QuarterFinalist (¡Raza!)

2022 Academy Gold Rising Program - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

2022 Finalist (Top 50 out of 3,500) - ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship (¡Raza!)

2022 Drama Feature Second Rounder - Austin Film Festival (Thunder Boys)

2022 Narrative Podcast Second Rounder - Austin Film Festival (A Bad Feeling)

2021 Outstanding Television Screenwriting Award - UC Irvine (Borders)

2021 Television Pilot Second Rounder - Austin Film Festival (Borders)

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