Chaz Valenza 732.682.0155 chaztv@yahoo.com Found Money (36 minutes – crime comedy) Writer/Producer • Palm Springs Festival of Festivals 2002 – Official Selection • California Independent Film Festival 2003 – Official selection • Garden State Film Festival 2003 – Official selection/Short Film Finalist • Zoie Film Festival 2003/2004 (online) – Official selection/Finalist • Red Bank International Film Festival 2003 – Official selection/Finalist • Black Point Film Festival 2003 – Official selection/Finalist • Angelika Entertainment’s New FilmMakers Series 2003 – Official Selection • Tambay International Film Festival 2003 – Official Selection • New Screen Television – Regional Cable Syndication – 2006 The Heresy of Galileo (screenplay – historical drama) Writer • TriggerStreet.com 2003 – Top Ten Favorite/Hall of Fame • TriggerStreet.com March 2005 – Screenplay of the Month • Chesterfield 1999 – Quarter Finalist • Maui Screenwriting Competition 1999 – Semi Finalist • Brooklyn Film Festival Screenwriting Competition 1999 – Finalist Single Point Failure (screenplay – political drama – adaptation) Writer/Producer Revealing Pictures – joint venture Cook & Valenza formed January 2008. Based on the Richard C. Cook book Challenger Revealed: An Insider’s Account of How the Reagan Administration Caused the Greatest Tragedy of the Space Age. Mile 111 (screenplay – political drama) Writer A Palestinian terrorist’s suicide mission, to bomb a New York City commuter train as part of a larger plot, is compromised by a love/hate relationship with an American woman. • Anything But Hollywood Screenwriting Competition 2002 – Winner • TriggerStreet.com 2004 – Top Ten Favorite • HypeFest Screenwriting Competition 2003 – First Runner-up • American Gem Screenwriting Competition 2003 – Top Ten Gem • TuCan Screenwriting Competition 2003 – Finalist Coma Girl (screenplay – dark romantic comedy) Writer A defrocked priest, a quack and an off-kilter mother walk into a cash cow: pilgrims swear the mother’s comatose daughter answers prayers. What to do when she suddenly dies? Replace her… with an actress. • TriggerStreet.com February 2008 – Top Ten Favorite Other writing credits: Contributing Author: www.OpEdNews.com Webblog: www.WordsWillNever.com Education: BFA – Theater Adelphi University, Garden City, NY MBA – Marketing New York University, Stern School of Business, NYC