josh thorud
​screenwriter, editor, artist, educator

Recent:

October 2023:
  • 2 Scripts in Austin Film Festival:
    • Second Round, Horror Pilot: The Resurrectionist (co-written with Josh Katz). In the 1830s, a muckraking columnist loses his brother in a failed arctic expedition. When the ghost ship steers itself home, he must investigate what happened to his comatose brother found onboard and, with a team of companions, face the supernatural force his brother unlocked in the arctic. 
      • ​Previous accolades:
        • Coverfly The Red List: #11 Horror Television (One-hour) of 2023, Top 50 Horror Pilot of 2022.
        • Finalist: Page Turner Genre Screenplay Competition (3rd Place), Launch Pad Pilots Competition (Top 25), JumpStart Writing Competition (Top 50), Oaxaca Film Festival (Overall Finalist)
        • Quarter Finalist: Slamdance Screenplay Competition (Top 25)
    • Second Round, Comedy Pilot: The Taking of Flight Anonymous (co-written with Josh Katz). In the 1970s, a group of rock climbers in Yosemite Valley come across a downed plane filled with marijuana. They decide to sell off this illicit product, but wealth and success can’t protect the climbers from the corrosive effects of their own actions. 
      • Previous accolades:
        • Semi-Finalist: Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards
        • Quarter Finalist: Shore Scripts TV Pilot Contest, The Southern California Screenplay Competition
October 2023:
  • BFI London Film Festival
    • Timekeepers of the Anthropocene: Tewame Tiyolicha Kawitl by Federico Cuatlacuatl [Edited by Josh Thorud]
    • A message from interdimensional Nahua travellers is delivered across time, space and imposed borders, centering indigenous flourishing and resilience.
    • BFI London Film Fest: Program Listing
August 2023: