Andrew G. Cooper
Filmmaker | Theatre Creator | Puppeteer | Screenwriter
Screenwriting
Below the Silent Sky
COSMIC HORROR CREATURE FEATURE
Brother and sister twins are separated at an isolated observatory and must find their way back to each other using only the radios, but every time they transmit an unseen horror draws closer.
Currently in development with Solaris Film Productions.
Genre: Cosmic Horror / Science Fiction
Format: 95-minute feature
Audience: 18 - 39
Under the Plaza
A FANTASY JOURNEY TO A DARK UNDERGROUND CIRCUS
Set in a vibrant subterranean world, Under the Plaza invites audiences to run away on a fantastic journey to a dark circus where dreams and nightmares become reality.
While investigating her best friend's disappearance, a former dancer discovers a magical circus beneath her city and must compete in Olympic-style games to win their freedom or be trapped underground forever.
Currently in development with Thousand Year Films.
Genre: Urban Fantasy / Adventure / Comedy
Format: 110 minute-feature
Audience: 16 - 30, leaning female
Windchasers
AN EPIC, FUN-FILLED FANTASY ADVENUTRE WITH PUPPETS!
Co-Written with Anna Cummer, Co-Created with the Calgary Puppeteer Collective,
puppeteers of The Jim Henson Company’s Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Windchasers follows whimsical creatures on a faraway planet who must band together to save their species from forces that threaten to destroy their home.
When the Winds stop blowing on the plains, a herdguider and a windchaser set out to discover the secrets of an ancient civilization to save their home from a gathering force known only as the Unknowing.
Nominated for BEST SCREENWRITER (2023 AMPIA Rosie Awards) and BEST SCREENPLAY (2023 Stinger Awards).
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Format: 10 episodes x 22 minutes
Audience: 7 - 12 (Youth)
Laketown
A CANADIAN MYSTERY OF COSMIC HORROR AND ARCANE MAGIC
Monsters are being drawn into our world and a group of young adults in a lakeside vacation town need to put a stop to them.
The discovery of a boy's cryptic death throws a lakeside vacation town into a panic. When it becomes clear supernatural forces are involved, an inquisitive college student enlists her friends to unravel the mystery of primeval monstrosities before they tear the community apart
Genre: Mystery / Supernatural Horror / Drama
Format: 8 episodes x 60 minutes
Audience: 16 - 30 (Teens and Young Adults)
Clockwork Capers
A MAGICAL HEIST IN A RENAISSANCE FANTASY WORLD
After an affluent duchess hires them, a ragtag theatre company (that's definitely NOT a thieves' guild) must overcome imperial hunters, clockwork monstrosities, and forbidden magic to pull off their biggest heist yet…and possibly save the kingdom from impending war while they're at it.
Genre: Heist / Fantasy / Adventure
Format: 30-minute animated comedy
Audience: 12 - 17 (Teens)
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