Macee Binns


AWARDS

Macee Binns is an award-winning Screenwriter, Blogger, Journalist and Casting Director with a background of accomplishments in film, television, stage productions and viral content. She has experienced great success in her writing career and has WON several awards for her plays, screenplays, articles and short stories. 

Most notably, her acclaimed female-led romantic dramedy, Hand Twins, recently WON awards for Best Feature Screenplay at the prestigious 2022 California Women’s Film Festival, the 2022 First Women Film Festival and the 2022 Venus Community Awards out of hundreds of entries submitted from around the world. The unproduced feature-length script placed as a Semi-Finalist at the 2021 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, the 2021 Scriptation Showcase Script Competition and the 2022 Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards. The script received Quarter Finalist titles at the 2022 Richmond International Film Festival and the 2022 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition. In August of 2022, the screenplay was named a Preliminary Finalist at the 2022 Creative World Awards and it was one of the select few scripts that was passed on to the Semi-Finals at the 2022 ScreenCraft Film Fund Feature Screenplay Competition with Mark Duplass. Additionally, Hand Twins received Official Selection nominations for Best Feature Film Script at the 2021 Miami Indie Film Awards, the 2021 Toronto Film and Script Awards in association with Toronto Film Magazine, the 2022 Andromeda Film Festival, the 2022 LA Indies Film Festival and the 2022 Toronto International Women Film Festival. Thanks to these accolades, Hand Twins is now ranked in the top 4% of all 92,191 screenplays on Coverfly. Requests to read the script can be submitted through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.

Macee is a published playwright whose works have been produced at regional and community theaters across the U.S. In 2014, Macee's short film script, Row 28, was awarded a Finalist title at the esteemed Hollywood Screenplay Contest. Subsequently, the stage play version of Row 28 was published by JAC Publishing & Promotions and is sold on Amazon and Kindle eBooks. Two original monologues from Macee's play, Stone Cold Sober, were selected by Smith and Kraus Publishers for print in their annual anthology book series: The Best Women's Stage Monologues of 2017. This popular theatrical series can be found at Barnes & Noble, Target and most major book retailers worldwide. In 2018, Heuer Publishing acquired Macee's play, Candi With An I, and featured the comedic one-act in their renown Catalog for the Performing Arts. This short stage play can be purchased on Amazon and the Heuer Publishing Website. In 2019, Macee's play Now Boarding and her monologues Static, Stuffed Panda and Undressed were published by Off The Wall Plays and are sold digitally through the online publisher.

LA Indies Independent Film Magazine recently featured Macee Binns as an up-and-coming Hollywood screenwriter in an article about her award-winning feature screenplay, Hand Twins. Please click HERE to view full article.

Cannes Film Awards handpicked Macee's screenplay, Hand Twins, as one of the select few scripts to be featured in the distinguished festival's Annual Distribution List that is published on their website. Check out the full article by clicking HERE. 

Bold Journey Magazine did a full profile on Macee Binns and her screenplay, Hand Twins, as part of the Bold Journey Series profiling creatives in Hollywood that you should know. Check out the full article HERE. 

Bold Journey Magazine •

Bold Journey Magazine Profile on Macee Binns

Bold Journey Magazine did a full profile on Macee Binns and her screenplay, Hand Twins, as part of the Bold Journey Series profiling creatives in Hollywood that you should know. The popular magazine did a full editorial write-up on Macee’s award-winning screenplay, Hand Twins, which has been gaining traction on the film festival circuit this year. Requests to read the screenplay can be made through TheBlackList, FilmFreeway, InkTip, ISA or on Coverfly.
SYS’s Six-Figure Film Festival & Screenplay Contest •

SYS’s Six-Figure Film Festival & Screenplay Contest Announces Macee Binns as a Screenplay Contest Judge for the 2023 Festival Season

Sys’s Six Figure Film Festival & Screenplay Contest announces Macee Binns as a Hollywood Screenplay Contest Judge for the 2023 festival season. In addition to reviewing the festival’s feature screenplay submissions, she will also participate in an Industry Panel at the renown Los Angeles based film festival sharing her expertise in the field of screenwriting.
Cannes Film Awards Annual Distribution List •

Cannes Film Awards handpicked Macee's screenplay "Hand Twins" to be featured in the distinguished Festival's Annual Distribution List

Cannes Film Awards handpicked Macee’s screenplay “Hand Twins” as one of the select few scripts to be featured in the distinguished festival’s Annual Distribution List published on their website. The popular magazine did a full editorial write-up on Macee’s award-winning screenplay, Hand Twins, which has been gaining traction on the film festival circuit this year. Requests to read the screenplay can be made through TheBlackList, FilmFreeway, InkTip, ISA or on Coverfly.
LA Indies Independent Film Magazine Article on Macee Binns •

Macee Binns featured in LA Indies Independent Film Magazine Article for her award-winning screenplay "Hand Twins"

Macee Binns was featured as an up-and-coming writer in an article by LA Indies Independent Film Magazine. The popular magazine did a full editorial write-up on Macee’s award-winning screenplay, Hand Twins, which has been gaining traction on the film festival circuit this year. Macee’s unproduced script was named an Official Selection and given an Honorable Mention Title for Best Screenplay at the 2022 LA Indies Film Festival prior to the article's release. This is the 15th nomination for Hand Twins during the 2021 - 2022 festival season. Requests to read the screenplay can be made through TheBlackList, FilmFreeway, InkTip, ISA or on Coverfly.
Hand Twins feature screenplay by Macee Binns •

"Hand Twins" an award-winning feature screenplay written by Macee Binns

Logline: Years after an Irish exit and deep in the throes of an early mid-life crisis, a celebrity gossip writer returns to her suffocatingly small hometown in Arkansas to hunt for her late father’s missing ashes; during her search, she crosses paths with her damaged ex-boyfriend who forces her to face the complicated past that she fought so hard to escape. "Hand Twins" is presently ranked in the top 4% of all 92,191 screenplays on Coverfly. Request to read the screenplay can be made through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.
Hand Twins Screenplay Awards •

Macee Binns: screenplay "Hand Twins" receives 15 Awards for Best Feature Film Script during the 2021-2022 Festival Season

Macee Binns' unproduced feature film script "Hand Twins" has received 15 different awards/nominations for Best Feature Screenplay during the 2021-2022 Festival Season. Thanks to all of these accolades, "Hand Twins" is now ranked in the top 4% of all 92,191 screenplays on Coverfly. Requests to read this romantic dramedy script can be submitted through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.
Red Carpet | 2022 California Women's Film Festival •

Macee Binns: Red Carpet Event for "Hand Twins" WINNING Best Feature Film Script at the 2022 California Women's Film Festival

Macee Binns screenplay "Hand Twins" WON the award for Best Feature Film Script at the prestigious 2022 California Women’s Film Festival out of hundreds of entries submitted from around the world. This is "Hand Twins" 3rd WIN and 15th Nomination during the 2021-2022 festival season. Thanks to all of these accolades, "Hand Twins" is now ranked in the top 4% of all 92,191 screenplays on Coverfly. Requests to read the romantic dramedy script can be submitted through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.
Panel at the 2022 California Women's Film Festival •

Macee Binns: speaks about "Hand Twins" screenplay on a Panel at the 2022 California Women's Film Festival

Macee Binns was invited to speak about her screenplay "Hand Twins" at the 2022 California Women’s Film Festival after her screenplay WON the award for Best Feature Film Script. This is "Hand Twins" 3rd WIN and 15th Nomination during the 2021-2022 festival season. Thanks to all of these accolades, "Hand Twins" is now ranked in the top 4% of all 92,191 screenplays on Coverfly. Requests to read this dark comedy film script can be submitted through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.
Macee Binns on CWFF panel •

Macee Binns: speaks on a Panel at the 2022 California Women's Film Festival

Macee Binns was invited to speak about her screenplay "Hand Twins" at the 2022 California Women’s Film Festival after her screenplay WON the award for Best Feature Film Script. This is "Hand Twins" 3rd WIN and 15th Nomination during the 2021-2022 festival season. Thanks to all of these accolades, "Hand Twins" is now ranked in the top 4% of all 92,191 screenplays on Coverfly. Requests to read this romantic dramedy film script can be submitted through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.
2022 California Women's Film Festival •

Macee Binns: screenplay "Hand Twins" WON the award for Best Feature Film Script at the 2022 California Women's Film Festival

Macee Binns' screenplay "Hand Twins" recently WON the award for Best Feature Film Script at the prestigious 2022 California Women’s Film Festival out of hundreds of entries submitted from around the world. This is "Hand Twins" 3rd WIN and 15th Nomination during the 2021-2022 festival season. Thanks to all of these accolades, "Hand Twins" is now ranked in the top 4% of all 92,191 screenplays on Coverfly. Requests to read the romantic dramedy script can be submitted through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.
2022 ScreenCraft Film Fund Feature Screenplay Competition with Mark Duplass •

Macee Binns: screenplay "Hand Twins" named a Semi-Finalist at the 2022 ScreenCraft Film Fund Feature Screenplay Competition with Mark Duplass

Macee Binns' feature film script “Hand Twins” was recently selected as a Semi-Finalist at the 2022 ScreenCraft Film Fund Feature Screenplay Competition with Mark Duplass. The script was one of a select few screenplays to receive a Semi-Finalist title out of thousands of submissions. "Hand Twins" is now ranked in the top 4% of all 92,191 screenplays on Coverfly. Requests to read “Hand Twins” can be submitted through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.
Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition •

Macee Binns: screenplay "Hand Twins" placed as a Quarter Finalist at the 2022 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition

Macee Binns' feature film script “Hand Twins” recently placed as a Quarter Finalist at the 2022 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition. The script was one of a select few screenplays to receive a Quarter Finalist title out of thousands of submissions. "Hand Twins" is now ranked in the top 4% of all 92,191 screenplays on Coverfly. Requests to read “Hand Twins” can be submitted through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.
Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards •

Macee Binns: screenplay "Hand Twins" placed as a Semi-Finalist at the 2022 Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards

Macee Binns' feature film script “Hand Twins” recently placed as a Semi-Finalist at the 2022 Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards. The script was one of a select few screenplays to receive a Semi-Finalist title out of thousands of submissions. "Hand Twins" is now ranked in the top 4% of all 92,191 screenplays on Coverfly. Requests to read “Hand Twins” can be submitted through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.
Creative World Awards •

Macee Binns: screenplay "Hand Twins" placed as a Preliminary Finalist at the 2022 Creative World Awards

Macee Binns' feature film script “Hand Twins” recently placed as a Preliminary Finalist at the 2022 Creative World Awards. The script was one of a select few screenplays to receive a Preliminary Finalist title out of thousands of submissions. "Hand Twins" is now ranked in the top 4% of all 92,191 screenplays on Coverfly. Requests to read “Hand Twins” can be submitted through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.
Venus Community Awards •

Macee Binns: screenplay "Hand Twins" WON the award for Best Feature Screenplay at the 2022 Venus Community Awards

Macee Binns' script “Hand Twins” recently WON the award for Best Feature Screenplay at the 2022 Venus Community Awards out of hundreds of entries submitted from around the world. This is "Hand Twins" 2rd WIN and 14th Nomination during the 2021-2022 festival season. "Hand Twins" is now ranked in the top 4% of all 92,191 screenplays on Coverfly. Requests to read “Hand Twins” can be submitted through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.
2022 ScreenCraft Film Fund Feature Screenplay Competition with Mark Duplass •

Macee Binns: screenplay "Hand Twins" passed on to 2nd Round at the 2022 ScreenCraft Film Fund Feature Screenplay Competition with Mark Duplass

Macee Binns' feature film script “Hand Twins” was recently passed on to the 2nd Round at the 2022 ScreenCraft Film Fund Feature Screenplay Competition with Mark Duplass. "Hand Twins" is now ranked in the top 4% of all 92,191 screenplays on Coverfly. Requests to read “Hand Twins” can be submitted through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.
LA INDIES Film Festival •

Macee Binns: screenplay "Hand Twins" receives Honorable Mention Title at the 2022 LA Indies Film Festival

Macee Binns' feature film script “Hand Twins” was recently awarded an Honorable Mention Title for Best Screenplay at the 2022 LA Indies Film Festival. This is "Hand Twins" 15th Festival Award to-date. As a result, Macee received a write-up in LA Indies Independent Film Magazine for her continued success with "Hand Twins." Requests to read the romantic dramedy script can be submitted through TheBlackList, InkTip, FilmFreeway, ISA or on Coverfly.
Load More Articles