Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award

2005 Sundance Film Festival - Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award WinnerThe Squid and the WhaleNoah BaumbachFollows two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.Amazon

1991 Sundance Film Festival - Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award WinnerHangin' with the HomeboysJoseph B. VasquezTwo African-Americans and two Puerto-Ricans (though one pretends to be Italian) go out on the town on a Friday night. They will be forced to get to know each other, and even worst, learn to...AmazonTrustHal HartleyAfter being thrown out of her house, Maria encounters a married woman who complains of not having children. Maria ends up in an abandoned house, where she meets Matthew. When a baby is kidnapped Maria sets out to find the woman.Amazon

1992 Sundance Film Festival - Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award WinnerThe WaterdanceNeal JimenezA film about struggling to deal with paralysis. Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehabilitation centre with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies' man, and ...Amazon

1993 Sundance Film Festival - Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award WinnerCombination PlatterTony ChanAmazon

1994 Sundance Film Festival - Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award WinnerWhat Happened Was...Tom NoonanThis darkly humorous film explores the personal psychic landscape of two lonely New Yorkers. Jackie and Michael are coworkers at a large law firm, who decide to meet at Jackie's for dinner ...Amazon

1995 Sundance Film Festival - Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award WinnerLiving in OblivionTom DiCilloFilm about filmmaking. It takes place during one day on set of non-budget movie. Ultimate tribute to all independent filmmakers.Amazon

1996 Sundance Film Festival - Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award WinnerBig NightStanley TucciNew Jersey, 1950s. Two brothers run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.Amazon

1997 Sundance Film Festival - Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award WinnerSundayJames LasdunThis film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since "Vertigo" is a middle-aged, moderately successful ...Amazon

1998 Sundance Film Festival - Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award WinnerHigh ArtLisa CholodenkoA young female intern at a small magazine company becomes involved with a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both of whom seek to exploit each other for their respective careers, while slowly falling in love with each other.Amazon

1999 Sundance Film Festival - Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award WinnerGuinevereAudrey WellsA young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.AmazonJoe the KingFrank WhaleyA disadvantaged, abused, neglected, exploited but basically decent kid slips into criminality while trying to cope with his harsh, inescapable reality.Amazon