DIRECTOR BIO

Alfred Thomas Catalfo is an award-winning screenwriter, director, actor (SAG-AFTRA), and an attorney.  He has written, produced and directed nine acclaimed short films including The Norman Rockwell Code, Bighorn, Rocketship and Split Ticket that have been featured at leading festivals and on Entertainment Weekly's Must List (“Ten Things We Love This Week”).  Alfred has been a winner or finalist in more than 50 major screenwriting competitions with five different feature scripts.  Highlights include winning the Grand Prize in the Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenplay Competition, winning the Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition two years in a row, Top 6 Finalist in the Austin Film Festival Feature Script Competition out of 3,500+ submissions, Second Place in the Slamdance Screenplay Competition out of 1,600+ submissions, First Prize in the Fade In Awards True Story/Biopic Script Competition, Top 8 Finalist on the Athena List (annual film industry list of scripts featuring women in leadership roles), and writing two of the three Finalists in the prestigious Nantucket Film Festival Tony Cox Feature Screenplay Competition, an unprecedented achievement.  He was selected for the Stowe Story Labs where he was mentored by two-time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter David Magee ("Life of Pi").