Criss Gidas
- Writer
- Producer
- Director
A multi-talented individual, Criss Gidas is a passionate Greek-Australian writer/director committed to telling stories through narrative fiction.
The feature screenplay "Articles Of War" was selected for the Stowe Story Labs Remote Writer's Retreat, a quarterfinalist in The Script Lab's screenwriting competition from more than 9,000 submissions, and a semi-finalist in Outstanding Screenplays feature competition.
Criss' narrative feature screenplay "Pirouette" was a semi-finalist in the Queensland Screenwriting Awards at the Gold Coast Film Festival 2023 and Outstanding Screenplay Feature Competition, an honourable mention at the Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2023, and a finalist in the Bondi Screenplay Competition 2023 and Script Summit 2023. It was also selected for the 2023 Stowe Story Labs Remote Writer's Retreat.
The television pilot "Silent Blades" was written as a part of the Stowe Story Labs The Writers Room, an online writing programme for episodics facilitated by Derek Simonds, the award winning creator/show-runner of the Netflix hit series "The Sinner" starring Bill Pullman, and David Pope, a script consultant who has worked with Academy Award and BAFTA-nominated producers and screenwriters. It was also a quarterfinalist in the ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition.
The feature screenplay "Articles Of War" was selected for the Stowe Story Labs Remote Writer's Retreat, a quarterfinalist in The Script Lab's screenwriting competition from more than 9,000 submissions, and a semi-finalist in Outstanding Screenplays feature competition.
Criss' narrative feature screenplay "Pirouette" was a semi-finalist in the Queensland Screenwriting Awards at the Gold Coast Film Festival 2023 and Outstanding Screenplay Feature Competition, an honourable mention at the Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2023, and a finalist in the Bondi Screenplay Competition 2023 and Script Summit 2023. It was also selected for the 2023 Stowe Story Labs Remote Writer's Retreat.
The television pilot "Silent Blades" was written as a part of the Stowe Story Labs The Writers Room, an online writing programme for episodics facilitated by Derek Simonds, the award winning creator/show-runner of the Netflix hit series "The Sinner" starring Bill Pullman, and David Pope, a script consultant who has worked with Academy Award and BAFTA-nominated producers and screenwriters. It was also a quarterfinalist in the ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition.