LAURA HUNTER DRAGO
SCREENWRITER + CREATIVE PRODUCER

Laura Hunter Drago is a feature film & audio fiction screenwriter/producer in Los Angeles, California. She wrote and produced the recently-released audio fiction series The Crime at Camp Ashwood (Winner of the Austin Film Festival 2023), produced the feature film To the New Girl (Tubi) and produces the podcast, St. Mary’s School (for Children with the Stigmata) which The Mary Sue placed on a Top 10 List of Horror Podcasts.

After many years working as an actor, Laura woke up one day and realized that she’d spent her entire life devoted to saying the words of other people, usually playing the role of an ill-fated barista or tragically murdered (but not very important) girlfriend of a main character… 

Laura suddenly had a desperate need to write some stories of her own. This identity-crisis led her to write primarily about finding your own voice in a world that often doesn’t want you to have one, through the lens of female-focused thrillers and crime mysteries with a dark comedic edge. Yes, strangely, all the years of playing women who mysteriously disappeared left an impact! 

Both The Crime at Camp Ashwood and Laura’s cult-filled feature screenplay Kaleidoscopes have been featured on Coverfly’s The Red List and made the Top 1% of scripts on Coverfly. Laura was also a finalist for the Bellem Entertainment Fellowship with Stowe Story Labs. Laura has also placed highly in Screencraft, Launch Pad, and Shore Scripts Competitions.

Laura also works with her two production companies: New Girl Pictures and Dragon Hunter Productions to create work she is passionate about. She is an alumna of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, as well as a member of The Podcast Academy and Women in Media. And, though she now considers herself a retired and recovering actress, she remains a proud SAG-AFTRA member.

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SELECTED SCRIPTS

KALEIDOSCOPES

Feature Screenplay

(Drama/Thriller/Romance)

An aspiring romance novelist reconnects with her ex-boyfriend who is now a successful author, but when he brings her into a cult full of desperate female writers she’ll have to burn her own fairytale to the ground to escape.

Accolades: 

  • Coverfly’s The Red List (Top 1%)
  • Stowe Story Labs: Bellem Entertainment Fellowship Finalist
  • Launch Pad  Competition Top 50
  •  Nicholl Fellowship Top 15%
  • Austin Film Festival 2nd Rounder
  • Shore Scripts Quarterfinalist
  • Screencraft Quarterfinalist
The Crime at Camp Ashwood

Audio Fiction Script (TV Pilot Available)

(Crime/Mystery)

Desperate to finally solve the decades-old cold case of her best friend’s murder, Margot Ingell returns to the scene of the crime. Will the discovery of a long-lost diary reveal the killer, or will the secret forever remain at the bottom of Camp Ashwood’s lake?

Accolades:

  • Winner Austin Film Festival
  • #1 Podcast Script on Coverfly
  • Roadmap Writers Podcast Competition Semifinalist
Hellton for the Holidays

Feature Screenplay

(Drama/Crime)

After a decade spent running from her past, a woman must grapple with the ghosts of her youth as a mysterious scandal unfolds in her Appalachian hometown during the holidays.

Accolades:

  • Recommended by WeScreenplay (Top 3%)
  • Screencraft Drama Competition Semifinalist
  • Award Nominated at the Northern Virginia International Film & Music Festival: Screenplay of the Year, the NOVA Award, Best Drama, and Best Thriller
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RELEASED PROJECTS
TO THE NEW GIRL

Have you ever thought about writing a letter to the new woman in your ex’s life? In To the New Girl, ten women did just that. An award-winning feature film made by an all-female creative team and cast. Based on the popular play of the same name the 80-minute movie follows 10 women scorned as they directly address their exes’ new wives and lovers at an open mic night in Los Angeles.

Called “brilliantly crafted” by Film Threat, To the New Girl was created by a dynamic group of emerging filmmakers at a time when audiences are demanding films made both by and for women, the project taps into a social and political climate that’s left women poised to take back their voices and be heard.

To the New Girl was awarded with Best Feature (First Time Filmmaker) and Best Writer at the Queen Palm International Film Festival in Palm Springs, a Semi-Finalist at the Anaheim International Film Festival, and an official selection at the Golden State Film Festival (where it premiered at the Chinese 6 Theatres on Hollywood & Highland), and the FEMINYSTA Festival. The film was also given the Parity in Action Badge by Women in Media for its commitment to creating gender parity in the film industry above and below the line.

Laura was the producer on the film and also served as casting director. To the New Girl can be streamed worldwide on a variety of platforms–including Tubi, Prime, and Apple TV–all listed at www.tothenewgirl.com. 

THE CRIME AT CAMP ASHWOOD

This crime mystery audio fiction series won the 2023 Austin Film Festival Audio Fiction Award. Desperate to finally solve the decades-old cold case of her best friend’s murder, Margot Ingell returns to the scene of the crime. Will the discovery of a long-lost diary reveal the killer, or will the secret forever remain at the bottom of Camp Ashwood’s lake?

Laura produces, showruns, edits, and performs the lead role of Margot in the series. Merchandise is available at thecrimeatcampashwood.com.

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ST. MARY’S SCHOOL (FOR CHILDREN WITH THE STIGMATA)

This dark academia horror audio fiction series follows a group of alumnae from the mysterious St. Mary’s Boarding School, where the rare few children afflicted with the Stigmata are sent away. As adults, the alums look back on their time at the school to try and understand what happened to them there. Season one complete and fully available. 

Laura produces and edits the series, and also plays the lead character of Florence. Named one of the Top Ten Horror Podcasts by The Mary Sue. 

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