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"Tony's been a great help to me in the writing of my script "Dead Man's Gold". He has a strong sense of story and a deft ear for dialogue, particularly so when focusing on issues of character-specific vocabulary."

— Kurt Nangle, Writer, "Dead Man's Gold"

"Tony did a great job of taking my script to the level where it was ready to show to talent and investors."

— Craig Addison, Producer, "Shockley". Official website.

The Wizard Joe

Romantic Fantasy. 3rd Place Winner in the 2007 Final Draft Big Break Screenplay Contest. (An earlier version was a Finalist in the Cinestory,Watkins International, and BlueCat Screenplay Competitions.)

Excerpt: Rescuing The Barmaid. Leonard, already restless and pondering his place in this strange world of his, rides through the night in search of answers, but finds instead a damsel in distress who only raises more questions.

Sister Of Shadows

Animated Graphic Novel

by Tony Urgo and Raul Dominguez

Excerpt: Elegy In Demon Minor. Mourning the terrible loss of her sister and soulmate Consuela, Fatima returns in memory and action to her youth in San Salvador and a mythic legacy she can neither escape nor deny. Yet such a sacrifice cannot return her beloved sister to the world we know.

Shockley

Historical Drama/True Story

Story by Craig Addison, written by Craig Addison and Tony Urgo

Excerpt: Playing Hangman. Not long after the invention that will make him rich and famous beyond his wildest undergrad dreams, young Robert Noyce already has other things on his mind besides girls.

Excerpt: Evicting Jean Hoerni. Envious of an intellectual peer with two doctorates to his one, William Shockley finds a way to make his colleague feel anything but at home.

Passage To Izmir

Historical Drama/True Story. An adaptation of the book "Ten Gold Medals:Glory Or Freedom" by Isaac Dostis. Quarter-finalist (top 40) in the Big Australian International Screenwriting Contest.

Excerpt: Of Beggars And Brothers. A confrontation with a desperate beggar trying to extort Isaac is followed by a visit to his brother Jacob, who is hiding from the Nazis in the refugee tent camps on the rooftops of Athens.

Leap Of Faith

Mystery/Suspense. Top 30 finish in the Nicholl Fellowship.

Excerpt: Sweating Winston. Ryan returns to the Caribbean resort where he and Jan met the suspicious beach bum who called himself Winston, in order to confront him on the mysterious and shocking death of his wife. He gets what he wants — information — but it's far more than he bargained for, and likely more than he can handle.

Gypsies

Buddy Cop Action Drama

Excerpt: "Not My Daughter!"/Girl Trouble. A little bit of everything in this one: character development, plot twists and revelations, wiseacre buddy cop repartee, bodacious killer babe assassins, ruthless thuggies of the opposite gender, and lots of mayhem (sorry, no killer robots).

Darklings

Supernatural Thriller. A chilling depiction of a hidden world with secret creatures bent on destroying humankind. My first script!