{"id":53166,"date":"2023-04-02T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T09:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/02\/ghanaian-screenwriter-osarfo-anthony-calls-on-spike-lee-for-collaboration\/"},"modified":"2023-04-02T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T09:56:00","slug":"ghanaian-screenwriter-osarfo-anthony-calls-on-spike-lee-for-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/02\/ghanaian-screenwriter-osarfo-anthony-calls-on-spike-lee-for-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian screenwriter Osarfo Anthony calls on Spike Lee for collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ghanaian screenwriter, Osarfo Anthony, who has won a number of screenwriting contests in Hollywood, has expressed interest in working with American actor Spike Lee who recently visited Ghana.<\/p>\n

Osarfo made the request on Instagram when \u2018BlacKkKlansman\u2019 director arrived in Ghana.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He posted: \u201cThe \u2018BlacKkKlansman\u2019 director, @officialspikelee, is in Ghana, West Africa. Welcome home, sire! Want screenplays from Africa or written by an African?\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019m at your service\u00a0\ud83d\ude09. From Africa to Hollywood, we can make it happen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Enjoy all the treats in the Motherland.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Namaste\u00a0\ud83d\ude4f\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Osarfo\u2019s wish that as more and more African American filmmakers come to Ghana as part of the Year of Return\/Beyond the Return\u00a0\u00a0initiative, they\u2019ll be interested\u00a0\u00a0in optioning, buy, or invest in screenplays written by Ghanaians or African screenwriters.<\/p>\n

About Osarfo Anthony<\/strong><\/p>\n

Osarfo Anthony is a diverse, multi-award-winning horror screenwriter, and an art\/entertainment journalist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He has an impressive career spanning more than a decade in art, tourism, and entertainment writing.<\/p>\n

As a genre writer (horror) and a lover of dark narratives, he\u2019s been writing screenplays since 2009 \u2014 present.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anthony also writes animation screenplays. He\u2019s currently developing a project with a reputable animation company named Animaxfyb Studios.<\/p>\n

Anthony is a guest blogger for diversecrew.com, and has been covered by online portals such as: medium.com, scriptsummit.com, thelanote.com, nyglamour.net, capitalfundscreenplaycompetition.com, and others.<\/p>\n

He has won and placed in largely genre-friendly screenwriting contests, notable are:<\/p>\n

WINNER, Best Original Screenplay \u2013 Hollywood Blood Horror Festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WINNER \u2013 Best Supernatural Horror Script \u2013 Hollywood Horrorfest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WINNER \u2013 Best Horror Screenplay \u2013 Hollywood Just4shorts Film and Screenplay Contest.<\/p>\n

FINALIST \u2013 13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

FINALIST Horror\/Thriller category \u2013 Creative World Awards (CWA).\u00a0<\/p>\n

SEMI-FINALIST \u2013 Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n

QUARTER-FINALIST \u2013 Austin Screenplay Awards.<\/p>\n

SEMI-FINALIST \u2013 Filmmatic Short Script Contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SEMI-FINALIST \u2013 Screenwriters Network (SWN) Script Competition.<\/p>\n

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