David Alan Bentley
Multi-Award Winning Horror/Thriller screenwriter and playwright. I create intense, character-driven scripts that focus on psychological horror and trauma.
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Screenplays/Plays
Don't Speak (Short/Proof-Of-Concept)
Don't Speak (Short/Proof-Of-Concept)
Dissonance (Sample)
Dissonance (Sample)
Cocoon (2025) (Short/Proof-Of-Concept)
Cocoon (2025) (Short/Proof-Of-Concept)
Deception (One-Act Play)
Deception (One-Act Play)
Mood Board
Mood Board
Mood Board
Media Kit
Media Kit
AI Concept Teasers
AI Concept Teasers
Honors and Awards
Hollywood Horrorfest Best Short Script and Parallax Studioworks Best Short Script Award (Don't Speak)
Hollywood Horrorfest Best Short Script and Parallax Studioworks Best Short Script Award (Don't Speak)
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Horror Screenings Film Festival Bloody Mirror Best Short Screenplay (Don't Speak)
Horror Screenings Film Festival Bloody Mirror Best Short Screenplay (Don't Speak)
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LA International Horror Film Festival Best Short Screenplay (Don't Speak)
LA International Horror Film Festival Best Short Screenplay (Don't Speak)
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International Gold Awards Best Short Script (Don't Speak)
International Gold Awards Best Short Script (Don't Speak)
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The Horror Haven Film Expo Best Short Horror Screenplay (Cocoon 2025)
The Horror Haven Film Expo Best Short Horror Screenplay (Cocoon 2025)
Fortean Film Festival Official Selection: (Dissonance)
Fortean Film Festival Official Selection: (Dissonance)
Wiki: World's Fastest Screenplay Competition Quarter Finalist (Dissonance)
Wiki: World's Fastest Screenplay Competition Quarter Finalist (Dissonance)
Liberty Film Festival Official Selection (Don't Speak)
Liberty Film Festival Official Selection (Don't Speak)
Start Fresh Film Festival Official Selection (Deception)
Start Fresh Film Festival Official Selection (Deception)
Fortean Film Festival Official Selection: (Don't Speak)
Fortean Film Festival Official Selection: (Don't Speak)
The Dunwich Horror Fest Best Short Script Under 10 Pages (Cocoon 2025)
The Dunwich Horror Fest Best Short Script Under 10 Pages (Cocoon 2025)
East Village New York Film Fest Finalist (Don't Speak)
East Village New York Film Fest Finalist (Don't Speak)
Sinister Horror Film Festival Official Selection (Cocoon 2025)
Sinister Horror Film Festival Official Selection (Cocoon 2025)
AIMAFF Finalist (Don't Speak)
AIMAFF Finalist (Don't Speak)
Asian Talent International Film Fest Best Script (Don't Speak)
Asian Talent International Film Fest Best Script (Don't Speak)
Video Nasties Genre FilmFest Finalist (Don't Speak)
Video Nasties Genre FilmFest Finalist (Don't Speak)
Phobia Film Festival 2025 Official Selection (Don't Speak)
Phobia Film Festival 2025 Official Selection (Don't Speak)
Los Angeles Fantasia Fest 2025 Official Selection (Don't Speak)
Los Angeles Fantasia Fest 2025 Official Selection (Don't Speak)
Happenstance Horrorfest Honorable Mention (Don't Speak)
Happenstance Horrorfest Honorable Mention (Don't Speak)
Festival Footage/Pics
Hollywood Horrorfest 2025
Hollywood Horrorfest 2025
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Professional Work/Prose
Personal Manifesto
Personal Manifesto
David's View On Theatre
Dramaturgy Project
Dramaturgy Project
David Bentley THE: 307 Script Analysis R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots Dramaturg) Table of Contents: Program Note Playwright Bio/Origins of Play Glossary Terms Themes Production History Reviews Bibliography Program Note Good evening and welcome to our production of R.U.R. (Rossum's Un...
Grammar/Punctuation Guide
Grammar/Punctuation Guide
Punctuation Hyphens are used to conjoin two words to make a single word The Em-Dash has no spaces before or after and can replace commas or parentheses. You can also use them when creating lists The comma can change the meaning of what you say depending on where you use it. They are also used...
Architecture Of A Play
Architecture Of A Play
Architecture Consists of 5 Parts: Beginning- Establishes setting (time, place, etc) Rising Action- An action or event that interrupts a play and builds tension Climax- The central conflict in a play Falling Action- Consequences of the climax End- Conclusion to the story, resolves conflicts ...
Play Reflection: A Strange Loop
Play Reflection: A Strange Loop
Black Mirror: White Bear Review
Black Mirror: White Bear Review
Island of the Undine (Title Reveal)
Island of the Undine (Title Reveal)
Island of the Undine (Sample)
Island of the Undine (Sample)
Professional Profile Links
FilmFreeway
FilmFreeway
I'm David Bentley. A multi-award winning screenwriter, playwright, and student at Salem State University majoring in English with a Theatre minor. I focus on creating psychologically intense, emotionally raw stories that blend horror, trauma, and character-driven drama. My work includes Deception, a short play exploring guilt and manipulation, C
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The Black List
The Black List
Script Revolution
Script Revolution
Sora
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