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Gene DeAngelis
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History. Writing-Directing. Film (but formerly TV, books, games, plays). NYPL Best Books; 4x Nicholl SF; PAGE Award; MUSE Award; CineStory; Stowe; Emmy; VAFF and RIFF winner. @ginadewriter IG. Writer-director @askforhelpmovie and @doorsshortfilm
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Finished today (binding and label). Pattern is "Postcard from Sweden," made with Kona cotton.
A very bright quilt of half-square triangles in a jumbled-up splash of 28 or so colors The back of the twin-size quilt is a single piece of purple/pink/green geometric print
April 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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My new short film DOORS (Gosh Darn Media) will premiere MARCH 23 at the Indie Short Film Fest in Charlottesville.

My short script BA will also have a live table read that morning. (It won 2nd place!)

Fest schedule: isff2025.eventive.org/welcome
Follow @doorsshortfilm on Instagram for more!
inside a dark room, the edges of an opening door glow with warm light. At the top are small letters spelling "Knock knock." At the bottom reads the glowing title DOORS with the tag: Opening Soon.
March 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Today was the day. Now I have a new pillow cover.
A blue microfiber barrel chair sports a lovely square pillow made from a fabric printed with bears looking a little alarmed, on a deep teal background The corner of a pillow sports a blue label with red script reading "Gina DeAngelis Made This" A square of fabric printed with bears looking a little alarmed, on a deep teal background
February 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Finished the quilt top today. It would have been done sooner but it sat dormant for several weeks in timeout when some of the intersections wouldn't line up. I fixed the worst of them (four times each 🙄) but others can F.O. I love the colors.
#postcardfromswedenquilt
A twin size quilt top is made up of half-square triangles of 26 bright colors, sewn into squares, then blocks, then rows.
February 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Just finished the quilt top today! As promised, here's a photo.
#postcardfromswedenquilt
A finished twin-size quilt top is made of half-square triangles of 26 bright colors, sewn into squares, then blocks, then rows.
February 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Here are the offcuts from 180 blocks trimmed down to exactly 5.5"
A small pile of colorful threads and very tiny scrap strips sits on a green Olfa cutting mat
January 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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This'll be a quilt top in the coming days. I hope.
A stack of fabric squares of many colors is clipped into smaller groups, and sits on a cutting mat, with a color printout of a quilt pattern layout in the background. Pattern is called "Postcard from Sweden."
January 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Won the Virginia Screenwriting Competition! What a great experience at #VAFilmFest : great films, great people. Can't wait to come back with a film!
#VAFF37 #VAFF #Charlottesville #FilmFestival #VirginiaFilmFestival #UVA
A historic movie theater marquee Three people, two women and one man, stand in the golden hour sunlight outside the Virginia film festival In shadowy backstage light, two women smile as one gives a peace sign A skeleton wearing a black wig and holding an electric guitar
November 4, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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Nice
Screenshot of Riker Googling skeet that reads "nebulas shaped like dicks" with 69 likes
July 8, 2024 at 10:41 PM
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My first response to this was mistaking the image for this one (below) and wondering "why is there an article about this guy?"

On the plus side, I now know this guy's name is Gothmog. 🤷
A head shot of the Orc leader in "The Return of the King," who is named Gothmog.
April 10, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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GOD BLESS THIS MAN AND HIS TEAM 🙌
A screenshot from Indiewire quotes Paul Duane: "One of the things that I hate about the funding model of filmmaking, is that they want you to compare it to something else all the time," Duane said. "They ask what is your film like that has been successful in the last few years and I think, if it was just like something that's been successful in the last few years, why would I fucking bother making it? Why would I spend two years of my life doing a film that's just derivative of something else?"
March 18, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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Here's mine:
A decorative plate hangs on a wall. In the midst of an antique flowered border are letters that spell: "In this house, we laugh a lot, love often, & punch every fucking Nazi we see."
February 26, 2024 at 3:30 AM
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Digit.
February 19, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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This happens to me all the time.

These two are similar enough to work, but different enough to bug me every time I look at them. (Still, grateful. They're workhorses.)
January 7, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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I cleaned out the pantry, found too much stuff, and made these:
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January 1, 2024 at 12:56 AM
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Repost with your earliest childhood crush from film/tv
December 31, 2023 at 1:09 AM
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These two recipes were a hit last Christmas so I made them again. Sharing in case anyone else is looking for easy fancy food: Smoked Trout Dip (makes 3 cups! I halved it and used canned), and Anchovy-Mustard Vinaigrette (for arugula and radicchio). I think both recipes are on the NY Times website.
December 24, 2023 at 1:50 AM
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This part does contain an on-point typo. Or "typo."
A screenshot of an excerpted paragraph is about allegations of sexual assault and harassment by two women against the CEO of the company Tradeshift. Later in the paragraph the F in that word is omitted.
December 14, 2023 at 12:58 AM
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DOORS script is not only fully funded through post-production... it's also 1 of 3 Film Pipeline finalists!
filmpipeline.com/product/shor...
screenshot of the Film Pipeline page announcing Short Script Contest 2023 finalists: Baby Teeth by Scott Baker, Doors by Gina DeAngelis, and Massagers 4 Sale by Chris Lui. The winner will be announced on December 10.
December 4, 2023 at 8:05 PM
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DOORS is 128% funded (mind is blown!), and so much closer to 250 followers!

There's a BOOK GIVEAWAY for followers #210, #225, and #250 -- or any other number, depending on how picky you are LOL

Check out our #SeedandSpark page and follow or share! It's free and really helps!
seedandspark.com/fund/doorsshortfilm Check out our short film page -- if you like what you see, please click "follow" and "share." It's free and really helps!
December 1, 2023 at 3:45 PM
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We need just **73 more followers on Seed&Spark** to unlock add'l funding! 🙏 Please check out our page? And if you like what you see, click the heart for updates -- and share with others you think would dig it?

Only 5 days left in our campaign! 😀 Join us!

seedandspark.com/fund/doorssh...
A seed&spark page screenshot shows a circle graph for "Audience" that shows 177 followers, 103 contributors, and 14 superfans.
November 26, 2023 at 11:56 PM
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#doorsshortfilm on #seedandspark

#spookyshortfilm #twilightzone #horrorshort #theresadog #doitforbeasley #supportindiefilm #womeninfilm #womendirectors #womenproducers #screenwriting
An older man and woman focus on a tan and gray senior dog, who looks at the camera with his cute cute face. This is Beasley, an actor, who plays "Zeus" in the spooky short film DOORS, written and directed by Gina DeAngelis and based on the short story by Pamela Painter.
November 17, 2023 at 12:06 AM
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Heh. Awwwriiiight
November 4, 2023 at 3:40 PM
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🎃Missing #spookyseason?
🪦Wish it could be #Halloween for another month?
👻You got it!
The DOORS campaign is LIVE til Nov 30!

@SeedandSpark look for "doors short film"

Cool incentives for pledging, but "like"s & "follow"s & "share"s are free and oh-so-welcome. 🙏

☠️ #spooky
In darkness, light seeps from around a door as it inches open. At the top in large letters, the title DOORS, followed by "a spooky short film." On the lower left, "based on the short story by Pamela Painter. Follow on @seedandspark, https://tinyurl.com4ux99mpb," and on the bottom right, "@DOORSshortfilm IG" and "@GoshDarnMedia Tw and FB"
November 2, 2023 at 1:39 AM
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Hear ye, hear ye! Weds. Nov. 1 is the launch date for our Seed and Spark campaign for DOORS, a spooky short film based on Pamela Painter's story. We'd love 250+ followers! Your support could make all the difference 🙏
GoshDarnMedia Tw FB DoorsShortFilm IG

#supportindiefilm #shortfilm #womeninfilm
A doorway inches open with light streaming from behind it. At the top small letters spell "KNOCK KNOCK." At the bottom is a title, DOORS, with the words below, "Opening in 2024." IG DoorsShortFilm and Tw: GoshDarnMedia
October 27, 2023 at 10:46 PM