Screenplays by Gary Bickal
Dead Man's Run, Five Episode Fictional Podcast Series
The Moss Method, Documentary (Co-Writer)
Wishing Well, Motion Picture Feature Screenplay
Sci-fi Adventure Comedy
- Eleven months on the Coverfly Red List Monthly Top 20, Sci Fi Feature Category, reaching as high as the #3 spot in multiple months
- Top 100, 2021 Launch Pad Feature Competition
- Top 10, 2021 Table Read My Screenplay, Austin
- Semifinalist, 2026 Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition
- Semifinalist 2023 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Competition
- Semifinalist, 2022 Emerging Screenwriters - Genre Screenplay Competition
- Second Rounder, 2023 Austin Film Festival
- Quarter-Finalist, The ISA and Script Pipeline 2025 Great Pitch Competition
- Quarterfinalist, 2025 Creative Screenwriting Feature Screenplay Competition
- Quarterfinalist, 2024 Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition
- Quarterfinalist, Table Read My Screenplay Competition, Spring 2024
- Quarterfinalist, Table Read My Screenplay - Park City 2023
- Quarterfinalist, Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2022
- Quarterfinalist, 2022 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship
- Quarterfinalist, 2022 Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition
- Second Rounder, 2022 ISA Fast Track Fellowship
- Quarterfinalist, NexTV Writing Competition 2021
- Quarter Finalist, 2021 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
- Quarterfinalist, 2021 International Screenwriters Association Drama Genre Busting Screenplay Competition
The High Country, Motion Picture Feature Screenplay
- A.M.P.A.S. Nicholl Fellowships Quarterfinalist
- 2024 Austin Film Festival Script Competition Second Rounder
- 2024 Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Competition Quarterfinalist
- Coverfly Red List Monthly Top 20, Adventure Features (October, 2024)
- Coverfly Red List Monthly Top 20, Western Features (August, 2024)
Better Angels, Motion Picture Feature Screenplay
Dramedy Adventure
- Semi Finalist, 2025 Emerging Screenwriters Drama Competition
- Quarterfinalist, 2020 Association of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Competition
- Finalist, 2020 Irvine International Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
- Second Rounder, 2026 ISA Diversity Initiative
- Semi Finalist, Fall 2020 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
- Top 100, 2020 Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition in association with the Austin Film Festival
- Quarterfinalist, 2021 Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship, Season 4
- Quarterfinalist 2021 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Competition
- Bronze Award Winner. Mindfield Film Festival, Albuquerque, May, 2020 Bi-Monthly Competition
- Coverfly Red List Top 50 Screenplays of the Year, Other Genre Category, 2021
- Coverfly Red List Monthly Top 20 Feature Screenplays, Other Genre Category, January-July 2021
Loose Ends, Motion Picture Feature Screenplay
Action/Adventure
- Top 100, 2020 Table Read My Screenplay Genre competition
- Quarter Finalist, Fall 2020 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
- Gold Award Winner. Mindfield Film Festival • Albuquerque, November-December, 2020 Bi–Monthly Competition
- 2021 A.M.P.A.S. Nicholl Fellowships Top 20%
Strayz, Motion Picture Feature Screenplay
Sci-fi Adventure Comedy
Racing the Dead, Motion Picture Feature Screenplay
The Middle of Nowhere, Motion Picture Feature Screenplay
Contained Thriller written for an Indie Budget
Rocks, Snakes and the Art of Desert Cooking, Motion Picture Feature Screenplay
- Top 20% Nicholl Fellowships
Reality, Television Pilot
High Country Drifters, Television Pilot
The Cavern,
Motion Picture Feature Screenplay
Shopped around by Zachary Weintraub of Weintraub/Kuhn Productions
Bordercity, Motion Picture Feature Screenplay
- Top 20% Nicholl Fellowships
Mary, Queen of Scottsdale, Motion Picture Feature Screenplay
- Top 15% Nicholl Fellowships
SuperMutt, Motion Picture Feature Screenplay (co-writer)
Shopped around by Ksana Golod and Mario Romano of Intercom Entertainment
Broken Bonds, Motion Picture Feature Screenplay
- Top 15% Nicholl Fellowships, received Option Offer
Other Film/TV Credits
Perfection - Associate Producer (Screenplay Development)
20-minute dramatic short produced in conjunction with the state of California to highlight the challenges faced by autistic school children
The Duck who was Afraid to Fly - Screenwriter/Director
Animated 5-minute children's short
VOICES - Writer
Multiple two-minute interactive multimedia segments for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
First Flights with Neil Armstrong - Unit Production Manager / Line Producer (13 episodes)
A&E Network series
ISA Listing Gary Bickal screenwriter