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Writer

Michael Weinreb

@michael-weinreb Oakland. CA
Michael Weinreb is an award-winning writer, journalist, podcaster, and screenwriter, specializing in sports, culture and history. He's the author of four books, including "Season of Saturdays," a personal and cultural history of college football, and "The Kings of New York," about a championship Brooklyn high school chess team led by immigrants and minorities. His journalism and essays have appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, ESPN.com, Grantland, The Ringer, The Atlantic, and many more. His scripts have advanced or placed in dozens of contests, including PAGE, Austin, The Nicholl, Cinestory, and Script Pipeline.

Accolades

Semifinalist

Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest · 2024

QB1

Semi-Finalist

PAGE International Screenplay Awards · 2021

Portland

Quarterfinalist

Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest · 2021

Baghdad by the Bay

Semi-Finalist

PAGE International Screenplay Awards · 2025

QB1

Finalist

PAGE International Screenplay Awards · 2024

QB1

Semi-Finalist

PAGE International Screenplay Awards · 2022

Portland

Semifinalist

Shore Scripts Feature Contest · 2021

Portland

Semifinalist

Shore Scripts Feature Contest · 2020

The Big D

Semifinalist

Shore Scripts Feature Contest · 2021

Portland

Projects

QB1

A legendary quarterback facing the end of his career must mentor the troubled rookie drafted to replace him, knowing that his protégé's success might spell his own demise. Comps: Succession, Winning Time, The Morning Show

DramaSports

The Big D

Historical

Darkness On The Edge Of Town

After skinheads beat an immigrant to death in 1980s Portland, a burned-out attorney joins a crusading civil rights lawyer to sue a white supremacist who inspired the killing, in a case that will test whether words can be held accountable for murder.

DramaHistoricalThriller

Baghdad by the Bay

Historical