Talent Guide
Philip G. Flores
- Discipline:Director, Writer
- Program Year:Grants and Awards 2010, Screenwriting Lab 2009
Bio
Philip G. Flores is a writer, producer, and director. After being selected for the 2009 Film Independent Screenwriters Lab, his script The Wheeler Boys, co-written with Max Doty, was named the grand prize winner in the 2009 Netflix FIND Your Voice competition and will premiere at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival. While attending USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Flores produced several USC projects including the award-winning Holocaust film Crescent Star and directed the USC-financed comedy short Square Wheels. He has also worked in development at DreamWorks Pictures, Everyman Pictures, and Bobker/Kruger Films. Flores earned a MFA in Film/ TV Production from USC and a BA in Creative Writing from Stanford University. In addition to his filmmaking work, Flores has volunteered as an instructor at The Ghetto Film School, a non-profit, South Bronx-based organization headed by filmmakers David O. Russell and Spike Jonze that teaches underprivileged youth how to make movies.