Dax Phelan was born in St. Louis, MO on July 8, 1975. He graduated from St. Louis Country Day School in 1994 and then moved to Dallas, TX, in order to pursue a BA in Pre-Med (Biology) at Southern Methodist University.
It was during his first semester at university that Phelan, a film lover since childhood, began writing his first screenplay. The screenwriting bug took hold over Phelan. He eventually dropped out of the Pre-Med program and enrolled in some Cinema
and English Literature classes – and the rest, as they say, is history.
Phelan graduated with BAs in Communication Arts: Cinema and English Literature with a Creative Writing Specialization in 1997 and then moved to Los Angeles, CA to attend graduate school at the American Film Institute in 1998.
During the summer of 1999, Phelan began working as a development intern for veteran producer Mace Neufeld (“The Omen,” “No Way Out,” “The Hunt For Red October,” etc.) at Paramount Pictures.
In 2000, when Phelan graduated from the American Film Institute with an MFA in Screenwriting, Neufeld hired him as Story Editor under his new first look deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment. In 2001, Neufeld promoted Phelan to Creative Executive. During his tenure at Mace Neufeld Productions, Phelan worked on such projects as “The General’s Daughter,” “The Sum of All Fears,” and “Asylum.”
In 2003, after selling his first screenplay, Phelan left Mace Neufeld Productions, in order to write full-time.
Since then, Phelan has written both original work and adaptations in a variety of genres, trying to work on whatever project excites him the most at the moment. Some of his credits include:
If Only (2001, Drama)
Feature-Length Screenplay/Co-writer/Producer: Academy Award-winner, Seth Winston.
The Keep (2003, Horror)
Feature-Length Screenplay/Based on the novel by F. Paul Wilson/Producers: Susanna Jolly, Sandy Climan, The Solomon Brothers
The Key to Rebecca (2004, WWII Spy Thriller)
Feature-Length Screenplay/Based on the novel by Ken Follett/Producer: Mace Neufeld
Dead Drop (2004, Spy Thriller)
Pitch/Based on the film, “A Dandy in Aspic”/Producer: Mace Neufeld
Untitled Byron Mann Project (2005, Action/Drama)
Feature-Length Screenplay/Producers: Byron Mann & Chris Lee
Charlie Two Shoes (2006, WWII Drama)
Feature-Length Screenplay/Based on the book, “Charlie Two Shoes and the Marines of Love Company,” by Michael Peterson & David Perlmutt/Producers: Stratton Leopold, Dana Cavaliero, Dax Phelan
At Your Service (2006, Action/Comedy)
Co-creator/TV Series Pitch/Producers: CBS/Paramount, Circle of Confusion, Dax Phelan, James Thompson
Jasmine (2007-Present, Drama/Thriller)
Feature-Length Screenplay/Producers: Jason Tobin, Dax Phelan/Director: Dax Phelan
Medium Cool (2007, Spy Thriller)
Feature-Length Screenplay/Producer: Thom Barry
Be Water, My Friend (2008, Dramedy)
Co-Story/Producers: Jason Tobin, Dax Phelan
Lest They Be Forgotten (2008, Horror)
Co-story/Pitch/Producers: Byron Mann, Dax Phelan
"G.F.E." (2008, Dramedy)
Feature-Length Screenplay/Producers: Glen Chin, Dax Phelan
Anonymous (2008-Present, Drama)
Feature-Length Screenplay/Producer: Dax Phelan/Director: Dax Phelan
Secrets in the Fields (2008-Present, Documentary)
Producers: Charlie Gumbiner, Dax Phelan
Untitled Martin Strachan Project (2009-Present, Dramedy)
Feature-Length Screenplay/Producer: Martin Strachan
Laughing Buddha (2009-Present, Dramedy)
Feature-Length Screenplay/Producers: Glen Chin, Roberta Chow, Dax Phelan
Phelan is currently prepping his directorial debut, “Jasmine,” for Shanghai Street Films. He is repped by Robert Lazar at ICM, Mason Novick at Benderspink, and Robert Szymanski at Eclipse Law Corp.
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