Miguel Ángel ParraWRITER

Spanish native Miguel Ángel Parra spent years in his career as a journalist, but soon realized it was time to make the jump from journalist to screenwriter. He then enrolled in the 8-Week Screenwriting program at NYFA where he wrote his first English-speaking screenplay for The Pink House, which has since gone on to win screenplay contests in the Madrid International Film Festival (2020), the LGBTQ Toronto  Film Festival (2020), the All Genre Screenplay Contest (sponsored by Amazon, 2020), and become a semi-finalist in the Nashville International Film Festival (2020).

Parra also wrote Espich (2014) and The Eternal Angels (2019) which won a prize national contest prize.

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Program Studied at NYFA: Screenwriting
Program Type: 8-Week Workshop
Year Graduated: 2019
Location: New York


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