Wade Wofford

A 25-year veteran of the filmmaking industry, Wade Wofford is an award-winning filmmaker: screenwriter, director, producer, editor and cinematographer.

Wofford on the set of Urban Ed, which he wrote, produced and directed in association with HWS.

Wofford, an Atlanta native, has studied film relentlessly over the span of 25 years: writing at the University of Georgia, acting at the Sanford Meisner School in Hollywood, filmmaking at Los Angeles Film School, set/light design on the stages of New York City, and cinematography in Massachusetts.

In 2004, he founded Dedalus Films out of Brooklyn - and produced his first short - Assailables (a no-budget collaboration with Paul Taylor dancers in NYC) - as well as his first feature - Perception (which won Best Dramatic Feature at the Hollywood DIY Film Fest, whose programmers raved that it was a “beautifully shot and compelling film that stays with you for days afterwards”).

In 2006, Wofford founded Noho Screenwriters Workshop, where he met future HWS partners Jake Hulse and Mike Haas.  In 2015, he finished his second feature, The Answer, which won at Canada International Film Festival.  In 2014, he was DP for Jake Hulse's Heroes Don't Come Home.

Currently working on several projects:

  1. On the festival circuit: His third feature, Urban Ed (Writer/Director/Producer), based on the real-world closure of the Springfield, MA school where Wofford taught high school English.

  2. On the festival circuit: A horror short - Vestiges (Writer/Director/Producer).

  3. In post: a trio of short films in the Semblance universe: Purebred (horror - Writer/Director/Producer), Soot (action - Co-Writer/Producer/DP) and Ravens & Swallows (spy thriller - Co-Writer/Producer/DP).

  4. In post: a short zombie comedy, Zom-Jong (Co-Writer/Director/Producer).

  5. 2 features in development as Writer/Director/Producer: The Common Man (a smart crime thriller), Fest (a coming-of-age political dramedy set at a music festival during a presidential election)

 

WADE’S FILMMAKING ACCOLADES (selected)

  • Winner - Rising Star Award & Royal Reel Award in Filmmaking, Canada International Film Festival

  • Winner - Audience Choice & Excellence in Filmmaking, Boston International Film Festival

  • Semi-Finalist - Best Feature Drama, Nicholl Screenwriting Competition

  • Nominee - Best Picture, Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival

  • Winner - Stowe Story Labs Fellowship

  • Winner - Best SciFi Screenplay, Nashville Film Festival

  • Top 1% / RedList - Coverfly

  • Finalist - WeScreenplay’s Diverse Voices & Screencraft

  • Semi-Finalist - Best Feature Drama, Austin Film Festival