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 as Writer/Director/Producer:
Coming Soon: His third feature, URBAN ED, based on the real-world closure of an inner city high school where Wofford taught high school English
In post: a trio of short films in the SEMBLANCE universe: PUREBRED (horror), SOOT (action) and RAVENS & SWALLOWS (spy thriller)
In post: a short zombie comedy, ZOM-JONG (Co-Writer/Director/Producer)
Coming Soon: A new horror short produced via a groundbreaking, budget-free community-based approach, VESTIGES
In Development: 2 features: 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
Winner - Best Horror/Thriller, LAVA Film Festival & WXSA Paris
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
Semi-Finalist - Best Feature Drama, Austin Film Festival
