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Edward Tyndall

Assistant Professor

Email Address:edward.tyndall@ucdenver.edu

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Edward Tyndall’s award-winning films have screened at top international film festivals including the Tribeca and BFI London film festivals. His screenplays have won and placed at premiere screenwriting competitions including the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, the Denver Film Festival, the Oaxaca Film Festival, Cinequest and the Austin Film Festival’s Screenwriters Conference. His documentary work has aired on television in the US and Canada and has been distributed internationally and his fiction has been published nationally. He is a faculty member at the University of Colorado Denver where he works as a filmmaker and teaches screenwriting.

Areas of Expertise

Writing for the Screen

Education, Licensure & Certifications

University of North Carolina Greensboro
MFA, Film Production

University of North Carolina Greensboro
BA; History/Classical Civilization




Awards

Best Documentary Short Award Nominee, Heartbreak Country, Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase. (March 2023)

Best Documentary Short Award, Heartbreak Country, South Georgia Film Festival. (March 2023)

Best Documentary Short Award Nominee, Heartbreak Country, Austin Revolution Film Festival. (February 2023)

Award of Distinction, Heartbreak Country, Canada Shorts Film Festival. (November 2022)

Best Documentary Short Award, Heartbreak Country, DOCUTAH International Film Festival. (November 2022)

Best Documentary Award, Heartbreak Country, South Texas International Film Festival. (September 2022)

Best US Short Award Nominee, The Cheech, Borderscene Film Festival. (September 2019)

Best Documentary Short Award Nominee, The Cheech, Austin Revolution Film Festival. (September 2019)

Eric Adair Veteran Filmmaker of the Year Award Nominee, The Cheech, Austin Revolution Film Festival. (September 2019)

Best Texas Drama Short Award Nominee, The Good from the Bad, Austin Revolution Film Festival. (September 2018)

Best Texas Produced Script Award Nominee, The Good from the Bad, Austin Revolution Film Festival. (September 2018)

Eric Adair Veteran Filmmaker of the Year Award, The Good from the Bad, Austin Revolution Film Festival. (September 2018)

Excellence Award for Veteran Military Short Narrative Nominee, The Good from the Bad, Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival. (April 2018)

Goujon Caille Special Jury Award for Narrative Shorts, The Good from the Bad, Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival. (January 2018)

Best Texas Comedy Short Nominee, Mission, Austin Revolution Film Festival. (September 2016)

Best Feature Nominee, Tasmanian Tiger, Laugh or Die Comedy Film Festival. (June 2015)

Excellence in Creative Activity Award, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi. (May 2015)

Best Feature Film Award, Tasmanian Tiger, Studio 35 Cinema Comedy Film Festival. (April 2015)

Crossroads Award Nominee, Reconvergence, Film Exchange. (March 2015)

Crossroads Award Nominee, Tasmanian Tiger, Film Exchange. (March 2015)

Best Feature Film Award, Tasmanian Tiger, Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival. (December 2014)

Honorable Mention, Reconvergence, University Film and Video Association. (August 2013)

Golden Lion Award for Best Documentary, Reconvergence, George Lindsey UNA Film Festival. (March 2013)

Special Jury Award for Best Score, Reconvergence, George Lindsey UNA Film Festival. (March 2013)

Goujon Caille Award for Best Documentary, Reconvergence, Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival. (January 2013)

Ron Tibbett Excellence in Filmmaking Award, Reconvergence, Indie Memphis Film Festival. (November 2012)

Spotlight on Documentaries, Reconvergence, Independent Filmmaker Project, NYC Independent Film Week. (September 2011)

Best Drama Award, Sadie's Waltz, Carrboro Film Festival. (November 2010)

UNCG Showcase Award, Sadie's Waltz, Carolina Film and Video Festival. (January 2009)

Peer Award, Sadie's Waltz, Television, Internet, and Video Association of DC. (January 2008)

UNCG Showcase Award, Bottle Tree, Carolina Film and Video Festival. (January 2007)

Emmy Nominee, Confederate Goliath, Midsouth Emmy Awards. (February 2006)