THE WORK OF BELLA THORNTON
WRITER/PERFORMER
FINALIST AT THE LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
As a storyteller, sex, drugs, and Mormonism are my bread and butter. I grew up a geeky little Mormon girl in Utah, writing scripts and shooting short films between church and my night gig as a child actor at my dad's haunted circus. I've trained at The Second City, RADA, and am currently based in LA, because I have visceral, funny, and brutal stories to tell.
FINALIST IN THE LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
TOP 7% OF DISCOVERABLE PROJECTS ON COVERFLY
FEATURED ON THE RED LIST
Zoe Walsh, a modern-day Fool-for-Hire for the rich and powerful in Los Angeles, moves in with the wealthy Peters family to Fool for their two dysfunctional adult children and their precocious little brother after the sudden death of their mother; a tragedy Zoe is secretly connected to.
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Currently in post-production, HONEY follows Jane Andrews, who, after losing her virginity to her guy best friend, discovers that her vagina is leaking honey.
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THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
I’ve dedicated my life, my body, the skin on my back, and the laughter in my throat to creating stories. "Honey," my most recent short film, is the story of Jane Andrews, who loses her virginity and discovers the rapid decomposition of her body into honey in the course of one bad night. It’s funny, messy, occasionally heartbreaking, and abidingly raw. So why did I write and produce a script that included making myself a human ant trap, bathing in scalding hot water, and recording audio for terribly awkward sex scenes? Because I absolutely love what I do as an actor and writer. There’s electricity to creating laughter with talented people and sharing that laughter with an audience. It takes curiosity and experimentation, and real intentions of abiding love. I’m bettering myself through my education and immersion into a talented community of artists because I think the art we can create could be important. My body hums when it’s time to create laughter, to build a story, large or small.
WORK
MTV: Help! I'm in a Secret Relationship!
Casting Assistant
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As a casting assistant, I seek out potential stories for the producing team, facilitate social media, interview leads and write pitch outlines for each story to present to the producing team.
EDUCATION
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO
Comedy Writing and Performance
I am a graduating senior at Columbia College Chicago, in the Comedy Writing and Performance major (one of the only programs of its kind), where I received the Faculty Recognition Award and have maintained my position on the Dean's List every semester of my enrollment.
THE SCHOOL OF THE NEW YORK TIMES
Exploration's and Breaking News
In high school, I attended The School of The New York Times during their inaugural years, taking Explorations and Breaking News with NYT senior correspondent Richard-Perez Pena.
Acting Shakespeare
I attended RADA's summer Acting Shakespeare Conservatory, where I played Lady Macbeth in Macbeth.
Basic Improv
I completed Basic Improv at The Groundlings and advanced on to Intermediate.
“I suppose I walk that line between comedy and cruelty because I think one illuminates the other. We're all cruel, aren't we? We are all extreme in one way or another at times and that's what drama, since the Greeks, has dealt with. I hope the overall view isn't just that though, or I've failed in my writing. There have to be moments when you glimpse something decent, something life-affirming even in the most twisted character. That's where the real art lies.”
Martin McDonagh
