Angela VanZandt Bumpass

Angela VanZandt is a screenwriter (12 feature scripts, including one animation) and producer in Little Rock, Arkansas with 5 feature projects in development, (Los Angeles, Mumbai, Nashville) and two TV pilots. Angela is also President and Founder of Women In Film Arkansas. Born in Rome, Georgia, she specializes in capturing the soul and spirit of the great American South... a region rich in story and character. Her writing is dialogue driven, and full of local color. Angela writes in multiple genres and is exceptionally quick and can meet a deadline in a hurry! This is due to her background in newspaper advertising and editorial. Angela has loved film since she was a small child. She sold movies for Sight and Sound Distributors (of top three movie distributors of Hollywood content at the time) for several years, where she was their top salesperson in the nation and earned five national sales awards in one year. Angela also has a background in advertising and marketing. Her goal is to make as many films as possible in all genres to help preserve the Southern heritage. As a screenwriter and producer for the State of Arkansas, Angela produced eight short films including two animations available for viewing on YouTube and wrote many textbooks for IBooks. Her film, Brother Against Brother, The Arkansas Peace Society, is a Civil War documentary produced for only $3,000 and included battle scenes on horses. Angela is a good steward of the money of investors. Angela loves country music and has written lyrics to 4 country songs. She also writes poetry. She was a salesperson at Tiffany & Co, in New York City. Angela is an Impressionist painter, with a degree in Art from The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. She has studied under Roller Wilson, Barry Thomas, and German master painter Guido Frick.