Talent Guide

Maddie McCann

  • Discipline:Writer
  • Program Year:Screenwriting Lab 2026

Bio

Maddie McCann is a Baltimore-based writer and filmmaker, as well as a member of the development team at SmartLess Media. In partnership with Emma He, she makes absurdist comedies about ambition. Their short films, I Want To Be You and Musicians Wanted, have screened at festivals across the country. Their first feature script, Superbloom, was a Top 10 Finalist at the Shore Scripts Feature Contest, and is currently in development with the support of the Film Independent Screenwriting Lab.

Current Project

Superbloom

Logline

In Scottsdale, Arizona’s not-so-wild West, wallflower Callie must transform from outcast to outlaw to afford the nose job of her dreams.