Michael Penning

24″ x 36″ Oil on canvas

I like heavy metal. I always have. I’ve never been ashamed to admit it, even when rap and techno got big and it got kinda’ not cool to like metal. Sure, my tastes have broadened over the years, but there’s just something about the loud, primal aggression of metal that keeps me coming back. For

Well, it’s official. Yesterday, the American Screenwriters Association announced the five winners of their 11th Annual International Screenplay Competition and my script for All Hallows Eve took the fourth prize. The script was selected as a finalist out of the 1,400 screenplays that had originally been submitted to the industry-leading contest in October. According to

12″ x 24″ Oil on canvas

12″ x 24″ Oil on canvas

Yesterday the American Screenwriters Association posted the names of the semi-finalists in their 11th Annual Screenplay Competition and my script for All Hallows Eve was on the list. The ASA competition is one of 4 major contests in North America and out of 1,400 submissions, All Hallows Eve is now one of about 40 scripts

30″ x 36″ Acrylic, oil, and graphite on canvas

So I turned 31 today, and as often happens when this time of year rolls around, I’ve been thinking a lot about everything that’s happened since my last birthday. I gotta’ tell ya’, it’s been a pretty good year. It all started with a surprise 30th birthday party. It was great being with so many

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been busy working on a treatment for a new horror script named House no.13 (hence the lack of activity here on the blog). The movie is going to be a throwback to some of the classic old-school stalker/slasher films (which are making a comeback), and so far the

30″ x 30″ Oil on canvas