Shauna Ray Ratapu, Screenwriter

Shauna Ray Ratapu (she/her) is a GenX California-Kiwi and former high school Drama teacher turned theater company owner. Raised by a single alcoholic archeologist mom & a bar-owning gunslinger grandma, Shauna writes women-centric, character-driven dramatic comedy focused mainly on Women over 40, Trauma, and Radical Self-Acceptance with sprinkles of serendipity and splashes of magical realism. Having returned to Southern California in 2019 after nearly 20 years in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Shauna's work is nuanced and layered by her experiences there as well as by the Worldviews of her Māori husband (Indigenous to Aotearoa/New Zealand) of 30 years and their three exceptionally talented grown-ass children - two of whom are queer, two are women, all are indigenous and one is disabled.

Awards:

Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2024

Semifinalist, Stowe Story Labs Programs and Fellowships Application 2024

Quarterfinalist, Table Read My Screenplay - Park City 2024
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship 2024
Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Summer 2023
TopTier, Roadmap Writers, Since October 2023

Fellowships, Labs, Retreats and Development Programs:
Stowe Story Labs, Feature Campus 2024

Stowe Story Labs, Remote Writers Retreat, June-July 2024
Creative Integration for Professional Screenwriters, Corey Mandell, April-May 2024
Career Writers Program, Roadmap Writers, June-October 2023
Sundance Collab, Feb-May 2023