Vin Morreale, Jr. is a published author, award-winning screenwriter and internationally-produced playwright. He was named to the International Screenwriter's Association's Top 25 Writers in 2017 and 2018, as well as The Blacklist's Top TV Writers over thousands considered. He was recently inducted into the Kentucky Film and Television Hall of Fame. Vin has sold material to both network and cable TV, had multiple screenplays optioned and produced, and his work has been seen on screen, stage or print in more than 16 countries around the globe. He wrote, directed and produced the low-budget romantic comedy Breaking & Entering, which held the record for the largest screening premiere in the Southeast, with 2,619 ticket holders and an $18,550.00 box office for a single showing at the historic Palace Theater. Vin Morreale, Jr. was awarded the prestigious Al Smith Writing Fellowship, and his scripts, stage plays and radio comedy have received hundreds of productions around the world, and have been translated into Italian, Russian and Spanish. In addition to museum exhibits around the world, Vin Morreale, Jr. has written, directed or produced documentaries and educational videos, including the acclaimed PGA's Complete History of Golf, Kentucky Derby Collector's Showcase, Rand McNally's Florida, Altered Visions, and the Telly Award winning Louisville Ballet's "Cinderella." Vin was a founding member of the San Francisco Playwrights Center and the Senseless Bickering Comedy Theatre. He has more than twenty plays in print, nationally and internationally, as well as three highly acclaimed acting resource books drawn from his nationally known acting workshops; 300 Monologues, Two Character Chaos and 150 Acting Scenes, along with illustrated children's books Mabel The Maple and Two Many Rules, and two collections of short fiction, Knowing When To Leave and Dark Wilderness & Other Stories. As a Casting Director with Academy Arts Entertainment and Vin Morreale Casting, he has placed thousands of actors in independent movies, TV and stage productions.