Johnny Sanchez
Johnny Sánchez is an actor/writer/producer. His acting career spans 36 films and 14 TV episodes. Acting highlights include OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE (Bette Midler), THE HARD WAY (Michael J. Fox), ER (George Clooney), THE LIMEY (Steven Soderbergh), BOWFINGER (Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy), TRANSFORMERS (Michael Bay), SIDE EFFECTS (Soderbergh), SAINT X (Dee Rees), THE EQUALIZER (Queen Latifah), Showtime’s RAY DONOVAN, HBO’s AND JUST LIKE THAT… (Michael Patrick King) and THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL (director Daniel Palladino). Directors have included Frank Oz, John Badham, Sidney Lumet, Steven Soderbergh, Dee Rees and Michael Bay.
Superpowers: extremely patient, encouraging, energizing, character & script analysis, committed scene partner
As a producer, he co-produced FIND ME GUILTY, directed by Sydney Lumet, starring Vin Diesel and Peter Dinklage. He also co-produced EVEN MONEY, starring Academy Award winners Kim Basinger and Forest Whitaker. Johnny also produced SPIC, MUSCLE, and A THROUGH M — all directed by Heidi Miami Marshall. Johnny also produced the short NOISE.
As a writer, Johnny wrote A Through M – winner of Best Short Script at Intl. Horror & Sci-Fi Film Fest. Johnny also wrote the short SPIC. During SPIC’s development process, the script won Semifinalist at ScreenCraft Film Fund Script Competition 2017, Second Rounder at Austin Film Festival Script Competition 2018, Finalist at Blue Cat Screenplay Competition 2019, Third Place at Vail Film Festival Screenplay Contest 2020, First Place at Diverse Voices, We Screenplay Competition 2020, and Quarter-Finalist at PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Competition 2021.
His film S.P.I.C. has played over 25 film festivals, received over 17 award nominations, and won 10 top awards, including Best of Fest at Black Bird Film Festival, Audience Award at Soho Int’l Film Festival, Best Filmmaker at Barebones Int’l Film Festival, and many more. (www.spicfilm.com)
Johnny’s feature screenplay (AMERICAN BUBBLE) received many evaluations of the highly coveted “8” on the prestigious Black List. The script was also semi-finalist at Austin Film Festival and Vail Film Festival.