Screenwriting

My Southern Family Christmas

My Southern Family Christmas
New Orleans Noel

New Orleans Noel
Every Time a Bell Rings

Every Time a Bell Rings
Christmas in Louisiana

Christmas in Louisiana

Awards & Recognitions

  • As a screenwriter, Alys Murray has won the 2022 Audience Choice Award at The New Orleans International Film Festival for New Orleans Noel.

    In 2021, she won the WriteMovies Romantic Comedy Award for her screenplay, STUDY DATE, which is a modern rom-com retelling of William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost.

  • Alys is:

    • A 2024-2025 recipient of the Netflix/Inevitable Foundation Visionary Fellowship.

    • A current member of the Sony Homegrown Development Lab.

    • A Respectability lab fellow.

    • An alumna of the Orchard Project Episodic Lab and OP Forward program

    • an Inevitable Foundation Elevate Grant Recipient.

  • As a novelist, Alys has hit the international bestseller lists of Apple and Amazon three times. The Magnolia Sisters, Sweet Pea Summer and The Perfect Hideaway share this distinction.

  • Alys has had a varied and acclaimed career as both a screenwriter and novelist. She also has spec screenplays available to be optioned; these include YA television pilots, romantic comedy features, and historical drama features. Please email hello@alysmurray.com for more information.