Douglas Spaltro

Spaltro is a screenwriter/director from Portland, Maine and a retired USAF veteran. While living/working in the UAE in the defense aeronautics business after his retirement, he wrote his 1st feature screenplay. Upon returning to the US he earned a BFA in Creative Writing for Entertainment and soon earned positions as a script reader for three different competitions. His 6 feature screenplays and 4 TV pilots have been recognized by the Academy Nicholls, Page International, Shore Scripts, Austin Film Festival, Final Draft, American Zoetrope, WeScreenplay, Oaxaca Film Festival and Stage 32 screenwriting competitions. His directorial short film debut, Apple, follows the last two souls on Earth - a 10 year old boy and girl - where humankind's fate rests with their failed communication and compromise.