Ave Maria resident Tony Schweikle has won a Silver Ace award from the Las Vegas Film Festival for a screenplay he submitted titled Tike Bar Pirates." Mr. Schweikle, an accomplished film producer, director and photographer, will receive the award at a ceremony in Las Vegas July 17.
Tiki Bar Pirates is the fifth screenplay that Mr. Schweikle has written, but the first to win an award. He describes the script as a "story about a gang of lovable losers in southwest Florida who plan a caper to make millions," which he said he wrote while his wife, the artist Phyllis Alden, was recovering from surgery. Right, Mr. Schweikle at an exhibit of his photographis in the town center. Click here for previous Ave Herald story on the exhibit.
A spokesman for the Las Vegas Film Festival said that the festival receives hundreds of screenplays each year and honors just 15 with a Silver Ace award.
Mr. Schweikle also said he is awating word from a film festival in southern California which has notified him that a different scrrenplay he submitted is being considered for a major award.
Tiki Bar Pirates is the fifth screenplay that Mr. Schweikle has written, but the first to win an award. He describes the script as a "story about a gang of lovable losers in southwest Florida who plan a caper to make millions," which he said he wrote while his wife, the artist Phyllis Alden, was recovering from surgery. Right, Mr. Schweikle at an exhibit of his photographis in the town center. Click