DOUGLAS TRUMBULL has died. He was a filmmaker, innovator, artist, engineer, and visual effects legend -- yet even all those varied titles don't capture the full scope of his genius. Trumbull's cinematic contributions are beyond comparison. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, SILENT RUNNING, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE, and BLADE RUNNER... all feature images that will haunt my imagination forever. I first met Trumbull while I was in college, and spent

My animated feature script, IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THADDEUS THACKERAY, has made the initial quarter-finals in the International Screenwriters' Association Family & Holiday + Genre Busting Screenplay Competition. "THADDEUS" has now placed or received honors from nearly 20 different screenwriting competitions and venues, and currently ranks as the #1 highest-rated ANIMATED project within the "Winning Scripts" section of MovieBytes. (It also ranks #9 for COMEDY, and #11 for ACTION-