Dann Stupp

Dann Stupp is a journalist and screenwriter focused on character-driven stories about money, competition, and broken systems. He is the co-founder of MMA Junkie and has written for The Athletic, USA Today, and ESPN.
Dann Stupp

Selected Work

Hard Refresh

Prestige TV Pilot
In 2005, as sports media moves online, a broke three-person fight site tries to drag a niche sport into the daylight – until fixing the system means taking on the people who profit from keeping it dirty.

Junk Wax

Feature Film
During the late-’80s card boom, a foster kid weaponizes the hobby’s biggest lie – “value” – by inventing the rarest rookie alive, then risking a midnight ballpark heist to sell the story.

Triple Crowned

Feature Film
When wildfires and reroutes threaten her Appalachian Trail hostel, a 50-something caretaker who’s never hiked trains for Virginia’s Triple Crown to earn the credibility – and bookings – needed to survive.