 ", directed by Joe Manduke, and "Who Killed Mary What'sername?," directed by Ernest Pintoff.While attending the Institute of Film and Television at New York University, Denbaum won First Prize in the 20th Century Fox Screenwriting Competition in 1975 for his original screenplay, "Caught in the Act", about the Bay of Pigs invasion by the Central Intelligence Agency.Denbaum's next screenplay was the science fiction dark comedy, "The Sky is Falling", developed by director John G. Avildsen for Universal Pictures.