Finished Screenplays
A Portfolio
The following is a series of screenplays — some long, some short — a few of which have been produced. They are all finished, but a number of them are still undergoing revisions.
Film and TV
Mandible
2023
When vicious, rabid ants in a small town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula start killing people, the town’s Finnish doctor must lead the response to save the town. If he’s going to save his family and the townspeople, he must not only find some kind of solution to the outbreak with the help of an out-of-town research team, but he has to spearhead the reaction of the town against the foolhardy wishes of the stubborn mayor and town council, all while fending off the multiplying hordes of ravenous ants to survive. In the process, he must heroically rise to the occasion with the sisu he discovers in his spiritual soul to save them all from disaster.
Under contract to Cinema eVerite.
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110 pages
Wind - Pilot
2023
On a secluded off-shore wind farm in the Atlantic, a down-to-Earth labor organizer uncovers a conspiracy to sabotage the operation, the roots of which spread deeper and wider the more he investigates. As tensions rise between the workers and the corrupt leadership, he must carefully navigate the tenuous relationships and web of secrets on this powder-keg of a rig.
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60 pages
Bodies in the Alley - Pilot
2022
After the death of his father, out-of-work radio DJ, Antoine Davis, desperate for money and saddled with debt, takes a job working for a shady corporation, tasked with tracking down a large sum of stolen money. Partnered with a burnt-out ex-bookie named Robinson, the pursuit of the cash leads him deeper into the organized crime world of NYC as a bitter feud with a rival company is on the brink of erupting into war.
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64 pages
Pinkville
2021
Assata
2020
War Children
2021
Memories of an Owl
2018
A delusional young writer sets out to win a novel competition with his newest novel and finds himself over his head in a bizarre world of paranoia, delirium, and talking pigs, writing a novel about a sadistic musician who tortures people for his new record.
This one has been produced, as you can see under the 'Films' tab. It is currently in post-production.
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Click on the picture to download the script.
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124 pages
Barstool Detectives
2018
On a dreary December night, an aspiring journalist and her law student friend try to figure out whether or not an old high-school acquaintance, now on trial for murdering his ex-girlfriend, is guilty of the crime for which he is accused. They sit down at a bar and, with the help of the other patrons, try to decide his innocence before the bar closes. For the patrons of this bar, however, that proves to be a much more difficult task than they could have possibly imagined.
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111 pages
Dreams of Earth
2018
The life of an aimless architect is thrown into disarray when a long-lost crush moves in across the street, and he sets out to build a life for them in his dreams, confiding in the dying elderly man next door, whose late stage in life brings its own share of both conflict and wisdom into the architect's life.
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139 pages
An American helicopter pilot in Vietnam grows disillusioned with the war and the military to which he has devoted his life, becoming increasingly committed to doing the right thing as a result. As he witnesses the breakdown of his battalion, he must choose between what he has been trained and what he believes is right, ultimately siding against his own men as they commit one of the most heinous war crimes of the 20th century.
Based on a true story.
Under contract to Cinema eVerite.
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121 pages
The activist and revolutionary, Assata Shakur, spearheads the reorganization of the radical Black Liberation Army's cell in New York City, determined not only to provide dire resources to their community but to fight the increasingly violent NYPD and FBI operations in the 70s. When the FBI's attention turns to Assata, the manhunt that ensues threatens to bring everything in Assata's life crashing down.
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Based on the true story.
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122 pages
In the aftermath of a fascist coup in the U.S., a resistance leader at a remote outpost launches a fraught mission in an attempt to turn the tides of the rebellion.
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Quarterfinalist, The Script Lab - TSL Free Screenplay Contest 2021
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121 pages
In the Dogwoods
2018
A timid urbanite is recruited by the heir of a wealthy company to watch the family's cabin during the winter. The two men must hike through the Appalachians before the coming blizzard hits in order to reach the family's estate in time. As their journey progresses, he realizes that something disturbing is going on in the woods along the trail, and the wealthy family has ulterior motives for their property in this region.
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120 pages
Pineapple
2014
When an investigator comes in to ask some questions about recent crime, a homely stoner relays a long story about the organized crime in their suburban neighborhood, further deepening the conflict bubbling underneath the idyllic town. Part-western, part-gangster film, and part-noir, this script blends genres and uses a large cast of characters to make its intricate plot fun and exciting.
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115 pages
Then She Smiles
2017
A painter living in Laurel Canyon with a number of other artists encounters an old girlfriend at a party. Over the course of the night, one of his roommates begins to have a psychotic episode. At the afterparty, things take a dark turn. Strangely, their relationship improves.
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96 pages
Old Town
2015
A high school senior wakes up on a bench in the morning with questions of how he got there, what happened the night before, and what kind of person he is. It is a boy's search for guidance, purpose, and identity in a town secure in its own old-fashioned identity.
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109 pages