Screenplays
The following is a collection of spec scripts, published books & completed films. I’ve sold several scripts on spec, been hired for half a dozen more, and been writing for the last 20 years. My work as a screenwriter has been recognized by some of the most prestigious script contests in the world. A short list of accolades:
WINNER - Final Draft Big Break
WINNER - Austin Film Festival’s Writer’s Ranch
WINNER - Coverfly’s Red List - Top 10 comedy script of the year
WINNER - International Screenwriting Association Fast Track Fellowship 2022
WINNER - New Zealand Film Commission Seed Grant
FINALIST - Austin Film Festival - Comedy Spec
FINALIST - Austin Film Festival - Feature
FINALIST - Humanitas Awards
TOP TEN - THE BLACK LIST - Top Ten drama feature
Quarterfinalist, Slamdance Screenplay Competition
You can dig into more material on Coverfly or The Blacklist. Or you can contact me directly through email.
The Last Surrender
Feature | Drama | 106 pages
The Last Surrender
On a remote island, lost in the Pacific, the last remaining Japanese Soldier from WWII awaits word that the war is over. When a young Maori boy runs away from an abusive home, he sets sail on a raft that gets shipwrecked on the same island. Together the two form an uneasy friendship, and the boy learns the value of family and forgiveness from the soldier who never had either.
Dairyland
Television (One-Hour) | Drama/Comedy | 64 pages
Dairyland
When a completely incompetent young thug gets his girlfriend pregnant, he’s forced to bring down a porn empire, find a serial killer, manipulate the mob, and double-cross the FBI-- all to free his beloved girlfriend from a life of crime. A crime drama set in Wisconsin.
Zoo-Mans!
Television (Half-hour) | Comedy | 35 pages
Zoo-mans!
Seven strangers are abducted and forced to live together in an alien spacecraft’s zoo.
Ruby Blue
Feature | Drama | 108 pages
Ruby is a lonely teenage girl, who falls in love with a gigolo named Buck. Dark secrets and revenge shatter their dreams of escape from small town America.
The River Driver
Feature | Adventure | 113 pages
A suicidal bounty hunter’s search for a dead-man unearths an ancient Indian treasure map. Now, bad blood from a bitter tribal war spills over into modern day as the bounty hunter races down the Mississippi River in search of gold and redemption.
What We Do In The Shadows - “Curse of the Blood Moon”
Television (Half-hour) Spec | Comedy | 30 pages
Nandor takes up driving as a hobby, while Laszlo and Nanjda visit a therapist to deal with Laszlo’s blood lust caused by Najda’s period. [Based on WWDITS created by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement]
A KRAMPUS KRISMAS
Feature | Animated | 102 pages
When an ancient Christmas monster named KRAMPUS kidnaps a precocious 9 year-old's stepbrother— The little boy will have to enter a mystical world to save his brother from the beast, before Christmas is ruined forever.
SHELBY THE DOG WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS
Feature | Holiday Comedy |
When stray pup Shelby runs away from the pound and ends up in the home of aspiring magician Jake, the whole family pulls off an ultimate magic trick to rescue him from the local dogcatcher.
ABOMINATION
Short | Horror | 14 pages
A young woman is tormented by guilt and trauma that manifest itself into a waking nightmare.