Genre of choice: social sci-fi thrillers. A 2018 SFFILM/Westridge grantee. A semifinalist from the 2017 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition. Features, pilots and shorts have placed in several other competitions.
Mandeville (Feature)
A paranoid teenager, who blames himself for his brother’s death, volunteers for an uncanny experiment to predict murders, but the fierce program founder aims to push him further than he can see.
- Top 2% (Semifinalist) — 2017 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
- Top 200 (Quarterfinalist) — 2016 WeScreenplay Feature Contest
Here’s what AFF readers had to say about the script:
“This felt like a great mix of elements similar to ‘Get Out’, ‘Portal’, and ‘Black Mirror’ but in a new way.”
“It switches tone in all the right places with well-timed beats that keep the story moving at a suspenseful, yet page-turning pace.”
“This is a fantastic world with a strong protagonist and plenty of internal and external conflict to keep the story moving and perfectly unpredictable. The dialogue and dialect of the characters is insanely perfect and any actor would love to read for any of those parts.”
His & Her Mars (Feature)
A homeless couple on the verge of splitting up commits to a diversity program, where they will be isolated for 100 days on a makeshift Mars.
- Quarterfinalist — 2020 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
- Quarterfinalist — 2022 Roadmap Writers Greenlights Challenge
Harboring (Pilot)
In the bayous of Louisiana, a grave pediatrician and her renegade husband must avoid federal marshals to find a cure for a virus that steals the voices of children.
- Top 25 (Finalist) — 2015 Diverse Voices Competition by WeScreenplay
- Top 100 (Semifinalist) — 2015 Emerging Screenwriters Competition
- Finalist — 2014 BlackStar Film Festival Short Script Competition
Here’s what WeScreenplay judges had to say about the script:
“Strategically plotted. Very well structured with solid act breaks and rising conflict.”
“Harboring reads like the world it portrays. It’s got a lot of personality; it’s original, compelling, intense and mysterious. The characters are realistic and complex, and the plot works well to tell the story at hand without being overly expositional.”
Like and Death (Anthology Series)
Like and Death is a satirical, science fiction anthology series set in the near future, where everybody must wear Friendship Bracelets. These devices keep track of your Public Approval Rating (PAR). A good PAR is between 60 and 100, which you maintain by earning “likes” from fellow citizens.
If your PAR drops to 32, you will be deactivated, which means you die.
- Top 120 (Semifinalist) — 2016 Diverse Voices Competition by WeScreenplay