It began with short stories in grammar school ("The Black Fox Brave"). Then it was plays in high school ("JJB's Knell of Kyushu"). In college, I wrote poems, more shorts, and a novel ("Casual Platoon"). I liked them all, but in my twenties, I discovered screenwriting and I was hooked.
I read books, took classes in NYC, wrote many terrible screenplays, built a screenwriting website (MoviePoet), and even created a writer's group that is still going strong today.
Somewhere along the way, I wrote over a dozen features and a hundred shorts, but, most importantly, I learned and loved the craft of screenwriting.
Here is a small selection of my favorite scripts.
Produced:
Feature: Sci-Fi/Thriller - 93 pages
With her family's safety on the line, Susan must choose who to trust: her husband, who claims he can see the future, or the mysterious strangers at her door.
Short: Romance/Drama - 5 pages
The woods are dark and beautiful for two people who find more than they’re looking for.
Short: Dark Drama - 8 pages
A talented actress discovers that landing the part may require more than she’s willing to give.
Short: Sci-Fi - 2 pages
A desperate man will do anything to hear the sound of a voice he's beginning to forget.
Short: Crime/Drama - 4 pages
Jack and Tommy only have each other and the world and the woods are full of dangerous men.
In Production:
Short: Sci-Fi - 12 pages
Thomas, a middle-aged inventor obsessed with time, finds a kindred spirit on a blind date as they explore love, betrayal, and small home appliances.
Unproduced:
Short: Drama - 7 pages
In the dead of night, a haunting song awakens something long forgotten in a hardened police sergeant.
Short: Drama - 5 pages
A pathologist discovers a heartbreaking story of love and loss while examining the body of a sideshow performer.
Short: Sci-Fi - 5 pages
An adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” set aboard a dying spaceship where a grieving man is haunted by the voice of the woman he lost.
Short: Drama - 5 pages
A troubled teenager and her mother struggle to connect as they face the loss of someone they both love.
Stage Plays:
Short: Comedy/Drama - 10 pages
Two estranged siblings searching their late mother’s hoarded attic for a lost family photograph rediscover memories that still connect them.