Screenplays

"Escher" - Feature-length Drama

ESCHER is a part-fact/part-fiction exploration of what it could have looked like if famed artist M.C. Escher had collaborated with the Dutch Resistance to fight the Nazi occupation of Holland during WWII. Through this lens, the story shines a spotlight on Escher's unconventional artistic approach and his incomparable mind as he struggles between his desire to keep his family safe and his need to bravely fight back when those around him are threatened. The film provides a dramatic canvas to bring Escher's art to life and evoke his trippy visual style.

Featured on the 2018 Black List.

"Burning Kingdom" - Television Pilot

A public servant in first-century Jerusalem finds herself caught between an upper class trying to maintain social order and a shadowy organization of freedom-fighting assassins.

Script available upon request.

Winner of the 2017 Robert Foshko Memorial Scholarship in Screenwriting from the University of Texas at Austin Radio-Television-Film Department.

"Pitigliano" - Feature-length Drama

A young Jewish woman vacationing in Italy struggles for survival when she's taken hostage by anti-Semitic extremists in the cavernous ruins of Pitigliano's old Jewish quarter.

Script available upon request.

"High Office" - Feature-length Comedy

The President must distance himself from his daughter after she’s caught smoking weed. But when he accidentally eats one of her pot brownies, they have to work together to get through the day without destroying his political career.

Script available upon request.

"Up In Flames" - Feature-length Comedy

When a college freshman realizes that everyone assumes he's gay, he decides to learn how to act "less gay" to win the girl of his dreams -- but in the process he alienates his friends and loses touch with his true identity. The script mixes off-color humor with realistic characters to tactfully challenge stereotypes and reinforce themes of tolerance.

Script available upon request.

"The dialogue was quite strong. You did a great job of perfectly balancing moments of insight with moments of sheer comedy. ... [Y]ou not only make the story about a unique character, but you also invest the story with a lot of heart. I didn't know what to expect when I started reading it given the premise, but I found myself pleasantly surprised."

- Judge of 2013 Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition

"Likes & Follows" - Television Pilot

Likes & Follows is an ensemble half hour sitcom pilot that follows the quirky group of people who work at a startup social media agency, where things move at the speed of now, and success is measured in likes and follows.

Script available upon request.