ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch |
Spring 2023
Take advantage of a unique opportunity to pitch directly to an A-list jury of industry insiders online. Open to writers worldwide!
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Feature
· Thriller
· 121 Pages
When Jesus Christ is murdered by poisoning during the Last Supper, the Twelve Apostles - trapped by a torrential downpour - turn on one another with wild accusations and theories to identify the killer... until it falls on an unlikely detective to put all the pieces together.
Los Angeles, California
Nishanth has always wanted to be a nepo baby. Unfortunately, he isn't one.
He is a plucky young filmmaker from India, now based in LA, with a degree in Film Production & Philosophy from Loyola Marymount University. His work has received acclaim - from his short film airing on PBS to his co-written whodunnit feature winning the Grand Prize in the ...
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Finalist
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· Comedy
· 1 Pages
Kyle "Big Boy" Lewis is a struggling actor in LA, who also happens to be the only fat person alive in a world where everyone is picture-perfect until he meets someone else with the same problem but a different outlook on life.
Oakland, California
Chello C. Houston (he/him) is an upcoming powerhouse screenwriter/filmmaker hailing from the heartbeat of California that is the Bay Area. Chello has a knack for spinning the mundane into mesmerizing and coaxing smiles from the sternest faces. He is on a mission to hold up a mirror to the world, captivating us with diverse characters who echo the vo...
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Feature
· Horror
· 131 Pages
On her deathbed in 1558, the fiery MARY TUDOR, England’s first queen regnant, is tormented by the legacy that will haunt her name forever after – BLOODY MARY.
Los Angeles, CA
Originally from the John Hughes-ian North Suburbs of Chicago, Kylie moved to L.A. to study film at USC. She is currently the Writer's PA on a high profile new TV show and held the same role for the GAME OF THRONES prequel HOUSE OF THE DRAGON S1. When it comes to her own writing, Kylie is a ScreenCraft and WritersXWriters winner, an AFF semi-finalist...
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Finalist
Feature
· Horror
· 112 Pages
While investigating a string of missing men, Detective Sylvia Bloom discovers they were ritualistically murdered by a supernatural blow-up Doll for sex crimes that her police department failed to investigate. Now, to stop Doll from hunting her down too, Sylvia must confront her own past of complicity.
Los Angeles, CA
Actor, Writer, and Video Essayist. Born with crooked teeth and overcompensating ever since. Featured in "Forbes Under 30," "Film School Rejects," and "Polygon's Best Video Essays of All Time." Previously written for Cracked, College Humor, Channel Frederator, Jash, DreamworksTV, and PeacockTV's "Matty Paz is a N00b."
Finalist
TV Script
· Historical
· 1 Pages
Inspired by the life and crimes of Virginia Hill and the Chicago Mob outfit, my pilot, Diary of a Mafiosa, follows an assistant in the 1960s Senate hearings offices as she unfolds the story of the only high-ranking woman in the mafia, or rather the only mafiosa in the mob’s history.
Los Angeles, CA
Georgia Sampson is a writer, director, and producer from Chicago. She received her BA from the University of Iowa where she spent time in the Writer’s Workshop. She is known for her award-winning pilot, “DIARY OF A MAFIOSA,” and for her producorial work on the feature-length documentary, “SENTENCED.” She loves getting involved with projects that fea...
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· Fantasy
· 1 Pages
A queer nun with the Sight in medieval Europe falls in love with a genderfluid, swashbuckling nun as she searches for an enchanted ink that rewrites history. Together they must battle an ancient prophecy that threatens their relationship, dignity, identity, and the entire world.
Richmond, CA
LD Green is a published writer of many genres. Accepted into the Stowe Labs for Screenwriting in 2022, their work can also be found on Salon, The Body is Not an Apology, and with Penguin Random House. They have received fellowships from Lambda Literary, Tin House and Gullkistan Center for Creativity in Iceland, among others. LD is a non-binary nerd...
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· Animated
· 1 Pages
A sex-hungry pig and love-junkie bear navigate life in the Big Apple "one day at a time."
Anywhere, Baby
Tommy is one of those queers. His animated feature script, CUCARACHA!, made Coverfly's RED LIST, placed at BlueCat, reached the top 10% at Slamdance and became a Finalist in Stage 32's New Voices in Animation. Tommy grew up Catholic in Kentucky but thankfully made it out alive and now lives in Brooklyn with his partner, one ghost, and not a small nu...
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· Horror
· 19 Pages
As prom approaches, a jaded outcast is haunted by the spirit of her formerly popular and now very dead next-door neighbor, who will spare no one in her bloodthirsty pursuit of the crown.
Los Angeles, CA
Charlotte is a USC production grad who writes for young and new adult audiences, blending high and low culture to tell stories about impetuous young women– their obsessive friendships, messy romances, and the moral gray areas in which they operate in pursuit of their dreams.
She worked as the writers' asst on Amazon's CRUEL INTENTIONS, and is curre...
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Semifinalists
"A CO's Obsession"
Private
Semifinalist
Pitch
· Thriller
· 1 Pages
"This story covers the lens of couple Myra and Funk living out their relationship while Funk serves his 25-year jail sentence. Correctional Officer Wilson becomes obsessed with Myra and Funks love life and begin to torture Funk in prison, which the couple will overcome in the end"
No bio available.
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· Drama
· 1 Pages
A special unit of police officers is formed in a small town to respond to mental health crisis calls after a fatal shooting and a very public close call, a young social worker is assigned to lead the unit, but respect is in short supply and lives are on the line.
Biloxi, MS
Jacalyn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has been writing for several years focusing on mental health and social justice. Jacalyn is an Iris Award nominated writer working as an Upworthy staff writer. She completed the UCLA Writing for Television Professional Program receiving glowing accolades from her professors particularly around her ab...
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5:30 - Close Pitch
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Pitch
· Comedy
· 1 Pages
In 2006 a 19 year old movie theater employee and aspiring screenwriter discovers the truth about his reality and sets out to take back control, and have some fun, by turning the goings on at the theater into his own personal production.
I was born on a cold day in October of 1985...maybe that's too much. In short I am an aspiring writer with hopes of doing less aspiring and more professional writing in my immediate future. I have a pretty big imagination and I'm looking to use it to create characters and worlds that people can connect to.
Semifinalist
Pitch
· Sci-fi
· 1 Pages
Following a deadly shooting in rural Pennsylvania, John Malley, a man haunted by the deaths of his wife and daughter, is forced on the run, only to discover the killings are not an isolated event.
Author and screenwriter of A Sweet, Soft Glow.
Semifinalist
Pitch
· Other
· 1 Pages
When a recently single, asexual boudoir photographer has to put himself back out into the LA dating scene, he must grapple with not only why his long-term relationship ended but what it means to find genuine connection when physical intimacy is the last thing he wants.
Burbank, CA
No bio available.
Semifinalist
Pitch
· Comedy
· 1 Pages
When Hollywood playboy Carter Reese drunkenly professes to the world that his one true love was his grade school crush, struggling single mom Amanda Breadbrenner’s world is turned upside down.
Boston, Ma
After a successful career spent in sales, Aaron decided to return to his creative roots by writing the TV show Jaded, based on his own real life experiences reentering the dating world. Having been through the industry blender that is trying to make your first show, Aaron used that experience to write several other laurel winning projects while trav...
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· Drama
· 15 Pages
Frustrated by a corrupt and unjust system, an ex-cop lays her life and loyalty on the line when five children and their parents are murdered. Based on a true story.
New to screenwriting, DiTanya is a former police detective who once worked with victims and witnesses of crime. In 1999 DiTanya received the Maryland Governor’s Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Victim/Witness Services. Fond of true crime, DiTanya enjoys advocacy through storytelling; giving voice to the dead, ignore...
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· Comedy
· 1 Pages
A Black Redneck joins a right wing survivalist cult, then must deal with adapting to doomsday cult life and the consequences of the world not ending.
North Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
Tim spent his mid-20s as a mercenary in the Lebanese Civil War after washing out of the French Foreign Legion selection process.
A previous version of Kosovo was a Nicholl Semifinalist and Quarterfinalist, as well as a CWA Finalist.
Semifinalist
Pitch
· Other
· 1 Pages
In a city suffering from an extreme wealth divide, a dysfunctional punk band fights to bring down a sentient A.I. that threatens to monopolize the music industry... and kill anyone that gets in its way.
Melbourne, Victoria, AU
Now a Development Assistant at renowned offbeat Australian studio Princess Pictures, I graduated from the University of Melbourne’s Master of Screenwriting program - in which I was told I’m both ‘a great world-builder’ and ‘slightly troubling’.
Semifinalist
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· Comedy
· 1 Pages
In the late 90s, after being diagnosed with Type II Diabetes, a 30-ish Elementary Teacher tries a series of fad diets to lose weight, but the new "No Child Left Behind" policy endangering her job, one failed fad diet after another. And the new scary world of online dating threatens to derail her mission.
Tampa, Florida
Shantell Jackson
Masters degree in Psychology. I enjoy telling complex stories that imitate life.
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· Other
· 1 Pages
After an alien plague eviscerates the planet, a hardened survivor journeys through time to thwart the invasion, and rescue the woman he loves.
New York, NY
Taylor is a writer of novels, short stories, and screenplays. His short story, "Cabin at Forever's Edge", was published as a finalist and honorable mention in the Saturday Evening Post. He has placed in dozens of competitions, and his novel, "Blackland County" was a top 5 finalist in Roadmap's Write Start Manuscript competition. He is seeking repre...
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TV Script
· Comedy
· 33 Pages
After receiving a type 1 diabetes diagnosis, a resentful teen with Olympic swimmer dreams joins a diverse support group as she navigates high school gossip, romance and labels.
Boston, MA
As a Boston Conservatory graduate and equity theatre music director, James brings his vast experience harnessing the power of emotion to the page. Whether a workplace sitcom or heartfelt romcom, character always comes first. James has worked extensively with script consultant Jen Grisanti and is part of the Top Tier program at Roadmap Writers. In 20...
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· Drama
· 1 Pages
A historical drama inspired by true events about daring students at a Black womens college who take the school's Board of Trustees hostage and demand a Black woman as President for the first time in its nearly 100 year history.
Cheverly, MD
Jainaba Seckan is a Gambian-American screenwriter whose feature screenplay 'But Some of Us Are Brave' was selected for the 2023 Black List Annual Lab and inaugural Black List Georgia List. In addition to writing, Jainaba is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practitioner with experience in higher education, tech, and entertainment. She is a pr...
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Cafe UnAmerican
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TV Script
· Historical
· 57 Pages
A celebrated undercover cop’s triumphant bust of a drug dealing ring of eco-terrorists running underground casinos and laundering money for Chinese organized crime faces one big problem - none of it is real. Inspired by true events.
North Hollywood, California
Goldie Jones is a nonbinary, Wyoming born writer/director, aerialist, and author with 20 years of production experience and a passion for circus arts. Their gritty genre stories center characters across the gender spectrum finding the glimmers of hope in the darker places in the world. They're a Universal Writers Program Finalist, Stowe Story Lab...
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Caper
Private
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· Thriller
· 1 Pages
A corrupt ex-detective takes refuge with the twin sister of his deceased wife after a botched heroin deal.
Miles Labat is a filmmaker and musician based in New Orleans. His venture into the film industry resulted in assistant work for 40 Acres and a Mule and Paramount Entertainment. While working as a Camera Utility within the Louisiana Film and Television Industry, he develops original film scripts based on the historical relationship between nefarious...
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Capitol Joe (Virtual Pitch)
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· Comedy
· 1 Pages
After accidentally securing his first term, a corny and out of touch environmentalist finds himself on a downward spiral towards corruption in a desperate attempt to secure his re-election.
Canoga Park, CA
No bio available.
Channel 7
Private
Semifinalist
Pitch
· Comedy
· 1 Pages
With all ambition and none of the connections, east coast writer Karis is struggling to launch her second career in film when she stumbles upon the quirky world of public access television.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
No bio available.
Cirque
Private
Semifinalist
Pitch
· Other
· 1 Pages
'Cirque' - A failed revolution has left a free state walled in by an authoritarian regime. 30 years on, the head of a touring circus troupe must decide between siding with the enemy or appealing to her family’s revolutionary inclinations.
No bio available.
Semifinalist
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· Drama
· 1 Pages
When their Vegas show inexplicably burns down, a devoted circus couple is forced to join a mysterious, underground performance troupe that brings whole new meaning to the term "death-defying."
Las Vegas, NV
My writing career began when I became convinced that creating a TV series would launch my music career. It didn't. So, I created more concepts, selling one to JBTV & CBS that never got made. Having already lived five lives (lawyer, entrepreneur, speaker, musician, and creator with over 1 billion views), my plan is to keep writing until something get...
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· Other
· 1 Pages
A suicidal Silicon Valley tech manager fights to escape her patterns of self-destruction after she falls for the man she hired to take her life.
Emeryville, California
Olga Gabris is a San Francisco-based Screenwriter and Creative lead in the Media industry. She writes psychological pieces on belonging, human-tech relationships, and the meaning of life. Her style is described as "Luxury Goth". When not writing or solving complex engineering problems, Olga finds her inspiration from getting lost in graveyards wit...
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Columbia
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· Drama
· 1 Pages
A troublesome foster child endeavors to join a small town rock band, but must overcome his alarming thirst for alcohol in order to learn responsibility and to avoid gloomy future ahead.
Vladimir Moskovkin
No bio available.
Semifinalist
Pitch
· Comedy
· 1 Pages
Craving is a horror-comedy feature about a closeted gay teen who’s preoccupied with getting a cute homophobic bad boy to notice him while staying one step ahead of the growing pack of ravenous zombies that wants to eat his brains.
Los Angeles, CA
No bio available.
Creeping Suspicion
Private
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Pitch
· Thriller
· 1 Pages
A young couple whose dream of having their own place turns into an exhausting nightmare when their new apartment becomes infested with bedbugs.
London, GB
Jon Berg is a Canadian screenwriter and director currently based in London, England. He loves anything and everything in the horror genre and has a particular taste for grounded, realistic thrillers. More of a big picture thinker than a detail man, Jon's strength is coming up with concepts that are accessible and relatable for mass audiences across ...
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Cyberkill
Private
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· Thriller
· 1 Pages
As the world veers toward a bio-nuclear Armageddon, physicist Travis Cole buries his personal tragedy and races to unlock secrets of the Digitari Brotherhood and its enigmatic leader, Dorian, to save his daughter and the world from an AI assassin that will stop at nothing to get what it wants.
Mike Parker
No bio available.
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· Sci-fi
· 1 Pages
A former computer hacker stumbles on the code that controls the universe and finds himself in a race to save his family and the world.
Boston, MA
A guy with some stories to tell. Ten years as a journalist helped hone my skills and get to the essence of the story.
Devil's Bend
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· Horror
· 1 Pages
When an anxiety-prone actress leaves Los Angeles for the summer to relax at a remote mountain property, she must quickly determine if her husband's abrupt dark behavior is due to gaslighting or because a malevolent ghost known to locals is inhabiting him.
Portland, OR
Brian is a filmmaker in Portland, Oregon, where he writes and directs indie features, shorts and webseries. He won the 2022 Final Draft Fellowship at Stowe Story Labs for his horror script DEVIL'S BEND. To avoid a day job after graduation from AFI he went on Jeopardy! but sadly came in 2nd. Brian is also a father, a runner, a brain tumor survivor ...
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· Horror
· 1 Pages
Two female co-founders of a super hot tech start-up take a rival CEO up on his offer of some post-IPO R&R on his private island in the South Pacific. Turns out, all is not as it seems on the island—a former French nuclear test site.
San Rafael, Ca
Rudi O’Meara is a Black List Recommended action/thriller screenwriter based in Marin County, California. His writing tends to focus on misfits and outsiders struggling to redefine themselves (and their tribe) in order to survive. And his work has been recognized by Script Pipeline, Austin Film Festival, Roadmap Writers, PAGE, Final Draft Big Break, ...
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· Comedy
· 1 Pages
Jesse must watch his boyfriend compete on a reality dating show while he works to revitalize his career on the show as the overnight tap logger.
Austin, TX
Myrriah Gossett is an independent producer & writer splitting time between Austin and Los Angeles. She has close to 10 years of production experience. Myrriah was the segment producer on Lemonada Media's audio reality series: BEING S1 &2
Myrriah is also the producer and editor of the critically acclaimed podcast FOGO: Fear of Going Outside, distrib...
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East of the Sun
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· Adventure
· 1 Pages
A kind-hearted Vietnamese fisherman meets the love of his life, but must first survive the Vietnam War, pirates, and (most terrifying of all) her disapproving family.
Boston, MA
Producer/Writer/Director. These are just a few of the titles that I hold. I have work shown in film festivals worldwide along with nominations/awards such as Best Short Film and Best Sound Design. My efforts have transformed a film collective’s success, guiding high-performing teams to execute commercial projects under strict timelines and limited r...
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Encoded
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Pitch
· Thriller
· 1 Pages
The Zodiac Killer claimed to reveal his identity in one of his elaborate codes, but Grace Cohen believed two things beyond a shadow of a doubt - one was that he was lying, and the other was he'd kill her if she revealed the truth!
No bio available.
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Pitch
· Historical
· 1 Pages
Imagine a work place where the people in charge are the people that don’t think you belong and will sabotage you to see you fail. Now imagine that job is flying planes for your country.
Eos is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets The Aviator.
Melbourne, Vic, AU
Clare Griffin starts sentences with "I love your shoes!" often to complete strangers. She's shorter in real life.
-Semifinalist Spring 2023 Screencraft Virtual Pitch Competition
-The Waiting Room - Take Ten Festival 2023
-Longlisted Adaptable Prize 2021
-Runner Up Peoples Choice Award for The Karma Fairy - Take Ten Festival 2017
-Published auth...
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· Drama
· 1 Pages
When an underprivileged teen gets recruited for youth sailing, she must confront the mal intentions of her wealthy peers—and the secret of her birth—without bowing under the pressure of her new place at the helm.
Miami, FL
Danny Duffy is a Jersey Shore poet. He taught creative writing at Johns Hopkins University before moving back to Miami for better cortaditos. Danny writes grants for a nonprofit but moonlights as a queer screenwriter. Raised in a funeral home, he has a penchant for Emily Dickinson & dark comedy.
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· Animated
· 1 Pages
Due to a magic spell gone wrong, a struggling artist accidentally summons his internal muses - a rag-tag angel and demon duo - who incite bizarre methods to solving problems about life, love, and their very existence.
Los Angeles, California
Nick is an award-winning animation artist with professional studio experience with Fox Entertainment, Nickelodeon, Bento Box Studios, and Hasbro Inc. His proficiencies include illustration design, animation, storyboarding, and writing! A life-long storyteller, Nick believes the vast array of human experiences manifests inspiration in audiences every...
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· Thriller
· 1 Pages
When social media influencers are invited to the Pacific Island of Leslie Li for a three-day concert promoting her new record label. Bobby gets caught up in the mayhem of influencers willing to die for the best content.
Houston, TX
My experience in story visuals is rooted in visual arts since attending the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts inclusive of set design, video editing, and production. This has carried over to story, screenwriting and an urge to continue to create.
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· Drama
· 1 Pages
In a small conservative town, life takes an unforeseen turn for a popular, attractive high school athlete who recently uncovers that he is gay, abruptly, he gets forced out of the closet by other students who he thought were his closest friends.
San Diego, CA
Kobe's journey into creative writing started when he was going through youth as a closeted LGBTQ+ athlete. Seeing the power of film's ability to affect change, inspired him to expand his horizons by going to college to study Film.
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· Drama
· 1 Pages
After the death of her estranged father, a criminal defense attorney suffering from a chronic illness, reluctantly returns to her rural hometown and discovers that the mysterious 1978 disappearance of two high school acquaintances -- thought to be runaways -- may be connected to a string of unsolved murders committed by a serial killer.
San Rafael, CA
Kelly is an optioned writer/director/producer as well as a social impact producer, who writes character driven stories that are a little bit sad and a little bit funny, which is very much aligned with her life story. She recently directed her first short film, 12 HOURS, which is on The Red List as a top drama short script for the year. Off the pag...
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Fourth Wall
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· Thriller
· 1 Pages
An aspiring actress accepts a billionaire's lucrative but mysterious offer to play the lead role in an immersive theatrical production where an entire private island is the stage. As the lines between what's real and what's part of the script begin to blur, she becomes increasingly convinced that the play's climax is leading to something sinister - ...
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Ad man whose first novel, When We Were Vikings, was an international bestseller published in a half dozen languages.
FREAKY FURDAY
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Feature
· Comedy
· 98 Pages
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Los Angeles, CA
A first-generation kid raised in Yonkers, NY, Lisa’s love of storytelling was shaped by a dad who played handball at the gym with FBI guys named "Bullet-Eye Phil" and a social worker mom whose clients kept finding dead bodies on the job. (Yonkers was a big garbage mafia town back then, so maybe not so weird…?) It was a childhood that introduced her ...
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· Western
· 1 Pages
A troubled man’s journey to gets back to his original convictions and his internal conflict to try not to resolve everything with violence.
No bio available.
Fuck Her Up
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· Other
· 1 Pages
When Gretchen, the perfect Victorian housewife, is drafted into an underground, bare-knuckle boxing ring to pay off her husband's debt, she will have to choose between the life she knows and loves, and a life she feels destined for.
Boston, MA
Grant's original pilot "Fuck Her Up" was a Finalist for the New York International Screenplay Awards, a Quarter-Finalist for the BigBreak Competition, a semi-finalist for the Filmmatic TV Screenplay Competition, and a semi-finalist for the Genre Busting Screenplay Contest. His family drama "Feelings" was a quarter-finalist for the Filmmatic Drama Sc...
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TV Script
· Drama
· 59 Pages
A naive Sheriff's Deputy and a cynical FBI Agent unravel a small town's secrets while investigating the grisly murder of a white supremacist.
J. Aldo Gonzalez
No bio available.
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Functioning
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· Drama
· 1 Pages
Functioning follows 3 LA natives with eclectic unconventional lives, who also happen to be some of the best most sought after therapists in the city. The nuance, beauty and heartbreak of being an LA therapist includes challenging the stereotypical uptight, bland, blank slate therapist of the past and showing the authenticity of a modern day wounded...
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No bio available.