Screenwriting & Literary
In addition to the below screenwriting samples, I’ve penned a memoir proposal and am nearing completion on my debut novel. Another novel still in the drafting stage was judged to be in the top 20% of submissions for the 2024 First Pages Prize.
See my writer profiles on The Black List and Coverfly.
CHERNOBYL’S GOT TALENT (PILOT, 49 PAGES)
When the mutated survivors of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have a chance to audition for Eurovision, their talent will cause a meltdown.
Quarter-finalist, Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Austin Film Festival Pitch Competition, honorable mention
Top 24% of projects on Coverfly
ANIMAL INSTINCTS (PILOT, 34 PAGES)
After a red carpet outburst, a disgraced Hollywood publicist loses her job and has to build back her reputation through community service and anger management training. When she’s assigned to volunteer cleaning up poop at the zoo, she has to adjust to a new life, getting down and dirty, and bringing her unique skills to help the animal kingdom.
EMERGENCY SCHOOL (PILOT, 35 PAGES)
When a disaster preparedness school hits hard times, its anxious proprietor calls her free-spirited sister to come back to their hometown to keep the business afloat. Together with a chosen family of friends and colleagues, they convert the emergency school into a small-town amusement park.
LEAVE MY ZOMBIE BOYFRIEND ALONE! (Pilot, 51 pages)
A cheerleader whose boyfriend has succumbed to a zombie infection takes him with her on her search for a cure, gathering up a goth sidekick and a cowardly scientist with a mysterious past.
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, “COMIC CON” (Spec, 35 pages)
The gang attends Staten Island Comic Con, where Nadja’s been asked to co-host a podcast interviewing a Men’s Rights Activist. Guillermo reconnects with an old friend at an Antonio Banderas meet-and-greet, sparking Nandor’s jealousy. Laszlo enjoys cosplay; The Guide and Nadja Doll defeat a pervert; Colin Robinson thrives.
Second Round in the Comedy Teleplay Spec category, Austin Film Festival
GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES, “BORN TO HAND JIVE” (Spec, 55 pages)
When a Deaf student arrives at Rydell High, the Pink Ladies work with her to make the student body elections more accessible for everyone.
A brief introductory video I made as part of an application for a writing fellowship.