Screenwriting Competitions
Maine, Canada
(comedy)
Fed up with the poor job the politicians in Washington have done running the country, the independent people of Maine decide to secede from the U.S. What starts out as a joke by three stoner college kids turns into an outright revolution, as Maine tries to become part of Canada. A mix of political satire and teen sex comedy, imagine “Wag The Dog” as done by Judd Apatow.
Maine, Canada is just now being entered in competition.
Tranquility Base
(sci-fi thriller)
2010 Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Finalist (Third Place)
2009 Scriptapalooza, Quarterfinals
2009 Fade In Awards, Quarterfinals
2009 Paranoia Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Finalist
2007 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, Gold Prize
2007 Fade In Awards, Quarterfinals
2007 Slamdance Screenplay Competition, Semifinals
2007 Phoenix Film Festival Arizona Screenplay Challenge, Quarterfinals
In 2040, a global disaster strands 15 astronauts in space. Between the International Space Station, a Space Transport Plane, and a Moon Base, the marooned 15 struggle to secure spots in the self-sustaining Moon biosphere that can support only six. “2001: A Space Odyssey” meets “Survivor.”
The Wright Stuff
(comedy)
2010 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, Quarterfinals (winner pending)
2009 Fade In Awards, Quarterfinals
2009 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, Quarterfinals
2008 Slamdance Screenplay Competition, 2nd Round
2007 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, Quarterfinals
2005 Santa Barbara Script Competition, Honorable Mention
A cautionary tale about the ambitious ghost of legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright leading a common draftsman, Victor Harrison, to a long forgotten basement storeroom filled with un-built Wright projects. Victor copies them and is hailed as the second coming of the master.
Tails From The Forest
(comedy)
2008 Slamdance Screenplay Competition, 2nd Round
2008 Scriptapalooza, Quarterfinals
A children’s book author, in order to save the forest behind his suburban home from an evil developer, creates a phony endangered species. But things don’t work out quite the way he hoped. It’s an environmental con job gone wrong.
Blueprint
(bank heist drama)
Optioned, The Wolper Organization (option expired)
2009 Fade In Awards, Quarterfinals
2008 BlueCat Screenwriting Competition, Quarterfinals
Architect Len Wilson has been given the commission of a lifetime; to leave his mark on the Manhattan skyline by designing a new corporate headquarters for a bank. However Len’s dream soon turns to nightmare, as he’s blackmailed into helping a gang rob the bank by incorporating the robbery right into the design of the building. Len turns the tables on his newfound partners, and designs the perfect mousetrap.
A man walks into a bar...
(comedy short)
2010 Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Semifinals
2008 Slamdance Screenplay Competition, 2nd Round
