film scripts

Charlie: Manson on the Record

(drama/thriller)

 One of LA's first female crime reporters, working at a small, local paper, beats the male-dominated national media when she lands a series of exclusive interviews with Charles Manson after his arrest and during his trial. But what happens when the world's most infamous criminal provides the break of a lifetime? Based on a true story. 

2015 Nicholl Top 50 scripts of 7,442 entries

2015 Austin finalist, drama - top 6 of 3,300 entries

I have optioned the rights to the protagonist's autobiography

Winston Churchill: Forged in Africa

(biopic, action-adventure)

After losing his first race for elected office, Winston is nearly broke and destined for obscurity at age 24. He travels to South Africa as a journalist to cover the Second Boer War, where he is captured in battle and placed in a POW camp, until he attempts a daring escape.  The true story that launched his political career. 

2015 Austin finalist, drama - top 6 of 3,300 entries

2015 Austin Enderby semifinalist - top 10 of 1,200 entries

(Enderby looks for "unique voice")

Script passes British Film Commission "cultural test," development and production tax credits potentially available

Signal Hill

(drama/thriller)

When a female reporter investigates the suspicious death of a young black man at the headquarters of an all-white police force in the Los Angeles area, she finds her own life in danger. Based on the true story of Ron Settles and the Signal Hill PD. 

2015 Austin semifinalist, drama - top 30 of 3,300 entries

I have optioned rights to the protagonist's autobiography

Take the Bullet*

(action)

When a troubled Secret Service Agent potentially compromises the President's safety before an overseas trip, he enlists his brother-in-law and fellow Agent in a desperate race against time to investigate the enormity of his mistake. 

* "Story by" credit shared with an Agent who served on two Presidents' details

tv script

Broken Roses*

(dark comedy)

Two brothers, a Catholic high school teacher and a struggling salesman, each in the midst of personal turmoil, secretly inherit their estranged father's nearly-defunct strip club. It comes with a host of problems including the ire of a local mega-church preacher -- who happens to be the salesman's father-in-law.

3rd place: half hour comedy at the 2012 Page Awards

* co-written by Michael Cassidy