Screenplays / Films

A Mother’s Love

A Mother's Love poster features a dimly lit young woman holding her head with one hand

SHORT FILM

Katie, a woman in her 20s with bipolar disorder, is released from a psychiatric hospital after an acute episode into the care of her mother, the very woman responsible for much of her emotional trauma. Can Katie survive the triggering presence of her mother at such a fragile moment, or will she succumb to destructive patterns?

  • Portland Screenplay Awards / Finalist
    Chicago Script Awards / Winner - Short Screenplay
    Lake Travis Film Festival / Short Script Selection
    Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards / Quarterfinalist

Shiva for an Atheist

The Shiva for an Atheist poster features a young woman with dark hair facing away and standing on a trail covered with brown fall leaves

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY from FULL-LENGTH PLAY
Cast size: 12-14

A dying matriarch divulges secrets from her past to her granddaughter, whose wife is pregnant. Terrified of repeating history, she seeks answers to the persistent inherited trauma and fractured relationships that plague the women in her family. 

  • Full-Length Play Staged Reading
    Point Park University, MFA
    Spring 2023

  • Portland Screenplay Awards / Finalist

The King Makers

The King Makers poster features a bearded man with half his face in shadow

TELEVISION PILOT with accompanying fully completed bible.
55 minutes

A brilliant but broken former hedge fund manager, reeling from his bipolar disorder, is recruited by a wealthy criminal matriarch to get close to and spy on her ambitious granddaughter, whom she suspects is secretly working with her enemies to overthrow her global criminal enterprise.

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