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The Late Season – drama

When Gil Freeman, a curmudgeon Midwestern sports columnist, is told he is going to be “gracefully” retired, he must track down not only the big sports story of the day, but confront his past, present and future to find a reason to go on living.

McKnight Screenwriting Fellowship Winner 2011

Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Semi-Finalist 2004

King of Crappola – drama/comedy

KING OF CRAPPOLA is a drama/comedy about a homophobic New York City owner of a toilet distributorship who is diagnosed with cancer and must decide which son will run his business if he dies-his “bean counter” son or his more qualified gay son.

Austin Heart of the Film Screenwriting Contest Finalist 2004

Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Top 10% 2004

Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Quarter-Finalist 1999

Porter Lake – drama

PORTER LAKE is a drama about the Mallory family, who come together at their lake cabins on Porter Lake over Labor Day and over the course of the weekend are pulled apart by unresolved family tensions and secrets. The script explores the effects of a family owned business on the family and also the evolution of the model of marriage over the past two generations.

McKnight Screenwriting Fellowship Finalist 2004

Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Top 15% 2004

Mobile One – romantic comedy

MOBILE ONE is romantic comedy about a recent widower who sells all his belongings except his van and goes on a cross country journey to throw his wife’s ashes in the Pacific Ocean. Unaware he is the target of the IRS, he picks up a talkative female hitchhiker and the trip becomes a chase across the West involving motorcycle gangs, militia members, Mormon gangsters and ultimately love.

The Cocktail Party – political comedy

Forty-year-old Rachel Beachem, a likeable old money Republican, throws a charity cocktail party for her Washington D.C. political friends with the ulterior motive of gaining herself an ambassadorship. But the lone Democrat at the party causes havoc among the guests and threatens Rachel’s chances. And that only Democrat is Rachel’s sharp-tongued and mischievous husband, David.

It All Comes Back – sports drama

IT ALL COMES BACK is a sports drama/comedy about an immature college student, who after he is cut from the university football team and loses his scholarship, must learn tolerance and lessons of life from a gay Asian ping-pong master.

Just a Little Bit – teen sports drama/comedy

JUST A LITTLE BIT is teen sports dramatic comedy about two mismatched in height teenage girls-a disillusioned star volleyball player and a pint-sized dynamo-who learn a little bit about the game of volleyball, a little about love and whole lot about friendship.

The Last Magician – fantasy

After the massacre of almost all of a land’s magicians, a reluctant magician tries to lead his mentor, an apprentice magician and the apprentice’s mother to safety while being chased by an army led by his twin brother.