INTERNATIONAL AWARD WINNING
Screenwriter/Playwright/Novelist/Librettist
SPECIAL SCREENWRITING HONORS
SCREENPLAYS
LOST IN THE SNOW
Drama
"Spiraling down, Mona Lisa, aka Marvin, is drowning in a world of drugs and drag."
A complex, dark, 18 page short film of a drag queen, Mona Lisa, caught in the throws of drug addiction with recurring hallucinations of his dead mother while his sister in drag roommate, Elkie Hall, strives to help him. Marvin's biological sister died of a drug overdose and it haunts Marvin with the culpability of his mother and step-father in her death.
Mona Lisa is LOST IN THE SNOW of cocaine addiction.
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SHATTERED RAINBOWS
Drama
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At 69, Tony, supported by his lifelong friend Jerry, a Rabbi, gets sober which leads to him being slammed by memories which unknowingly kept him drunk for so many years.
SKYWALKER
Drama
"Choosing who you are can save, or break, your world."
Luke is a Chicago iron worker by day that has come to grips with the break in his family and his choice in a second career by night.
At 16 Luke Kopple is excommunicated from his Jewish family and community when he is caught dressing up as a girl because it made him feel pretty. He persevered and grew up to be known as "sky walker" on construction sites, walking on the highest beams of skyscrapers under construction. That was during the day. At night he owns Club Images, Chicago's most popular drag club, where he is the star.
Luke is straight . . . and has been able to keep his night life secret until his fiance books the club for bachelorette party without him knowing. The other problem is he falls in love with his bar manager Stephanie. The entwining issues take all of them to new levels of love and understanding each other in a clash at the construction site as well at the club.
. . . of elephants and ladies
Biopic/Musical
The story of one of vaudeville's greatest entertainers Her talent was large and bawdy as was her material. She was the Last Of The Red Hot Mamas.
WAX COLORS
Drama
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After the murder of a family, the only person who has any clues is an autistic boy who only communicates by drawing savant level pictures in crayon.
FIRE FLIES FILM SERIES
SCI-FI/Drama
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FIRE FLIES (part 1)
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"Being king in your own world can lead to fire from the skies."
12 year old Gerald has a hard time dealing with the divorce of his parents so he has created a fantasy world that is very real to him, where he is King Gerald and the peace is held in the lands by colorful, powerful dragons. He has the evil step-mother as well as a princess of the Fire Flies, Helena, the girl next door. The magic is powerful, but not powerful enough to keep his life fully in-tact. The story intertwines with his real world and that of his Mystical Times as the characters too transit between his two worlds like The Wizard Of Oz.
FIRE FLIES: THE DRAGON'S TOMB
(part 2)
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Helen's father has returned and taken custody causing a legal battle with Gerald in the middle causing him to retreat into his Mystical Times and a battle with Dark Wizard Ariopis.
FIRE FLIES: THE GOLDEN DRAGON
(part 3)
Gerald is now preparing to marry but still uses his world of dragons as his "safe" place when his fiance is taken desperately ill and lies close to death in the hospital.
FIRE FLIES: RETURN OF THE RED DRAGON (part 4)
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(under construction)
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Gerald's world is turned upside down when his job is threatened by his boss causing him to retreat to his fantasy worlds where the Red Dragon has returned as a Black Neck and threatening the peace in the lands.
KOORTS
Erotic/Drama
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"When you question your faith in a world of sexuality, will God turn you out?"
A screenplay that brushes that of Fellini in its out of the box reach into the subconsciousness of the male obsession with sexuality and God.
Collin is on a beach holiday and stumbles into a club of sexual openness, Koorts, that makes him question everything about himself including his faith in God and why he craves his new found world.
It is a stark confrontation with good and evil.
FLANNEL AND RUE
Drama
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A beautiful strong older woman fights to save her Tennessee Ranch from being taken over by big business is rescued by an Australian traveler.
ROUGH SHOT
Drama
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After the death of his son, which leads to the suicide of his wife, country music singing star Alan Taylor dives into alcohol leaving only his brother-in-law, Aaron, to hold him up and bring him back to his fans and his life.
CORN BREAD DRESSING
Drama
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Grandmother helps her estranged daughter out of drug addiction while protecting the 16 year old grandson, the grandmother never knew existed, from a life of molestation forcing her to reveal her own past bad judgments.
CACTUS RUN
Drama
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Tomika Harris and Breahanna Taylor are high school BFF's and are both on the verge of qualifying for the Olympic Track Team when a tragic accident causes Tomika to go into a spiral of depression and questioning her faith in God.
LAST FLIGHT FROM PARIS
Drama
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(under construction)
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Douglas Geller is an accomplished and well loved wardrobe lead on the MGM lot in 1938. His work on the lot has put him in connection, and in bed, with some of the studio's top leading men and executives of the time until he meets "him" walking on a Beverly Hills sidewalk. Their affair takes them to new levels of intensity until WW II sends "him" to the fronts in Europe.
MALIBU SUNSET
Drama
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Zach Elliot is a 50 year old alcoholic singer who is unable to recover from the murder of his partner Larry 20 years ago and is forced to cope with a domineering actress of a mother, Patricia Elliot, who demands his attention.
TIN BOX
Thriller
Upon receiving a faded photo after the death of her beloved Grandmother, Cynthia travels back to her Grandmother's birthplace, is thrust into a past discovering the presence of an evil entity that eventually leads to blood on her own hands.
SUNDOWN IN BEAVER CREEK
Drama/Comedy
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"Waiting for the sun to set won't solve your problems."
The Beaver Creek Sheriff's station is chaotic with the Sheriff's old flame showing up, a male deputy, Jessie, in an abusive marriage, another deputy, Taylor revealing he's a virgin and Caroline sorting it all out with a touch of mother hen involved.
STUDIOLISCIOS
Drama
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Billy Carson is going through an unwanted break-up and while on the studio lot where he works, he has a most fascinating encounter on a darkened sound stage late at night that repeats itself but with a different cast of characters from his beloved classic movie musicals and films. What would you do if suddenly you were in front of Judy Garland or Rosemary Clooney or Bing Crosby & Danny Kaye?
THE TASTE OF RAIN
Drama
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"What happenes in Paris can bring your life to a dead stop for years."
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Roman Barkley is a singer the likes of Sinatra who falls in love with Voleta while he's on tour in Paris. A day at the Eiffel Tower in the rain brings them together and they will never part, even in death. He witnesses the murder of his new love but barricades the memories causing him to spiral down into a mental delusion until he's pulled out by psychiatrist willing to push him back, confront his deep pain and back into the limelight.
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SONNETS
(words in despair)
Drama
At 83, actress Regina Sikes is finally doing an autobiographical interview of her 60 years on stage engulfed by Shakespeare's works. Her loves and trysts come to light, confronting her memories she'd rather keep hidden.
PARALLEL ENTRY FILM SERIES
SCI-FI/Drama
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PARALLEL ENTRY:
The First Universe
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Detective Eddie Melon and Detective Marla Dodge had no idea of the universes possible, until they get pulled across the threshold into the first of many.