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Writing Samples
Feature:
Jimmy Jazz - In futuristic "Neo-Chicago", Jimmy, a renowned, lovelorn lounge singer, is thrown into a night alight with action and intrigue when his bounty hunter ex-girlfriend, the deadly Monica Daggard, mysteriously resurfaces to warn him that he's been framed for the murders of several high-profile mob bosses. On the run, they must evade pursuers and unravel a conspiracy to discover 'who framed Jimmy Jazz?'
Pilot:
Reagan Youth - The Year is 1984. Anxiety-ridden new kid Clarke Carpenter enrolls at St. Augustine's Academy: private Catholic boarding school for the problem children of the elite. But when Clarke begins having dreams of demons roaming the school's halls, vested interests take notice, and Clarke soon learns that the moniker "hell on earth" might not be an exaggeration at this school.
Spec TV Script:
"Barry": Chekhov & Larry -
Skilled hitman and awkward actor Barry is assigned to take out Chekhov The Unkillable, an intimidating Russian who just won't die. Meanwhile, a casting director from Riverdale is expected to visit Barry's acting class and Hank, his Chechen mobster associate, decides that this is his opportunity to make it big.
Spec Advertisement:
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! -
Parody advertisement for the 1987 NES video game featuring Mike Tyson himself!
Short:
Rumble in the Ring - It's tough-guy Greasers vs. posh Preppies in this over-the-top boxing slug match to determine the fate of the school dance. Trash will be talked, blood will be spilt, and... friendships will be formed?
Short:
A Heist to Remember - Frustrated grad student Abbey is spending the summer taking care of her grandfather Wayne - a former cat-burglar now suffering from Alzheimer's. But when Abbey discovers a locket belonging to the neighbor's in Wayne's drawer, they plan a heist together to return the stolen property.
Short:
Lost in Translation (Not Really) -
Acting as translator for his mother in her English-speaking doctor's office, Chinese-American teenager Malcolm goes through an internal odyssey of the mind when he's asked to question his mother on the regularity of her sex life.
Short Films
One Call
Down on his luck, a delusional romantic holds up a vape shop; but when the cashier turns out to be his long-lost highschool crush, he'll risk imprisonment to steal something worth more to him than money: her heart (and, worth even more than that, her phone number).
Directed by: JP Dellanno
DP: Austin Zollors
Written by: Me
Original Script
Clover
A neglected fish bowl brings a couple's underlying relationship troubles to the surface - and leads to a tragic death.
Directed by: James Bragg
DP: JP Dellanno
Written by: Me
Original Script
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