FEATURES
CIGAR BOX LETTERS
WHEN A BROTHER AND SISTER STRUGGLE TO RECONNECT AFTER THEIR FATHER'S FUNERAL, HELPING EACH OTHER DRIVES THEM FURTHER APART.
2016 - AMERICAN ZOETROPE - QUARTERFINALIST
2017 - ACADEMY NICHOLLS FELLOWSHIP - 1ST 100
2017 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
2017 - MAINE FIM INITIATIVE - FINALIST
2018 - INROADS SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIP - QUARTERFINALIST
2018 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
2018 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - SEMIFINALIST
2018 - STAGE 32 - QUARTERFINALIST
2019 - VAIL FILM FESTIVAL - 9TH PLACE
2019 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
2020 - DIVERSE VOICES - SEMIFINALIST
2020 - INROADS FELLOWSHIP - FINALIST
2020 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALIST
2020 - FINAL DRAFT BIG BREAK - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - STOWE STORY LABS FELLOWSHIP - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - SEMIFINALIST
COMPASS HILL
A DECADES-OLD MURDER AND ONE YET TO OCCUR CONVERGE AS THE TRUTH OF A SMALL MAINE TOWN'S DARK PAST COMES TO LIGHT.
2017 - OAXACA FILM FESTIVAL - FINALIST
2017 - FINAL DRAFT BIG BREAK - TOP 10
2017 CALIFORNIA FILM AWARDS - 3RD PLACE
2018 - CREATIVE WORLDS - QUARTERFINALIST
2022 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - FINALIST
2023 - FILMMATIC INROADS FELLOWSHIP - SEMIFINALIST
STILL
GRIEVING THE LOSS OF HER DAUGHTER, A GUILT-RIDDEN JOURNALIST RETURNS TO SYRIA TO LOCATE A COLLEAGUE CAPTURED BY ISIS.
2016 - SHORE SCRIPTS - QUARTERFINALIST
2017 - CALIFORNIA FILM AWARDS - GOLD AWARD
2018 - SHORE SCRIPTS - SEMIFINALIST
2019 - SCREENCRAFT FELLOWSHIP - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION - FINALIST
2021 - INROADS FELLOWSHIP - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - THE SCRIPT LAB - SEMIFINALIST
2021 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
2021 - SHORE SCRIPTS - SEMIFINALIST
2022 - STOWE STORY LABS FELLOWSHIP - SEMIFINALIST
2022 - OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAYS - SEMIFINALIST
THE ANGEL'S RIGHT HAND
TWO FBI AGENTS HUNTING A NAZI WAR CRIMINAL FACE ANOTHER PROBLEM WHEN THEY GET HIM IN THEIR SIGHTS.
2018 - NEAR NAZARETH FILM FESTIVAL - QUARTERFINALIST
2018 - WESCREENPLAY FEATURE - QUARTERFINALIST
LLOYD
UNABLE TO ACCEPT THE TRAGIC LOSS OF HIS WIFE, A MAN FINDS A MYSTERIOUS KEY HIDDEN IN A MOTEL BIBLE AND BELIEVES IT MAY BE A MESSAGE FROM BEYOND.
2018 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALIST
2018 LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AWARDS - QUARTERFINALIST
2019 - VAIL FILM FESTIVAL - SEMIFINALIST
2019 - SHORE SCRIPTS - SEMIFINALIST
2022 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALIST
FROZEN HEADS OF ROCKPORT
TEEN SISTERS DABBLE IN CRYONICS WITH THEIR ESTRANGED LOONY UNCLE, LOPPING OFF HEADS TO SAVE THE FAMILY HOME FROM FORECLOSURE, UNDER THEIR FATHER'S RADAR.
2017 - MAINE FILM INITIATIVE - FINALIST
2017 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALIST
WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE
AN EMOTIONALLY BANKRUPT PSYCHOLOGIST TRAVELS TO PARIS TRACING JIM MORRISON'S LAST STEPS AFTER LEARNING HE MAY BE HER FATHER.
2019 - STAGE 32/GIDDEN MEDIA - SEMIFINALIST
2020 - VAIL FILM FESTIVAL - SEMIFINALIST
2020 - FT WORTH INDIE FILM SHOWCASE - FINALIST
2020 - SHORE SCRIPTS - QUARTERFINALIST
2020 - FINAL DRAFT BIG BREAK - QUARTERFINALIST
2020 - BARNSTORM FEST - TOP 200 SHORTLIST
2020 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCREENPLAY - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - THE SCRIPT LAB TSL - QUARTERFINALIST
1-HOUR PILOTS
FROZEN HEADS OF ROCKPORT
TEEN SISTERS DABBLE IN CRYONICS WITH THEIR ESTRANGED LOONY UNCLE, LOPPING OFF HEADS TO SAVE THE FAMILY HOME FROM FORECLOSURE, UNDER THEIR FATHER'S RADAR. BUT WHEN WORD GETS OUT CELEBRITIES LINE UP!
2017 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
WASHED
WHEN A MAKESHIFT FAMILY OF EX-CULTIST ZEALOTS METE OUT JUSTICE VIGILANTE-STYLE, THEIR DARKENED HEARTS FUEL THEIR INSATIABLE THIRST FOR VENGEANCE.
2018 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
2018 - WESCREENPLAY TV PILOT - QUARTERFINALIST
2018 - SHORE SCRIPTS - 4TH PLACE
2020 - LOS ANGELES INT SCREENPLAY AWARDS - QUARTERFINALIST
R3
AFTER A NEFARIOUS PLOT IS DISCOVERED ON AN EARTH-ORBITING SPACE STATION, YOUNG FRIENDS RACE TIME TO SAVE THEMSELVES AND EARTH.
2019 - STAGE 32 TV PILOT - SEMIFINALIST
LAST DAYS OF ORDINARY HARMONY
ABANDONED AT THE ALTAR, A WRITER LEAVES NY FOR LA WITH HER HIPPIE PARENTS AND DISCOVERS BABYSITTING THEM IS FULL TIME.
2018 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
SHORTS
APPLE (short film)
WHEN THE LAST TWO ALIVE ON EARTH ARE A TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY AND GIRL, COMPROMISE AND NAVIGATING THROUGH THEIR DIFFERENCES IS THE ONLY CHANCE FOR HUMANKIND.
2020 - FT WORTH INDIE FILM SHOWCASE - OFFICIAL SELECTION
2020 - AUSTIN INDIE FILM FEST - OFFICIAL SELECTION
2020 - AUSTIN INDIE FILM FEST - VETERANS IN FILM - BEST DIRECTOR
2020 - AUSTIN INDIE FILM FEST - BEST ACTOR NOMINEE - LANE R AKERS
2020 - AUSTIN INDIE FILM FEST - BEST ACTRESS NOMINEE -ALAINA H SPALTRO
2021 - JELLYFEST LA - FINALIST-1ST TIME FILMMAKER
2021 - JELLYFEST LA - SEMIFINALIST-NARRATIVE SHORT
2021 - VENICE SHORTS - OFFICIAL SELECTION
2021 - CHICAGO INDIE FILM FESTIVAL - OFFICIAL SELECTION
MILLY & MILO
A TRANSWOMAN VIETNAM VETERAN SEEKS AN OLD ARMY FRIEND SHE'S ALWAYS LOVED.
(PREPRODUCTION - Spring 2023)
2021 - HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAYS SHORTS - FINALIST
2021 - RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL - SEMIFINALIST
2021 - DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - FINALIST
2021 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
2021 - SWN SCREENWRITERS NETWORK - FINALIST
2021 - BARNSTORM FEST - TOP 200 SHORTLIST
2022 - NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL - SEMIFINALIST
HOTLINE
SOMETIMES IT'S THE ONE LEAST SUSPECTED WHO NEEDS HELP THE MOST.
2019 - WESCREENPLAY SHORTS - SEMIFINALIST
2020 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALIST
2020 - FT WORTH INDIE FILM SHOWCASE - FINALIST
FWIFS Nominations:
BEST OVERALL SHORT, BEST DRAMA SHORT, BEST "AWARENESS" SHORT
FAMILY TYTHES
GREEDY SIBLINGS FORSAKE THEIR BLOOD-BOND ONLY TO STEAL EACH OTHER'S INHERITANCE.
2020 - HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL - OFFICIAL SELECTION
2020 - FILMMATIC SHORT SCREENPLAY AWARDS - SEMIFINALIST
LEAP
VICTIMS OF HATE FIND THEY'VE BEEN DRIVEN TO THE SAME FATE.
2021 - WESCREENPLAY DIVERSE VOICES - SEMIFINALIST
2021 - NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL - QUARTERIFINALIST
2021 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL - QUARTERFINALIST
TSINELAS
WHEN ONLY RIGHT SIDE TSINELAS (FLIP-FLOPS) GO MISSING IN A SMALL PHILIPPINE VILLAGE, A LONELY WELL-TO-DO BOY SETS OUT TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY, UNPREPARED FOR WHAT HE WOULD DISCOVER.
2020 - YOUR SCRIPT PRODUCED - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL - SEMIFINALIST
2021 - VAIL FILM FESTIVAL - SEMIFINALIST
(CURRENTLY ADAPTING AS A FEATURE FILM TO SHOOT IN THE PHILIPPINES 2023)
CIGAR BOX LETTERS
WHEN A BROTHER AND SISTER STRUGGLE TO RECONNECT AFTER THEIR FATHER'S FUNERAL, HELPING EACH OTHER DRIVES THEM FURTHER APART.
2016 - AMERICAN ZOETROPE - QUARTERFINALIST
2017 - ACADEMY NICHOLLS FELLOWSHIP - 1ST 100
2017 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
2017 - MAINE FIM INITIATIVE - FINALIST
2018 - INROADS SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIP - QUARTERFINALIST
2018 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
2018 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - SEMIFINALIST
2018 - STAGE 32 - QUARTERFINALIST
2019 - VAIL FILM FESTIVAL - 9TH PLACE
2019 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
2020 - DIVERSE VOICES - SEMIFINALIST
2020 - INROADS FELLOWSHIP - FINALIST
2020 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALIST
2020 - FINAL DRAFT BIG BREAK - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - STOWE STORY LABS FELLOWSHIP - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - SEMIFINALIST
COMPASS HILL
A DECADES-OLD MURDER AND ONE YET TO OCCUR CONVERGE AS THE TRUTH OF A SMALL MAINE TOWN'S DARK PAST COMES TO LIGHT.
2017 - OAXACA FILM FESTIVAL - FINALIST
2017 - FINAL DRAFT BIG BREAK - TOP 10
2017 CALIFORNIA FILM AWARDS - 3RD PLACE
2018 - CREATIVE WORLDS - QUARTERFINALIST
2022 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - FINALIST
2023 - FILMMATIC INROADS FELLOWSHIP - SEMIFINALIST
STILL
GRIEVING THE LOSS OF HER DAUGHTER, A GUILT-RIDDEN JOURNALIST RETURNS TO SYRIA TO LOCATE A COLLEAGUE CAPTURED BY ISIS.
2016 - SHORE SCRIPTS - QUARTERFINALIST
2017 - CALIFORNIA FILM AWARDS - GOLD AWARD
2018 - SHORE SCRIPTS - SEMIFINALIST
2019 - SCREENCRAFT FELLOWSHIP - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION - FINALIST
2021 - INROADS FELLOWSHIP - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - THE SCRIPT LAB - SEMIFINALIST
2021 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
2021 - SHORE SCRIPTS - SEMIFINALIST
2022 - STOWE STORY LABS FELLOWSHIP - SEMIFINALIST
2022 - OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAYS - SEMIFINALIST
THE ANGEL'S RIGHT HAND
TWO FBI AGENTS HUNTING A NAZI WAR CRIMINAL FACE ANOTHER PROBLEM WHEN THEY GET HIM IN THEIR SIGHTS.
2018 - NEAR NAZARETH FILM FESTIVAL - QUARTERFINALIST
2018 - WESCREENPLAY FEATURE - QUARTERFINALIST
LLOYD
UNABLE TO ACCEPT THE TRAGIC LOSS OF HIS WIFE, A MAN FINDS A MYSTERIOUS KEY HIDDEN IN A MOTEL BIBLE AND BELIEVES IT MAY BE A MESSAGE FROM BEYOND.
2018 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALIST
2018 LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AWARDS - QUARTERFINALIST
2019 - VAIL FILM FESTIVAL - SEMIFINALIST
2019 - SHORE SCRIPTS - SEMIFINALIST
2022 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALIST
FROZEN HEADS OF ROCKPORT
TEEN SISTERS DABBLE IN CRYONICS WITH THEIR ESTRANGED LOONY UNCLE, LOPPING OFF HEADS TO SAVE THE FAMILY HOME FROM FORECLOSURE, UNDER THEIR FATHER'S RADAR.
2017 - MAINE FILM INITIATIVE - FINALIST
2017 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALIST
WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE
AN EMOTIONALLY BANKRUPT PSYCHOLOGIST TRAVELS TO PARIS TRACING JIM MORRISON'S LAST STEPS AFTER LEARNING HE MAY BE HER FATHER.
2019 - STAGE 32/GIDDEN MEDIA - SEMIFINALIST
2020 - VAIL FILM FESTIVAL - SEMIFINALIST
2020 - FT WORTH INDIE FILM SHOWCASE - FINALIST
2020 - SHORE SCRIPTS - QUARTERFINALIST
2020 - FINAL DRAFT BIG BREAK - QUARTERFINALIST
2020 - BARNSTORM FEST - TOP 200 SHORTLIST
2020 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCREENPLAY - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - THE SCRIPT LAB TSL - QUARTERFINALIST
1-HOUR PILOTS
FROZEN HEADS OF ROCKPORT
TEEN SISTERS DABBLE IN CRYONICS WITH THEIR ESTRANGED LOONY UNCLE, LOPPING OFF HEADS TO SAVE THE FAMILY HOME FROM FORECLOSURE, UNDER THEIR FATHER'S RADAR. BUT WHEN WORD GETS OUT CELEBRITIES LINE UP!
2017 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
WASHED
WHEN A MAKESHIFT FAMILY OF EX-CULTIST ZEALOTS METE OUT JUSTICE VIGILANTE-STYLE, THEIR DARKENED HEARTS FUEL THEIR INSATIABLE THIRST FOR VENGEANCE.
2018 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
2018 - WESCREENPLAY TV PILOT - QUARTERFINALIST
2018 - SHORE SCRIPTS - 4TH PLACE
2020 - LOS ANGELES INT SCREENPLAY AWARDS - QUARTERFINALIST
R3
AFTER A NEFARIOUS PLOT IS DISCOVERED ON AN EARTH-ORBITING SPACE STATION, YOUNG FRIENDS RACE TIME TO SAVE THEMSELVES AND EARTH.
2019 - STAGE 32 TV PILOT - SEMIFINALIST
LAST DAYS OF ORDINARY HARMONY
ABANDONED AT THE ALTAR, A WRITER LEAVES NY FOR LA WITH HER HIPPIE PARENTS AND DISCOVERS BABYSITTING THEM IS FULL TIME.
2018 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
SHORTS
APPLE (short film)
WHEN THE LAST TWO ALIVE ON EARTH ARE A TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY AND GIRL, COMPROMISE AND NAVIGATING THROUGH THEIR DIFFERENCES IS THE ONLY CHANCE FOR HUMANKIND.
2020 - FT WORTH INDIE FILM SHOWCASE - OFFICIAL SELECTION
2020 - AUSTIN INDIE FILM FEST - OFFICIAL SELECTION
2020 - AUSTIN INDIE FILM FEST - VETERANS IN FILM - BEST DIRECTOR
2020 - AUSTIN INDIE FILM FEST - BEST ACTOR NOMINEE - LANE R AKERS
2020 - AUSTIN INDIE FILM FEST - BEST ACTRESS NOMINEE -ALAINA H SPALTRO
2021 - JELLYFEST LA - FINALIST-1ST TIME FILMMAKER
2021 - JELLYFEST LA - SEMIFINALIST-NARRATIVE SHORT
2021 - VENICE SHORTS - OFFICIAL SELECTION
2021 - CHICAGO INDIE FILM FESTIVAL - OFFICIAL SELECTION
MILLY & MILO
A TRANSWOMAN VIETNAM VETERAN SEEKS AN OLD ARMY FRIEND SHE'S ALWAYS LOVED.
(PREPRODUCTION - Spring 2023)
2021 - HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAYS SHORTS - FINALIST
2021 - RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL - SEMIFINALIST
2021 - DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - FINALIST
2021 - AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - 2ND ROUNDER
2021 - SWN SCREENWRITERS NETWORK - FINALIST
2021 - BARNSTORM FEST - TOP 200 SHORTLIST
2022 - NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL - SEMIFINALIST
HOTLINE
SOMETIMES IT'S THE ONE LEAST SUSPECTED WHO NEEDS HELP THE MOST.
2019 - WESCREENPLAY SHORTS - SEMIFINALIST
2020 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALIST
2020 - FT WORTH INDIE FILM SHOWCASE - FINALIST
FWIFS Nominations:
BEST OVERALL SHORT, BEST DRAMA SHORT, BEST "AWARENESS" SHORT
FAMILY TYTHES
GREEDY SIBLINGS FORSAKE THEIR BLOOD-BOND ONLY TO STEAL EACH OTHER'S INHERITANCE.
2020 - HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL - OFFICIAL SELECTION
2020 - FILMMATIC SHORT SCREENPLAY AWARDS - SEMIFINALIST
LEAP
VICTIMS OF HATE FIND THEY'VE BEEN DRIVEN TO THE SAME FATE.
2021 - WESCREENPLAY DIVERSE VOICES - SEMIFINALIST
2021 - NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL - QUARTERIFINALIST
2021 - PAGE INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL - QUARTERFINALIST
TSINELAS
WHEN ONLY RIGHT SIDE TSINELAS (FLIP-FLOPS) GO MISSING IN A SMALL PHILIPPINE VILLAGE, A LONELY WELL-TO-DO BOY SETS OUT TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY, UNPREPARED FOR WHAT HE WOULD DISCOVER.
2020 - YOUR SCRIPT PRODUCED - QUARTERFINALIST
2021 - HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL - SEMIFINALIST
2021 - VAIL FILM FESTIVAL - SEMIFINALIST
(CURRENTLY ADAPTING AS A FEATURE FILM TO SHOOT IN THE PHILIPPINES 2023)