WRITING
he teachers bid us make way, and we parted like Moses’ sea to grant him passage. A canopy of hungry eyes gazed down as he wheeled silently to the front."
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THE SMOKELONG QUARTERLY ISSUE 78
publications
The SmokeLong Quarterly Issue 78, 2022
New Word Order Issue IV, 2022
Scholastic’s Best Teen Writing of 2017
accolades
The SmokeLong Quartery Award for Flash Fiction 2022 Finalist
"A FRIEND IN THE DARK"
drama feature
Tom is a shy teenager at an all-boys boarding school who is still recovering from the suicide of his roommate and only friend. After he witnesses the sexual assault of another boy by a teacher, he vows to dismantle a tradition of abuse that has plagued the school for years.
—Finalist, Screenwriters Network - SWN Screenplay Competition Sokolow Award
—Top 100, Launch Pad Feature Competition, 2021
—Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Feature Competition, 2021
—Top 10%, The Academy Nicholl Fellowship, 2020
—Semifinalist, Big Break Screenwriting Competition, 2020
—Second Round, Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, 2020
"HOLY FUCK"
comedy feature
Young alcoholic Violet is at rock bottom until she meets attractive naïve priest Markus. Her attempts to seduce him spiral out of control and she must decide how far she is willing to go to get what she wants.
—Second Round, Sundance Development Track, 2019
"THE LAST ORACLE"
drama pilot
In ancient Greece, the deranged king of Corinth has declared a death sentence for all the oracles, believing no one deserves to know the future. After Delphi is burned, one oracle remains and she must fight to survive in a world teeming with violence and betrayal while navigating the question of whether or not we really choose our own destinies.
—Quarterfinalist, Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards Season 6
s Los Angeles has been the Star of Bethlehem for many small town dreamers, so it was for me. As an eighteen year old, I eagerly started film school, planning which shelf on which I’d store my Academy Award. But after a few years, the city of stars had faded into the city of freeway tail lights, and I only returned there in May after a few months quarantining at home in an forced effort to regain my independence...”
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Through the Canyons