Scripts
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OPTIONED to ChipAway Productions
Urban drama/feature script
A Latino former gang member starts his life again in art school, as he tries to stop his brother from working with criminals.
Urban drama/feature script
A Latino former gang member starts his life again in art school, as he tries to stop his brother from working with criminals.
- 2007 BlueCat Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Top 5 of 2,400
- 2008 Cinema City International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2007 Contest of Contest Winners – Finalist – Top 10
- 2008 Movie Script Contest – Finalist
- 2007 Nicholl Fellowships – Top 7% of 5,050
- 2007 Sundance Screenwriters Lab – Top 10%-15% of 2,200
- 2007 Cinequest Screenplay Competition – Semifinalist – Top 10%
- 2006 Fade In Awards – Semifinalist – Top 90 (3%) of 2,800
- 2008 BlueCat Screenwriting Lab – Semifinalist
- 2009 Screenplay Festival – Semifinalist
- 2008 Red Inkworks – Top 100
- 2007 All Access Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist – Top 39 (4%) of 974
- 2006 Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist – Top 8% of 3,000
- 2006 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist – 2,519 Entries
- 2006 Writers On The Storm Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist – 907 Entries
- 2009 Cynosure Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist
- 2007 BlueCat Screenplay Competition Movie Title Contest – Finalist – Top 20 of 500
- Moviebytes.com/WinningScripts.com – Top 10 Contest Winning Feature Screenplays (Urban)
Short script version:
- 2009 WorldFest Houston – Platinum Remi Award (1st Place) for Short Screenplays
- 2008 Queens International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Best Short Screenplay (1st Place)
- 2008 Latino Screenplay Competition – Best Latino-Themed Short Screenplay (1st Place)
- 2009 Fade In Awards – 3rd Place (Shorts) – 1,600 Entries
- 2009 Action on Film Festival – Official Selection, Nominated: Most Ambitious Script
- 2009 Cinema City International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2009 Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Semifinalist – Top 15
- 2008 Gimme Credit Screenplay Competition – Semifinalist
- 2009 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist – Top 10% of 4,394
- 2009 Champion Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2008 British Short Screenplay Competition – Second Round Qualifier – 1,500 Entries
- Moviebytes.com/WinningScripts.com – Top 10 Contest Winning Short Screenplays (Drama & Urban)
The Way It Spins
Urban drama/feature script
A Brooklyn teenager deals with a tragic mistake while trying not to let the guilt destroy his life.
A Brooklyn teenager deals with a tragic mistake while trying not to let the guilt destroy his life.
- 2009 Script Savvy – Winner (1st Place) – Scored 59 out of 60 (March)
- 2009 Movie Script Contest – Honorable Mention (8th Place, Drama)
- 2010 Sundance Screenwriters Lab – Second Round
- 2009 Cinema City International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2009 Queens International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2009 Screenplay Festival – Finalist
- 2009 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Honorable Mention – Top 24
- 2009 Creative World Awards – Semifinalist – Top 5% of 2,000
- 2009 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist – Top 10% of 4,394
- 2009 Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist
- Moviebytes.com/WinningScripts.com – Top 10 Contest Winning Feature Screenplays (Urban)
The Switch
Drama/feature script
After switching partners for a night, two couples in their mid-30’s re-evaluate their relationships and lives.
After switching partners for a night, two couples in their mid-30’s re-evaluate their relationships and lives.
- 2010 Movie Script Contest – Winner (1st Place, Drama)
- 2010 Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition – Semifinalist – Top 44
- 2010 Screenplay Festival – Semifinalist
- 2011 Cinestory Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist
- 2010 Champion Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2011 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2010 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Second Round – Top 25% of 4,412
Out of Sync
Comedy/feature script (with John Barlowe)
A disgraced manager attempts to reunite his 40 year old boy band, only to find they’re woefully past their prime.
- 2010 Script Savvy – Winner (1st Place) – Scored 59 out of 60 (June)
- 2010 WorldFest Houston – Platinum Remi Award (1st Place) for Comedy
- 2009 Action on Film Festival – Official Selection, Nominated: Best Comedy
- 2009 Movie Script Contest – Finalist
- 2009 Cinema City International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2009 Queens International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2009 Screenplay Festival – Finalist
- 2010 Creative World Awards – Finalist
- 2010 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist – Top 10% of 4,412
- 2009 BlueCat Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist – Top 20% of 3,200
- 2010 Fade In Awards – Quarterfinalist
- 2011 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2009 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Second Round – Top 25% of 4,394
- Moviebytes.com/WinningScripts.com – Top 10 Contest Winning Feature Screenplays (Comedy)
As “The Borough Boys” mockumentary:
- 2008 All Access Screenwriting Competition – Finalist – Top 10
- 2009 Fade In Awards – Semifinalist – 1,600 Entries
- 2007 Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition – Top 20% of 2,500 Entries
Miss Christmas
OPTIONED to MultiVisionnaire Media
Family comedy/feature script (with John Barlowe)
To reunite her divorced parents, a young girl who has missed Christmas for the third straight year, enlists the help of her goofy uncle to persuade Santa’s people to receate Christmas for her in the summer.
Family comedy/feature script (with John Barlowe)
To reunite her divorced parents, a young girl who has missed Christmas for the third straight year, enlists the help of her goofy uncle to persuade Santa’s people to receate Christmas for her in the summer.
- 2010 WorldFest Houston – Silver Remi Award (3rd Place) for Family/Children
- 2009 Screenplay Festival – Honorable Mention – Top 5 (Family)
- 2010 Table Read My Screenplay – Screenplay Contest – Top 5 (Comedy)
- 2010 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Second Round – Top 10% of 4,400
- 2009 Cinema City International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2009 Queens International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2010 Final Draft’s Big Break Contest – Semifinalist – 3,500 Entries
- 2009 The Movie Deal! Screenplay Contest – Semifinalist
- 2010 Silver Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist – Top 50
- 2010 & 2009 Champion Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2010 Fade In Awards – Quarterfinalist
- 2010 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Second Round – Top 25% of 4,412
- “Consider” from Barb Doyon of Extreme Screenwriting
The Junior Detectives and the Cities of Gold
Family adventure/feature script
A boy who’s afraid of the dark joins forces with other misfit kids to find a hidden treasure on a Caribbean island, but they’ll have to overcome their phobias to triumph.
A boy who’s afraid of the dark joins forces with other misfit kids to find a hidden treasure on a Caribbean island, but they’ll have to overcome their phobias to triumph.
- 2009 A Feeding Frenzy Screenplay Competition – Winner (1st Place)
- 2008 Cinema City International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Silver Award (2nd Place)
- 2009 WorldFest Houston – Bronze Remi Award (4th Place) for Family/Children
- 2009 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Finalist – Top 2% of 4,394
- 2008 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Finalist – Top 3% of 3,865
- 2009 & 2008 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Second Round – Top 10% of 4,000
- 2008 All Access Screenwriting Competition – Finalist – Top 10
- 2009 Contest of Contest Winners – Finalist – Top 10
- 2009 Extreme Screenwriting Screenplay Contest – Finalist
- 2009 The Movie Deal! Screenplay Contest – Finalist – Top 5 (Family)
- 2009 Screenplay Festival – Finalist
- 2009 Kids First! Film and Video Festival – Official Selection, Nominated: Best Award
- 2009 Action on Film Festival – Official Selection
- 2009 International Family Film Festival – Semifinalist
- 2008 ScriptShark Insider Competition – Semifinalist
- 2008 American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest – Quarterfinalist – Top 7% of 2,600
- 2008 Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition – Quarterfinalist
- “Recommend” from Barb Doyon of Extreme Screenwriting
- Moviebytes.com/WinningScripts.com – Top 10 Contest Winning Feature Screenplays (Family & Action-Adventure)
Treasure in the Park
Family adventure/feature script (with John Barlowe)
When clues to a hidden treasure in Disneyland left by Walt Disney himself are discovered, two selfish men get invited on the treasure hunt, but they don’t stand a chance of winning unless they can put others first and work together, and in doing so, discover the true meaning of family.
When clues to a hidden treasure in Disneyland left by Walt Disney himself are discovered, two selfish men get invited on the treasure hunt, but they don’t stand a chance of winning unless they can put others first and work together, and in doing so, discover the true meaning of family.
- 2012 WorldFest Houston – Bronze Remi Award (4th Place) for Family/Children
- 2011 Screenplay Festival – Finalist
- 2011 Slamdance Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist – Top 100 of 2,000
- 2011 Just Effing Entertain Me Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist – Top 60
- 2012 BlueCat Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2012 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2011 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist – Top 10% of 4,428
- 2011 Champion Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist
Yard Sale
Romantic comedy/feature script
A woman who saves everything decides to sell the items that remind her of her recent ex-boyfriend at a yard sale. But when her “ex” decides to come back, she must find all the items before he realizes that she sold them.
A woman who saves everything decides to sell the items that remind her of her recent ex-boyfriend at a yard sale. But when her “ex” decides to come back, she must find all the items before he realizes that she sold them.
- 2008 Script Savvy – Honorable Mention – Top 4 (March)
- 2008 Red Inkworks – Finalist – Top 50
- 2008 TriggerStreet.com – Top 10 of 2,874 (January)
- 2008 Movie Script Contest – Semifinalist
- 2008 Silver Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2006 WorldFest Houston – Gold Remi Award (2nd Place) for Comedy (Romantic)
- 2006 Fade In Awards – Quarterfinalist – 2,800 Entries
- 2005 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist – 1,904 Entries
- 2005 Hollywood Scriptwriting Institute – Honorable Mention (2nd Place)
Needle in a Haystack
Romantic comedy/feature script
When an obsessive young woman gets hooked on a reality TV dating show, she thinks she’s found her soulmate and decides to stop at nothing to meet him, until she has to question what reality truly means.
When an obsessive young woman gets hooked on a reality TV dating show, she thinks she’s found her soulmate and decides to stop at nothing to meet him, until she has to question what reality truly means.
- 2008 A Feeding Frenzy Screenplay Competition – 2nd Place
- 2008 WorldFest Houston – Gold Remi Award (2nd Place) for Comedy (Romantic)
- 2008 Movie Script Contest – Semifinalist
- 2008 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – (Top Tier) Quarterfinalist – 3,865 Entries
- 2007 ScriptShark Insider Competition – Semifinalist
- 2007 Slamdance Screenplay Competition – Round II – 2,200 Entries
- 2008 Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2007 Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist – 2,500 Entries
- 2007 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist – 3,411 Entries
- 2006 Fade In Awards – Quarterfinalist – 2,800 Entries
Yom Kicker
Comedy/short script
A mockumentary of a Rabbi’s attempt to field a Jewish high school football team.
A mockumentary of a Rabbi’s attempt to field a Jewish high school football team.
- 2012 Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Top 5
- 2011 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Semifinalist – Top 5% of 4,428
- 2011 British Short Screenplay Competition – Third Round Qualifier
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