
Scripts
Together
A teenage boy flees his abusive home to find his grandmother, who is hiding a deep secret that she has been keeping since she fled India/Pakistan during Partition.
Horror, Drama, Period
Quarterfinalist, Academy Nicholl Fellowship, 2021
Quarterfinalist, Slamdance Screenplay Competition, 2021
Second-Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2020
Top 50 Scripts, ISA Fast Track 2021
Semifinalist,ISA Emerging Genre Screenwriting Competition 2020
Semifinalist, Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards, 2021
#52 of 210, Real Time Top List, The Black List
Top 20% Nicholl's Fellowship 2020
Coverfly Pitch Week Short List 2020
Dark My Light
formerly The Lighthouse
When detective Mitchell Morse discovers a severed foot on the beach shortly after his wife’s murder, he manipulates his own fate and carries out a twisted revenge plan.
Science-Fiction, Thriller
Special Mention: Sitges Pitchbox 2020
Selection: NAFF It Project, Bucheon Int'l Fantastic Film Festival 2020
Semifinalist: Screencraft Science Fiction Screenplay Competition
Quarterfinalist: American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition
Selection: Ventana Sur, Blood Window 2020
Selection: Brussels Genre Market 2021
The Pit
Following the closure of the internment camps for Japanese Americans at the end of World War II, Tatsu finds a fledgling society in the California desert where a mysterious bottomless pit beckons to the inhabitants.
Horror, Drama, Period
Quarterfinalist: BlueCat Screenplay Competition
Has a score of 7 on The Blacklist
Zippers
In the days after his sister is shot John discovers a parallel reality where his sister is no longer paralyzed, but his attempts at revenge have tragic consequences.
Science-Fiction, Thriller
#15, Red List Science-Fiction Features, February 2021
Semifinalist: Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Quarterfinalist: Cinequest Screenplay Competition
Quarterfinalist: Shore Scripts Competition
Quarterfinalist: WeScreenplay Feature Competition
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