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Writer. Producer. Director. Creator. 18 years crafting stories at TCM. Here for collaboration, connection, and celebrating the magic of movies.
Iโd call that a Nifty One Fifty. Nifty not to think twice and just spend it all on pitches.
18.11.2025 01:33 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0PALACE
After an estranged daughter is transported into a world where classic films come alive, she must embrace the movie magic she long dismissed to battle a vengeful screen siren and save her quixotic fatherโs movie theater from demolition.
Another TCM Classic Cruise in the books.
Film legends entertaining passionate film lovers while sailing through dreamlike seascapes. And, as always, itโs my TCM family pouring everything they have into making it one helluva trip full of laughter, magic, and endless memories. #tcmclassiccruise
Spent the last 8 weeks injecting horror movies into my eyeballs. Had a devilishly good time producing this with editor Angela Hammer. October on TCM is going to be fire! ๐ฅ๐๐ฟ #scriptsky youtu.be/rRn-RusOWh4?...
01.10.2025 16:05 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Wasnโt the marathon writing I plannedโฆ more marathon movie screening for work. But outlined a new story and wrote the 1st 10 pages. Pushed a 2nd script into Act II. Wrapping research for a special project. Leaving for a work trip in 5 days, excited for plenty of airport & hotel writing. #scriptsky
01.10.2025 10:55 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Writing sprint while I wait for my dentist appt. Parked at the intersection of some known hauntings: the ghost in the shop window, next to the old funeral parlor, the founderโs cemetery, the pacing Civil War soldier, near where the girl drowned in the wellโฆ prime horror WIP real estate. #scriptsky
24.09.2025 12:42 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0One of the joys of my life was running the Disney World Marathon. At one point the path went backstage at Hollywood Studios, and I got to touch the ship used in the movie! A definite burst of adrenaline to help me finish the race.
26.08.2025 20:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Celebrating the six year anniversary of the time the Universe screamed at me like I was in Field of Dreams.
And on this sixth anniversary, I actually received some good news that was another step forward for a big projectโฆ which cosmically puts all of this into a wonderful place. #scriptsky
Such a cool idea! Killer research.
08.08.2025 21:10 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0And congrats on finishing your F it script. Feels empowering to wield absolute insanity on the page. Good luck with it!
12.07.2025 14:13 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Oh so true! Every script is a rather insane endeavor. I found I continually get notes about paceโฆ Iโm guilty of loving stories that area slow burn. So Iโm writing that one story in my arsenal that felt like a shot of adrenaline to the heart from the start.
12.07.2025 14:11 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0First page from my F it script. Went through my idea journal and looked for the biggest, boldest, brashest story.
Something where I can write like Iโm leading a punk rock rebellion with every scene.
Swinging for the fences with this one.
#scriptsky #firstpagefriday
Cheapest beer available at a minor league baseball game waiting for the fireworks.
05.07.2025 03:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Todayโs my birthday. Treated myself to an afternoon in the hammock. After weeks of outlining and treatments, I wrote the first page of my new WIP. Lovely gift to myself!
Now gonna celebrate with a Funk concert in the park, fried chicken, cold beer, family, and a Chattahoochee sunset.
#scriptsky
You canโt out-swim your past, but you can bite back.
๐ฆ THE BULL SHARK ๐ฆ
In a decaying coastal town, an aging enforcer seeking redemption is hunted by a mysterious sheriff and forced to confront the deadly legacy he's desperate to bury.
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Before they grow up, theyโll have to believe one last time.
โจSURRENDER THE STARSโจ
When his grandfather falls ill, a thirteen-year-old leads his friends on one last summer adventure to capture a wish-granting star hidden deep in their rival's territory.
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Think your family has drama???
Emma just found out hers is entirely fictional.
โจPALACEโจ
To save her father's crumbling theater, a journalist must enter a forgotten film world and confront a villain determined to erase her from the story.
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The end of the world begins with a countdown.
One remote cabin.
One broken family.
One secret too dangerous to stay buried.
And time is about to...
EXPIRE
The Shining meets The Road
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An entire life wasted on violence.
Now an aging enforcer seeks redemption when a mysterious sheriff targets a dangerous drug syndicate.
Heโll be forced to confront his past and fight for a shot at forgiveness.
The Bull Shark
Unforgiven meets Hell or High Water
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A boy. A falling star. A promise.
To save his dying grandfather, a 13-year old and his friends brave the wild woodsโฆ and their rival gangโฆ for one last summer adventure that might be their greatest.
Surrender the Stars
Stand By Me meets Lord of the Flies
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When a skeptical journalist is pulled into a hidden world where classic films come alive, she must embrace movie magic to defeat a vengeful screen sirenโฆ and save her fatherโs crumbling theater.
Palace
La La Land meets Cinema Paradiso
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A mysterious global countdown hijacks every TV.
Phones go dead.
Internet vanishes.
A fractured family hides in a mountain cabin, but the real horror isnโt whatโs comingโฆ
itโs whatโs already inside.
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Finished dusting off an old horror script, EXPIRE. Took the last two weeks to do a page one rewrite. Minimalist approach for maximum impact.
#FirstPageFriday #scriptsky
Camille - First screenplay. Wrote it in college. Set on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi in 1969 in the days leading to Hurricane Camille. Sort of an ensemble story about a group of neighbors living in an apartment complexโฆ and the Dixie Mafia using the storm as a front to run drugs.
29.05.2025 01:05 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Steal Away!
25.05.2025 03:17 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New WIP is a heist movie. Late 60s vibe with a modern take. Working on a treatment but had trouble visualizing the crew. So, I made baseball trading cards for the team. On the backโฆ traits, skills, roles, strengths, & weaknesses. I can now mix & match cards based on whoโs in the scene. #scriptsky
23.05.2025 19:18 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0For my current WIP, Iโve been studying it and dissecting the beats. The more you try and simplify it; the more wonderfully complex it becomes. It fires on all cylinders. A perfect masterpiece. #scriptsky
17.05.2025 12:04 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A limited-location psychological horror that optioned a couple times years ago that Iโve been considering revisiting and revising. #scripysky
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