LIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN (feature film comedy – Writer/Director)
A once famous writer’s world is turned upside-down when the iconic novel he wrote thirty-years ago is optioned by the biggest movie star in the world. Pulled into the star’s glamorous - and unhinged - world, the writer tries desperately not to be consumed by the shiny delusion of fame.
MATERIALS: Screenplay.
PRODUCERS: Mike Tollin (Smallville, One Tree Hill, The Last Dance, Coach Carter).
ONE LAST SUMMER (one-hour drama series – Writer/Creator)
Parts Big Little Lies, Ozark and The White Lotus, the serialized drama/murder mystery revolves around the relationship of three outcast friends working at the legendary Three Lakes Resort. Navigating the messy intersection between social classes and family generations, the show delves below the surface of an opulent façade, as it explores issues of class, race, money, sex and mental illness – and murder.
MATERIALS: Series treatment.
PRODUCERS: Mike Tollin, Amos Adetuyi, Wendey Stanzler.
THE FORGOTTEN HOMECHILD (limited one-hour drama series – Writer/Director)
Based on Genevieve Graham’s bestselling novel about an actual British Government Program, the story follows the plight of four teenage friends, shipped to Canada against their will in1936. Promised better lives, they endured starvation, torture, and other horrors.
MATERIALS: Novel, series treatment.
PRODUCER: Amos Adetuyi
MAGICAL DRAG EXPRESS (one-hour episodic documentary series – Co-creator)
The bold and beautiful road-trip comedy follows two drag queens as they travel the world in search of the most unique drag shows, in the most unexpected places. Parts Absolutely Fabulous, Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Searching for Mexico, MDE is a globetrotting cross-cultural celebration of drag’s amazing ability to unite and dazzle.
MATERIALS: Series treatment.
BROKEN FINGERS (feature film thriller – Writer/Director)
Set against the backdrop of the fentanyl/opiate crisis, BROKEN FINGERS is a character driven thriller that explores the truly dark things "regular" people do in order to try to escape the isolation and despair of their small-town lives.
MATERIALS: Screenplay, mood reel.
PRODUCERS: Mike Tollin, Amos Adetuyi (Beat the World, Diggstown).
THE OTHER TEAM (one-hour comedy/drama series – Writer/Co-Creator)
Parts GLOW, A League of Their Own, and Girls, TOT is a fearless comedy/drama about a straight guy named Marion (with body image issues) and a gay girl named Beth (with commitment issues) who fall madly in love. When they realize, however, they don’t “fit”, the two friends help one another navigate the complexities of modern relationships in small town Ohio.
MATERIALS: Series treatment, 90-minute pilot script.
WYCHWOOD PARK (one-hour drama series – Writer/Creator)
With profound echoes of the ideological polarization of today, Wychwood Park is a serialized drama about three generations of four families trying to survive the social, political, racial, and gender upheaval of 1980s Weschester, New York.
MATERIALS: Pilot script, series treatment.
PRODUCERS: Mike Tollin, Amos Adetuyi, Wendey Stanzler (Shameless, Parks & Rec).
It Grl (half-hour comedy series - kids 9-13 - Writer/Co-creator)
Parts The Devil Wears Prada, Project Runway Jr. and Big, It Grl is a half-hour, tween comedy about twelve-year-old fashion prodigy “Kiki Coco Bautista.” When Kiki is plucked from the obscurity of her public housing apartment, to become head designer of an international fashion house, she starts a teen fashion revolution to make the world a more fun, free and fashionable place. Developing with Circle Blue Entertainment.
MATERIALS: Pilot and second scripts and series treatment.
THE SWITCHAMACALLITS (animated property - kids 3-17 - Co-creator)
Walk a mile in some one else’s…hooves! The Switchamacallits is a multi-platform property, for boys and girls, about three adventurous animal friends who share the magical–and once lost–ability to “switch”, and how they liberate the animals of the savanna by teaching them their mysterious ways. Written with Rick Velleu - one of the creators of Dora the Explorer -The Switchamacallits combines the timeless narrative elements and classic mythology of a children’s storybook, with Disney/Pixar-level animation. With funny, engaging and characters, the stories are driven by the themes of diversity, empathy, imagination and empowerment. Developing with Circle Blue Entertainment.
MATERIALS: Property overview, completed character designs, twelve series episode outlines.
LITTLE VIVI (animated comedy series - kids 6-10 - Co-creator)
Inspired by fashion icon Vivienne Westwood, Little Vivi is a half-hour animated comedy about the coolest (and most eccentric) 9 year-old girl in the world, and her vintage clothing shop. Full of fashion, music and mayhem, Little Vivi is an irreverent romp through 1970’s London.
MATERIALS: Series treatment.
FINDING FAMILY (one-hour documentary series - Creator)
The serialized series that explores and celebrates the diversity of non-traditional families and family groups.
MATERIALS: Series treatment.
PRODUCERS: Mike Tollin, Amos Adetuyi.