LIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN (Feature film – 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 planet. 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.
CAST: Tony Hale (Arrested Development, Veep)
PRODUCERS: Tony Hale, Dusty Brown.
BROKEN FINGERS (Feature film – Writer/Director)
Set against the backdrop of the fentanyl/opiate crisis, the character driven thriller explores the truly dark things "regular" people are capable of doing in order to try to escape the isolation and despair of their small-town lives.
MATERIALS: Screenplay, treatment.
PRODUCERS: Amos Adetuyi
It Grl (Comedy/kids series - 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, second scripts and series treatment.
THE SWITCHAMACALLITS (Animated series - 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 - 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.
SILVER TREE (Drama series – Writer/Creator)
Parts Big Little Lies, White Lies and Outer Banks, the drama/murder mystery revolves around three friends – from three different backgrounds – who form an awkward alliance while working at the legendary South African “Silver Tree Club.” The treacherous machinations of the club staff, members and affluent locals are gradually revealed in this cautionary tale about family, class, race, money, sex, privilege, power – and rage.
MATERIALS: Pilot script, series treatment.
PRODUCERS: Amos Adetuyi (Beat the World, Diggstown).
WYCHWOOD PARK (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 Westchester, New York.
MATERIALS: Pilot script, series treatment.
PRODUCERS: Mike Tollin (Coach Carter, Smallvile), Amos Adetuyi, Wendey Stanzler (Shameless, Parks & Rec).
THE FORGOTTEN HOMECHILD (Limited drama series – Writer/Director)
Based on Genevieve Graham’s bestselling novel about a British Government Program, the story follows the plight of four teenage friends, shipped to Canada in 1936. Promised better lives, they endured starvation, torture and other horrors.
MATERIALS: Novel, series treatment.
PRODUCER: Amos Adetuyi
MAGICAL DRAG EXPRESS (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.
THE OTHER TEAM (Comedy/drama series – Writer/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.
FINDING FAMILY (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.