Screenplays

The Simpsons

2016

 

TV Comedy Spec Teleplay Episode: 'I Doodly, Doodly, Doodly, Doodly Do'

 

When Ned Flanders meets a woman at an ABBA karaoke competition, the Simpsons think she's just like Ned - too much like him. (With cameos from Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson)

 

* written for the Nickelodeon Fellowship

 

Bob's Burgers

2016

 

TV Comedy Spec Teleplay Episode: 'Manic Mailman Monday'

 

When Mike the mailman disappears, the Belcher's investigation leads them to the ledge of Gayle's apartment where Mike has taken refuge from Gayle's advances - and her cat.

 

* written for the Nickelodeon Fellowship

The Seventh Saint

2013

 

Short Drama Screenplay

 

In rural Nova Scotia, Canada, a terminally ill woman with little choice left in her life, and her grandson make a life-altering pact to save his life by ending hers.

Stanley

2013

 

Feature Horror/Thriller Screenplay

 

A shy, introverted, bullied teen exacts revenge on his tormentors and those he has deemed unredeemable by crafting stories that apparently sends them to their deaths.

 

*Official Selection 2015 Oaxaca Film Festival (Global Script Challenge)

*Adapted into my YA novel of the same name

The Fan

2012

 

Feature Dark Comedy Screenplay

 

A celebrity-obsessed teen endures bullies at her school, her overbearing mother, and the reality that her movie star idol is really a self-absorbed ego maniac, leading her to steal her Oscar and go on the run with it.

Final Decree

2011

 

Feature Science Fiction/Political Thriller Screenplay

 

A fascist US government, led by a madman in the late 21st century, attempts to orchestrate a sinister futuristic holocaust as his granddaughter and her allies attempt to stop him.

 

* Future novel adaptation

Postal: A Mailman's Last Day

2010

 

Feature Comedy Screenplay

 

A mailman at the end of his rope endures his dysfunctional family, his unbalanced, wacky customers, and his corrupt union and company until he finally cracks on his last day of work and unintentionally takes hostages.

 

*Future novel adaptation

My Mother Wants to Meet Anne Murray

2010

 

Feature Comedy Screenplay

 

A road trip comedy in the vein of 'Little Miss Sunshine' involving a contest winner who wins the chance to meet her favourite singer, but a series of misfortunes attempts to derail her dream.

Why Won't You Die Miss Tutley?

2010

 

Feature Comedy Screenplay

 

A social/political/satirical farce based on the religious right's hyper-conservatism in the US. When an outrageous politician and an unhinged teacher cross paths, chaos ensues.

 

*Adapted into my novel White Rabbit

Lost Together

2008

 

Feature Thriller Screenplay

 

A straight-A student about to graduate from high school, and his tormented childhood bully become allies to help each other cope with the dysfunction and trauma in their lives, with deadly consequences.

 

*Completed YA novel adaptation

*Official Selection 2016 Oaxaca Film Festival (Global Script Challenge)

  Best Thriller/Crime

  Best Original Concept

  Best Overall Script

 

*Quarterfinalist 2008 Slamdance