BLACK LIST (KNDLESTICK MEN) recommended screenwriter -four '8' scores and one '9' prompting THE BLACK LIST 'tilt' notice of no more complimentary analysis. COVERFLY RED LIST top 1%, alum of Sundance Collab and NYU Extension Screenwriting Program (as well as a student of McKee, Mandel, and now Gary Goldstein). Writer/Producer of the award-winning short film VALLEY OF THE MOON. Always improving my craft, working to option my one-hour crime thriller Pilot KANDLESTICK MEN (Presently ranked as the #1 Crime Thriller Pilot on THE BLACK LIST in the past year) into a series. Developing a 2nd pilot and a feature. I live in NY with my wife, 2 children, and the characters I create. My mantra: "Action and movement come before dialogue".
Unique traits: Traveled to and absorbed the culture of 34 different countries. Have run business enterprises of 1,000 people or more on three continents. Have had a machine gun pointed at me. Almost drowned 3 different times and yet I LOVE the ocean.
Winner, Best Teleplay, Page Turner Awards (KANDLESTICK MEN)
(2024)
Finalist, Page Turner Awards (THE FURIES)
(2024)
Winner, SCRIPT SUMMIT (KANDLESTICK MEN)
(2023)
Top 10 Finalist, One Hour Pilot, Big Break (KANDLESTICK MEN)
(2023)
Finalist, Cinestory Fellowship (KANDLESTICK MEN)
(2023)
Finalist, New Media Film Festival (ORAC ELLE)
(2023)
Finalist, The Script Lab (KANDLESTICK MEN)
(2022)