Neon Cactus

Philip wrote his first screenplay in 1989 largely due to the prompting of a writer friend. Since then, he has penned more than twenty-five screenplays in virtually every genre. One of his file cabinet drawers overflows with script concepts, scenes and plot points. Typically, he has one or two, and sometimes three scripts in progress on the computer in either Final Draft or Movie Magic Screenwriter (his preferred script word processor).

In 2007 he was contracted to collaborate on a rewrite of Thorns From a Rose a script originally penned by Byron Browne of 22Seventeen Productions.

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Philip wrote his first screenplay in 1989 largely due to the prompting of a writer friend. Since then, he has penned more than twenty-five screenplays in virtually every genre. One of his file cabinet drawers overflows with script concepts, scenes and plot points. Typically, he has one or two, and sometimes three scripts in progress on the computer in either Final Draft or Movie Magic Screenwriter (his preferred script word processor).

In 2007 he was contracted to collaborate on a rewrite of Thorns From a Rose a script originally penned by Byron Browne of 22Seventeen Productions. This project is presently entering production.

Recently a short screenplay of his was announced as runner up (one of three scripts in second place) in the 2010 Independent Short Film, Music and Arts Festival. The second script he penned, Neon Cactus, became a quarter finalist in the Academy's esteemed Nicholl Fellowship. Philip's script, Twinks, received a strong consider rating in coverage provided by AFilmWriter.com.

He wrote for the reality entrepreneurial TV show, Everything Entrepreneur, and is shopping several of his TV show concepts. Currently he is developing a documentary about baseball, politics and pollution in his home town and has a reality baseball show in the pitch queue. He collaborates with others on a variety of reality show concepts including Green Home Renovation, a brilliant Women's Talk show, an Interactive Psychic Reality Show and a great reality contest show geared to save the world - well at least it will make a dent in the proverbial bucket.

Philip has written fiction projects and non-fiction treatises as well. He wrote his first novel, Just East of Tomorrow, while serving in the U. S. Navy off the coast of Vietnam back in 1972. In late 2005, he released his first collection of short stories, Glimpses - Stories From Around the Bend. These stories relate tales that could be true even though many reside in what would be termed non-ordinary reality. Compelling and insightful, any of the stories in this collection have the potential for adaption to television or film scripts.

Leading up to the 2008 Presidential Election, Philip wrote a column for the Huffington Post's website (Huffpollstrology) that accurately tracked polling and the outcome of the election.

Philip has also written for Mediavillage.com, a television entertainment website based in New York. As well, he wrote as a columnist for the Science Fiction Channel's website, the America West Airlines Magazine and previously contributed content to Constellation Magazine, StarIQ.com and Tarot.com. One of his favorite pieces of writing was a column for the Science Fiction Channel's website that preceded the not so life-threatening Y2K. His weekly column, YNot2K, blasted the hysteria and fear-mongering surrounding the millennium transition and provided a humorous antidote to a frantic society.

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