The Way Back Home
A young boy who loves animals must cope with his father’s insistence that he will someday work in the slaughterhouse that has employed the men of his family for the past several generations. [21 awards/honors including, Grand Jury Prize winner of 2014 Hollywood Screenplay Contest, Grand Jury Prize winner of 2015 Las Vegas Screenplay Contest, and Grand Prize Winner of the 2014 London Film Awards (Feature Screenplay Category).]
London Film Awards (First Place) [2014]
Las Vegas Screenplay (First Place, Grand Jury Prize) [2014]
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Post Your Script Here!Amir's America
Pilot logline: Desperate to hold his family together, an Iranian dad starts midweek dinners with his American wife and teens—only to have night one crash into chaos when surprise relatives show up uninvited and unfiltered in their small California town.
In the Shadow of the Kingmakers
Pilot prologue In 1924 Tehran, with the United States newly vying for access to Iranian oil, a British intelligence officer engineers a covert campaign to spark anti American unrest — but an idealistic teenage gardener overhears the plot and is drawn into a deadly collision of espionage, religious fervor, and political manipulation.
ALTA CALIFORNIA
In 1780s California, a mixed-blood scout, torn between his native heritage and Spanish conquerors, is thrust into a battle of survival and identity as he navigates oppressive mission life and brutal colonizers.
SPUNKY'S CACHE
When Sean and Annie take their new terrier Spunky for a walk, he leads them down a path to murder and an investigation that unravels a dark family secret.
Faithful Wife and Hooker
When a prudish, repressed wife uncovers her frustrated husband’s "intentional adultery,” in disguise, she replaces his hooker and blackmails him for cheating (!), setting off a series of cascading, mutual deceptions that ironically awakens her libido and restores their marriage.
Russian Romance
On tour with the visiting Russian Circus During the Cold War, a carefree American jazz pianist romances a beautiful Russian high-wire artiste, but the comic clash of cultures turns serious when the vindictive KGB tour director sends her home in shame, and the American must fly to Russia to bring her back
The Redemption of John Parker
An embittered former slave risks life and limb as an Underground Railroad “conductor” until, targeted for death by angry slave owners and a sociopathic slave hunter, he must confront and resolve his inner rage or bring tragedy on his family.
Mate Matcher's Match
When a godless, seemingly carefree bachelor sets course to win a feisty, virginal Christian matchmaker, he collides with a righteous blockade that buckles only when she uncovers the personal trauma that cracked his moral compass.
The Dumb Ox Bellows
A 13th-century friar struggles to revitalize Christian theology using logic and reason, but intellectual opposition from peers, malicious slander by envious brethren, and “slavery of the pen” under two Popes drive him to mental collapse and loss of faith in his life’s work -- until God intervenes miraculously to affirm its merit.
Crum's Scam
When Julie finds out her “paralyzed” husband George is scamming the insurance company, she goes berserk with righteous indignation and almost exposes him -- until she gets a glimpse of the payoff.
