BA Stanford 1976 MFA UC Riverside 1979

Writing Credits for Screen:  

THE 49TH DAY

Feature - Thriller / Horror

13Horror Screenplay Finalist 2017 Selected for the BloodList 2016 ScreenCraft Horror Contest Grand Prize Winner 2016 WeScreenplay Third Place Winner 2016 ISA Fast Track Fellowship Top 50 2016 Page Quarterfinalist 2016 Best Screenplay, Horror, Table Read My Screenplay 2015 Circus Road Semi-Finalist 2015 ScreenCraft Horror Semifinalist 2015 Capitol Fund Screenplay Competition — Hot 100 2015 ScreenCraft Fellowship Finalist 2015 WeScreenplay Quarterfinalist 2014 Circus Road Semifinalist 2014 Write Movies Finalist 2014 ScreamCraft Horror Semifinalist 2014 Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest Silver Prize Winner for Horror 2013 Nicholls Quarterfinalist (top 372 out of 7251) 2013 Screenplay Festival Semifinalist 2012 Creative World Awards Finalist 2012 Reel Authors Screenplay Contest Finalist 2012 Fresh Voices Contest Semifinalist 2012 CineStory Writers Retreat Winner 2011 American Screenwriting Competition Semifinalist 2011 Script Pipeline Finalist (top 20 out of 3000) 2010  Story Pros Grand Prize Winner 2009 Script Savvy 1st Place Winner 2008 Blue Cat Semi-Finalist 2008 Screenwriters Showcase 2nd Place Winner 2007 Screenplay Festival Finalist 2007 American Zoetrope Quarterfinalist 2007

THE DEMON OF HOPE STREET 

Feature - Thriller

Page Semifinalist 2016  Cinequest Feature Quarterfinalist 2016 Shore Scripts Quarterfinalist 2016 WeScreenplay Finalist 2015 Script Pipeline Quarterfinalist 2015 (top 3% of 3500 scripts) ScreenCraft Fellowship Semifinalist 2015 Table Read My Screenplay Contest Semifinalist 2015 WeScreenplay Semifinalist 2015 Fresh Voices Quarterfinalist 2015 Big Break Contest Top Ten Thriller 2014 StoryPros International Screenplay Contest Semifinalist 2014 New York Screenplay Contest Finalist 2014 CineStory Quarterfinalist 2014 ScreenCraft Fellowship Semifinalist 2014 Screenplay Festival Semifinalist 2014 Hollywood Screenplay Contest Finalist 2013 Fresh Voices Screenplay Contest 2013, Nominee for Humanitarian Award.  “This award rewards material that highlights social and political issues around the world, as well as writers that strive to make a positive difference through their writing.” Story Pros Quarterfinalist 2013 Happy Writers Screenplay Contest Quarterfinalist 2013

SOVEREIGN CITIZEN

Feature - Thriller

Fresh Voices Quarterfinalist 2017 ISA Fast Track Fellowship Top 50 2016 Table Read My Screenplay Semifinalist 2016 Script Pipeline Quarterfinalist 2016 Story Pros Quarterfinalist 2016 Shore Scripts Quarterfinalist 2016 Hollywood Hills Screenplay Competition Top Finalist 2015 WeScreenplay Finalist 2015 Script Pipeline Quarterfinalist 2015 (top 3% of 3500 scripts) Write Movies Quarterfinalist 2015

THE SQUAWKER

Feature -  Comedy /Action / Adventure

WeScreenplay Semifinalist 2016 ScreenCraft Family-Friendly Script Contest Semifinalist 2014 Screenplay Festival Semifinalist 2012 Creative World Awards Semifinalist 2012 Reel Authors Semifinalist 2012

THE LIBERTY BELL SWEEPSTAKES

Feature / TV Special - Comedy

Based on the author’s original stage play The $88,000 Liberty Bell Sweepstakes that won two national playwriting awards and received seven productions on stages from coast to coast — recently adapted for the screen Official Selection of the LS and B Comedy Writing Contest 2016

In Development

SONGS OF MAD WILLIAM

Feature - Drama

COMEDY AT CONVICT LAKE

Feature - Comedy