Screenwriter · Writer-Director MFA · Los Angeles

Stories
about
grief.

Guilt, and the places that won't let us go. Character-driven horror, grounded drama, and emotionally intense genre stories.

Austin · Nashville · Vail · Richmond

"I'm drawn to stories about grief, guilt, and the places we won't let go — and the people who force us to face them."

6Completed Scripts
10+Festival Recognitions
MFAScreenwriting

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Feature · Drama / Thriller

The
Reservist

A punk-rock Army reservist in a dead-end Missouri town is forced to confront his brother's wartime death, his father's guilt, and his own self-destruction just as he's ordered to deploy himself.

Comps: Manchester by the Sea · Blue Valentine · Friday Night Lights · The Hurt Locker

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Short · Micro Thriller
Keep Driving

A rideshare driver realizes his passenger plans to end his life at a remote canyon. He locks the doors and drives deeper into the night.

Feature · Drama
Standby

Two brothers in a hospital waiting room as their father fades — reckoning with the love, guilt, and damage that defined their family.

Feature · Dark Comedy
Birdtown

A grief-stricken musician comes home to a dying mother, a sainted dead brother, and a town that turned his family into a monument.

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Selected
Work

Character-driven horror, grounded drama, and intimate genre stories rooted in grief, guilt, and the places we can't escape.

Industry professionals — scripts available on request. Always open to conversations about stories.

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Feature · Drama / Thriller
The Reservist

A punk-rock Army reservist in a dead-end Missouri town is forced to confront his brother's wartime death, his father's guilt, and his own self-destruction just as he's ordered to deploy himself.

Comps: Manchester by the Sea · Blue Valentine · Friday Night Lights · The Hurt Locker

Completed · Available
Recognition
Finalist — Richmond International Film Festival, 2025
Quarterfinalist — Missouri Stories Screenwriting Fellowship, 2026
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Feature · Drama
Standby

Trapped in a hospital waiting room as their father fades, two brothers reckon with the love, guilt, and damage that have defined their family.

Comps: Aftersun · Rabbit Hole · Mass · Pieces of a Woman

Completed · Available
Recognition
Finalist — Singapore Film and Script Festival, 2026
Quarterfinalist — Richmond International Film Festival, 2026
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Feature · Dark Comedy / Drama
The Battles of Birdtown

A grief-stricken musician comes home when his brain-injured mother is dying, only to be trapped between a sainted dead brother, a devout father, and a town that turned his family into a monument.

Comps: The Bear S1 · Ordinary People · Beautiful Boy · Short Term 12

Completed · Available
Recognition
Semifinalist — Atlanta Film Festival, 2025
Honorable Mention — Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition, 2023
Finalist — Richmond International Film Festival, 2023
Quarterfinalist — Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards, 2023
Quarterfinalist — Inroads Fellowship, 2023
Quarterfinalist — Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, 2023
Quarterfinalist — Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship, 2023
Quarterfinalist — Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition, 2023
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Feature · Drama
How to Disappear Completely

A grieving mother reunites with her late husband's closest friends in the desert, only to discover their shared past is far more fractured — and unfinished — than she was ever told.

Comps: Rachel Getting Married · Mass · The Big Chill · The Humans

Completed · Available
Recognition
Second Rounder — Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, 2025
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Short · Micro Thriller
Keep Driving

When a rideshare driver realizes his passenger plans to end his life at a remote canyon overlook, he locks the doors and drives deeper into the night — turning the trip into a battle for both of their lives.

Comps: Thunder Road · Blue Ruin · Aftersun

Festival-Ready
Recognition
Official Selection — Richmond International Film Festival, 2025
Quarterfinalist — Vail Film Festival, 2025
Quarterfinalist (New Draft) — Richmond International Film Festival, 2026
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Feature · Social Thriller / Small-Town Drama / Anti-Gentrification Drama / Crime Drama
Here For This

A struggling young couple takes over a murdered hardware-store owner's storefront hoping to build a community hub, but when a powerful developer weaponizes racism, nostalgia, and local resentment to drive them out, they must expose the town's corruption before their dream — and their safety — collapse.

Comps: Do the Right Thing · The Last Black Man in San Francisco · A Most Violent Year · Blindspotting

Completed · Available
Recognition
Semifinalist — Richmond International Film Festival
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Feature · Psychological Horror / Grounded Horror / Rural Gothic Drama
Nobody Leaves

After his brother's suicide, a guilt-ridden man returns to the rural town he escaped, where a buried sexual assault has awakened something vengeful that begins punishing everyone who looked away — including him.

Comps: Hereditary · It Follows · The Night House · Promising Young Woman

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Recognition
Submitted — Tubi × The Black List Competition
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Short · Dark Dramedy / Character Drama / Mental-Health Survival Story
Me, The Dog, and The Dark Fog

A suicidal man's final night is derailed when his ex-wife drops off her dog — and the little bastard refuses to let him die.

Comps: A Man Called Ove · Paddleton · Wendy and Lucy · Wilfred

Completed · Available
Recognition
Second Rounder — Austin Film Festival
Semifinalist — Nashville Film Festival
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Feature · Apocalyptic Drama / Elevated Sci-Fi / Existential Road Drama
The Twilight

In humanity's final hours, a dying man fights to reach his family's graves and record proof they existed before his body — and the world — go dark.

Comps: Melancholia · Aniara · Station Eleven · First Reformed

Completed · Available
Recognition
Semifinalist — Richmond International Film Festival
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Shorts, pilots, and early-development features available to industry professionals on request.

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