Betsy Riot

After being targeted by a secret political smear campaign and pushed out of her teaching position, a college English professor adopts a secret persona to take matters into her own hands.

Semifinalist, TV Pilot, New York International Screenplay Awards (2026)

Donora

When a deadly fog plagues a small Pennsylvania mill town over Halloween weekend in 1948, an Italian-immigrant family fights for their lives, while local officials doubt the dangers. Inspired by a true story.

Semifinalist, Feature, New York International Screenplay Awards (2026)

Recycled Sounds

A burned-out record store owner and a couple loyal regulars must rally together to save their struggling store, or face extinction, when construction of a new arena threatens to price them out of their neighborhood.

Semifinalist, Feature, New York International Screenplay Awards (2026)

Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival (2025)

The Imperial Hotel

At the mercy of a frigid blizzard in 1899, three travelers find shelter and suspicion at an opulent hotel in the Sand Hills of Western Nebraska. Based on "The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane.

Finalist, Adapted Feature, UCLA Screenwriters Showcase (2025)

Liberty, NE

A young man lands himself in a heated dispute with the local board, but when a right-wing militia comes to his aid, he finds their plan to save his hometown might mean destroying Liberty for good.

Grand Prize Winner Best Feature Screenplay, Richmond International Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2023)

Quarterfinalist, The Academy Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting (2021)

Semifinalist, Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2022)

Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival (2022)

Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival (2021)

Lazy Dazy

In an old motorhome, on the streets of Los Angeles, an aspiring artist and her husband carve out a modest, happy living, until economic and emotional obstacles threaten to pull them apart.

Quarterfinalist, Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2023)

Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival (2023)

Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship (2023)