My Writer Portfolio

LAWRENCE & HOLLOMAN

feature, dark comedy

co-writer, producer, lead actor

Lawrence is an ever-optimistic suit salesman for whom everything always goes right – until he meets Holloman, a cynical and suicidal credit collector, and everything starts to go very wrong.

Over a dozen awards including the Canadian Comedy Award for "Best Feature Film". Theatrical release in North America. Broadcast on Super Channel, OutTV and CBC Gem. Watch on AppleTV, Roku and Kanopy.

INHERITANCE

feature film (post-production)

pre-licensed by APTN (Aboriginal People's TV Network)

co-writer, actor, producer

Based on the award-winning stage production by Daniel Smith Arnold, Darrell Dennis, and Medina Hahn, which was published with forewords by Miles Richardson and David Suzuki and a Finalist for the $25,000 "Governor General's Award for Drama" - Canada's highest honor.

Three people - Indigenous, immigrant, and settler - battle over control of a vast plot of land. In the interactive version, you decide how the story progresses, ultimately choosing how the land is stewarded - and by whom.

THE JANITORS

35mm short

co-writer/director

When a boardroom video-conference is left on, a lonely, aging janitor meets a young cleaning lady on the other side of the world ...

Winner of the "NSI Drama Prize". Played numerous fests including Hollywood FF where it was nominated for "Short Fiction Discovery Award". Stars William B Davis (X-Files) and Medina Hahn.

TUESDAYS & SUNDAYS

radio play, CBC & BBC

multi-award winning, published stage play

co-writer, lead actor, producer

Inspired by a true story, two innocent and impetuous teenagers secretly fall in love, but in the God-fearing community of Prince Edward Island circa 1887 — their love gradually, unobtrusively stumbles into the darkest terrain.

"Top Ten Play of the Year" in Toronto, Edmonton, and Vancouver. Three "Sterling Awards" for Acting and Writing. Toronto NOW's "Outstanding Production" and "Outstanding New Play". Included in the New York Sun's "BEST PRODUCTIONS OF THE YEAR".

H.I.

feature & series, sci-fi drama

co-writer with Berkley Brady

developing with Nika Productions, with investment from ISO, AMF, and Bell Slate Fund

In a future where most of us have merged with A.I., an unaltered family must fight to protect their off-grid smart home from the insidious invasion of tech-enhanced humans.

Parasite meets Ex Machina 

THE GAIN

feature & series, sports drama

co-writer/creator

Executive Producer and actor MARLEE MATLIN

developing with Present Moment Pictures, with investment from Telefilm Canada, Bell Slate Fund and Access CBC

Inspired by co-writer Matthew Kowalchuk's real life experience, a high school football star becomes hard of hearing and grapples with his changing identity while playing at a school for the Deaf.

CODA meets Friday Night Lights

ANY NIGHT

feature, psychological thriller

co-writer

Based on our multi-award winning and published stage play which we performed to critical acclaim Off Broadway.

After surviving a car crash in which her mother dies, a once-vivacious singer/songwriter is stricken with sleepwalking and night terrors. She finds solace in a man who's also suffered tragedy -- until her dreams reveal a radically different side of him.

Winner of the nation-wide $50K CFF "Super Channel Screenplay Award"

THE MOVIE THEY MADE

IN THE MANSION OF MURDER

feature, horror

writer

Commissioned by producer Dave Hansen (Go Karts, IO, Siberia, The Con is On, Two Lovers & A Bear, Elvis & Nixon, Lovesong).

If they get voted off a reality TV mansion, twelve wannabe stars must act out a gruesome death scene -- and of course their deaths are real, right? Or is this all part of the show? 

No actual human beings were murdered in the making of this movie. Only actors were.

ONE TRUE

1hr crime drama

screenwriter, co-creator

A wrongly imprisoned exoneree becomes obsessed with finding the true killer of his high school crush -- by experiencing parallel lives.

RECTIFY meets DARK MATTER

Finalist in Netflix's Canada Pitch Day

I'LL KILL YOU THIS WEEKEND

feature, horror comedy

writer

A sweet, famous-for-horror actress retreats to her rural hometown cottage for much-needed R&R - only to receive an anonymous death threat.

SCREAM meets TUCKER & DALE VS EVIL

"A wild ride ... well-executed, able to balance wacky - oftentimes chaotic - humor with conflict and suspense." - Bluecat coverage

WHERE DREAMS GO

1hr music drama

writer/creator

Ten years ago, five unlikely friends with an excellent indie band had a traumatic falling out. Now, when one of them survives a rash suicide attempt, they struggle to reconnect and reignite their dreams of making it big ... 

THIS IS US meets NASHVILLE

THE WORLD AS DESIGNED BY LARA

1/2hr dramedy

co-writer/creator with Aubrey Arnason

After seemingly casting a magic spell, an anxiety-ridden fashion design student is recruited by her mythological ancestors, Norse goddesses, to rebalance the feminine-masculine energy of the universe – one act of female empowerment at a time.

GLOBAL HIGH

1hr dramedy

co-creator with Daria Komleva

An Asian-American woman relocates her family to Thailand to attain her dream job - principal of an international school. But she naively gets caught up in the school's drug-peddling conspiracy ...  think Sex Education, but replace the sex with drugs.

A multinational collaboration set in an international school.

CENTRAL PARK

Spec Episode: "A Strong Foundation"

1/2hr animated musical comedy

writer

When Bitsy's scheming leaves the Edendale Castle condemned, the original inhabitants of Central Park come to the Tillerman-Hunter's rescue. While Helen lets loose on a much-needed day off ...

9 1 1: LONE STAR

Spec Episode: "Blind Spots"

1hr fire & rescue procedural

writer

Owen's diverse crew is forced to do much more than crowd control when a Land Back protest is joined by counter-protesters ...