My Writer Portfolio

 Produced

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. Rent on iTunes & GooglePlay.

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INHERITANCE: a pick-the-path experience

interactive feature film (post-production)

co-writer, lead actor, co-producer

Based on the award-winning stage production by Daniel 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.

When a vast plot of land comes up for grabs, three people - Indigenous, immigrant, and settler - must journey over dangerous terrain in a race against time, and each other, to gain control of it. And you decide how events unfold, ultimately determining how the land will be 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".

 In Development

H.I.

feature & series, sci-fi drama

co-writer with Berkley Brady

developing with Nika Productions, with investment from ISO and AMF

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 colonization of mixed race cyborgs.

Parasite meets Ex Machina 

THE QUIETEST GAME

feature & series, YA sports drama

co-writer/creator

developing with Present Moment Pictures, with investment from Telefilm Canada

Inspired by co-writer Matthew Kowalchuk's real life, a high school football star inexplicably starts losing his hearing, and if he wants to continue playing ball he must do so at an all-Deaf school.

Friday Night Lights meets CODA

ANY NIGHT

feature, dramatic thriller

co-writer

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

After a car crash, a modern dancer 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". Optioned by 3 Legged Dog Films with producer Rachel Shane (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, My Spy, Divergent, Lawless).

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).

SUPER OVER BLACK:

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

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? 

ONE TRUE

1HR original crime drama

screenwriter, co-creator


After spending his entire adulthood in prison wrongfully convicted of murder, a mild-mannered man is finally released, but now must adjust to "the outside" while unwillingly slipping into parallel realities of his own life -- realities which reveal clues about the true killer of his high school crush …

 

RECTIFY meets SLIDING DOORS


Finalist in Netflix's Canada Pitch Day


Developed in "Advanced Pilot Rewrite" at UCLA

Shopping window: Studio BRB

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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 ... this script takes inspiration from many of its genre tropes. 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, and now, when one of them survives a rash suicide attempt, they struggle to reconnect, reunite, and reignite their dreams of making it big ... without reliving the traumas of the past.


THIS IS US meets NASHVILLE


Developed in "Advanced Pilot Writing" at UCLA

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THE WORLD AS DESIGNED BY LARA

1/2HR dramedy

co-writer/creator with Aubrey Arnason

After seemingly casting a magic spell, anxiety-ridden fashion design student Lara Einarsson 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 - without revealing her new powers to the world, and still making it through college.

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GLOBAL HIGH

1HR dramedy

co-creator with Daria Komleva, Adeline Foo and Tianwei Wang

An Asian-American woman relocates her family to Singapore in order 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.

 Specs

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 ...

Developed in "Half Hour TV Spec II" at UCLA

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 ... 

Developed in "One Hour TV II" at UCLA