Bio
Wrote for the "Emergency Room" TV series -CHCH TV
4yr Degree English Literature & Film from York University
Additional writing courses at UCLA, Ryerson, George Brown and Ottawa Summer Institute of Film & TV with Syd Field), Ian Sutherland
2 Feature Films Optioned (Never Let Go & Curse of the Gypsy)
Wrote 2 x #3 Billboard Hot Club Chart Songs & placed over 50 songs in film/TV
Produced/cowrote 1940's gangster short "Lucky Penny"
2nd Place Winner - "City of Toronto's video contest for Voice Your Vote" (produced/wrote)
Winner Much Music TV's Video Request Contest (produced/wrote/edited)
"Audience Favourite" Chicks with Flicks Film Festival for docu short "Beauty Rides a Lion" about MGM star Carmen Phillips (produced/wrote)
Find me at
MIDNIGHT STAR MOTEL -1hr TV Crime drama
Ala Ozark meets Animal Kingdom
A celebrity musician agrees to look after his grandfather’s motel while recuperating from a tragic bus accident, only to discover it’s over run with criminal elements threatening those he loves.
*Quarter Finalist - 2023 Table Read My Screenplay
*Semi Finalist - 2023 Creative Screenwriting Pilot Competition
MY FUNNY VALENTINE - MOW romance
A celebrity songwriter down on her luck, gets invited back to her hometown to judge a song contest. She runs into her old flame and sparks fly, but he’s about to be married to her old rival who is now “Miss Wisconsin.” Can they trust their true feelings and discover what they lost, before it’s too late?
OLD DOGS AND ST. NICK - Heist
A bank robber with looming gambling debts convinces his nursing home cronies to help him rob a bank to pay for their friend’s operation during the annual Santa Claus contest, while plotting to flee town with the money.
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*Top 10 scripts for Mystery/Suspense for the Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE Voices Screenplay Competition"​
*Quarter finalist for TSL Free Screenplay Contest"
*Coverfly Pitchweek Finalist
**Coverage Ink had this to say about it: "Old Dogs & St. Nick is a fun and entertaining script and has the advantage of a low budget, meaning it could be done by an indie producer relatively easily."
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LAST REQUEST - Romantic /Crime drama
Ala Sea of Love meets Seven
When a detective is called to investigate a series of gruesome revenge murders, he's pulled into a web of decades old pain & vengeance - a mystery that leads straight to his front door & the ones he loves.
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*Quarter-Finalist in the Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition
*Top 10 Crime, Mystery, Thriller Category, Table Read My Screenplay Genre Screenplay Competition
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Jack Batten (author of 20 books, eg. Riviera Blues, Straight No Chaser, etc. & CBC movie reviewer)
“I’m at a loss to say anything that might help you to tighten or otherwise tinker with the script because I think to repeat, it’s terrific. It’s a solid, twisty crime story. (re: feature script: Last Request)
MEANT TO BE - Time Travel Romance
Two star crossed lovers wrenched apart during the 16c UK witch hunts, meet centuries later in modern day New York and get a second chance at love.
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Quarter Finalist, Emerging Screenwriters Drama Screenplay Competition 2022
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NEVER LET GO - Crime drama
NEVER LET GO is a dark, romantic thriller about a young female runaway who meets up with the dark underbelly of snuff filmmakers looking for their next project.
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Giles Walker (Creator & Director of Award Winning Films, 90 Days, Masculine Mystique, Last Straw, who works at National Film Board) “Of the entire pile of scripts I read as a juror on the Art’s Council, yours was one of only three, I found marketable.” (re: Never Let Go)
Michael Jacot: (Story Editor for Tv Series: Adderly, Verdict, Emergency Room, Independent Producer and Author)
“This is the best script in all seventy six done at York so far. You are most talented and although I do not like violence or even to see it, I had to read to the end. Hurrah! I’ve found a writer.” (re: Never Let Go)
VELVET HAMMER - Crime short film
A mother and daughter track a serial killer to avenge the death of their loved one, not anticipating him to be so alluring.
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Quarterfinalist -the TSL Free Screenplay Contest
Scripts
