Screenplays

Psychological thrillers about people trying to decode the uncanny rules of rigged systems.

Baby By Design

Social Thriller (Feature)

At an underground gene-editing clinic, an anxious wife races to alter her unborn son’s DNA before she gets caught by her overbearing husband.

Unrest

Sci-Fi Thriller (Feature)

In a city that outlaws sleep to fuel nonstop invention, a paranoid watchman has 48 hours to stop a terrorist cell from forcing the population into permanent rest.

Mandeville

Sci-Fi Thriller (Feature)

Blaming himself for his brother’s death, a haunted teenager volunteers for an experiment to predict murders, but the program founder aims to push him further than he can see.

2018 — SFFILM/Westridge grantee
2017 — Top 2% (Semifinalist) Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
2016 — Top 200 (Quarterfinalist) WeScreenplay Feature Contest

From AFF readers:

“This felt like a great mix of elements similar to ‘Get Out’, ‘Portal’, and ‘Black Mirror’ but in a new way.”

“This is a fantastic world with a strong protagonist and plenty of internal and external conflict to keep the story moving and perfectly unpredictable. The dialogue and dialect of the characters is insanely perfect and any actor would love to read for any of those parts.”

Harboring

Sci-Fi Thriller (Pilot)

In the bayous of Louisiana, a grave pediatrician and her renegade husband must avoid federal marshals to find a cure for a virus that steals the voices of children.

Top 25 (Finalist) — 2015 Diverse Voices Competition by WeScreenplay
Top 100 (Semifinalist) — 2015 Emerging Screenwriters Competition
Finalist — 2014 BlackStar Film Festival Short Script Competition

From WeScreenplay judges:

“Harboring reads like the world it portrays. It’s got a lot of personality; it’s original, compelling, intense and mysterious. The characters are realistic and complex, and the plot works well to tell the story at hand without being overly expositional.”

Russell Nichols

writing to keep from dying

Screenplays

Psychological thrillers about people trying to decode the uncanny rules of rigged systems.

“This felt like a great mix of elements similar to ‘Get Out’, ‘Portal’, and ‘Black Mirror’ but in a new way.”

“This is a fantastic world with a strong protagonist and plenty of internal and external conflict to keep the story moving and perfectly unpredictable. The dialogue and dialect of the characters is insanely perfect and any actor would love to read for any of those parts.”

“Harboring reads like the world it portrays. It’s got a lot of personality; it’s original, compelling, intense and mysterious. The characters are realistic and complex, and the plot works well to tell the story at hand without being overly expositional.”