The Forgotten Borough

During the tumultuous summer of ’64, three men of distinctly different backgrounds band together to lead a Staten Island Little League team.

FINALIST – New York City Film & Television Festival

SEMI-FINALIST – SECTION TURNER SCREENPLAYS

QUARTER-FINALIST – ATLANTA SCREENPLAY AWARDS, SECTION INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING AWARDS; WIKI SCREENPLAY CONTEST

HONORABLE MENTION – FINISH LINE SCRIPT COMPETITION, BIG APPLE FILM FESTIVAL

AWARD WINNER – 1ST MONTHLY FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK CITY INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

SELECTED – CINEMA NEW YORK, DIVERSITY SHOWCASE

 

Bela’s Angels (one-act stage play)

During World War II, a Jewish inmate in a Hungarian forced labor camp with a serious medical problem seeks the relief he needs in a Budapest hospital. There, in the midst of a virulently anti-Semitic environment, he is helped by three angels in human form.

 

The Election (pilot episode for TV sitcom ‘High Rise’)

Two women move into a high-rise condo and are thrust into innumerable conflicts, real and absurd.

Semi-finalist and one of the Top 50 for the Cinequest Screenwriting Competition

 

The Examiner (also, “Return to Felicity”)

After an idealistic examiner returns to his boyhood town to inspect its venerable bank, he confronts painful memories while uncovering a web of illicit activity.

Silver Award Winner – International Independent Film Awards

Finalist, Buffalo Niagara International Film Festival

Semifinalist, Scriptation Showcase Script Competition (Drama Feature)

Winner, Adapted Screenplay Competition

Selected for inclusion in the Finish Line Script Competition, Grove Film Festival, Northeast Film Festival, Screenplay Readers Spec Script Tournament, and Scriptapalooza Film Competition

SEMI-FINALIST, SCRIPTATION SHOWCASE FEATURES COMPETITION

STORY MADE INTO A FILM – “CRYPTO” – STARRING KURT RUSSELL AND ALEXIS BLEDEL, RELEASED IN 2019!!!

 

Cowbird

After losing his reputation, career, and ill-gotten fortune during the financial crisis, a trader of untamed ambition must remake his life to win back his family and self-respect.

Days of Resurrection

On 9/11 and the days after, men and women on Wall Street suffer enormous personal tragedy while struggling to keep alive the devastated financial markets and cope with ethnic tensions.

Shattered Lives

The FBI hunts for the FALN, the most destructive domestic terrorist group in U.S. history, as its victims and their families struggle for justice and closure.

Las Vegas International Screenwriting Competition – Official Selection, Historical Screenplay

Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist

INTERNATIONAL PUERTO RICO FILM FESTIVAL – SELECTED

 

Rendered Safe

The son of a career criminal becomes a legendary NYPD Bomb Squad Detective, escaping death numerous times and solving the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Page Turner Screenplays Finalist, Feature Drama

Winner, True Story Screenplay Competition

Winner, Adapted Screenplay Competition

 

Daria’s Secrets (one-act play)

An elderly Holocaust survivor confronts her long-held demons and reveals deep secrets to her shrink, daughter, and granddaughter.