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.
Collateral Dreams
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.
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.
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.
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!!!
The Forgotten Borough
During the turbulent summer of ’64, a diverse Little League team from a working class Staten Island neighborhood bands together to take on a quest for glory.
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
Rendered Safe
Determined to prove that he’s a better man than his career criminal father, a Marine becomes a famed NYPD Bomb Squad detective, setting himself on a collision course with both the 1993 World Trade Center bombers and the 9/11 horror.
Page Turner Screenplays Finalist, Feature Drama
Winner, True Story Screenplay Competition
Winner, Adapted Screenplay Competition
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.