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AWARD WINNERS

The Eyes of Mara (action, adventure, fantasy)
Swords and rifles rage in 1890's Colonial India when British soldiers join peasant rebels to battle an undead army, rescue a love, and stop an ancient demon from being unleashed onto the British Empire.

Quarter Finalist - American Zoetrope, Austin Heart of Film.
Semi Finalist - FimlMakers International,
Cinequest San Jose Film Festival, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards.
Finalist - Scriptpimp Recommend & top 10 in competition.
Winner of Scriptcommunity
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Second Coming (sci-fi, religious thriller)
Joshua, a clone created from the believed remains of Jesus Christ, is prepared to become the new savior, but when it's discovered that the original DNA was not that of the Messiah, Joshua hides for his life in New York City. It is there, living among the homeless, that he discovers his true destiny.

3rd Place Winner - Slamdance (SlamFi)


WORK FOR HIRE

Hooked (horror) Rewrite for Hire - Filming Frenzy Productions, NH. Original Draft by Christopher Thies.
A simple fisherman becomes hooked on psychotropic drugs and goes on a killing spree as a man-shark, prodded by the plastic figures of a sea captain and scuba diver in his fish tank.

Illegal Alien (sci-fi, comedy) Rewrite For Hire - Red Rock Films. Original draft by Jeff Styuck.
Allen, an alien from a distant world is trapped on Earth and tries to make the best of it disguised as an Illegal Alien-- of the Mexican Migrant Worker Kind.


OTHER SPECS

Inferno (fantasy/adventure) A modern day version of Dante's classic tale. A young man attempts suicide after believing he caused his parent's death. In a coma and connected to life support, he is banished to Limbo as he awaits his fate. His only escape is to travel from Limbo through Hell and back to Earth, but he must hurry before the doctors pull the plug.

Evil Before Eve (horror) A horror novelist uses ancient inscriptions found in the journal of a deceased archeologist in his latest novel about the ancient Hebrew demon, Lillith. Unfortunately, Lillith has greater plans than to just be on the Best Seller's list.

Oak Island (action, thriller) On a small uninhabited island of the coast of Nova Scotia, four men and a woman must put their greed, egos and differences aside when their hunt for a mysterious buried treasure turns to a fight for survival.

She Loves me, She Loves Me Not (dark, romantic dramady) A guy has to make her fiancee's split personality fall in love with him too in order to make it a happy threesome.

W.W.W. World Wide Webster (teen comedy) A shy, slacker teen accidently gets the world's internet in his head and must find a way to fix it before his brain fries, but also must foil a group of Identity Thefters who are after him for a emailed file worth millions. It's "the Slacker" versus "the Hackers."


All works are registered with the WGA and/or US Copyright Office.