Category Archives: NYC Midnight

Sign Off

Genre: Drama
Logline: A work obsessed radio DJ is forced by a desperate woman to conduct a life-or-death interview on the air.

I wrote this in one weekend for round 2 of the NYC Midnight Screenwriter’s Challenge (2012).  The writers in my heat …

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Abraham’s Promise

Genre: Horror
Logline: A plantation owner promises to set a slave’s son free, but the promise comes with a price.
I wrote this in one week for round #1 of the NYC Midnight Screenwriter’s Challenge (2012).  The writers in my heat had a week …

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Intrepido

Genre: Horror
Logline: A boy’s deep sea fishing trip with his father descends into a harrowing nightmare.
I made it to the final round!
I wrote this in one weekend for challenge #4 of the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Challenge (2011).  The writers in my …

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Nocturne de la Mort

Genre: Horror
Logline: A maniacal music teacher “encourages” a suburban housewife to learn to play the piano.
Hello darkness, my old friend…
I wrote this in one weekend for challenge #3 of the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Challenge (2011).  The writers in my heat had …

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Alone

Genre: Drama
Logline: A family quarrel from Thanksgiving leads to a difficult Christmas dinner.
I wrote this in one weekend for challenge #2 of the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Challenge (2011).  The writers in my heat had to write a dramatic short featuring a …

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Bad for Business

Genre: Horror
Logline: A pedophile targets a lemonade stand run by a very resourceful little girl.
I wrote this in one weekend for challenge #1 of the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Challenge (2011).  The writers in my heat had to write a horror …

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Turn

Genre: Fantasy
Logline: A TSA Agent is forced to relive a tragedy over and over, as he desperately searches for a way to end the cycle.
I wrote this script in three days for round 2 of the NYC Midnight Screenwriters Challenge (2011).  …

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Head Games

Genre: Romantic Comedy
Logline: A Paparazzi reporter posts a “sensitive” video of her ex-boyfriend, a professional mixed martial artist, days before the biggest fight of his life.
I wrote this script in one week for round 1 of the NYC Midnight Screenwriters Challenge …

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Gerdie

Genre: Fantasy
Logline: A 7-year old girl turns to her pet goldfish, Gerdie, to help her cope with her mother’s cancer.
So I made it to the finals…
I wrote this in one weekend for challenge #4 of the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Challenge …

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The Greatest Show (Left) on Earth

Genre: Sci-Fi
Logline: An escape artist in a post-apocalyptic circus must conceive of an act that includes his child, or risk them both being exiled to certain death.
I wrote this in one weekend for challenge #3 of the NYC …

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