The Savior's Journey (Formally Divine Journey: Moments With The Savior)

Dr. Michael J. McDermott is an award-recognized screenwriter, novelist, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran whose storytelling fuses faith, history, and the enduring struggle of the human spirit. His work—marked by cinematic scope and spiritual depth—invites audiences to encounter redemption not as doctrine, but as lived experience.

A Vietnam-era Marine who later served with the Army National Guard and U.S. Army during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, McDermott writes with a soldier’s realism and a theologian’s reverence.

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Dr. Michael J. McDermott is an award-recognized screenwriter, novelist, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran whose storytelling fuses faith, history, and the enduring struggle of the human spirit. His work—marked by cinematic scope and spiritual depth—invites audiences to encounter redemption not as doctrine, but as lived experience.

A Vietnam-era Marine who later served with the Army National Guard and U.S. Army during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, McDermott writes with a soldier’s realism and a theologian’s reverence. His stories reflect the cost of conviction, the beauty of sacrifice, and the courage to follow truth wherever it leads. Holding doctorates in Theology and Eschatology and a master’s in Theology, he unites scholarly precision with the raw insight of one who has witnessed both war and grace.

His screenplay The Saviour’s Journey reimagines the life of Jesus Christ through the eyes of those forever changed by His presence—an intimate, human retelling of the divine encounter that transformed history. McDermott’s other works include Shadows of the Coming Storm—a 2025 Table Read My Screenplay (Cannes) Quarterfinalist—and From Rebellion to Nation: The Flame of Liberty, a Revolutionary War epic praised for its authenticity and scope. His published novels, such as The Final Battle, Beneath the Egyptian Moon, and Divine Journey, extend the same cinematic resonance that defines his screenwriting.

Beyond the screen, McDermott has devoted over two decades to serving the disabled and elderly through community leadership and faith-based advocacy—living the compassion that animates his art.

A lifelong learner and husband of fifty years, he writes from Southern California alongside his wife, Faye, and their two Anatolian Shepherds. Whether crafting a biblical drama or a modern thriller, McDermott’s purpose never wavers: to tell stories that illuminate faith, awaken conscience, and endure beyond the final frame.

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