Vengeance Island
A law student interning with the Public Defender office and his visiting girlfriend are stranded with their pilot on a remote Alaskan island outside Angoon in a winter storm. Soon, they realize they are being stalked by spirits seeking retribution for a lie the young man had told native people.
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize in fiction in 2021 and 2016
I wrote the feature film, Murder in Fashion, about the shooting of designer Gianni Versace by serial killer Andrew Cunanan. The film played at theatres and festivals and was reviewed in the NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/movies/22murder.html?_r=0
"Low budget but accurate and well constructed insight into a modern mystery" review by Richard von Lust L.
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!VICTOR DANBERRY, THE NEWBIE SCREENWRITER
A newbie screenwriter grows as a writer after being apprehended in the Gulf of Aden by Somali Pirates who agree to spare his life if he can execute a simple agreed upon screenwriting request.
HAPPILY EVER AFTER
After shooting her husband during a brutal physical assault, a condition brought on by PTSD from his three tours fighting in the Middle East, a tormented woman struggles towards an uncertain future while also contemplating aborting their unborn child.
THE ESTRANGED
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer and learning that his DNA is a spot on match from a horrible crime committed fifty years earlier, a seventy five year old loner abruptly leaves his rural home town outside of Chicago for the west coast to live out his remaining days with the intent of eluding the FBI.
CHASING TAIL, A CHRISTMAS TALE
A CIA agent and soon to be first-time father is forced to team with the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency's 9 year old grandson to find a computer hacker that goes by the code name: The Hacking Santa.
FELLOW TRAVELERS
Eddie, a reclusive thirteen year old Boyle Heights African American, is persuaded by, Diego, an equal age Boyle Heights Latino rival, to navigate the dark and dangerous streets of 1978 Los Angeles through the overnight hours with the goal of reaching the beach/ocean ten miles away, a destination Eddie has never seen in person.
THE REDEEMER
A God-Fearing Navy SEAL Platoon Chief is forced to confront his murderous past while on a treacherous rescue mission in the Middle East.
New Jack Hustlers
Two seasoned D.E.A. agents go undercover with a rookie female officer to infiltrate a ruthless gang of New Jack Hustlers, moving large quantities of a potent new narcotic.
STAN & OLLIE
Ray & Cossie have recently moved from the east coast, New York, to the west coast, Los Angeles, as want-to-be screenwriters, or so they say – they go by the pseudonym of Stan & Ollie in their writing endeavors, keeping their true identities a secret.
TILL DEATH DO US PART
After killing one of their own for squealing to the Feds, three mafia wise-guys pursue their last victim with vigor while enduring each others character flaws that aid leading them to their own demise.
ENTER THE SCREENWRITER
Poking fun of a long time Hollywood cliche stipulating that sleeping with a particular industry professional will catapult an aspiring actress to stardom.
