Every time I go to Staten Island something bad happens…
OPTIONED to ChipAway Productions
Urban drama/feature script
A Latino former gang member starts his life again in art school, as he tries to stop his brother from working with criminals.
- 2007 BlueCat Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Top 5 of 2,400
- 2008 Cinema City International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2007 Contest of Contest Winners – Finalist – Top 10
- 2008 Movie Script Contest – Finalist
- 2007 Nicholl Fellowships – Top 7% of 5,050
- 2007 Sundance Screenwriters Lab – Top 10%-15% of 2,200
- 2007 Cinequest Screenplay Competition – Semifinalist – Top 10%
- 2006 Fade In Awards – Semifinalist – Top 90 (3%) of 2,800
- 2008 BlueCat Screenwriting Lab – Semifinalist
- 2009 Screenplay Festival – Semifinalist
- 2008 Red Inkworks – Top 100
- 2007 All Access Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist – Top 39 (4%) of 974
- 2006 Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist – Top 8% of 3,000
- 2006 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist – 2,519 Entries
- 2006 Writers On The Storm Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist – 907 Entries
- 2009 Cynosure Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist
- 2007 BlueCat Screenplay Competition Movie Title Contest – Finalist – Top 20 of 500
- Moviebytes.com/WinningScripts.com – Top 10 Contest Winning Feature Screenplays (Urban)
Short script version:
- 2009 WorldFest Houston – Platinum Remi Award (1st Place) for Short Screenplays
- 2008 Queens International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Best Short Screenplay (1st Place)
- 2008 Latino Screenplay Competition – Best Latino-Themed Short Screenplay (1st Place)
- 2009 Fade In Awards – 3rd Place (Shorts) – 1,600 Entries
- 2009 Action on Film Festival – Official Selection, Nominated: Most Ambitious Script
- 2009 Cinema City International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2009 Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Semifinalist – Top 15
- 2008 Gimme Credit Screenplay Competition – Semifinalist
- 2009 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist – Top 10% of 4,394
- 2009 Champion Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2008 British Short Screenplay Competition – Second Round Qualifier – 1,500 Entries
- Moviebytes.com/WinningScripts.com – Top 10 Contest Winning Short Screenplays (Drama & Urban)
The Way It Spins
Urban drama/feature script
A Brooklyn teenager deals with a tragic mistake while trying not to let the guilt destroy his life.
- 2009 Script Savvy – Winner (1st Place) – Scored 59 out of 60 (March)
- 2009 Movie Script Contest – Honorable Mention (8th Place, Drama)
- 2010 Sundance Screenwriters Lab – Second Round
- 2009 Cinema City International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2009 Queens International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2009 Screenplay Festival – Finalist
- 2009 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Honorable Mention – Top 24
- 2009 Creative World Awards – Semifinalist – Top 5% of 2,000
- 2009 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist – Top 10% of 4,394
- 2009 Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist
- Moviebytes.com/WinningScripts.com – Top 10 Contest Winning Feature Screenplays (Urban)
The Switch
Drama/feature script
After switching partners for a night, two couples in their mid-30's re-evaluate their relationships and lives.
- 2010 Movie Script Contest – Winner (1st Place, Drama)
- 2010 Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition – Semifinalist – Top 44
- 2010 Screenplay Festival – Semifinalist
- 2011 Cinestory Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist
- 2010 Champion Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2011 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2010 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Second Round – Top 25% of 4,412
Out of Sync
Comedy/feature script (with John Barlowe)
A disgraced manager attempts to reunite his 40 year old boy band, only to find they're woefully past their prime.
- 2010 Script Savvy – Winner (1st Place) – Scored 59 out of 60 (June)
- 2010 WorldFest Houston – Platinum Remi Award (1st Place) for Comedy
- 2009 Action on Film Festival – Official Selection, Nominated: Best Comedy
- 2009 Movie Script Contest – Finalist
- 2009 Cinema City International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2009 Queens International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2009 Screenplay Festival – Finalist
- 2010 Creative World Awards – Finalist
- 2010 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist – Top 10% of 4,412
- 2009 BlueCat Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist – Top 20% of 3,200
- 2010 Fade In Awards – Quarterfinalist
- 2011 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2009 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Second Round – Top 25% of 4,394
- Moviebytes.com/WinningScripts.com – Top 10 Contest Winning Feature Screenplays (Comedy)
As "The Borough Boys" mockumentary:
- 2008 All Access Screenwriting Competition – Finalist – Top 10
- 2009 Fade In Awards – Semifinalist – 1,600 Entries
- 2007 Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition – Top 20% of 2,500 Entries
Miss Christmas
OPTIONED to MultiVisionnaire Media
Family comedy/feature script (with John Barlowe)
To reunite her divorced parents, a young girl who has missed Christmas for the third straight year, enlists the help of her goofy uncle to persuade Santa's people to receate Christmas for her in the summer.
- 2010 WorldFest Houston – Silver Remi Award (3rd Place) for Family/Children
- 2009 Screenplay Festival – Honorable Mention – Top 5 (Family)
- 2010 Table Read My Screenplay – Screenplay Contest – Top 5 (Comedy)
- 2010 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Second Round – Top 10% of 4,400
- 2009 Cinema City International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2009 Queens International Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist
- 2010 Final Draft's Big Break Contest – Semifinalist – 3,500 Entries
- 2009 The Movie Deal! Screenplay Contest – Semifinalist
- 2010 Silver Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist – Top 50
- 2010 & 2009 Champion Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2010 Fade In Awards – Quarterfinalist
- 2010 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Second Round – Top 25% of 4,412
- "Consider" from Barb Doyon of Extreme Screenwriting
The Junior Detectives and the Cities of Gold
Family adventure/feature script
A boy who's afraid of
the dark joins forces with other misfit kids to find a hidden treasure
on a Caribbean island, but they'll have
to overcome their phobias to triumph.
- 2009 A Feeding Frenzy
Screenplay Competition – Winner (1st Place)
- 2008 Cinema City International Film
Festival Screenplay Competition – Silver Award (2nd Place)
- 2009 WorldFest Houston – Bronze Remi Award (4th Place) for
Family/Children
- 2009 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards –
Finalist – Top 2% of 4,394
- 2008 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards –
Finalist – Top 3% of 3,865
- 2009 &
2008 Austin Film Festival
Screenplay Competition – Second Round – Top 10% of 4,000
- 2008 All Access Screenwriting Competition –
Finalist – Top 10
- 2009
Contest of Contest Winners – Finalist – Top 10
- 2009 Extreme Screenwriting Screenplay Contest –
Finalist
- 2009 The Movie Deal! Screenplay Contest – Finalist – Top 5
(Family)
- 2009 Screenplay Festival – Finalist
- 2009 Kids First! Film and Video Festival – Official
Selection, Nominated: Best Award
- 2009 Action on Film Festival –
Official Selection
- 2009 International Family Film Festival – Semifinalist
- 2008 ScriptShark Insider Competition – Semifinalist
- 2008 American Zoetrope Screenplay
Contest – Quarterfinalist – Top 7% of 2,600
- 2008 Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction
Competition – Quarterfinalist
- "Recommend" from Barb Doyon of Extreme
Screenwriting
- Moviebytes.com/WinningScripts.com – Top
10 Contest Winning Feature Screenplays (Family & Action-Adventure)
Treasure in the Park
Family adventure/feature script (with John Barlowe)
When clues to a hidden treasure in Disneyland left by Walt Disney himself are discovered, two selfish men get invited on the treasure hunt, but they don't stand a chance of winning unless they can put others first and work together, and in doing so, discover the true meaning of family.
- 2012 WorldFest Houston – Bronze Remi Award (4th Place) for Family/Children
- 2011 Screenplay Festival – Finalist
- 2011 Slamdance Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist – Top 100 of 2,000
- 2011 Just Effing Entertain Me Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist – Top 60
- 2012 BlueCat Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2012 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2011 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist – Top 10% of 4,428
- 2011 Champion Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist
Yard Sale
Romantic comedy/feature script
A woman who saves everything decides to sell the items that remind her of her recent ex-boyfriend at a yard sale. But when her "ex" decides to come back, she must find all the items before he realizes that she sold them.
- 2008 Script Savvy – Honorable Mention – Top 4 (March)
- 2008 Red Inkworks – Finalist – Top 50
- 2008 TriggerStreet.com – Top 10 of 2,874 (January)
- 2008 Movie Script Contest – Semifinalist
- 2008 Silver Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2006 WorldFest Houston – Gold Remi Award (2nd Place) for Comedy (Romantic)
- 2006 Fade In Awards – Quarterfinalist – 2,800 Entries
- 2005 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist – 1,904 Entries
- 2005 Hollywood Scriptwriting Institute – Honorable Mention (2nd Place)
Needle in a Haystack
Romantic comedy/feature script
When an obsessive young woman gets hooked on a reality TV dating show, she thinks she's found her soulmate and decides to stop at nothing to meet him, until she has to question what reality truly means.
- 2008 A Feeding Frenzy Screenplay Competition – 2nd Place
- 2008 WorldFest Houston – Gold Remi Award (2nd Place) for Comedy (Romantic)
- 2008 Movie Script Contest – Semifinalist
- 2008 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – (Top Tier) Quarterfinalist – 3,865 Entries
- 2007 ScriptShark Insider Competition – Semifinalist
- 2007 Slamdance Screenplay Competition – Round II – 2,200 Entries
- 2008 Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition – Quarterfinalist
- 2007 Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist – 2,500 Entries
- 2007 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist – 3,411 Entries
- 2006 Fade In Awards – Quarterfinalist – 2,800 Entries
Yom Kicker
Comedy/short script
A mockumentary of a Rabbi’s attempt to field a Jewish high school football team.
- 2012 Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Top 5
- 2011 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Semifinalist – Top 5% of 4,428
- 2011 British Short Screenplay Competition – Third Round Qualifier
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