TV Projects
The Divinity Cycle (One-Hour Drama / Psychological Thriller): The lives of a disillusioned priest struggling with addiction, a recently widowed homicide detective and an obsessive investigative journalist converge as an enigmatic performance artist leads them into the mystery surrounding an active serial killer.
(Comps: True Detective; Mr. Robot; Se7en)
Vitals (One-Hour Drama / Mystery Thriller): An art conservator and recovering addict fresh out of prison becomes the unlikely protector of a troubled artist she's obsessed with. But when the artist’s assistant is found dead, she must decide whether she's saving an innocent man or shielding a killer.
(Comps: Sharp Objects; Another Earth; Red Road)
In Chrysalis (One-Hour Drama / Mystery Thriller): After being suspended following a patient's suicide, trauma therapist Jackie Winters is pulled back into the life of a former patient whose desperate plea for help draws her into the haunting mythology surrounding the prime suspect in a shocking murder investigation.
(Comps: The Killing; Jacob’s Ladder; Top of the Lake)
REM (One-Hour Drama / Mystery Thriller): After being accused of committing a heinous crime while trapped in an active dream state, a disgraced former police detective is recruited by a neuroscientist who believes her rare sleep disorder could be an asset in solving murders - including the murder of her own children.
(Comps: The Killing; The Sinner; Awake)
Blue Sky Red (One-Hour Drama / Espionage Thriller): When American Red State forces take control of Blue State territory following a modern-day civil war, once close siblings find their familial loyalties tested as they end up on opposite sides of a violent conflict.
(Comps: The Americans; Civil War; Occupied; Shadow Dancer)
Ex Parte (One-Hour Drama / Crime Procedural): Straight-laced NYPD Detective James Radley has finally gotten his life back on track after his ER Doctor wife Siobhan was sent to prison for stealing medical-grade opiated. But when Siobhan received an early release to work as a medical consultant for his own department, Radley is forced to work with the one person he thought he could never trust again.
(Comps: Castle; Will Trent; Elementary)
Cry Wolf (One-Hour Drama / Crime Procedural): A military vet battling PTSD struggles to navigate the shadowy world of private investigation in the Big Apple. But as he wrestles with the inner beast inherent to his rare condition of Clinical Lycanthropy, he learns that the heightened senses, primal instincts and true predatory nature of a wolf might be his best asset in solving the toughest cases.
(Comps: Elementary; The Mentalist; River)
Fishtown Dicks (One-Hour Dramatic Comedy / Crime Procedural): When an idealistic Gen Z journalist finally tracks down the estranged father, she wants nothing more than the chance to tell off the hard-drinking, old-school private investigator who abandoned her. But after learning he's battling MS, she's reluctantly drawn into working cases as a Private Dick, where their opposing worldviews prove to be both their greatest liability and their greatest investigative strength. (Co-written by Nelson Downend & Lisa Davey)
(Comps: Psych; Castle; Moonlighting)
The International School (One-Hour Drama / School Drama, Espionage Thriller): At an elite school right in the shadow of the United Nations, the children of world leaders, diplomats and foreign business magnates take drastic steps to carve out their own identities and claim their independence from their powerful parents but are completely unprepared for the consequences.
(Comps: The Americans; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Euphoria)
Unconditional (One-Hour Drama / Grounded Fantasy / Mystery): Following a visit to his late-wife's grave, a widower is caught off guard when his precocious 8-year-old daughter makes a wish to become a vampire so that she will never die. But when her wish comes true, their lives are changed forever, and the pair find the bounds of their unconditional love tested to the fullest.
(Comps: Harold & Maude; Only Lovers Left Alive; Dexter)
Sick & Tired (One-Hour Dramatic Comedy): Following a chance encounter while throwing up in the same public bathroom, a fifty-five-year-old alcoholic and a twenty-four-year-old bulimic form an unlikely bond as they attempt to address their unresolved trauma, mend fences with estranged family and slowly head down the path toward recovery.
(Comps: Loudermilk; The Fundamentals of Caring; After Life).
The Bollocks (Half-Hour Dramatic Comedy): Four psychiatric patients in a long-term care facility spend their free time playing in a punk rock band and avoiding talking about their problems. But when one of them is kicked out of the facility after his insurances lapses, the group decides the only sane plan is to all break out to go on tour.
(Comps: The Commitments; Little Miss Sunshine; Frank)
Out of Order (Half-Hour Comedy): Four friends, desperate for a break from their newfound parental responsibilities, plot to create a secret day-care in the basement of their favorite local pub. But as word of their safe haven spreads, they quickly find themselves victims of their own success.
(Comps: The League; Catastrophe; It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
Feature Film Projects
PostScript (Feature / Mystery): A photographer mourns her husband’s death by editing together home movies into new “conversations” that depict an idyllic marriage she always wanted, but never had. But when her artificial version of him leads her toward the truth behind his death, she quickly finds herself forced to deal with her grief head on.
(Comps: Red Road, Scenes from a Marriage; All of Us Strangers)
Rock Bottom (Feature / Dramatic Comedy): Desperate to win back the affection of his estranged daughter, an aging alcoholic forms an unlikely bond with a young bulimic neighbor in need of help.
(Comps: In Bruges; The Skeleton Twins; Another Round)
Desdemona (Feature / Mystery): After receiving her first major role in an off-Broadway production of Othello, a young actress spirals out of control after she wakes on the morning of opening night to find that she may have murdered her lover.
(Comps: The Girl on the Train; Memento; Black Swan)
The Orchard (Feature / Psychological Horror): Two sisters working to overcome a traumatic past have their lives upended when their estranged mother receives early release from prison and returns to the family home to instill them with her newfound faith.
(Comps: Hereditary; The Shining; First Reformed)
A Viking Funeral (Feature / Dramatic Comedy): After crashing out of rehab in spectacular fashion, unlikely friends Ronnie, Bernadette and Matthew mourn the untimely death of their group leader Erik the only way they know how. By getting drunk. But when they discover that Erik wanted a “viking funeral”, the three friends set out to steal his body from the morgue before his estranged wife can bury him.
(Comps: In Bruges; The Hangover; Little Miss Sunshine)