The Trencherman
THE TRENCHERMAN
The Fierce, Epic Tale of Jimmy Robinson
Genre: Sports Comedy / Mockumentary Satire
Setting: Albuquerque, Las Vegas, and the competitive eating circuit
Awards: Semifinalist, 30th Annual Fade In Awards Comedy Competition
Target Audience: Adults 18-49, fans of absurd sports comedies, mockumentaries, underdog stories, food-world satire, and big-hearted dumb-smart comedy
Comps: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (mockumentary celebrity collapse), Dodgeball (ridiculous underdog sports world), Talladega Nights (comic ego and branding satire)
Logline: A couch-dwelling eating prodigy with a titanium spork rises from an Albuquerque garage to competitive-eating superstardom, but when fame costs him the film-student girlfriend who believed in him before anyone else, he must decide whether to keep feeding his ego or finally build a life that satisfies him.
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Ryan ClarkeWriter
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Project Type:Screenplay
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Number of Pages:116
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First-time Screenwriter:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Digital Cinema Package:Unavailable
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Fade In Comedy CompetitionLos Angeles, CA
June 1, 2026
Semi-Finalist
Ryan Clarke is an Albuquerque-based screenwriter whose portfolio spans from commercial thrillers to intimate character studies. Across a slate of seventeen feature scripts and one short, his narratives force flawed people into confined spaces to see who they really are. Whether he is trapping a drifter in a freezing 1930s speakeasy, placing teenagers in a claustrophobic high school drama room, or isolating a fractured community in a neglected Texas trailer park, his focus remains on grounded empathy and razor-sharp dialogue. Ryan writes stories about survival for audiences drawn to atmospheric tension, psychological depth, humor and horror.
