The Trencherman
GENRE: Comedy / Mockumentary / Sports Biopic Satire
SETTING: Albuquerque, Las Vegas, and the competitive eating circuit
TONE / COMPS: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping meets Dodgeball, with the underdog sports absurdity of Talladega Nights
BUDGET: Mid-budget / road comedy with mockumentary elements and large comic set pieces
A couch-bound eating savant with a titanium spork rises from an Albuquerque garage to competitive-eating superstardom, but when fame costs him the woman who turned him into a legend, he must decide whether he wants to keep feeding his ego or finally become full.
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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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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.
