"Have fun storming the castle!" - Miracle Max, The Princess Bride
My script, 15, was turned into a short film in 2014. The feature-length screenplay has also garnered several awards, including Best Original Screenplay by The Hollywood Blood Horror Festival in April 2021, Best Horror Feature Screenplay by Bridge Fest 2020, and Best Scene Performance from the February 2021 Thriller/Suspense Festival after their review called it, "one of the best specs out there. 15 has all the marks of a complex thriller, and its rich set of characters elevate the already high level of the plot; one that is complex, layered, and bloodcurdling."
My proof-of-concept script, Elite Hunts, won a script breakdown with literary agent Ben Phelps from Get It Made X in January 2021. Get It Made X also called another proof-of-concept of mine, The Second Cloning of Jesus, "one of the funniest scripts that has been submitted to the competition to date... brutally deadpan."
Outside of screenwriting, I received my first publication credit from the Pennsylvania Center for the Book for a short biography of Augusten Burroughs. I've worked as a content writer for OswaldoMedia's many pet-themed sites, written original interactive fiction for the Tales mobile gaming app, and spent two years writing video game walkthroughs for the now-defunct Mahalo.com, tackling large-scale releases like Halo 3 and LEGO Batman. I also spent two years writing TV/Movie news for Screen Rant, with over 500 articles published.
Finalist
Killer Therapy
Best Script Award
2021
Official Selection
Killer Therapy
Best Script Award
2021
Quarter Finalist
The Art of Selling Yourself Short
Plot Point Awards
2021
Quarter Finalist
The Art of Selling Yourself Short
The Monthly Film Festival
2021
Quarter Finalist
The Art of Selling Yourself Short
Atlanta Screenplay Awards
2021
Finalist
The Second Cloning of Jesus
Best Script Award
2021
Official Selection
The Second Cloning of Jesus
Best Script Award
2021
Semi-Finalist
15 - Proof of Concept
Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition
2021
Semi-Finalist
15 - Proof of Concept
Get It Made
2021
Quarter Finalist
15
80 Screams International Film Festival
2021
Quarter Finalist
15
Reno-Tahoe Screenplay Contest
2021
Finalist
15
13HORROR.COM FILM & SCREENPLAY CONTEST
2021
Best Poster
15
Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
2021
Official Selection
15
New York International Screenplay Awards
2021
Quarter Finalist
15
New York International Screenplay Awards
2021
Best Horror Feature Screenplay 2020
15
Bridge Fest
2021
Monthly Screenplay Winner
15
Bridge Fest
2021
Official Selection
15
Adbhooture Film Festival
2021
Official Selection
15
Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
2021
Best Original Screenplay
15
Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
2021
Semi-Finalist
15
Plot Point Awards
2021
Official Selection
15
Bridge Fest
2021
Official Selection
15
Los Angeles FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festival
2021
Best Scene Performance
15
Los Angeles FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festival
2021
Official Selection
15
Thriller/Suspense Festival
2021
Best Scene Reading
15
Thriller/Suspense Festival
2021
Honorable Mention
15
Genre Star
2021
Official Selection
15
Indie Horror Film Festival
2014
Official Selection
15
Terror Film Festival
2014
Semi-Finalist in the Screenplay Competition
15
Indie Horror Film Festival
2014
2nd Place in the Screenplay Competition
15
Terror Film Festival
2014
College
Penn State
Media Studies
20042008
Birth Date
June 8, 1986
Current City
Durham, NC
Hometown
Ridgway, PA
Gender
Male
"Sometimes the only sane response to an insane world is insanity." - Fox Mulder, The X-Files
"Death. The eternal blink. The capricious dance of now you stop moving forever. Well, contrary to popular belief, death isn't just for dead people. It can happen to anyone. I know, it's news to me too. And it's not just people either, it's all kinds of stuff. Horses, fiddler crabs. Did you know that even a potato...can die?" - The Tick, The Tick (2001)
"We made a deal; if she'd stop hookin', I'd stop shooting people. Maybe we were aiming high." - Porter, Payback
"Have fun storming the castle!" - Miracle Max, The Princess Bride
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