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Wisenheimer

Old wounds reopen and dark secrets are revealed when a middle-aged gay porn actor and his feisty sister--estranged for 20 years-- reunite to cope with their mother's advancing dementia.

  • James Beaman
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Television Script
  • Genres:
    Dark Comedy, Drama, Comedy, Dysfunctional Family, LGBTQ
  • Number of Pages:
    65
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • New York International Screenplay Awards
    NY, NY
    April 20, 2022
    1st Place Golden Winner
  • Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
    NY, NY
    April 28, 2022
    Quarterfinalist
  • Scriptation Showcase Script Competition
    Los Angeles, CA
    June 21, 2022
    Semifinalist, Best Comedy Teleplay
  • Screencraft TV Pilot Screenplay Awards

    November 9, 2022
    Semifinalist
Writer Biography - James Beaman

Veteran actor, master acting teacher and award-winning screenwriter James Beaman is the writer of the true historic sex/murder feature, "The Girl in Green" (top 10% Nicholl Fellowship); and the surreal dramatic short, "T," about a gay man grappling with crystal meth (Big Apple Film Festival and Hollywood Just4Shorts Winners). At the height of the pandemic, he wrote "Love and Art," a ten minute Zoom play performed live by a transatlantic company from American Actors UK. He recently completed the sixth episode of the first season of "Wisenheimer," a dark comedy series about a gay porn actor and his estranged sister who, after 20 years, must reunite to care for their mother who has been transformed by dementia. The pilot is the WINNER of the New York International Screenplay Awards, 2022.

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Writer Statement

I think many of us creative types have been forever changed by the Covid-19 pandemic; the lockdowns, the quarantines, being confronted by the uncertainty and fragility of life. Living with my mother for 5 months under lockdown as I got a crash course in Alzheimer's was the hardest thing I've ever done. Writing my series "Wisenheimer" was my lifeline. I did what the late Carrie Fisher brilliantly advocated: "Take your broken heart, turn it into art."