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THE GREAT CAROLINA HOTEL (FEATURE SCREENPLAY)

A missing person case leads Port Schanley and his assistant, Frank Dodge, to investigate a remote hotel.

 

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"Brimming with the type of creative confidence and stylistic personality that immediately distinguishes great scripts from good ones."

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"A brilliant script, well-executed and with an original premise."

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"Quite simply an exemplary work of dramatic screenwriting."

                                                                                       

                                                                                        -The Black List

  • FINALISTMichael Collyer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting

  • SEMI-FINALISTGoldman Award, SWN Screenplay Competition

  • 8/10 EVALUATIONTWO 7/10s, The Black List​

RECOGNITIONS:

BENSON'S PLAYGROUND (SHORT)

A children's television show host returns home to visit his dying father.

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  • FINALIST, BEST ORIGINAL SCORELonely Wolf International Film Festival

  • FINALIST, BEST STUDENT DIRECTOR (MALE)IndieX Film Fest

  • FINALIST, BEST STUDENT SHORT, New York World Film Festival​

  • FINALIST, The Cutting Room Int'l Short Film Festival

  • FINALIST, JellyFEST Film Festival 

  • AWARD OF RECOGNITION: LEAD ACTOR, IndieFEST Film Awards

  • ​SEMI-FINALIST, New York No Limits Film Series

  • SEMI-FINALIST, Student LA Film Awards

  • OFFICIAL SELECTION, Golden State Film Festival

  • OFFICIAL SELECTION, Int'l New York Film Festival

  • OFFICIAL SELECTION, New York Lift-Off Film Festiva

  • OFFICIAL SELECTION, Tisch Fringe Festival

RECOGNITIONS:

BEANS AND RICE (SHORT)

A doctor arrives home, expecting a visit from her son.

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AN IMPERFECT CURE (SHORT)

TRANSFORMED INTO AWARD-WINNING STAGEPLAY, Beans And Rice

TUESDAY NIGHTS (SHORT)

CHASING LADY (SHORT)

OFFICIAL SELECTIONSight & Sound Showcase Fall 2018

WAITING FOR JERRY (SHORT)

A birthday party gone wrong.

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RECOGNITIONS:

  • BEST COMEDY SHORT, Avalonia Festival II

  • OFFICIAL SELECTION, Motion Pictures Int'l Film Festival

A documentary highlighting the struggles of Syrian refugees living in Stuttgart, Germany.

I AM SYRIA (DOCUMENTARY)

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RECOGNITIONS:

  • OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE, Docs Without Borders Film Festival

  • GOLD AWARD, International Independent Film Awards

  • BRONZE AWARD, Spotlight Documentary Film Awards

  • NOMINATION, RALPH F. BOYD AWARD, Schenectady Human Rights Commission

  • DR. JOHN YOUNGBLOOD MEMORIAL BOOK AWARD IN THE FINE ARTS

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PREMIERE: JUNE 10, 2017

GE Theatre @Proctors, Schenectady NY

 

SHOWINGS & TALKS:

Harvard University

Capital Region Institute of Human Rights: Teen Summer Symposium

The Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences: ACPHS Forum

Collar Works Gallery, Troy NY

IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE (SHORT)

It's not what it looks like.

  • BEST FICTION/STORY, Rod Serling Film Festival

  • OUTSTANDING DIRECTING, Media Arts Festival 2017

  • OUTSTANDING COMEDY, Media Arts Festival 2017

  • OUTSTANDING DIRECTING, NHS Short Cuts

  • OUTSTANDING COMEDY, NHS Short Cuts​

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  • OUTSTANDING ACTRESS - HANNAH DAVIS, NHS Short Cuts

  • SILVER AWARD, International Independent Film Awards

  • OFFICIAL SELECTION, Orlando Film Festival

  • OFFICIAL SELECTION, Ballston Spa Film Festival

  • OFFICIAL SELECTION, The Set NYC Short Film Screenings

RECOGNITIONS:

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