Screenwriter, Director and Producer with 18 years experience in the film industry, including a feature film acquired by Netflix, and 5 years experience as a College Professor of Screenwriting and Film Production.
One of the fastest growing screenwriting competitions in the world, with three screenplay categories - Feature, TV Pilot and Short.
In addition to teaching screenwriting and film production, I also overhauled the syllabus for both programs. The goal was to educate the student in every aspect of film production, from producing, directing and cinematography, to sound and editing. We also covered in detail the role of a film producer from script to screen.
Commissioned to write a romantic-comedy. Logline: A Mexican-American girl from San Diego lands the job of her dreams in Beverly Hills, only to fall in love with the son of a prejudiced High Society family.
Commissioned to write a biographical drama script. Logline: When a major Hollywood player falls into a coma and loses his memory, he must relearn the movie business, survive a devastating divorce and rebuild his life to save himself and his children from financial ruin.
Commissioned to write the Pilot episode for a dark buddy comedy TV show. Logline: A henpecked Englishman living in Los Angeles is visited by his estranged best friend after the suspicious death of his wife. Together, they accidentally find themselves embroiled in another death, involving a local criminal, making them wanted men by the criminal's psychotic brother and the LAPD.
A biographical drama about the man who founded the Make-A-Wish foundation. WISH MAN streamed on Netflix from 2019-2021, and is still available on Amazon, Peacock, Apple, Vudu and a dozen other streaming and cable platforms. WISH MAN was theatrically released in 40 theaters in 15 states and was sold internationally to fifteen countries around the world.
A series of films for the Detroit Mayor's Office and Midas, an international development company, to show Detroit's renaissance and progress since filing for bankruptcy in 2013.
A 30 second TV spot for Tender Corporation's product 'The Itch Eraser'.
Similar to 'The Actors Studio', TCM host Ben Mankiewicz interviews Jeffrey Reddick, writer/creator of the FINAL DESTINATION franchise.
A sports drama produced in San Diego, shot on location in Little Italy, and Torrey Pines and Balboa Park golf courses. 5 HOUR FRIENDS was theatrically released in San Diego, distributed domestically by Gravitas Ventures, and internationally by Paramount Pictures.
A 16-minute buddy comedy starring Charlie Cox (Marvel's/Disney's 'Daredevil').
A documentary drama for the BBC in the UK and ABC in Australia. Logline: In 1789, the majestic ship The Lady Juliana carried a boatload of prostitutes, thieves and con-women from England to Australia to breathe life into a dying colony.
A biographical drama series for HBO Films about the struggles between Amnesty International and the British government during the arrest and extradition of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1998.
A documentary drama for the History Channel telling the story of the Christian Crusades into the Holy Land.
A biographical drama TV movie for the BBC in the UK about Kenneth Tynan, a controversial and eccentric theatre critic. Tynan lost his position as Literary Mananger of the National theatre when he was the first person to drop the F-bomb on live TV in 1963.