Christopher E Ellis

screenwriter/playwright/teacher



character-driven, true, unblinking, scriptwriting


new works

Highlighted Work:

Avenging Angel (short screenplay)

(finalist for short screenplay at the Nightmares Film Festival 2022)

October 20th thru 24th

(available for option or purchase)

A reverend of a small church and a convert with a troubled past nearly run over a woman while driving down a lonely highway, what at first seems to be a person in distress, turns out to be the two's worst nightmare: an alluring succubus hell-bent on revenge.

(screenplay awards: winner best short screenplay, Bare Bones International Film Festival; finalist, Hollyshorts Film Festival)

American Terror (series pilot)

A new American civil war has begun. This time between small towns and cities. In a small Southern community, a reverend and his followers try to create a new way of life rooted in their evangelical views, all the while battling what they see as an evil federal government. His tactics include using his own believers as suicide bombers.

The Scenic Route (full-length screenplay)

screenplay by Christopher E Ellis and Phil Donlon

A serial killer is murdered in the midst of his capture. The lead investigator and a living victim are dragged in front of FBI interrogators looking to find answers. The investigator is hiding something. The victim might actually be an accomplice. No matter the truth, someone must pay.

(screenplay awards: semi-finalist, Boston Screenplay Awards, quarter-finalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards)

Angels & Monsters (full-length screenplay)

In an unnamed South American country, an adopted girl, Francisca, lives a fairy tale life with a famous general and his wife until her caregiver insinuates that the general murdered her real parents and took her for his own.

(screenplay awards include semi-finalist at the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition and Page Turner Screenplays Quarter-finalist)

art: Teresa Kuruvilla

Bad-Ass Bitch: Rise of Furie(series pilot)

A black lesbian superhero who was once told by society that she was ill, comes to realize that it is the society that's sick, once she becomes aware of her true abilities, she is willing and able to... kick some ass!

(screenplay awards include semi-finalist at the Black Screenplays Matter Festival, nominated for best TV pilot drama Austin Revolution Film Festival)

art: Alva Nelms

To option, purchase, or read please get in touch:

christophereellis70@gmail.com

312.576.7236

writing manager, Ryan Jacobson

all scripts registered with WGA