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Scripts 2012-2020

The Rampart (full-length screenplay)

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An Iraq war veteran travels to a French Quarter hotel to comfort a grieving father of a fallen comrade only to stumble upon a mysterious guest’s plan for the heist of the century during the night of Hurricane Katrina.


(screenplay awards include: Winner, Illinois International Film Festival; Finalist, Filmatic Drama Screenplay Awards; Finalist, Action on Film Festival; Quarter-Finalist, ScreenCraft Action & Thriller Contest; Full-Length Finalist, Bare Bones International Film Festival)



The Scavengers (full-length script)

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A group of misfit high school friends has been invited on an exclusive all-night scavenger hunt throughout New Orleans, the hunt will take them through the most haunted areas of the city, finishing in the bleakest and hardest-hit area after Katrina, the winner will find six hundred thousand dollars at the end of the hunt, that is, if anyone survives.


The Man in the Silo (full-length screenplay)

Rhythm & Light Productions

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Marcus Wells (Ernie Hudson) a successful black businessman wakes up to find himself in a dilapidated grain silo, he must reconnect the dots of his scattered and traumatized memory to discover the truth of how he ended up there. The deserted farmhouse across the way holds the dark secrets of what happened to him, his wife, child, and the old woman who destroyed his wife.

co-written by Phil Donlon

(film awards include: Best Picture and nomination for best actor, Texas Black Film Festival; Best Picture and nomination for best actor, Bare Bones International Film Festival; official selection at AMFM Festival, The Black Harvest Film Festival, The Langston Hughes African-American Film Festival, and San Dieago Black Film Festival)

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