Irina Schmedes

Dissonance (2012)
Film (short) by Grand Studio One Screenwriter

BLISS ( original TV pilot) Comedy ⋄ Drama A young anesthesia resident with promising future begins to divert drugs from operating room to fund his gambling addiction (Breaking Bad meets Gray's Anatomy).

EDGE OF MANIA Drama ⋄ Thriller / Suspense A miracle cure turns into a nightmare after Sebastian, an Ivy League student with bipolar disorder, undergoes experimental brain therapy offered to him by a rogue neuroscientist with ulterior motives. LIMITLESS meets FIGHT CLUB. PAGE 2012 Semifinalist CWA 2013 Winner Austin Film Festival second rounder

GOOD WITH WORDS Comedy ⋄ Drama ⋄ Romance Two best friends - one of them is a somewhat oafish college athlete and the other is a paraplegic writer – fall for the same girl and in the process are coaxed out of their comfort zone and are forced to reevaluate how they view themselves, each other and their friendship. (a modern Cyrano de Bergerac with a touch of Good Will Hunting) Cynosure 2013 quarterfinalist (ongoing contest) “Consider” from four different professional readers.

FINE LINES Drama ⋄ Romance On the verge of her fortieth birthday, a happily married woman develops an intense crush on a young handsome actor half her age.