write comedy and dramedy with heart for theatrical and streaming audiences.
a comedy with the mass appeal and country feel of TWISTERS.
Entered 5th competition
Entered Pitch Week 1st time
Added 10th project to Coverfly
Academy Nicholl Fellowship quarterfinalist
(2022)
Academy Nicholl Fellowship quarterfinalist
(2020)
ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship quarterfinalist
(2020)
Scriptapalooza International Screenplay Competition semifinalist
(2019)
Academy Nicholl Fellowship Top 10%
(2018)
Murder at the Lakehouse
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Film
by Funny & Amen
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Sydney and Calvin Have a Baby
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Film
by Believe Entertainment
Writer A geeky teenage writing prodigy deals with a date-rape tragedy by diving into fictional worlds and denial, until an unplanned pregnancy and an annoyingly handsome new British guy help her see beauty amidst the pain.
Army Dog
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Writer Casper van Dien plays Army Sargent Tom Holloway. His partner and best friend is his bomb sniffing dog Conner. They go through a lot together so when Tom is ready to retire he returns home to his family with Conner in tow. Unfortunately his daughter Tara, played by Casper's real life daughter Grace, isn't all that pleased to have a new family member. She really missed her dad for all those years he was away and she naturally wants him all to herself now. Seeing him spending his time with Conner instead fills her with jealousy. Tom can see the anxiety his daughter is experiencing so he decides to take her and Conner on a camping trip to help them bond closer together and possibly even learn a little about teamwork. Unfortunately once in the mountains an unexpected occurrence leads to a danger filled adventure that tests the three campers. Written by CSJ
Bullsh!t Comedy ⋄ Adventure A screwup ranch-hand and his hapless buddies work in real time to catch the raging bull he accidentally let out, before it wreaks havoc on their small town and his blunder is discovered by his fed-up boss and his long-suffering, newly-pregnant girlfriend.
Studs Romance ⋄ Comedy As two over-competitive, smoking-hot 20-somethings fight for a promotion at their bull semen sales company, they flirt with the benefits and pitfalls of using their looks to get ahead but inadvertently fall for one another along the way. ANYONE BUT YOU meets YELLOWSTONE. *Nicholl Fellowship quarterfinalist
The Breakup Game Romance ⋄ Comedy A snobbish city girl must get the geeky laughingstock of her new school to date and dump her, as part of a plan to get her dad to move her out of their new hick-town home and back to Chicago.
The Cow Ate My Homework Romance ⋄ Comedy A people-pleasing teen with mad musical talent learns to stand up for himself in his last week of high school when a hungry steer sets off a chain reaction of disasters that threatens his diploma, his relationships, and his secret dream of country music fame.
Stones Comedy ⋄ Drama An impetuous teenage farm girl seeks freedom from her all-male household on a trip to a national dairy knowledge bowl competition, despite her overbearing brother coming along as chaperone. *2022 Academy Nicholl Fellowship quarterfinalist.
Crossbreed Romance ⋄ Comedy After a drunken hookup, a neurodivergent teenage farm girl falls for the son of her father’s archenemy and must rethink her obsessively-planned future when she finds out she’s pregnant. Modern comedic retelling of Romeo and Juliet.
Cauliflower Queen Comedy An idealistic small-town beauty queen fights against an unscrupulous potato chip company mogul who wants to pave her town’s beloved farmland, while she unknowingly falls for his son.
Home Comedy ⋄ Drama A control-freak dairy farming wife and mother of six faces her troubled past and challenging present in therapy, as she deals with a high-risk pregnancy and the looming threat of being unable to control her teenage children's lives.
John Paul the Great Catholic University
(2012-2014)
Franciscan University of Steubenville
(2012-2014)