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About Michael

Former New Yorker now living in Mexico City.

I write stories about outsiders caught between real and imagined horrors.

My screenplays have earned accolades from HollyShorts, Raindance, Cinequest, Shore Scripts + Austin Film Festivals. On the genre circuit, I've won top prize at FilmQuest, HorrorHaus, VHS, Flickers/Vortex, Nightmares + HorrOrigins.

In 2024, I made Killer Shorts' list of LGBTQIA+ writers to watch. My script The Toy Collector entered a shopping agreement and my horror film Bath Bomb screened at FilmQuest, FrightFest, Screamfest, MotelX + SXSW - winning awards at Fantasia and Panic Fest.

My script Kissyfoot is in post-production, starring actress Dale Dickey (Hell or High Water, True Blood, Fallout). With director/producer Christa Boarini, I'm co-developing Fishbones, a horror feature set in the world of professional mermaiding.

If you love genre-bending stories that get under your skin and mark your heart, let's collaborate!

Badges

Certifications

Loglines

  • The Bad Poet

    The Bad Poet Thriller Horror A lovesick poet longs to immortalize her dying lover by crafting a timeless masterpiece; the result is savage perfection. 

  • Gloves

    Gloves Thriller Horror After years of co-dependency, a resentful mother and bedridden daughter take cruel steps to change up their relationship. 

  • Graven

    Graven Horror A reclusive hobbyist fails miserably at making new friends with his carved apples dolls so he hatches a fresh plan. 

  • Paper Monsters

    Paper Monsters Horror A surrealist drawing game escalates in tension as it reveals the traumatic past of one player. 

  • Kissyfoot

    Kissyfoot Horror Megan goes to body dysmorphia therapy for the people; she desires a perfect body, or at least a limb.

  • Jekyll and Pryde

    Jekyll and Pryde Thriller Horror To save his position at a conservative college, Dr. Jekyll develops a serum to suppress gay desire, but when the rakish Rev. Pryde emerges, his toxic masculinity wreaks havoc on everyone's life.

  • Chitlin

    Chitlin Horror Comedy A competitive grandma hosts a family reunion and cooks up a wild dish that threatens the day.

Credits

  • Kissyfoot

    Kissyfoot (2025)
    Film (short) Writer, Producer Megan goes to body dysmorphia therapy for the people; she desires a perfect body, or at least a limb.

  • Bath Bomb

    Bath Bomb (2024)
    Film (short) Writer A sullen doctor shows off his skills when he orders a romantic bath for his cheating boyfriend.

  • Gummies

    Gummies (2023)
    Film (short) Writer, Producer A tomboy transforms the gender trappings of her bedroom to show her cruel mother how sugar and spice don't equal nice.

Awards

  • Austin Film Festival, HollyShorts, Nashville Film Festival, Flickers' RIIFF, Vail Film Festival

  • WeScreenplay, Diverse Voices, ScreenCraft, Filmmatic, Creative World Awards

  • 13Horror, International Horror Hotel, Hollywood HorrorFest, A Night of Horror, Sick-N-Wrong

  • The Script Lab, SWN Screenplay Competition, Bolt, L.A. International Screenplay Awards

  • Page Awards, Hollywood Just4Shorts, Script Summit, Imaginarium, Roadmap Writers

  • FilmQuest, NOLA, HorrOrigins, Austin Spotlight, Coverfly's The Red List, Writers X Writers

  • Outstanding Screenplays, HorrorHaus, VHS/Vancouver Horror Show, Pittsburgh Shorts

  • Killer Shorts, Cinequest, Richmond International Film Festival, Diabolical

  • SF IndieFest, Page Turner Awards, The Thing in the Basement, Dallas International Film Festival

  • Atlanta Film Festival, NYISA, UK Film Festival, WritersXWriters

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