ARTICLE 19
Genre: Near-future political thriller
Status: In development
Accolades: “Thank you Michael for this wonderful read. I’m going to Recommend it wholeheartedly.” Script Reader Pro
A grief-stricken art teacher’s spray-painted act of defiance sparks a viral rebellion against a totalitarian regime, forcing him to team with a rogue courier in a desperate mission to restore the freedom they’ve both lost.
MR. BOJANGLES
Genre: Character-driven drama
Status: Completed / Available
Accolades: Top 2% on Coverfly · Emerging Screenwriters Semi-Finalist
While sharing a New Orleans jail cell, an aging African American street dancer with a mysterious past and a relentless zest for life forms an unlikely bond with a disillusioned white lawyer; together, they embark on a journey through the 1990’s South to clear the dancer’s name of a decades-old crime, evading relentless U.S. Marshals while rediscovering hope, freedom, and redemption.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON
Genre: Character driven drama / thriller
Status: Completed
Accolades: “A great spin on a contemporary western” with “dynamite protagonists” and a bond that “grounds the story emotionally around a pulpier game of cat-and-mouse reminiscent of HELL OR HIGH WATER.” Page Awards
A despondent ex-detective reluctantly protects a guarded Latina teenager on the run after witnessing her parents’ murder, but as two desperate brothers hunt them down, he’s forced to choose between staying numb—or risking everything for redemption.
SOMNIPHOBIA
Genre: Contemporary suspense / thriller
Status: Completed
Accolades: Won Silver in the International Page Awards, was a Finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Competition, and a Semifinalist in the Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Contest.
A confident, charismatic man with a perfect life, successful career, beautiful wife, and boundless charm, finds his reality unraveling as eerie flashbacks and disturbingly vivid nightmares reveal a past he doesn’t remember and a truth too terrifying to ignore.
CATALYST
Genre: Contemporary suspense / thriller
Status: Completed
A relentless detective hunts a cunning serial killer whose victims share a haunting resemblance, only to uncover a shocking connection that threatens to shatter her trust, her sanity, and her own survival.