Comme le Vin

I’m a writer/director and producer. I do not accept unsolicited materials. Contact me for more information about any of my projects or if you’re looking for a screenwriter or a director for your project.

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SHORTS:

Call Waiting is in post-production. Drama. Director: Dino Maglaris. Cast: John Noble (Lord of the Rings, Elementary, DC Legends of Tomorrow), Monique Straw, Sanjay Rao and other brilliant people. It’s about a lonely middle-aged woman struggling with her role as caregiver for her elderly, abusive father.

FEATURES:

Trap Doors is a drama. A mentally ill felon is released to a group home and attempts to begin her life anew with the help of the diverse women she meets there, hoping ultimately to reconnect with her daughter before it’s too late. Its script was a semifinalist in CineStory in 2019 and a Top 10 finalist in Table Read My Screenplay Genre.

Les Go! is a rom-com. A middle aged rom-com star who thrives on audience adoration uses the Les Go! lesbian-dating app to research a new role and falls in love. She must redefine what love and career mean to her before she loses both. Its script was a semifinalist in ScreenCraft Comedy, Filmmatic Comedy, and in Table Read My Screenplay Genre. It was also a semifinalist in Film Empire’s Diversity Mentorship. It was a Top 10 finalist in Creative Screenwriting Diverse Voices. Winner of a scene reading at WildSound. It was a semifinalist in the Universal Studios GTDI program in 2021. In 2023, the script received Runner Up (2nd place) in the Del Shores Writer’s Search.

Author of the Epilogue is a comedic drama. Under threat of being put into a nursing home, an elderly woman returns to England with her husband’s ghost to reclaim the love she left behind, a woman. Selected as a Fellow for the Middlebury Script Lab 2021 and a Participant of the Stowe Narrative Lab. Top 100 of Table Ready My Screenplay 2021 and Finalist in The Writer’s Lab.

SERIES:

Codename: Mame. Comedy. An insular, sexy, sixty-year-old spy is forced into retirement but instead goes undercover in a retirement community while secretly targeting an international crime syndicate who then comes after her and her first-ever friends. The script was a semifinalist in ScreenCraft TV and in CineStory TV and in The Writer’s Lab.

Imperfect Cadence, Four Quadrant Comedy. The well-to-do lesbian parents of a teenage girl who will soon need a kidney invite her formerly anonymous, down-on-his-luck sperm donor and his young family to move in with them in the hopes he’ll agree to be her donor. Quarterfinalist in The Script Lab’s free contest. Top 5 half-hour comedies on Coverfly’s Red List in 2022. The script is about to be workshopped.

IN PRODUCTION

DOCUMENTARY:

Just Qids is a documentary where we get to hear directly from the kids and teens what it’s like to be young and queer in Texas at this moment. It positions the joy of queer youth against the harsh politics of Texas as a protest. This film is in production but currently on haitus.

PRODUCED WORK

FEATURE FILM:

All Wounds is a contained drama feature in post-production. A physicist invents time travel to correct a horrible mistake but arrives after the tragedy to meet her suicidal younger self. Together, she must learn self-love in order to survive.

SHORT FILMS:

Stalked is in post-production awaiting color correction. Thriller. A lesbian couple is gifted with a strange salad and soon discover they are being stalked.

Movement is complete and awaiting its festival premiere. Drama. Its stars Libby Villari (Boyhood, Friday Night Lights, Ann) and Kelly Dealyn, who has been in all my films to date! A mother and daughter meet at the Zoo to find a way forward in their damaged relationship. This is the proof-of-concept for my feature Trap Doors. The film will premiere at the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival on opening night. It won Outstanding Achievement in Direction. It also won a platinum Remi at WorldFest Houston and Best Supporting Actress (Kelly Dealyn) at Reel East Texas.

IRA: Cashing In had its festival premiere. Comedy. It stars legendary actor Gary Clarke (The Virginian, Tombstone) and Bernadette Maloney. My second film as writer/director. It’s about a retired Irish couple who use the skills they learned during the Troubles to save their American granddaughter from the US healthcare system. Winner of Best Comedy Screenplay at Austin Micro Short Film Festival. Winner of Best Actor (Gary Clarke) at the Austin Spotlight Film Festival and Best Comedy at Austin Under the Stars Film Festival. Ran for one month on www.iwoman.tv.

Suspended had its festival premiere. Drama. This film marks my directorial debut. It’s about a twelve-year-old girl who is suspended in grief and from her middle school. Nominated for Best Director and Best Narrative Short at Austin Spotlight FF and winner of Wonder Woman award, nominated for Best Ensemble and Best Narrative Film at Austin Under The Stars FF.