St. Louis 1904. In sweltering and comically-disastrous conditions, a penniless Cuban postman, an ex-clown and a formidable cheat compete in America's first Olympic marathon, resulting in a desperate race to the finish.
Feature length comedy-drama.
“You couldn't get a better Pynchonian comedy if you'd asked the man himself to pen it.”
The Black List - 2022
“…an engaging, good-natured, rollicking adventure, with a playful atmosphere, which unfolds like some lost classic. It's almost like a turn of the century Cannonball Run, containing that same gentle bygone energy, which shines brightly because it's so absolutely unexpected.“
The Black List - 2022
• June 2022. Option signed with Sam Feuer, Big Boy Films LLC.
A naïve British teenager working as a telegram delivery boy during World War II forms an unlikely friendship with an African-American GI who's fighting his own kind of war.
Feature length drama
“This warm, moving story about human connection in the midst of war is reminiscent of John Boorman's HOPE AND GLORY in its keen observations and touching character work.” The Black List, 2022.
"Great work on the script. I love Tom’s journey and found myself really rooting for him. It’s such a strong coming of age arc and the effects of the war on him are so subtly rendered." Matt Charman - Bridge of Spies, Academy Award nominee.
• Finalist - Final Draft Big Break - 2024
• Winner - Filmarket Hub UK Online Pitchbox - 2021
• A Capital Fund Screenplay Hot 100 Script - 2019
• Official Selection - Polish International Film Festival 2019
• Official Selection - Prisma, Rome Independent Film Awards 2019
• Semi-Finalist - Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival 2019
Originally filmed as micro-short
• Official selection - London Independent Film Festival 2017
• Runner-up - United Artists/Independent Short Film Competition 2008
When Baines is released from prison, he immediately visits the retired cop who arrested him 22 years earlier for a crime that saved the town.
But why is Baines back? What secrets does he still have?
Short script
• Best Overall Screenplay, Best Short Screenplay, and Best Short Drama Screenplay - The Guild of Italian American Actors Film Festival, NYC. 2010
• Produced by Cavendish Fanté as ‘The Return’ 2012 and shown at PROGRAMMES THÉMATIQUES – CANNES May 2012
• Purchase agreement with Roads End Films 2010 – rights reclaimed.
When a beaten-up flying saucer lands in his melon field, a small farmer is forced to go on the road with two incompetent aliens who have cloned themselves into his exact likeness.
Feature length sci-fi comedy
• Official selection - Miami Science Fiction Film Festival 2019
• Optioned by Ben West (Framestore) 2014
• Semi-finalist - Los Angeles Comedy Shorts 2013
• Optioned by Sean Meehan and Martin Granger (Moxie Pictures) 2011
• Gold award winner - California Film Awards 2011
• Official selection/award winner - Las Vegas Film Festival 2010
An eccentric group of physically deformed people chaotically help a three-armed man find true love.
TV Comedy Pilot & treatment
co-written with Ben West (Framestore) 2018
A body-bag, a shovel and a quiet spot out on the farm.
It's your first day at work; what could possibly go wrong?
Silent Comedy - short script
• Official selection – Austin Comedy Short Festival 2019
• Official selection - Houston Comedy Film Festival 2018
• Purchase agreement with Long Pants Productions, 2019
If you’re in the kidnap business it always helps if you get the right girl. Not the daughter of the hardest bastard west of the Rockies.
Feature length drama
“Genuinely hilarious and buzzy because of its twisty third act, this has the potential to cater to the same crowd that loves films like THE OTHER GUYS and IN BRUGES. The twists are excellent and endless, and they absolutely make the story. It’s a blend of humor and action, and its antiheroes still end up being lovable.” - The Black List 2022
