Welcome to My Script-Teases!

I'm a Nicholl-finalisting, twice-Page-winning, Sundance-and-Tribeca-selected, several-times-produced screenwriter. CLICK HERE for my RATE CARD, which also details past work and accolades.

The following script-samples are formatted to fit a computer screen. If they're wonky on your phone... sorry.

RUTH

When the Law comes for her last remaining family member, a rural Southern grandmother must choose between faith and blood.

it's OZARK meets ANIMAL KINGDOM

RUTH is my first ever spec pilot, and was inspired by my produced short film, TWO FOR TEA. The script is currently a finalist in the ScreenCraft TV Pilot Screenplay competition. 

MARLENE THE DIVINE

When a woman claiming to be God Almighty knocks a grieving widower out and drags him on a cross country road trip, it’ll take everything he’s got to consummate his plans for bloody revenge.

This feature-length comedy screenplay was a 2016 Nicholl Fellowship Finalist, the 2016 Page International Screenwriting Contest Winner for Comedy, a 2016 Austin Film Festival Semifinalist, and a 2016 Sundance Institute Official Selection for the Charlotte Screenwriter's Intensive.

Marlene the Divine is now also a novel, and is available in paperback, hardcover, and as an ebook on Amazon.

If your phone is wonkifying the formatting below, click THIS LINK for a pdf of the first few pages of the script, 

LEECH

When a deadly extra terrestrial latches onto a decrepit space station in orbit over the earth, only a homesick botanist and his estranged lover stand between it and the unsuspecting planet below.

LEECH is a feature length Sci-Fi thriller. In 2015, it was a winner in the Page International Screenwriting Contest. 

PINK

A tormented artist under house arrest has just three days left in his tracking anklet when a friend stashes a toddler's backpack full of stolen drugs in his home.


PINK is a feature-length comedy written by Josh Barkey and directed by Austin Herring. Check out the Film's Website for more information.

PINK Trailer from Jacob Kirby on Vimeo.



*Note: The following excerpt contains harsh language.

TWO FOR TEA

The situation grows dire when the law shows up to take a retired schoolteacher's grandson into custody.

TWO FOR TEA is a short film that was produced in the summer of 2014 by director Ben Joyner. 

It has played a number of venues, including the Cucalorus, RiverRun, Nashville, Cincinnati, San Jose, Asheville, and Marion Film Festivals. 

Here's the film (view script-sample after the jump)...



Two for Tea from Benjamin Joyner on Vimeo.

GINSENG

An alcoholic veteran angers territorial locals when he drags his estranged son on a camping trip into the Appalachians.

GINSENG is a feature-length drama/thriller/horror screenplay by Josh Barkey. In 2015, it was a finalist in the Nashville Film Festival screenwriting competition.

Click THIS LINK to view a GINSENG promotional package, which includes character breakdowns and a synopsis of the story.

NOTE: The following excerpt contains harsh language. 

LOCKER 212

LOCKER 212 is a short film that tells the story of a high school bully who gets his wallflower-victim caught up in a pot-smoking "sting." 

It's an exploration of how making real, human connections with our most lost and hurting kids can help us alleviate the bullying and violence that have plagued our schools. 

LOCKER 212 was produced in the summer of 2013 by director Matt Nunn. It stars Nick Searcy, Jacob Leinbach, and Matt Mitchell.

Here's the film (view script-sample after the jump)...


LOCKER 212 from Matt Nunn on Vimeo.

GNOMES

A young boy on a visit to his grandmother's house discovers something wonderful through the power of imagination.

No script for this one, which stars my son at age six (and my parents, at age not-gonna-tellya).

I co-directed this baby with my buddy Jared Freeman, and despite my son's raging fever during the shoot and our complete lack of a budget, I think we managed to come up with something pretty nifty.


Gnomes from Jared on Vimeo.