Basil Argento

My scripts are funny, crude, and inspired by the likes of Mel Brooks (Spaceballs) and Garant-Kenney-Lennon (Reno 911!). What differs from these greats are my embedded humanistic messages and my outsider viewpoint as a queer trans man. He/him/his

I'm a screenwriter-for-hire and aspiring director. A few personal heroes: Boots Riley, David Fincher, Atom Egoyan, John Waters, Jordan Peele.

Dialogue is my forte. If you need a dialogue spit-shine, I'm your guy.

I'm comfortable writing in Irish and British English due to years of absorbing books and media from those areas of the world. In fact, a British producer was recently shocked that I was born and raised in the USA after reading my Dublin-based pilot script.

Currently I live in Italy and will be relocating to Ireland in summer 2024. Unfortunately, I don't speak Italian well enough to write in it in yet. I plan to produce my first short in late 2024.

Dual US/Italian citizen with US and EU passports.

Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.