DT Houston

Head Hustler at Bulletproof Train, LLC
Screenwriter and Producer

Los Angeles, California

Member Since:
November 2023

Last online:
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About DT

Santa Barbara born/raised. Ex-Division 1 Point Guard with a knock down 3-ball and a wicked crossover. Still feel like I'm 20, but after back-to-back Rec Ball League playoff games, my legs assure me I'm not. "KT Tape" knows my body pretty well these days.

Worked in Music Artist Management for a while. Thought about Law School about 422 times, but that's just not the writing I enjoy. Music works its way into most of my projects, from a Family Reunion-set comedy, to a full-throttle, female-driven two-hander studio actioner, to a 90s music biopic about the late, great Jeff Buckley, which needs to get made before the dang world forgets him entirely. A generational talent and shooting star. Gone so soon.

I've had some great reps, worked with some great people/producers like Sid Ganis, Stephanie Allain, Alan Riche & Peter Riche, Maguire Entertainment, the Zanuck Company, and I hope to work with many more as my journey evolves.

Family man, dad and coach to a young sharpshooter named Hudson, who's never met a shot he didn't love. ("Pass the ball, boy!") The kid might just crack the NBA and make me doggone proud. (If not a wee bit jealous!) Long suffering Clippers fan here. Maybe it's their year. James Harden, please surprise us, bro. It's probably now or never. Hope springs eternal...

Unique traits: I can build a race car for the track. Design & plant a perennial garden. Pontificate on why George Clinton and P-Funk matter. Grill a Rib-Eye with Blue Cheese that might wreck you. In the best way possible. (Vegans, exempt, of course.) Turn 10 kids with big hearts and little talents, into overachieving champs. Write in more than one genre. Well.

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 10"

Weight:
160

Body type:
Athletic

Hair:
Shoulder Length

Hair color:
Black

Eyes:
Brown

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Loglines

HOT BUTTERED FUNK Budget: $10M - $30M | Sports ⋄ Comedy As the NBA prepares to merge with the ABA in 1976, a flamboyant, disgraced, former NBA Coach attempts to transform his talented last place squad of ABA misfits into winners, save the franchise’s future, and give his own career a second shot.
GRAVEL Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama Set against a Foo Fighters soundtrack, in gritty working-class Springfield, Missouri a resilient mother struggles to keep her family from crumbling beneath the mounting pressure of financial instability, addiction and physical abuse.
THE GONG Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama In order to save herself and her children, an Australian mother must find the strength and courage to not crumble beneath the mounting pressure of financial instability, addiction and abuse.
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO FLO Budget: $10M - $30M | Comedy In this music-centric comedy, a Black music biz exec turns up at the annual Family Reunion with his bubbly, fun-loving White girlfriend on his arm, challenging long-held expectations and setting comedic sparks ablaze.
TRIP TO THE MOTHERSHIP Budget: $5M - $10M | Comedy After a stage mishap, a cocky, ungrateful, Music Superstar from 2007 wakes up in 1976 Detroit, where he finds himself singing back-up vocals for the Godfather of Funk, George Clinton, and re-evaluating his entire life.
GOD WANTS YOU TO ROLL! Budget: $10M - $30M | Drama ⋄ Crime A True-Crime story, armed with the promise of providing dirt cheap "Miracle Cars" to faithful Christians, two 19 year old Security Guards swindle Churches and Believers from Coast-to-Coast to the tune of 21 million dollars before finally getting caught by the Feds.
THE STORK Budget: $10M - $30M | Family ⋄ Comedy Forced to go undercover for the FBI, a beloved Dy-Dee Diaper delivery driver must secretly investigate his favorite client, who might just be a notorious Spanish spy.
poundcake Budget: $30M+ | Sports ⋄ Action Christmas 2051, a high-strung, foul-mouthed 19 year old Team Owner and his aging Superstar join forces to elude assassins and save their thriving, hyper-violent pro sport, X-Ball.
NEON Budget: $30M+ | Romance ⋄ Action Betrayed by the CIA after completing a hi-profile assassination, an elite, young operative goes rogue, refusing an order to kill her charming First Date.
JEFF BUCKLEY Budget: $10M - $30M | Music ⋄ Biography The tragic and compelling life of iconic 90s rock musician Jeff Buckley, who made just one album for Columbia Records and struggled with fame, mental health and the heavy shadow of his gifted musician father, Tim Buckley, whom he only met twice. Both Buckleys died young. Jeff drowned at age 30, and Tim OD'd at age 28.
SICKO MODE Budget: $30M+ | Action In order to shut down an extreme action contest where one contestant takes home 25 million and nine others die trying, a reclusive former World Champion athlete turned undercover FBI Agent must play the game… and win!

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Awards

Quarterfinalist - Feature Script - WE Screenplay Diverse Voices Lab (SICKO MODE)
(2024)
Quarterfinalist - Feature Script - Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition (GRAVEL)
(2024)
Quarterfinalist - Feature Script - ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition (THE STORK)
(2024)
Semi-Finalist - Feature Script - ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition - (THE STORK)
(2024)
Quarterfinalist - Feature Script - Stage 32 1st Holiday Movie Screenwriting Contest (poundcake)
(2024)
Quarterfinalist - Feature Script - The Script Lab Screenplay Contest (THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO FLO)
(2024)
Quarterfinalist - Feature Script - Faith In Film Festival (THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO FLO)
(2024)
Winner - Best Feature Script - Boston Screenplay Awards (JEFF BUCKLEY)
(2023)
Top 5 Finalist - Feature Script - Sidewalk/Sidewrite Film Festival (THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO FLO)
(2023)
Semi-Finalist - Feature Script - Vail Film Festival Competition (JEFF BUCKLEY)
(2023)
Quarterfinalist - Feature Script - Page Awards (THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO FLO)
(2023)
Quarterfinalist - Feature Script - Screencraft Comedy Competition (THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO FLO)
(2023)
Quarterfinalist - Feature Script - Screencraft Feature Competition (SICKO MODE)
(2023)