I’m an engineer with degrees math/physics and engineering. As an engineer at Edwards Air Force Base, I was involved in the development /testing of the most advance/exotic technologies in the world. I'm now retired and write Sci-Fi and Historic Fiction screenplays in between working in my vineyard and making wine.
Unique traits: Retired Engineer, now Viticulturist and Vinter
THE END OF THE WORLD Sci-fi In the late 1800s English and French astronomers discover an object moving towards the Earth’s solar system, but they disagree on what it is as the human race prepares for the end of the world. (An adaptation of the short story “The Star,” written by H. G. Wells.)
BEYOND THE FARM Historical ⋄ Drama After a first-generation American boy rejects his father's tradition of farming, he is caught between his personal goal of owning a saloon in Sacramento, like his uncle, or and that of his grandfather, a medical doctor, which leads him to heroic actions in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. (Updated version) Based on a true story of the same family in "Leaving Prussia" screenplay.
LIFE BEYOND (Part One of The Nova Trilogy) Sci-fi An alien civilization on the brink of extinction transmits their DNA code in hopes that a distant civilization will intercept their message and recreate their life-form."Life Beyond" is available on Amazon.
REBORN (Part Two of The Nova Trilogy) Action ⋄ Sci-fi After scientists give birth to Nova aliens using DNA code discovered in a message from space, the genetically superior adult aliens attempt to kill their parents and earthly brother when the brother discovers their plan to purify the human race.
REJUVENATION Action ⋄ Sci-fi After a girlfriend of an aging senator undergoes a secret life rejuvenation procedure, the senator dies unexpectedly and later she falls in love with a widower who undergoes the same life rejuvenation, but the procedure goes wrong. It has been suggested by one professional reader to make this film in Vancouver, BC rather than in the SF Bay area. "Rejuvenation" is available on Amazon.
LEAVING PRUSSIA Historical ⋄ Drama To avoid conscription into the military, two young Prussian teens leave their home and travel by sea, railroad, and wagon train to meet their uncle in Sacramento, California in the mid-1800s. Based on a true story of the same family in "Beyond the Farm" screenplay. "Leaving Prussia" is available on Amazon.
Oregon Film Awards - Platinum Award
(2017)
Oregon Film Awards Finalist
(2014)
A Film Writer Quarter Finalist
(2013)
CWA Quarter Finalist
(2013)
Write Movies Quarter Finalist - 33rd
(2013)