Loglines & Screenplays by John Connell

GENRES: Biography, Historical

A 13th-century friar struggles to renew Christian theology with logic and reason, but intellectual opposition from peers, malicious slander by envious brethren, and “slavery of the pen” under two Popes drive him to mental collapse and loss of faith in his life’s work -- until God intervenes miraculously to affirm its merit. The true story of St. Thomas Aquinas.

GENRES: Historical, Biography

A hot-tempered former slave risks life and limb as an Underground Railroad “conductor,” but peace eludes him until, targeted for death by angry slave owners and a sociopathic slave hunter, he must confront and resolve his inner rage or bring tragedy on his family. Based on a true story.

GENRES: Romance, Drama

On tour with the visiting Russian Circus during the Cold War, a carefree American pianist endures a comic clash of cultures when he romances a beautiful Russian high-wire artiste, but the frivolity ends when the vindictive KGB tour director contrives to keep the lovers apart. Romeo and Juliet vs. Communism.

GENRES: Comedy, Drama

When a seemingly carefree playboy sets course to win the affections of a virginal Christian matchmaker, he collides with a moral blockade that buckles only when she discovers the personal trauma that cracked his moral compass. Romcom/Drama. 1st Runner-up in the 2017 Creative World Awards Screenwriting Contest, comedy category.

GENRES: Romance, Comedy

An outraged, prudish wife avenges her frustrated husband’s "intentional adultery” by disguising as a hooker and blackmailing him in a series of deceptions that upon discovery ironically amends the couple’s mutual failings and restores their marriage.