Matthew is a San Francisco-based LGBTQ+ novelist and screenwriter. The first book in his Jonathan Flite series, The Confessions of Jonathan Flite, was lauded as “genre-defying” by Publishers Weekly in 2014 and was a Finalist in the 2018 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Contest. Since 2019, his first four film and TV projects have all garnered industry consideration and circulation, including The Extraordinary Life of Angelina Mulberry, which placed as a finalist in multiple contests and earned a Stage 32 “Double Recommend” rating in 2020. Matthew writes what he likes to call “existential thrillers”—page turners that challenge society’s preconceived notions about life’s biggest questions.
The Breeders Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Drama In this dystopian thriller with satirical undertones, two genetically engineered heterosexuals illegally conceive a child in a future society run by homosexuals, forcing them to seek help from an underground resistance movement.
Bigfoot Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Drama An introverted college professor moonlighting as a bigfoot researcher seeks out proof of the hate crime she endured as a child—and of the mysterious creature that saved her.
Glen, We Love You Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama A gay cosmonaut leaving on a one-way trip to Mars attends his own family goodbye party on the last day before his pre-launch quarantine.
The Extraordinary Life of Angelina Mulberry Budget: $5M - $10M | Sci-fi ⋄ Drama When a loner is approached by one of the most popular girls in school with a secret, his world is upended as he joins her in the mystery of figuring out who her parents really are—and where they got a mysterious, time-traveling orb.
All Is Calm Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror ⋄ Drama A homophobic Catholic mother being tormented by her gay son’s suicide—and his ghost—must navigate severe family tensions while hosting her surviving children for Christmas, all under the looming shadow of a right-wing domestic terror group aiming to cleanse society of "undesirables."
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