Winner of the 2022 AFF Warner Bros.TV Pilot Award and finalist in the 2022 Outstanding Screenplay TV Pilot competition with TIN CAN ALLEY, Tom Schoch (Shock) is an appropriately named Swiss-Canadian screenwriter who survived childhood on a dairy farm and a twenty year trip as a radio/TV host and newspaper reporter. Inspired by the fantastic freaks of human nature and insane incidents that litter his diverse storytelling career, Tom squeezes gritty comedy out of authentic characters in absurd situations. His other work includes the full-length feature, WINTUCKY HIGH, the half-hour TV series, CANUCKS, and the radio-fiction podcast, NSFR.
Unique traits: Swiss immigrant to Canada 16 year radio/TV host Former reporter for rural newspaper actor Comedian
Tin Can Alley Comedy When a legendary, sleazy used car salesman fakes his death, his unpolished and mechanically gifted daughter inherits his dealership – a front for a lucrative drug running scheme – and two new partners; her jilted step-mother and a mobster known as Pink.
Canucks Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy Like the ancient philosophers at the Agora in Greece, three broke Canadian comedians hooked on the fumes of fame live and muse a truth stranger than fiction. Only this isn’t Athens, it’s L.A., so it’s super weird.
Wintucky High Comedy When a broke, high school janitor’s secret marijuana grow op is swiped by his life-long rival - the town mayor - he teams up with a local reporter to take down the small time overlord, his acidic grandfather, and his horde of blood-thirsty, violent seniors.
Austin Film Festival Warner Bros. TV Pilot Award
(2022)