I come from a Detroit Italian-American family of self-made, funny and creative self-starters. By day I run a public botanic garden, and by night I write. I write while I cook spaghetti, I write while my family screams at the TV when their favorite football team is seven point behind in the last two minutes of the game, I write grants, fundraising letters, press releases, speeches, essays, editorials - but what I choose to write are screenplays.
I've written a variety of genre; comedy, romantic comedy, thrillers, features, shorts and am currently working on a television pilot. Paradise, which just came in top 10 in Ink & Cinema's First Ten Pages competition..
Paradise Drama ⋄ Comedy Small town politics and peculiarities create a life unexpected.
Quarter Finalist, The Dark Web, Sedona Film Festival
(2022)
Honorable Mention, Paradise, Santa Barbara International Film Festival
(2022)
Selected, Top 10 - First 10 Pages, Ink & Cinema - TV Pilot "Giant" aka "Paradise"
(2021)
Top 100 - Emerging Screenwriter - Short, "My Cannoli"
(2019)
Top 20 - Get It Made - Short - Screenwriting Competition, "My Cannoli"
(2019)
Finalist - Moondance International Film Festival - Feature, "Terrasini"