Anton Diether

SWIM FOR YOUR LIVES Budget: $5M - $10M | Adventure ⋄ Family A dysfunctional father and his rebel daughter vacation together in a tropical resort and clash over his pending divorce from her mom, when they suddenly become survivors of a plane crash at sea.  They try to swim long miles to the nearest coast, forced to resolve their differences as they battle both natural and human elements of danger.  Alternate version set in British Columbia, Canada.

UNDER OLYMPUS Budget: $10M - $30M | Mystery ⋄ Crime A disgraced American security expert who lost his family wanders the Caribbean on his boat as a criminal fixer for the underworld, until he's given a job as the head of security at an isolated luxury resort on Olympus Island.  He discovers an underground medical clinic deep beneath the hotel, a cover for a criminal operation making illegal designer babies for wealthy guests in need of a genetically perfect child.  His survival suddenly at risk, he has to escape the island, protecting the lives of two women and an unborn child -- his own.

THE POOL Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror ⋄ Thriller Character-driven psychological horror thriller set in a suburban house, with a disturbed female lead and a shocking twist ending, inspired by Henry James' "Turn of the Screw". Low budget, limited number of characters, location restricted mostly to one suburban house. Semifinalist at the 2012 Austin Film Festival.   Logline: Two children seem to be haunted by the ghost of their dead mother's secret lover, as seen through the eyes of a young, troubled woman hired as a nanny while their father leaves town on business.  Their suburban house evolves into a nightmare world of psychological evil that seems to emanate from the back-yard pool.  Hook:  is there a ghost in the house, or is the nanny imagining it and turning insane?

CONFESSIONS OF AN ACCIDENTAL ALIEN Budget: $1M - $5M | Biography ⋄ Comedy Fictionalized autobiographical dark comedy about a UFO fanatic turned screenwriter on a rollercoaster ride of Hollywood success, failure and a nightmarish marriage that nearly destroys his career.  The existential journey of an "alien" stranded on earth, from his teenage years raised by lesbians in the 50's to his adult struggles to survive in the film industry of the 70's through the 90's, to his globetrotting adventures as a miniseries writer from London to Morocco.  All based on true events.

WILD CARGO Action ⋄ Thriller A maverick ex-convict drifter and a habitual thief, alienated from society and prone to violence, bonds with the pacifist woman owner of a Louisiana Bayou monkey sanctuary. When animal smugglers invade her wildlife preserve, the ex-con is forced into a confrontation that finally redeems his lost humanity. Inspired by "Key Largo."

MOBY DICK
Television by USA Network/Franc Roddam Screenwriter

CLEOPATRA
Television by ABC/Frank Roddam Screenwriter

STRANDED (Swiss Family Robinson)
Television by Hallmark/Charles Beeson Screenwriter

NIGHT GAMES
Film by Avco Embassy/Roger Vadim Screenwriter