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Feature Screenplays

Sophomoric (2024 - COMING SOON)

Struggling to thrive in society without a diploma, sophomoric 37 year old Mik Berisha heads back to college at the same school as his semi-estranged 19 year old daughter, Dia - whose birth was the reason he dropped out in the first place. 

Please Forgive Me (2021)

When a lifelong juvenile college student finds out he’s soon going to die from a terminal illness, he and his best friend track down everyone he’s wronged throughout his life to gain their forgiveness and hopefully grant him entry to Heaven instead of Hell.

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The Train Hopper (2018)

A waiter who sneaks onto cargo trains to commute to his country club job struggles to keep up with the affluent life of a newfound love who’s only in town for the summer.

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Short Films [Written / Directed]

Outsider Chimp (2024)

A high school theater outcast connives to steal the lead role from the golden boy, and climb all the way from an extra to the star.

Are We All Gonna Die?! (2024- COMING SOON)

A pair of former friends turned enemies struggle to survive an apocalypse and each other.

An Arm and a Leg (2023)

A struggling actor must prove his worth to a director in a test screening for a romantic comedy, but the other actress is secretly his older sister. 

The House Always Wins (2022)

A degenerate gambler discovers an underground casino ring where players can gamble their body parts in addition to money,

Feature Films [Produced]

Hot Cheetos For Layla (2022)

 13-year old Tomás grieves the loss of his parents. For his unceremonious and lonely birthday, all he wants is to take some Hot Cheetos to his friend Layla down Venice Blvd. On his way, he meets three unhoused men who leave him hopeless and wondering if homeless is his fate. A Catcher in the Rye and Bukowskian coming of age story.

Short Films [Produced]

The Stitch (2022)

A first time mom seeks answers from her OB-GYN after struggling to heal properly in postpartum recovery.

Nobody Likes Raisins (2023)

Tasia, a college soccer athlete, has a meeting with her coach before practice to discuss what she can do to improve. After it goes poorly, Tasia must choose to go to practice and suffer verbal abuse or finally speak out.

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Papier Love (202)

A young doll-maker on the edge of sanity and the verge of eviction seeks to join a memory of his mother through a fragile and rather permanent ritual.

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