ABOUT
David has lived and worked in New York his whole life and currently resides in the Westchester suburb of Armonk. He spent his first career as a corporate litigator and making the world safe for Fortune 500 companies. That may explain why he loves to write stories about flawed but redeemable underdogs who fight to overcome their weaknesses while going up against entrenched, corrupt adversaries who hold the reins of power.
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An accomplished storyteller in the courtroom, he now gets to make up his own facts, which he weaves into well-constructed, high-stakes stories bristling with intrigue and suspense.
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In 2023, David founded the production company, Group 20 Productions, to bring his stories to life on the big screen.
SCREENPLAYS
VIVIAN
Feature | Biographical Period Drama
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When an aspiring songstress is wrongfully imprisoned for prostitution in 1920s New York City, she launches a combination escort service and extortion racket to fund the fight to regain custody of her daughter and vows revenge on the men who framed her.
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Comps: L.A. Confidential meets Changeling
Accolades:
Grand Prize Winner - Creative World Awards
Grand Jury Prize - Richmond International Film Festival Best Original Drama Screenplay
Finalist and Runner-Up – Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition
Finalist - Richmond International Film Festival
Semifinalist - InkTip Pitch to Page Screenwriting Contest – Female-driven Scripts
Semifinalist - Outstanding Screenplays Feature Competition
Semifinalist - StoryPros International 17th Annual Screenplay Contest
Semifinalist - Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
Semifinalist - StoryPros International 16th Annual Screenplay Contest
Quarterfinalist - ScreenCraft Drama Competition
Quarterfinalist - Page International Screenwriting Awards
Quarterfinalist - The Golden Script Competition
Quarterfinalist - Screenwriters Network Feature-Length Screenplay Competition
Quarterfinalist – WeScreenplay Feature Screenwriting Lab
Second Rounder - Austin Film Festival
Top 1% in Genre/Format - Coverfly
#18 Drama Feature on The Red List - Coverfly
Top 1% of discoverable projects - Coverfly
2022 Stowe Story Labs Writers’ Retreat
RENAISSANCE
Feature | Science Fiction Coming of Age
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When a teen prodigy aboard a spacecraft transporting settlers to colonize Second Earth deciphers a series of clues revealing that the mission is a fraud, she must overcome near-impossible odds to save her family and the future.
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Comps: Hunger Games in space meets the foreboding of Prometheus
Accolades:
Second Place Winner in Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror - StoryPros Awards
Finalist - Richmond International Film Festival
Finalist - StoryPros International 16th Annual Screenplay Contest
Semifinalist - Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards
Quarterfinalist - Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
Quarterfinalist – ScreenCraft Feature Competition
#19 Sci-Fi Feature on The Red List - Coverfly
Top 4% of discoverable projects - Coverfly
POETIC INJUSTICE
Feature | Legal Drama
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When an arrogant big firm litigator’s life is sabotaged by unknown enemies, he’s forced to team up with a badass Wall Street-hating cybersecurity wiz (who also happens to be his son’s acerbic girlfriend) in order to solve the mystery before it’s too late.
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Comps: Michael Clayton meets Enemy of the State​
Accolades:
Top Finalist - Creative World Awards
Semifinalist - ScreenCraft Drama Competition
Semifinalist - StoryPros International 16th Annual Screenplay Contest
THE IMPALA’S LAST STAND
Feature | Comedy
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Forced to teach a writer’s workshop to raise money for a preposterous cure for his writer’s block, a hapless wannabe mystery novelist attracts the attention of a lonely homicide detective when his oddball assortment of students starts dropping like flies.
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Comps: Adaptation meets Dodgeball
Accolades:
Finalist - StoryPros International 17th Annual Screenplay Contest
Semifinalist - Creative World Awards
Semifinalist - Table Read My Screenplay
Quarterfinalist - Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards
Honorable Mention - Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
A JEALOUS MISTRESS
Hour-long comedy for cable
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When a shiftless man-child from the 1980s decides to get his act together by going to law school, he ends up becoming a mafia associate, an FBI target and, worst of all, a promising young lawyer at a major Wall Street firm.
Accolades:
Semifinalist - Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition
Semifinalist - StoryPros International 17th Annual Screenplay Contest
Semifinalist - Richmond International Film Festival
Quarterfinalist - Table Read My Screenplay
Quarterfinalist - Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
The Short List - Barnstorm Fest
RAMONA
Short | Dark Drama
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A suicidal detective riddled with guilt finds a small measure of redemption when he comes to the aid of an 8-year-old girl whose mother has just been murdered.
Accolades:
Finalist - 2024 Stowe Story Labs Writers’ Retreat
Finalist - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
Finalist - Barnstorm Fest
Semifinalist - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
Semifinalist - Creative World Awards
Semifinalist - Selling Your Screenplay, SYS’s Six Figure Screenplay Contest
Quarterfinalist - Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition
Quarterfinalist - Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
Quarterfinalist - WeScreenplay Short Script Lab
