Former film distributor and theater programmer, Doug produced two films - Strangers Kiss, starring Peter Coyote, Victoria Tennant, and Blaine Novak for Orion Classics, and Good to Go starring Art Garfunkel, Richard Brooks, and Harris Yulin for Island Music -, was the music coordinator on Peter Bogdanovich's They All Laughed, and has produced countless commercials and music videos. He is the Executive Producer of Piuma Motion, a commercial production company (www.piuma.tv).
Greencard Budget: $5M - $10M | Romance ⋄ Comedy After losing both her boyfriend and her job in the span of 24 hours, a young career woman impulsively agrees to accept $25,000 to marry a Chinese man so that he can obtain a Green Card and bring the girl he really loves to America. Big problem: the girl’s father will do anything to prevent that from happening. Hi-jinks, chaos, and mayhem ensue. A Kung-fu Rom-Com in the style of the early Jackie Chan movies with an homage to Charlie Chaplin thrown in for good measure.
The Inheritance Thriller ⋄ Film-noir An heir to a fortune, framed for murder, flees the country and enters a world of double identities and dual motives. The best lies are those that are true.
Falling Stars Independent ⋄ Drama Two young boys desperately cling to a sense of family as they carom from NY to LA, propelled by a dysfunctional father with little regard for their physical and emotional safety.
The Great Wrong Place Mystery ⋄ Film-noir A successful novelist arrives in LA to identify the body of his brother, a homeless drug addict he lost touch with years ago. As he tries to work through his guilt for abandoning his brother, he stumbles into a complex web of privilege, diversion, mistrust, and murder.
Soap Lake Romance ⋄ Comedy Suicidal Boy meets Suicidal Girl, only she’s an Alien. And there’s a dog. A Romantic Black Comedy about finding happiness and letting go.
Blast Pound Paradise Historical ⋄ Biography A Biography of Ezra Pound: Poet, visionary, critic, contrarian, expatriate, antisemite, fascist, traitor, lunatic, mute. His life, intercut with a visit by beat poet Alan Ginsberg, spans the 20th Century: London during the Modernist Revolution of the 1910’s, the “Lost Generation” of Paris in the 20’s, Italy during the rise of Fascism and World War 2, on trial for treason and confined to a lunatic asylum in Washington D.C. during the 50’s and 60s, and then Venice in the 70’s, betrayed by his own words, filled with regret, silence, and ultimately apologizing for his antisemitism.
Death Hunters Sci-fi ⋄ Animation A soldier falls in love with the enemy and has to kill the woman he loves. The time is the near future, the girl is infected with an alien life form, and the Soldier gets a second chance to decide whether he is truly willing to die for love.
Table Read My Screenplay Park City: Quarterfinalist / The Great Wrong Place
(2024)
Shore Scripts Feature Contest: Semi-Finalist / The Inheritance
(2023)
Roadmap Jumpstart Competition: Quarterfinalist / The Inheritance
(2023)