Daniel Vaillancourt

TRUE BLUE Comedy Young Hollywood wannabe Heather convinces her dim actor boyfriend Kevin to seduce and deceive famous actress Marilyn in order to achieve fame and fortune. Success does come, but only after Heather’s betrayed, Marilyn is murdered, and Kevin winds up along at the top. When Heather turns Kevin in, she becomes the key witness at his murder trial and sails onto the A-list herself as the screenwriter who tells the whole sordid tale in the smash box office hit True Blue.

A SUGAR SHACK CHRISTMAS Other Sophisticated travel writer Gabby is on her way to small-town French Canada not only to research a story about Quebecois Christmas traditions, but to attempt to replace a shattered ornament that’s been in her family for generations. When she learns her local guide — the less-than-worldly Luc — happens to be the grandson and one-time apprentice of the artisan who originally created her lost family heirloom, she tries to convince him  not only to teach her all about the local Yuletide customs, but to replicate the lost bauble, falling hard for him in the process.

IT'S YOUR FUNERAL Other Being at one’s own funeral has been an obvious impossibility — until now. Get ready for a show that’s so out of the box there’s no box in sight, except for maybe a casket. Queer Eye meets Six Feet Under — with a little dash of It’s a Wonderful Life and What Would You Do? thrown in — in this hour-long, non-competition reality series whose every episode will center around our Loved One (a man, woman, or child), who’s plucked from his or her life and sequestered while their Survivors (friends, family, colleagues) not only come to terms with their “death” but plan, execute, and attend their “memorial.”

TRESPASS Thriller This erotic thriller deals with the dangers of the closet and the risks involved in the “don’t ask, don’t tell” open relationships favored by so many long-term male couples. Happily married thirytsomethings Todd and Erik have such a non-exclusive union. When Todd finds out that his enigmatic sex buddy Shane is actually a closeted husband and father, he breaks off their liaison. But Shane won’t take no for an answer, and eventually insinuates himself into Erik’s life. Just how far will he go to destroy the gay bond he so desperately covets?  

MTV'S UNDRESSED (2002)
Television by Roland Joffe Staff writer MTV'S UNDRESSED was a teen nightly comedic drama executive produced by Academy Award nominee Roland Joffe. The season I worked on (its final) won the GLAAD Media Award for Best Daily Drama.