Before anything, I started out performing improv comedy. My goofy imagination eventually branched off into writing, and then filmmaking.
I have written/directed/produced seven short films. I wrote eleven feature screenplays, and I co-wrote two other feature screenplays. In addition to this, I wrote four tv/streaming pilots.
Comedy has always been my niche, but I’m also a huge sci-fi and fantasy fan. My feature screenplays range from dark comedy, science fiction, fantasy, and horror. My screenplays range from ultra-low-budget to sci-fi epic. I write the kind of stories I enjoy watching on screen, and reading in books and graphic novels.
I’ve also been fortune to have worked with some amazing cast and crew over the years, many of which I worked with time and time again. I had some talented and fun writing partners as well.
I also have a background working in film and television as a Lamp Operator in the lighting department. I’m a member of IATSE 891 in Vancouver, and a member of IATSE 873 in Toronto.
Unique traits: I'm freakishly analytical, and I have an imagination that never quits and can't be bribed into silence. I look real good dressed up like Captain America, and my Canadian heritage be damned.
Ice Cream Man Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama ⋄ Comedy Crazy customers, freak accidents, regret, and that incessant ice cream truck music, leads to a tragic day Johnny will never forget.
Choose Your Own God Budget: $30M+ | Fantasy ⋄ Comedy It's about a teenage girl, endowed with the power of God by God. This woman, Chastity, must decide what to do with her power, under the pressures thrust onto her by both humanity and more divine actors.
Consequence of a Cause Budget: $100K - $1M | Sci-fi ⋄ Drama Calvin has spent months in hospital confinement, due to being diagnosed with “Random Association Cognitive Dissonance” or RACD. Calvin must prove the soundness of his mind, against a system that deems his genetic and neurological condition to be a new and severe mental disorder.
Scent Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Comedy Made famous, being the creator of groundbreaking perfumes, Alexander – a former chemist – must navigate a world of luxury, envy, and deceit. All this, complicated by a self-inflicted chemical accident that transformed Alexander into the modern equivalent of a werewolf.
Pissed Off Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Comedy A talented Comedian, Edwin, makes his living mocking stupid people. When his career takes a plunge, the “depraved” state of the world pushes him over the edge. His attempts to expose douchebags in his blog turns deadly, making him the target of a crazed stalker.
The Bathtub Budget: $100K - $1M | Comedy A life of luxury, excess, and pride, acquired through ill means, results in real estate mogul, Giorgio Wright, finding himself injured and trapped in his own bathtub. In a dangerously vulnerable state, and with his reputation on the line, Giorgio must escape, unexposed.The poster was created by OLEH HOLYZOV.
Failure Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi After decades of failed attempts to raise funding for his research, theoretical physicist Henry Walsh is hired to apply his theoretical work to an international commercial teleportation project. Tests fail, as reckless human ambition opens the door to other worlds.
Paralysis: The Siege of Fort William Henry Budget: $1M - $5M | Historical ⋄ Sci-fi A severe case of the condition, “sleep paralysis” haunts Jean-Pierre nightly. JP works in maintenance at the rebuilt Fort William Henry turned museum. When the history of the fallen 1757 fort begins to weave itself into his night-time hallucinations, a mysterious apparition emerges, intent on tormenting Jean-Pierre's mind.
Zenex Budget: $5M - $10M | Sci-fi ⋄ Fantasy The Planus General, Zenex, is resurrected in an artificial body, by the descendants of his mortal enemies, and must find new purpose as an unwilling martyr.
Coming of Age Budget: $5M - $10M | Sci-fi ⋄ Comedy The world's most famous teen idol, forty-year-old actor Charlie Kostenko, owes his success to hard work, a loyal fan base, and advanced deepfake software that keeps him looking eternally sixteen.
Colonize This Budget: $30M+ | Sci-fi ⋄ Comedy A subterranean bug-monster, in human disguise, lays down the foundation for invasion, only to be seduced by the evils of capitalism and friendship.
Black Out the Sky - TV Pilot Version Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Horror During a world-wide famine, the isolated coastal city of St. John's, NL, finds itself over-run by a massive murder of ravenous crows.
Stuffed! Budget: $1M - $5M | Fantasy ⋄ Comedy An audacious exotic dancer at the top of her game, Margret -35- lives a seductive lifestyle laced with glamour and excitement. Reality takes hold as Margret's fading youth, addictions, and denial force her anxious and ill-tempered childhood teddy bear to awaken and take matters into his own paws.
Black Out the Sky - Feature Film Version Budget: $10M - $30M | Sci-fi ⋄ Horror In the midst of a global famine, the isolated island city of St. John's, Newfoundland, finds itself the target of an ever growing Murder of hungry and desperate crows. The Captain of a local fishing vessel, Liam Murphy, must lead his crew through the perils wrought by the cunning and relentless birds. Utmost in Liam's mind, is reaching his wife Ingrid, before the ravenous murder descends on the city. The poster was designed and created by Oleh Holyzov.
“Black Out the Sky” - 1st place for “Unproduced Screenplay” – “Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festiva
(2020)
“Ice Cream Man” - “Best International Screenplay” – “Summer in the South Film Festival"
(2020)
“Black Out the Sky” - “Best International Screenplay” – “Austin After Dark Film Festival, Summer"
(2020)
“Black Out the Sky” - “Best Dark Science Fiction Screenplay” – “Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Fest"
(2020)
“Colonize This” - “Best Sci-Fi Comedy” – “Boobs and Blood International Film Festival"
(2020)
“Ice Cream Man” - “Best Feature Script, Top 4” – “bloodstained indie film festival"
(2020)