HOLLYWOOD PSYCHO – SCREENPLAY – HORROR/THRILLER – Set in LA, Ryan Roberts needs to be famous.  It’s something he has always wanted, and has strived for his entire life, but so far has failed to accomplish, like everything else in his sad and strange existence.  Just another out of work actor parking cars in Hollywood instead of working in it, barely surviving in his dilapidated apartment in the worst part of town.  Even his budding relationship with his apartment's building manager, Audrey, doesn't help, a caring and aging actress with deep-rooted secrets of her own, two desperate souls trying to help each other through all the turbulence surrounding them. Their relationship takes on a shocking plot twist.  And now, almost thirtyfive, Ryan knows he doesn't have much time left, desperation kicking in, his growing madness fueled by his demanding family and twisted past.  Everything building to the shocking moment where he follows a well-known casting director home one night after yet another disastrous audition, angrily confronting the frightened woman about not being chosen, and accidentally killing her.  Ryan is finally making headlines in Hollywood.  And as the strange voices in his head grow louder and continue to urge him on, Ryan takes on the most insane role of his life, dressed in a bizarre and dramatic costume, horrifically seeking revenge on the people and town that have always turned their back on him.  A psycho now on the loose, his long-desired fame quickly growing, Hollywood is now finally in the palm of Ryan's bloody hands.  Written by Mark Pavia (who is currently writing and directing a film based on a Stephen King short story)  – original screenplay by Mark Pavia

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THE LENGTH OF FORGIVENESS  - DRAMA - FEATURE -   based on true events –  College freshman, Jackie Velazquez, finds friendship  and sparks with Max, a senior drama major, after alienating all the women at her new University theatre department by nailing the lead in the main stage play.  Jackie is a bit sheltered, but talented, smart and sweet.  Max comes from a turbulent home, and he has an even more turbulent relationship with his girlfriend, Diane.  One late night after another bad breakup with Diane, Max seeks comfort in Jackie’s dorm room.  He’s drunk, high and an emotional mess.  He attempts to make his move, Jackie says no, and he rapes her. The next day, Jackie stands up to him and calls him a rapist.  She gets HPV in the process and has to tell her Mom and deal with a University who calls the rape an impossible “he said/she said” dilemma.  Years later they meet again in NYC, and Max begs her forgiveness.  He pledges to do anything to make Jackie believe he is sorry and full of regret.  She agrees to give him a second chance, not for him, but for to make her own peace with the situation.  Although Max never forgives himself entirely for his actions, together they both find healing, forgiveness, and an usual lasting friendship. Produced by Barbara De Fina and Andria Litto - original screenplay – written by Andria Litto

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BLACK SPARTACUS – EPIC DRAMA - FEATURE - A true story about Toussaint L’Ouverture, the only slave to successfully overthrow slavery.  He is called the “Black Spartacus” of Haiti, having defeated both the French and the British in the early 1800s.  This story reads like Black Braveheart, as Toussaint makes the ultimate sacrifice to free the people of Saint Domingue (Haiti) from colonial rule, slavery and to have the chance at a free society for all people.  What they would do with that freedom would be up to them. Written by Josh Kotcheff - script – needs rewrite

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BLOW UP BOB  - FEATURE FILM – ROM COM – MULTI ETHNIC CAST - Set in NYC - Rebecca (Becky) Davenport has had her heart smashed to smithereens, this time via voicemail.  After a series of failed relationships has left her devastated, her friends, Angie and Michelle, convince her that men don’t know what they want, and they only want what they can’t have.  When Becky meets her cute new neighbor, Drew, Becky pretends she already has a boyfriend and gets to know Drew as a friend. Angie and Michelle decide to give Rebecca a blow up doll so that she can her fake boyfriend to the next level.  Becky acts our her fake romance through sheer curtains in the voyeuristic West Village windows, where apartments across the street can literally be as close as a TV.  Becky feigns her romance, her boyfriend problems and ultimate break up as Drew watches and sympathizes.  Drew finally makes him move when he thinks Becky is newly single, only to find out he’s been played.  Can he forgive her?

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TAYLOR CHRISTOPHER   - SCREENPLAY - DRAMA - FEATURE -  Set in Mobile, Alabama, a young MMA fighter, Del Stevens, loses his son to a state adoption while he's in prison for dealing meth and his girlfriend dies of an overdose.  When he's released, he discovers Jennifer and Andre Green, a wealthy African American couple who run a thriving business, have adopted his son after fostering him and giving him a loving home.  While trying to get his life together, Del goes to court to get his son back while Jennifer and Andre fight to hold on to the son they've loved and nurtured for over two years, going into debt and risking their business to do so.  Meanwhile, Del's slick white, bigoted attorney, Harold Bevan, makes the case a cause célèbre and escalates racial tensions that threaten to tear apart the whole community over questions of bigotry, race, rehabilitation and ultimately, the child's best interests. – Written by Josh Kotcheff – original screenplay

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HOW LITTLE WE KNOW – FEATURE FILM - ROM COM - Set in the fashion world of NYC, Kristina runs her father’s fashion empire, but longs for a label of her own.  She and father clash over her ambition and she quits.  After a miscarriage and her fiancé walks out, she decides to rebuild her life with the help of her closest friends.  One of her partners and investors, Andrea, an Italian photographer, and Kristina have secretly been in love for years, but she is type A, and he is womanizer.  It takes their new business and new baby for them to discover their true feelings.

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UNPLANNED PARENTHOOD –   (FEATURE FILM/CABLE MOVIE) - FAMILY COMEDY - based on the novel by Liz Carpenter, which was published in 1996. Liz Carpenter, a no nonsense Texan, was most famously the press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson and one of the leading members of the National Women's Caucus, alongside Gloria Steinem and Erma Bombeck.  Erma said of her, "Liz makes Auntie Mame look like a shut in."  At 73 years old, with as Liz describes it, "One tit, a boggy ankle and the weakest bladder in Travis County", Liz inherits three un-housebroken teenagers from her eccentric brother.  This is the heartwarming and funny story of how this unconventional woman gives them a home, love and an extraordinary education while struggling through their teen angst.  The story ends with the family having dinner with the Clintons at the White House, bringing Liz's story full circle.