Screenwriter & Producer
John's Writing Odyssey:
To reveal uncomfortable hidden truths through farce & satire.
Out Of This World (in post)
A short comedy film about the best place in the universe to make a film.
Logline: An overly eager tour-guide entices filmmakers to West Cork with the help of an odd-ball, film-obsessed alien who thinks he can act.
Blog about making the comedy:
A photo of two elderly men in a diner inspired me to write a screenplay.
Nothing Happens In Dirt (in development)
An allegorical farce about contemporary political dysfunction.
Logline: When a corrupt politician conspires with the town council to attract murderers and extraterrestrials to a rundown town in West Virginia, political reform becomes a dirty word.
Live Reading: Join us for a live online reading, of the first 5 pages (along with 5 other scripts-just first 5 pages), Tue. Dec 19, 2023, 6:30pm (EST).
Register here: wifv.com/First5pagesReading
Professional actors from the Actors Center, D.C. will read the scripts.
The Most Boring Man In America (in re-edit post-production).
A romantic farce short film.
Logline: A socially awkward man finds love & fame by talking about his obsession with traffic cones.
Holy Rogues
A 30 min. period farce set in London 1912.
Logline: Two Englishmen down-on-their-luck, pretend to be Irish priests to rob religious little-old-ladies. Things go horribly wrong.
Reunion
A 30 min. suspense thriller set in Northern Ireland.
Logline: An IRA man on the run from the IRA returns to reveal the traitor among his cell.
West Cork Distillers
A series of mini-documentaries about the origins of an Irish whiskey brand.
Logline: The tight friendship of its fishermen founders inspired a new whiskey experience.
Commercial Showreel
Blended clips of old world brands together with high-tech, Internet Of Things startups stories.