WRITING

I write where emotion and genre blur, drawn to characters running from themselves, the odd stories history forgets, and the sense of wonder and humor that made movies feel like safe ground when I was young. I care a lot about mental health, and I’m a lifelong sports fan, so those worlds tend to surface in my work. My short story NEVER DIE is currently in development with Nina Jacobson’s Color Force producing. Former scripts of mine have been recognized by the Black List website and I’ve placed as a Nichol Fellowship semifinalist twice. I’m repped by Verve and managed by Time Train.

Below are loglines for some of my favorite projects. If anything sparks your interest, feel free to reach out to me or my reps to request material or chat more. You can also find me on Threads where I talk about writing (and make dumb sports jokes).

SHORT STORIES

NEVER DIE
Horror | Nina Jacobson’s Color Force attached to produce.
COMP: The Ring meets Black Mirror

LOGLINE: When a forgotten 90s video game resurfaces online, a journalist chasing a string of disappearances discovers a creation that doesn’t just play — it hunts.

THE GRADIENTS
Sci-fi | Written by Ben Davis, Story by Ben Davis & Andrew Finch
COMP: Arrival meets LOST

LOGLINE: A billionaire enters a time-distorted zone in the Bering Strait to investigate a vanished cruise ship — and discovers the anomaly is far more personal than he imagined.

TEDS HEAD

Action Comedy, Heist | Co-Written with Ben Kitnick
COMP: Logan Lucky meets 21 Jump Street

LOGLINE: Convinced it will break the Red Sox curse in 2004, a grieving Southie recruits a misfit crew to steal Ted Williams’ cryogenically frozen head — igniting a reckless cross-country chase that forces him to confront the stories he’s been running from.

SCREENPLAYS

RTM
Film | Dramedy, Historical
COMP: The Big Short meets The Social Network with a John Hughes bent.

LOGLINE: The unbelievable true story of a Harvard student who crashed NASA servers, the US Army’s Missile systems, and Ivy League networks with the world’s first computer worm—while his dad was in charge of Cyber Security for the NSA. Read more about this on the RTM page.

PHOENIX TO KIEV
Film | Action-Comedy, Sci-Fi | Co-written with Tyler Hiott | Nicholl Semifinalist
COMP: True Lies meets Looper

LOGLINE: When his girlfriend vanishes without a trace, Eko, an action movie fanboy, finds himself in a world of time-traveling spies where bullets, explosions, and assassins are no longer the stuff of fiction.

NOCTURNAL LIGHTS
Film | Horror, Drama
COMP: Under the Skin meets Take Shelter

LOGLINE: A war-torn veteran returns to his rural home to escape his inner demons, only to find that something far more sinister waits for him in the night.

THE BEAST OF BAYBROOK
Film | Action-Adventure, Horror
COMP: Jaws meets Stand By Me

LOGLINE: A rebellious teen must fight to protect her family when a legendary beast begins hunting their small coastal town, exposing terrifying secrets buried deep in the wilderness.

CHASING SHADOWS
Noir, Sci-Fi, Drama | Co-written with Cole Timms | Nicholl Semifinalist
COMP: Chinatown meets Memento

LOGLINE: A private investigator’s pursuit of a missing woman plunges him into a world where time is a commodity, and those who control it will do anything to keep their power intact.

PILOTS

NEVERTOLD: THE HILARIOUS HIJINKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE 
Musical, Comedy | Co-written with Ike Flitcraft
COMP: Schmigadoon! meets The Great.

LOGLINE: Laughs abound as Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, and Mark Twain deal with addiction, sexism, mental illness and countless other hilarious pitfalls on their way to the top of the dog-eat-dog world of Victorian era publishing. Read more about this on the EA POE page.

WATCH THE SKIES
Sci-Fi, Drama | Former Top Ranked Pilot on Blacklist Website
COMP: Fringe meets The Leftovers

LOGLINE: A decade after her father’s terrorist attack killed 37 cops, Caris Freeborn wants to escape her infamous name. But when a drifter reveals a shocking truth about his death, she’s pulled into a dangerous world of paranormal mysteries where truth comes at a deadly price.

PINSTRIPED
Historical Drama
COMP: MadMen meets The Natural

LOGLINE: As Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and the legendary 1927 Yankees write their legend, the lives of a former Negro League star, a small-town rookie, and a daring Chicago socialite collide in the shadow of baseball’s greatest team.

The Fractured
Drama, Sci-Fi
COMP: The OA meets True Detective

LOGLINE: A pastor-turned-smuggler, a dying teenager, a PTSD-stricken FBI agent, and a cartel kingpin desperate for a miracle are thrown together when a mysterious child unleashes a cataclysmic event, giving them a chance to rewrite their shattered lives.