Screenplays
All screenplays listed below are available for anyone to read upon request. If you wish to read one, please contact Riley via the "Read a Script!" page above.
To Kill a King - Historical Thriller
Based on the unbelievable true story of James Jesse Strang--a Mormon king who lured thousands to a remote Lake Michigan island and ruled as a tyrant until his assassination in 1854. He was the only lawfully recognized monarch in the history of the United States of America.
TOP 15% in Academy Nicholl Fellowship 2022
Bagel Hand - A Comedy
After a man gets an embarrassing bagel-related injury, he lies to his family and consequently loses everything.
Willard and his Bowling Trophies - A Comedy Western.
Three brothers descend into a life of crime as they scour America in search of their stolen bowling trophies. Based on the novel by Richard Brautigan.
I do not possess the rights to this book at this time.
3 - An Epic Science Fiction Adventure
A satellite operator is left for dead by her base when it becomes clear that she will crash. After she is forced to survive on her own, she scours the solar system for a government official that can pay her what she is due.
Tony Rose - A Dark Comedy
A filmmaker-turned-priest's forgotten mafia film becomes a cult classic. Controversy strikes, and the priest struggles to balance his public persona as both a priest and a director of mature content.
*Semi-finalist at Page Turner Screenplay Competition
Lynch's Baby - A Comedic Biopic
Aspiring film director David Lynch struggles with fatherhood as he spends years completing his cult classic film Eraserhead.
I do not possess the life rights to David Lynch at this time.
60 Watts - A Dramatic Comedy
An old widow reunites with her estranged daughter and discovers that her dead husband has reincarnated into a "light" that travels from lightbulb to lightbulb.
Pilots
Theatre Theater - A Comedy
When a small town's community theatre director is arrested for domestic violence, the actors must adapt to his replacement's eccentricities.
Committed - A Murder Comedy - cowritten with Tessa Duke
A woman ropes her boyfriend into covering up two accidental murders that she committed.
Young Leonardo and the Quest for Truth - A Children's Fantasy Adventure
After being raised by monks in a tower that builds higher each year, a boy decides to seek enlightenment on the ground with the help of his twin sister and grandfather who happens to be a bear.
Riverview - Drama
Based on a series of real-life murders that occurred in Middle-America in the 1980s.