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McGraw-Hill Theater |
Faculty Selects Screenplays |
Asher Francisco Ordoñez 718-908-1928 francisco@kulturemachine.com Logline: New York City. A Latino college student infiltrates an apocalyptic sect comprised of Black and Latino men who believe they are the true Children of Israel. Bronx Runner Miguel Rivera 718-588-1551 mr991@columbia.edu Logline: An impoverished, African-American boy named Larry Anderson decides to spend his family’s rent money on his high school sweetheart, Monique, to take her out on a first date. It is a decision that will tragically lead to murder in this urban drama. Neither the Veil, Nor the Four Walls Afia Serena Nathaniel 212-663-6741 asn2001@columbia.edu Logline: A mother and a daughter embark on a dangerous quest for freedom. One Hit Wonder Justin Marshall 917-225-8298 jpmarshall@gmail.com Logline: A notoriously slimy music manager who has fallen on hard times must revive the career of an aging, drunken "One Hit Wonder". The Whistleblower Larysa Kondracki 917-379-9779 lhk16@columbia.edu Logline: She was there to keep the peace. But after what she discovered, she refused to stay quiet. In October, 2000, Kathryn Bolkovac, an American Police Officer serving in Bosnia, blew the whistle on the UN's involvement in the trafficking of women for sexual slavery. Based on a true story. |
Faculty Honors |
Snow Whites of Suburbia Brett Levner 917-952-6657 bcl2001@columbia.edu Logline: Three former high school friends -- a housewife, a single working mom, and a career woman -- reunite and enter the drug dealing industry. Some Things Last a Long Time. Nick Citton 646-831-7373 yossarian65@hotmail.com Logline: Cal Disfarmer has spent the past ten years in New York running away from the formidable shadow of his dead father - a seminal Beat writer. When Cal makes his first major sale (a B-level Sci-Fi television script), he is brought in for the impending Shoot in his hometown of Vancouver. Crashing headlong into the legacy of his dad, the pain of his mom, and the distance of his brother and sister, Cal finds his original voice. Along the way, he learns a few lessons about love, hockey, anger-management, plastic surgery, robots, and retard fetish porn. Not necessarily in that order. The Tumblers Thomas Connors 917-916-8293 quinto47@gmail.com Logline: The Tumblers is a drama about Bobby and Leland, a pair of circus acrobats in 1940s California trying to find the perfect show. As they hitchhike and rail-hop from circus to circus, they come close to finding fame and fortune--until a young woman comes between them. The Whirlwinds Tobin Addington 917-453-5838 twa2002@columbia.edu Logline: It's a fine line between justice and revenge for local sheriff and lifelong pushover Everett Maclean when two high school athletes are accused of a brutal crime in his football-obsessed small town. White Gloves and Party Manners Mary R. Sawyer 917-862-2211 mrs31@columbia.edu Logline: When two debutantes fall for each other, there's a delicate balance between having a ball and having to lace up the kid gloves. Whynot Susan Batten sbsfc@aol.com 203-431-9602 Logline: Welcome to Whynot, a tiny, racially divided southern town. It's 1977, "Roots" burst onto the scene, just as Violet, a closet hairdo visionary, tries to integrate the beauty community by transforming the customary helmet church lady hairstyle into a bawdy do. Her actions ignite a comical confrontation between those who prefer the ways of the past and those who revel in their newly discovered freedom. |
Best Comedy TeleplayScrubs: "My Fork in the Road" Chris Carlson (917) 239-8611 clewiscarl@yahoo.com Logline: On the day J.D. gets a chance at promotion, he alone must choose his fate as a doctor - ethics vs. status. Best Drama TeleplayAlias: "21 Tons" Ken Kristensen 646.418.6788 kkristensen@rcn.com Logline: Assigned to infiltrate the inaugural ceremony of a foreign prime minister and steal an ancient artifact, CIA Agent Sydney Bristow unwittingly creates a diversion allowing a terrorist group to assassinate the newly elected PM. Her personal and professional allegiances are tested as she begins to suspect her mission was bogus, that her unwitting help in the assassination was really a set-up orchestrated by the upper echelon of her own Agency. |