SCREENPLAYS

Melting Point 

Synopsis: A guilt-ridden man flees his past-- seeking anonymity and solitude in rural Alaska, only to find that a stranger’s unexpected death brings him into the embrace of the community.  

Notes:

• Finalist, World-Fest Houston Screenwriting Contest (Original Drama, 2005) 

• Semi-Finalist, Phoenix Film Festival Screenwriting Contest (2005)  

The Innocent

Synopsis: A Sardinian boy is unjustly accused of a crime in 1942. The townspeople know the true identity of the perpetrator of the crime, causing them to grapple with the decision to defy the village’s ancient moral code or to sacrifice an innocent one of their own to the fascist occupiers. 

Notes:

• Developed in 2000 at Stanford University Continuing Studies Program, under Bill Guttentag