I am an experienced screenwriter who has written for television and film. I also worked as a camera assistant for a television show and in my free time like to volunteer at my local theater.
Peter G.
Screenplay Writer, Script Doctor, TV Writer, Ghostwriter, Screenwriter
Specializing in comedy (screenplays, TV, Web) but also all other genres. 20+ years experience with Movies, TV, Script Doctoring, Pilots, Treatments, Bibles, Pitches, Synopses, Editing, Formatting, and Commercials.
Aleks S.
Screenwriter / Ghostwriter
Los Angeles, California
$35/hr$35 per hour4.8 (45) 105 jobs $70K+ total earnings
I write fiction and screenplays among other things. If you are ready to establish a reliable relationship with a writer you can trust - let's get started!
I'm an LA based screenwriter and director with ten produced feature-length screenplays so far, three of which I directed. My films have been picked up by major studios such as 20th Century Fox, NBC Universal, and Warner Brothers, and they have shown in theaters and aired on premium cable and broadcast television worldwide.
Here is the list of my current films beginning with the most recent:
57 SECONDS (2023), a sci-fi thriller I script-doctored and co-produced. It stars Morgan Freeman and Josh Hutcherson and was given a limited theatrical release in September of 2023. It is currently on multiple streaming platforms. I also wrote the novelization of the screenplay.
BAD STEPMOTHER (2017), a thriller I wrote based on the novel, Wicked Stepmother. It stars Kristy Swanson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ferris Bueller's Day off), and Sofia Vassilieva (My Sister's Keeper, Medium). It aired on the Lifetime Movie Network on January 12th, 2018.
FAMILY OF LIES (2017), a thriller I wrote and directed starring Christa B. Allen (13 Going on 30, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Revenge) and John Schneider (Smallville, The Dukes of Hazzard). It aired on the Lifetime Movie Network on New Year's Eve 2017 as part of Lifetime's Deadly Resolutions Week. It aired twice more on New Year's Day 2018.
COLD MOON (2016), a horror film I wrote which was adapted from the best-selling novel Cold Moon Over Babylon by the late Michael McDowell, a novelist and screenwriter most famous for Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas. It stars Josh Stewart (Interstellar, The Dark Knight Rises), Frank Whaley (Pulp Fiction, The Doors), and Christopher Lloyd (Back to The Future). It received a 10-city limited theatrical release on October 6th, 2017. It is currently available on Amazon streaming and other digital platforms. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscar folks) requested a copy of the screenplay for their Core Collection, which is a resource library available to students, writers, actors, filmmakers, among others.
BAD GRANDMAS (2016), a dark comedy I wrote (originally titled Grandmothers Murder Club) which stars Florence Henderson (The Brady Bunch) in her final film, Pam Grier (Jackie Brown, Escape from LA), Judge Reinhold (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Beverly Hills Cop). It received a 10-city limited theatrical release on November 3rd, 2017. It's currently available on Amazon streaming and other digital platforms.
SALTWATER (aka ATOMIC SHARK) (2016), a horror-comedy I wrote which aired on the Syfy Channel in July 2016 and 2017 during Sharknado Week.
FATAL CALL (2012). An action-thriller I wrote and directed starring Jason London (Dazed and Confused), Danielle Harris (multiple Halloween movies), and Kevin Sorbo (Hercules, Andromeda). It was released through VOD by Warner Brothers and in Redbox and all major video retail stores in 2013.
GHOST IMAGE (2007). A supernatural thriller I wrote and directed starring Elisabeth Rohm (Law and Order, American Hustle, Joy) and Stacey Dash (Clueless). It aired over 250 times on the Showtime Network and The Movie Channel and the foreign rights were picked up by 20th Century Fox and NBC/Universal.
I have several screenplays in development, both, originals and work-for-hire jobs.
Your idea could be my next screenplay that gets produced. I'm fast, efficient, and will give you what you want! My dreams have come true so let's achieve yours.
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