Capturing the Stars

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Feature Length Screenplay

Despite being four months pregnant, Mina flees her abusive husband and accepts a position as a maid in the home of a prominent and ebullient astronomer. When her employer famously declares that his maid can do better work than male employees, Mina rises to the challenge and becomes the first female "computer" at the Harvard College Observatory. Based on the true story of Williamina Fleming, Capturing the Stars shows that a poor immigrant can become a pioneer in the male dominated world of the 19th century if she aims for the stars.

  • Honorable Mention, Sloan/Tribeca Grand Jury Prize

  • Winner, Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Award

  • Participant, 2014 Sloan Film Summit

Is This Art? (or the Andy Warhol Ghost Pilot)

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Half-hour Comedy

Nora Miller is a stressed out grad student trying to ace her Ph.D. program but the ghost of Andy Warhol keeps dragging her hopelessly off track.

  • Second rounder in the 2021 LaunchPad Pilot Competition.

Hag Face

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Half-hour Comedy

In Tudor England, a young noblewoman runs away from her controlling father in order to study with the hideously terrifying prophetess known as Hag Face.