SCREENWRITING
Renee has written many screenplays and teleplays spanning a wide variety of genres. Her work has placed highly in multiple screenplay competitions including the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, Pasadena International Film Festival, and Lake Travis Film Festival.
She has written and co-written screenplays under work-for-hire and contractural arrangements, and has also worked as a script consultant.
Examples of her work include…
THREE DAYS FROM QUEENS
It's "The Wonder Years" meets the mob in a classic coming-of-age tale of a young Italian-American boy growing up in a family on the fringe of organized crime.
The orphaned son of a Hollywood starlet is pulled into a life of organized crime by his uncle. In a moment of crisis, he seeks a connection to the father he never knew, leading him on a journey of obsession and regret.
Renee teamed with actor Rocco Parente to co-write this endearing tale of life in unusual circumstances.
Acting legend Vinny Pastore is among the talent attached to this project which is gaining momentum in active development.
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DON'T WAKE UP
Renee teamed with director Christian Pichler to co-write the supernatural horror Don't Wake Up.
*This project is expected to be filmed in Europe.
THE DINER
A wise-cracking accountant, hunted by the Russian mobster he betrayed, stumbles into a hostage situation with a crooked cop, a fixer, and the U.S. Marshal who hates him. What could possibly go wrong?
This single location action is a suspenseful, character-driven ride which received high praise in the script analysis provided by the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards and placed as a Semi-Finalist in their 2024 Winter competition.
TURNCOAT
A contained, single location, ultra-low budget thriller.
A psychotic mastermind holds a group of strangers captive. Each guilty of a crime, he forces them to judge each other in a deadly game of consequences where survival is the ultimate prize.
*This project is in active development in Europe.
THE WHITTLING
A tech mogul runs mind-control experiments on captives in a secret biodome in the woods. His plans for a new society unravel when an amnesia patient sparks a glitch in the system and goes on the run with knowledge of his plans.
The Whittling is an intense action screenplay with an unlikely band of heroes. It toys with conspiracy theories, tech overlords, and doomsday preppers on a journey filled with paranoia.
The Whittling was selected as a Finalist for Best Screenplay at the Pasadena International Film Festival. An earlier draft of the story was also selected as a Quarterfinalist by both the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards and the Lake Travis Film Festival.
J159
What if jury duty was permanent? If being sequestered lasted years, would you trust the system not to take advantage?
Eddie was an average, hard-working man. He was ripped from his idyllic suburban home and forced into a long-term jury system by an overreaching government cabal. Trapped in a web of lies, corruption, and murder, he must fight to escape before the system consumes him.
The screenplay adaptation of Renee's 2017 novel of the same name was selected as a semi-finalist for "Best Screenplay" by the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards.
CHRISTMAS AT THE LAKE HOUSE
Dumped at Christmas, Casey is miserable, deflated, and massively stressed about her overdue manuscript. Worse still… she's a romance writer with a broken heart.
Emotionally exhausted and desperate to save her career, she escapes to her parents' lake house in hopes of finding inspiration. Instead, she finds an old crush, petty rivalries, and a lakeside development plan set to pit the whole town against her.
Join Casey on her turbulent journey back to the lake house as she rekindles friendships, battles old rivals, and discovers love in the heart of Christmas.
This family friendly, holiday romance would tie well with your Hallmark, Netflix, and Amazon holiday movie binge.
PARKER
Raised on cold cases and conspiracy theories, Lou Parker was destined to follow in her father's footsteps. Thrust to the helm of their floundering P.I. business, Lou struggles to hold their makeshift family together while she hunts for a killer and attempts to restore her father's reputation.
This crime drama/mystery is filled with complex characters, procedural drama style cases, and lingering mysteries that slowly unravel behind a shroud of family secrets.
The world of Lou Parker currently exists in multiple forms: a feature length screenplay, a teleplay pilot (with subsequent episodes), and a novel based on the Amazon Kindle Vella series.
REBOOT
Void of life skills, a practically incompetent tech guy in his 30s is finally forced to leave the nest when his nest up and retires to Florida.
This teleplay is written in half-hour comedy pilot form.
VRIL
In the 1900s, the German secret society THULE and their occult, all-women division VRIL establish contact with the other world.
This action/sci-fi/thriller provides an alternate history thrill-ride.
Renee was hired as a script consultant by director Christian Pichler to perform a major, end-to-end rewrite of this screenplay. The project is currently in pre-production with a growing list of highly talented actors and filmmakers attached.
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Renee wrote an emotionally charged drama to tug at your heart strings under a work-for-hire contract with a Texas-based producer.
NEW (WIPs)
Renee is currently working on multiple new screenplays including:
- a supernatural drama/thriller
- a suspense thriller
- a conspiracy thriller
- a romantic comedy
- a family adventure
***WRITING SERVICES***
Renee provides the following writing services by paid contract only:
- Screenplay & teleplay writing
- Rewrites & Co-writes
- Script consultation
Rates are negotiable and depend on the project style and scope.
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