Writer | Filmmaker | Composer

Writing

Writing

Original screenplays and upcoming projects.

The World Michael Made

In a high-tech future utopia, the architect has grown depressed, and two utopians face the first problem of their perfect lives.
Project
Type: Feature Film, Sci-Fi Comedy
Status: Screenplay Shortlisted for the John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science Fiction Writing (2025) by the AWG.


BLOODY INSTRUCTIONS

A struggling actor takes one last shot at acting success but the curse of Macbeth — Shakespeare’s unlucky play — puts a bad friend, a dead body, and the local mob in his way. How badly does he want to “make it”?
(Based on
my short film of the same name.)
Project Type: Feature Film, Black Comedy
Status: In development.


VICTORIAN-ERA SURGEON FILM

An historical comedy about pioneering surgeons in the mid-1800s and the lengths they went to for fame and glorious, gory breakthroughs.
Project Type: Feature Film, Black Comedy
Status: In development.


Victorian-era Horror film

London, 1800s. A down-and-out but determined young woman claws her way out of the slums only to find herself in a new nightmare…
Project Type: Feature Film, Romance/Horror
Status: In development.


Australian explorer series

A man past his prime grows obsessed with becoming the next great Australian explorer and fails spectacularly — passing by the greatest hits of Colonial Aussie history en route.
Project Type: Limited Series, Adventure/Comedy
Status: In development.