This was my first feature-length screenplay about a young East
Indian man who falls in with a group of charismatic small-time
criminals who are struggling to carve themselves out a space in
Vancouver's underworld. The hero is Randy, the first generation
born in Canada, still living at home but chafing under his father's
stern hand. Randy is trying to find a job that will get him out
of the house but is not succeeding. At the same time, a former
gang leader, Jas, has just returned from exile after stirring
up too much conflict with established ethnic gangs in the city.
After a chance meeting with Jas, Randy begins to see more and
more of Jas' group whom he suspects are into theft rings or worse.
Meanwhile the pressures of life and family begin to work on Randy
and he falls in with the group. Through Randy's eyes, the group's
Tigers
Genre: Crime Drama -
Feature
- A young son of East Indian immigrants is attracted by a group
of small-time crooks trying to carve out a space in Vancouver's
underworld.
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Exclusion Zone
Genre: War Political Drama -
Feature - A patrol of Canadian peacekeepers become involved
in a potentially explosive situation when they stumble on the
village that has been attacked by militia in a Balkan country.
Winner: Praxis Centre for Screenwriters Spring 2004 Competition.
Currently being workshopped.
Lady X: Episode 13:
The Ronin
Genre: Action
- Short
- Dylan Couper and I came up with the story of a samurai who is
killed in Feudal Japan and then is reborn as a courier in Vancouver.
We filmed it on MiniDV as part of the Lady X collaborative webisode
series. Eventually when we filmed it, one of our actors translated
half of the dialogue to Japanese.
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more here >>
Returning
Genre: Science fiction drama ghost
story
- Short - I wrote and directed this MiniDV short
which was intended to be an acting exercise for one of my good
friends. In a post-apocalyptic wilderness, a woman returns to
a forest to revisit lost memories and a lost spirit.
Read
the script here >>
The Candidate
Genre: Science fiction drama
-
Short - A CBC competition sparked my interest in screenwriting
after a long self-imposed absence. I wrote this
Outer Limits-styled
short about a woman who enters a worldwide physical and psychological
competition for an unstated job. I didn't win but it caused me
to think more about returning to screenwriting.
Read
the script here >>
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