Tales of the underdog

Commissions

CURRENT COMMISSIONS and other SCRIPTS

Mehmet

(screenplay commission) Script available upon request. co-written by David Beck and Ezgi Cohen

A Turkish immigrant gives up a glamorous life of a beloved actor in his homeland when he acclimates to New York City, gets a job in food delivery, and falls in love with a male school teacher, but when a family crisis draws him back to Istanbul, he must face the traditional upbringing he fled.

Genre: Romantic Comedy / Drama LGBT


Patrick’s Turn

(screenplay) Script available upon request. written by David Beck

After his father suffers a debilitating stroke, a young jazz musician moves back into his parents’ sleepy Ohio home to care for him, but he feels confined and longs to pursue his own future elsewhere.

Genre: Comedy / Drama

Untitled Lisa Potts Project

(screenplay commission) Outline phase. Co-written by David Beck and the director Catriona Rubenis-Stevens.

On an afternoon in July, twenty-one year old preschool teacher Lisa Potts and four of her students were brutally attacked by a man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and donning a machete in Wolverhampton, England. This is her story. Written and produced with the blessing of Lisa Potts herself.

Genre: True Crime

Patrick’s Turn

(screenplay) Script available upon request. written by David Beck

After his father suffers a debilitating stroke, a young jazz musician moves back into his parents’ sleepy Ohio home to care for him, but he feels confined and longs to pursue his own future elsewhere.

Genre: Comedy / Drama

Untitled Lisa Potts Project

(screenplay commission) Outline phase. Written by David Beck and the director Catriona Rubenis-Stevens

On an afternoon in July, twenty-one year old preschool teacher Lisa Potts and four of her students were brutally attacked by a man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and donning a machete in Wolverhampton, England. This is her story. Written and produced with the blessing of Lisa Potts herself.

Genre: True Crime