Embracing the Monster By David Beck. Feature Film in Development | Short Film in post-production. The feature is being developed in collaboration with acclaimed choreographer Pontus Lidberg.

A short film proof of concept is currently in post-production, featuring choreography by Hussein Smko and the voice of Emmy-winning actor Brian Cox as Tchaikovsky.

In a remote castle, a morphine-addicted young man visits his uncle in exile, the legendary composer Tchaikovsky, who is doomed to take poison by order of the Tsar as punishment for homosexual crimes, all the while navigating through a surreal landscape of dancing hallucinations and inner-demons.

Genre: Psychological drama

DEADLINE Exclusive: LIMBO, U.S.A.

Pitch Deck and Script available upon request. Written by David Beck and Ezgi Cohen. Directed by Can Merdan Doğan.

Attached: Tony Award Winner Reed Birney.

A celebrated Turkish television star immigrates to New York to live openly as a gay man, but the freedom he has long dreamed of proves more complicated than he anticipated, especially after he falls in love for the first time.

Genre: Romantic Comedy / Drama

MILKWOOD

(screenplay) *Austin Film Festival 2026 Second Rounder Script available upon request. Written by David Beck.

The night her son returns home after a rape acquittal, a social-media homemaker prepares a celebratory party to prove her family is intact--until the arrival of a mysterious guest threatens to expose the truth she's spent years avoiding.

Genre: Psychological Drama

TIME-OUT WITH AUNT BARBARA written by Jennifer Bobbi and David Beck. Television Pilot (30 minutes), Pitch Deck, and Story Bible available upon request. Based on the beloved character and social media sensation created by Jennifer Bobbi.

A child TV star of the 60s struggles to make her comeback in the modern age. Tonal references: Mister Rogers meets Strangers with Candy.

Genre: Comedy Series

OLD FASHIONED LOVE STORY

(stage play) Script available upon request. written and performed by David Beck.

Old Fashioned Love Story is a tale of being young, gay, drunk, and in the arts. On the piano, David pines for lost love, for New York, for that period of life that seems all too fleeting as he shares his bittersweet love story with a talented fashion designer of ten
years…of the forces that keep them together as they tear themselves and one another apart…

“David Beck’s voice is acerbic and his wit is sharp.” – Booklife

“David Beck is a revelation and a delight.” -Broadway World

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.

In the aftermath of a brutal machete attack at a small Wolverhampton preschool, a young teacher–now a national hero thrust into the public glare–battles inner nightmares that bleed into her day-to-day reality as she is called to the witness stand.  Written and produced with the blessing of Lisa Potts herself.

Genre: True Crime