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Screenwriting
“Wild Parakeets” (2023)
Logline: After a shattering breakup, a mid-30s Desi American woman moves to London to reconstruct herself, but is met with her resurfacing past and difficult cultural adjustments.
Format: Feature
Accolades:
Semifinalist in the 2023 American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition
Quarterfinalist in the 2024 London Golden Script Competition
Quarterfinalist in the 2024 Manchester Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Finalist in the 2024 NYU Fusion Film Festival, Undergraduate Feature Screenplay category
Quarterfinalist in the 2024 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Second-rounder in the 2024 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Request Script on Coverfly (top 9%)
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“It’s Only the End of the World” (2022)
Logline: Two best friends grapple with the meaning of their lives and their relationship in the hours leading up to the end of the world.
Format: One act play, short story, short film
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“Honor Amongst Thieves” (2022)
Logline: When their shared custody painting is stolen, two ex-partners in crime and life must work together once again to recover the piece and stay out of the eye of authorities.
Format: Feature
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“The Cost of a Thing” (2021)
Logline: Time runs out for a young man and his mother after their four years on a cross-country roadtrip running away from his dead father’s enforcers.
Format: Feature
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“Super Rich Kids” (2020)
Logline: A junior in high school gets a scholarship to a high school in a high income neighboring town in the Bay Area, but gets in too deep with social politics, all whilst having to keep his scholarship a secret from his peers.
Format: Half-hour pilot
Selected Arts Journalism
The solitude behind the screams: ‘Hard Truths’ is a subtle and effective case for unconditional love — Ampersand LA (2025)
‘Tears and smiles all mixed up’: ‘Rebuilding’ is a case for hope — Ampersand LA (2025)
How the pop-punk singer Aminta Skye is finding herself in LA’s music scene — Keke Magazine (2024)
LA’s Rich & Successful Film Festival rings in its third year — Ampersand LA (2024)
All British Films Are About Class — Periphery Magazine (2023)
Men and Medusa: Aidan Close Steps Into the Underbelly of the Internet in “Incels and Other Myths” — Medium (2023)