Building Bridges with Stories
Every person, organization or endeavor has a unique story to tell.
Documentary
Every person, organization or endeavor has a story. Whether sharing a piece of history, communicating an urgent need or new vision or promoting and celebrating a great work, Martinet Productions produces the stories to build bridges with your audience and stir inspiration around your vision.
Milwaukee Public Television
“Outdoor Wisconsin” (Reporter/ Producer)“Techno@Bytes” (Reporter/ Producer)
Screenwriting
“Stories
make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.” –Madeleine
L’Engle
The heart of compelling entertainment
is empathy– that ability to see ourselves in the characters, and ride the
emotional rollercoaster of a journey with them.
As a screenwriter, I love to create and adapt compelling and entertaining
stories that build bridges of empathy between different cultures and
worldviews.
In Development:
Brendan Buckley’s Universe
(Adapted screenplay for the book by Sundee T. Frazier )
Applause:
Winner of the 2008 Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent award (American Library Association
An OPRAH’S Book Club Kids Reading List selection
One of Bank Street Bookstore’s “40 favorite books from the last 40 years”
Logline:
Biracial ten-year old science enthusiast, Brendan Buckley, accidentally meets his white grandpa and begins “collecting data” through their secret friendship to solve the mystery of why they’ve never met before.
Cowboys & Indians
(Original Screenplay)
Applause:
Austin Film Festival: “2nd Rounder”
Screencraft Fellowship: Quaterfinalist
Page International Screenwriting Awards: Quarterfinalist
Logline:
A rodeo star reluctantly travels to India to retrieve and inheritance and gets roped into the family he didn’t know existed, a criminal sting operation and a quirky spiritual journey.
Leaving Iowa
(Adapted screenplay for the play by Tim Clue & Spike Manton)
Applause:
Premiered at Jeff Daniel’s Purple Rose Theatre near Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Nominated for Best New Play in the country by the Detroit Free Press
One of SoCal Theater’s 10 Most Memorable Moments of the year after it’s run at the Laguna Playhouse
Since it’s printing by Dramatic Publishing, “Leaving Iowa” has played to packed audiences and great reviews in hundreds of repertory theaters, high school, colleges and community theaters throughout the US.Applause:
Premiered at Jeff Daniel’s Purple Rose Theatre near Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Nominated for Best New Play in the country by the Detroit Free Press
One of SoCal Theater’s 10 Most Memorable Moments of the year after it’s run at the Laguna Playhouse
Since it’s printing by Dramatic Publishing, “Leaving Iowa” has played to packed audiences and great reviews in hundreds of repertory theaters, high school, colleges and community theaters throughout the US.
Logline:
Don Browning returns to Iowa to scatter his father’s ashes on the old
family farm—but now it’s a grocery store! His search for the perfect final
resting place becomes a journey through hilarious and tender memories of annual
road trips and family reconciliation.
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