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Screenplays
Produced Screenplays:
THE LAST FLIGHT OUT Action
Re-wrote The Last Flight Out, an action-drama
produced by Franklin Graham. A missionary in a small town in
Columbia is held captive by a local drug lord. The
missionary’s father hires an ex-marine to rescue her
daughter and bring her home.
THE RED PHONE - MANHUNT Action
Re-wrote Manhunt, an action
adventure pilot as part of The Red Phone series,
starring Joe Penny, Arnold Vosloo, and Michael Ironsides. An
independent anti-terrorist group is hired to stop a group of
terrorists from assassinating several heads of state at an
international conference in Cape Town.
THE RED PHONE - CHECKMATE Action
Re-wrote Checkmate, the
sequel to Manhunt also starring Joe Penny, Arnold
Vosloo, and Michael Ironsides. An independent anti-terrorist
group is hired to stop a nuclear bomb attack on Berlin.
Produced Television:
DIRECT FROM HOLLYWOOD with ANDREEA MARIN
Wrote 12 episodes of a new entertainment television
show for Romania One Television, starring Andreea Marin, the
number one television personality in Romania.
THE BRINI MAXWELL SHOW
Writer for the pilot episode. A "Home Improvement"
type show with a twist. Picked up
by E! Television.
Produced Short Films:
GRAHAM: A DOG'S STORY
Entirely seen from a dog's POV with voice over, this
short film looks at the entire life of a canine from puppy
to 'letting go' and beyond. Funny, touching and a comfort
for anyone who has ever had to deal with the awful challenge
of putting down a beloved pet.
Directed by PAUL LAZARUS, Written by PAUL LAZARUS & PHIL
OLSON, CAST: (in alphabetical order) RUBÉN J. CARBAJAL,
LAURA NAPOLI, JILL REMEZ, JILL RENNER JENNIFER SAYGAN,
COOPER WALTS, TATYANA ALI as the voice of Stella, and CHRIS
WILLIAMS as the voice of Graham.
OFFICIAL SELECTION in the Maui Film Festival, Kansas
City Film Festival, Atlantic City Film Festival, New Hampshire Film
Festival, Valley Film Festival, All Shorts Irvington Film Festival,
Highland Park Film Festival, Somewhere North of Boston (SNOB) Film
Festival, Burbank International Film Festival and Draftfest Film
Festival.
THE AL OERTER COMEBACK
Wrote, produced, and directed this short film
starring Al Oerter, the only four-time Olympic Gold Medal
Discus Champion. Finalist in The Long Island Film Festival.
Screenplays:
THANKSGIVING
Drama/Comedy
Based on the award winning play “A Nice Family
Gathering.” It’s Thanksgiving Day and the first family
gathering at the Lundeen household since Dad died. At the
gathering, Dad comes back as a ghost with a mission; to tell
his wife he loved her, something he neglected to tell her
while he was alive.
GOOD AND EVIL
Drama
A con man takes on the identity of a minister in a small
town in order to rob the church and finds out who he really
is.
REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS
Comedy (Script was sold!)
Sequel to the cult hit, Reform School Girls,
filmed in 1986.
NOT GUILTY Drama/Thriller
An unscrupulous law firm murders people, frames someone
else for the murder, then takes on that person’s case and
defends them.
REAL REALITY Comedy/Adventure
A 13 year-old boy and his 15 year-old sister
accidentally get transported back in time through a super
computer to a fairy tale-like Renaissance.
THE PERFECT PROPOSAL Romantic
Comedy
A guy who's been dating his girlfriend for three years
is about to lose her unless he comes up with the perfect
proposal. The script has recently been optioned.
SIOUX FALLS Coming of Age
Comedy
Sioux Falls is based on a true story about four small
town Minnesota kids ages 13 to 15, who plan to sneak out,
"borrow" a parent's car, drive all night to Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, to buy illegal fireworks, and get home before
their parents wake up.
WORD OF HONOR Drama/Thriller
The hunt to find the person who blew up a small town
post office, killing three people.
CATCHING NESSIE Romantic Comedy
Nessie is the name they gave the largest Bass ever to break
water at Bass Lake. Jack Swenson, gym teacher at Bass Lake
Elementary School, has been obsessed with catching Nessie
all his life, and the big Bass Contest is upon us. When
Jack’s girlfriend, Peggy, goes fishing for the first time in
her life she does the unthinkable, she catches Nessie.
Needless to say, the relationship is over. Now, Jack has to
decide what’s more important, his girlfriend or a fish.
PRESUMED DEAD Action Adventure
One day while on recon, Marine Sergeant Frank Roberts’
entire platoon was wiped out by Viet Cong. Roberts survived,
but never came home from Viet Nam. Now a mercenary in the
northern jungles of Thailand, Sergeant Roberts has set out
on a one man crusade of absolution. His daughter, now grown
up, believes her father is still alive, so she sets out on a
mission to find him and discover why he never came home.
When she’s kidnapped by Burmese outlaws, the only one who
can save her is her father who shows up alive after 26 years
of being presumed dead.
NORTH DUMPLING ISLAND Murder Mystery
A group of people spend the weekend on a secluded island
and only two survive.
WHITEFISH BAY Comedy
Screenplay developed from the play, Cräppie Talk.
Spec Television:
WHITEFISH BAY Sitcom Pilot
Sitcom pilot developed from the play, Cräppie Talk.
SCRUBS Spec Sitcom
Finalist in the Acclaim Television Script Competition.
Kelso announces a new rotation in Gynocology and Urology –
pelvics, rectals and hernias. The interns have to practice
on each other.
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