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Japanese For Baseball
Feature Historical Drama Script • 112 pages
written by Ray Keller
LOGLINE:
During World War II, when a teenage outsider’s baseball team lacks players, he fills the roster by recruiting boys from the nearby Japanese internment camp, which puts both their families at risk after it raises the ire of the town’s racist mayor. (Inspired by actual events).
Accolades:
Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting – Semifinalist (2018)
ScreenCraft True Story Screenplay Competition – Finalist (2021)
PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Winner, Bronze Prize (2021)
Shore Scripts Feature Contest – Semifinalist (2022)
CoverFly Red List – TOP 1% [#8 Overall] Drama Feature Script (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“This script has a heartwarming sense of magic to it. It successfully delves into timeless themes regarding family, death, grief, truth versus deceit, illusion versus reality, race, ethnicity, discrimination, underdogs, community, justice, teamwork and sportsmanship.” — JUDGE: ACADEMY NICHOLL FELLOWSHIPS IN SCREENWRITING
The One Percent – TV
Dystopian Drama (one-hour) TV Pilot Script • 57 pages
written by Ray Keller & Richard Schmidt
LOGLINE:
In a dystopian near-future, Cali, daughter of a wealthy businessman, enjoys a privileged life inside a walled city, home of the richest “One Percent”, but when she falls in love with a poor trumpet player and sneaks outside the wall to be with him, she uncovers her ambitious father’s sinister plan to maintain their status and now must stop him from destroying lives on both sides of their unequal world.
Accolades:
The Script Lab Screenwriting Contest – Semifinalist (2020)
ScreenCraft TV Pilot Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist (2020)
Portland Screenplay Awards – Finalist (2021)
Shore Scripts TV Pilot Contest – Quarterfinalist (2022)
CoverFly – Top 5% of All Scripts (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“THE ONE PERCENT is a timely and chillingly possible prediction for our current times; in many ways, the themes and world echo A HANDMAID’S TALE in its not-quite-sci-fi reality.” – Austin Film Festival Judge
The Astrologer – Feature
Historical BioPic Drama Feature Script • 119 pages
written by Ray Keller & Richard Schmidt
LOGLINE:
In the early 1900s, when a young woman who has become America’s first famous astrologer is arrested for fortune-telling, she must overcome society’s opposition to astrology and prove its value in court or be banned from practicing her craft. (A True Story)
Accolades:
Academy Nicholl Fellowship – Top 15% (2021)
Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition – 2nd Rounder (2021 & 2022)
ScreenCraft True Story Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist (2021)
Portland Screenplay Awards – Finalist (2021)
ScreenCraft Feature Competition – Quarterfinalist (2022)
CoverFly – Top 6% of All Scripts (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“Armed with quick-cutting scenes and the incredible journey of Evangeline Adams – both as the US’s first prominent astrologer and as an entrepreneurial woman ahead of her time – this script quickly builds momentum and doesn’t relent until the final pages.” – Austin Film Festival Judge – 2021
“Original and evocative” – Academy Nicholl Judge – 2022
Our Ugly Baby
Comedy Feature Script • 97 pages
Written by Ray Keller
A beautiful fame-obsessed pregnant couple signs their unborn baby to star in a blockbuster Hollywood film, but when the baby’s born hideously ugly, they kidnap the beautiful baby of dangerous arms dealers.
Accolades:
ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist (2016)
Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition – 2nd Rounder (2016 & 2019 & 2020)
WeScreenplay Feature Contest – Semifinalist (2021)
CoverFly – Top 7% of Comedy Scripts (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“A very fresh, entertaining story… a non-stop action-adventure road movie that feels like a Farrelly Brothers production, lots of insanity, irony and a heartwarming conclusion.” — Austin Film Festival Judge
Mr. Sabotage
Dark Comedy Feature Script • 105 pages
written by Ray Keller & Richard Schmidt
LOGLINE:
An idealistic employee gets promoted after the other candidate dies in a copy-machine-sex accident. Assuming murder, management fight each other to hire him. But after they start a bloodthirsty corporate takeover, he must save the CEO while keeping his humanity.
Accolades:
Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition – 2nd Rounder (2018)
ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist (2018)
The Script Lab Screenwriting Contest – Quarterfinalist (2020)
Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition – 2nd Rounder (2020)
CoverFly – Top 10% of All Scripts (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“Our readers really loved how strong this script’s voice is. The creativity in this piece really made it stand out!” – Austin Film Festival
The One Percent – Feature
Dystopian Drama Feature Script • 118 pages
written by Ray Keller & Richard Schmidt
LOGLINE:
In a dystopian near-future, the daughter of a wealthy businessman enjoys a privileged life inside a walled city, home of the wealthiest “One Percent”, but when she falls in love with a poor trumpet player and sneaks outside the wall to be with him, she uncovers her ambitious father’s sinister plan to maintain their status and now must stop him from destroying lives on both sides of their unequal world.
Accolades:
Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition – 2nd Rounder (2018)
Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition – Top 100 (2020)
ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Competition – Semifinalist (2021)
CoverFly – Top 12% of All Scripts (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“The script excels in its world-building, creating an unsettling future world that sets itself apart from similar concepts through its specific rules of the world, characters, and vivid images.” The Script Lab Screenplay Contest
Better Off Undead
Horror/Comedy Feature Script • 108 pages
written by Ray Keller
LOGLINE:
When a nerd in need of a liver transplant travels to his ancestral home of Transylvania to find a donor, he instead meets a beautiful vampiress and realizes he has another option: BECOME UNDEAD…
Accolades:
Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition – 2nd Rounder (2015)
Creative World Awards – Quarterfinalist (2015)
ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Competition – Quarterfinalist (2016)
Shockfest Horror Screenplay Competition – Official Selection (2022)
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards Season 7 – Quarterfinalist (2023)
CoverFly – Top 16% of All Horror Scripts (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“Visual storytelling is crafted well, and there’s a nice twist.” – Terry Zinner
Karma
Drama Short Script • 8 pages
written by Ray Keller & Richard Schmidt
LOGLINE:
A woman realizes a boy in town looks familiar, so she runs over his bicycle.
Accolades:
Portland Screenplay Awards – Finalist (2021)
HollyShorts Screenwriting Competition – Quarterfinalist (2022)
CoverFly – Top 17% of All Short Scripts (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“A very fascinating story with a nice set of high stakes, intrigue, and mystery.” – Slamdance – 2021
The Miracle Squad
One-Hour Dramedy Procedural one-hour TV Pilot Script • 49 pages
written by Ray Keller
LOGLINE:
When potential miracles happen, the Catholic Church sends in the Miracle Squad; run by an overworked priest who’s losing his faith and possibly his sanity, a skeptical female scientist and a super-hip young tech-genius nun; they’re tasked with proving these miracles, some ludicrous, some serious.
Accolades:
CoverFly Television One-Hour Comedy Projects – Top 20 of the Month (2022)
ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition – Quarterfinalist (2023)
CoverFly – TOP 21% of All Scripts (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“There’s a surreal streak to the comedy that works really well to define the tone of the world.” – Judge, ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition – 2023
National Insecurity
Action/Comedy Feature Script • 98 pages
written by Ray Keller
LOGLINE:
A neurotic NSA agent illegally uses spy data to win back her ex-boyfriend, but somehow the NSA now thinks he’s a real terrorist and that she’s gone rogue, and they send their top assassin to kill them both.
Accolades:
Austin Film Festival Pitch Competition – Finalist (2014)
Wiki Screenplay Contest – Semifinalist (2020)
ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Competition – Quarterfinalist (2021)
CoverFly – Top 28% of Thriller Scripts (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“This was a fun script, reminiscent of movies like SPY and THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME.” — Austin Film Festival Judge
Bait and Switch
Action/Comedy Feature Script • 104 pages
written by Ray Keller & Richard Schmidt
LOGLINE:
When a bored and stifled home-baker housewife is kidnapped by the FBI because she resembles the missing girlfriend of a drug kingpin, she must escape and find that girlfriend in order to prove her own identity and innocence, or be killed.
Accolades:
Wiki Screenplay Contest – Honorable Mention (2021)
Portland Screenplay Awards – Quarterfinalist (2022)
CoverFly – Top 39% of All Scripts (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“An action-packed rollercoaster of a ride.” – Austin Film Festival Judge – 2021
The Astrologer – Limited Series
A Ten-Part Historical BioPic Drama Limited Series
Episode 1 Script • 54 pages
written by Ray Keller & Richard Schmidt
LOGLINE:
In the early 1900s, when a young woman who has become America’s first famous astrologer is arrested for fortune-telling, she must overcome society’s opposition to astrology and prove its value in court or be banned from practicing her craft. (A True Story)
Accolades:
Portland Screenplay Awards – Quarterfinalist (2022)
CoverFly – Top 43% of All Scripts (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“It’s a fun premise and could certainly work as a television series.” Barnstorm Feedback Loop Judge
Love in the Multiverse
Romantic Comedy/Sci-Fi Feature Script • 114 pages
written by Ray Keller
LOGLINE:
A lovelorn female scientist invents a machine to travel into the multiverse and then uses it to find true love.
Accolades:
CoverFly – Top 46% of All Scripts (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“A very fun concept! Anything with time/multiverse travel is very engaging for audiences and draws us in immediately.” – ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIPS FESTIVAL JUDGE – 2022
Stone Circles
Fantasy/Action/Thriller Feature Script • 88 pages
written by Ray Keller & Tamar Armoni
LOGLINE:
A woman recovering from cancer has disturbing visions that lead her to go to Scotland where she finds out she’s the chosen one to bring peace to the world, but at what cost?
Accolades:
Wiki Screenplay Contest – Semifinalist (2020)
CoverFly – Top 46% of All Scripts (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“The concept of this script is very intriguing and mysterious in a way that does a very good job of drawing the audience in.” – Wiki Screenplay Contest
“It’s a fascinating premise and an engaging story. Well done!” – Barnstorm Media Feedback Loop – 2022
War Story
War Drama/Thriller Feature Script • 91 pages
written by Ray Keller
LOGLINE:
In World War II Germany, a young dancer must put her dreams on hold to take care of her younger sister and dysfunctional mother and save their family farm, but as the war goes badly and a Nazi SS officer threatens to ruin everything, she must do what she can to keep her family together and alive.
Accolades:
CoverFly – Top 48% of All Scripts (2022)
Competition Feedback:
“A familiar but new story with a third act that is really well crafted. We enjoyed it!” – Barnstorm Media Feedback Loop – 2022
Generosity
Produced Feature Drama Film • 119 minutes
Written by Ray Keller & Richard Schmidt & Carmen Sasser
LOGLINE:
How close is anyone to homelessness? David loses everything; teenage runaway Chloe does what she can to survive; old Sam shows them the ropes; TV reporter Charlotte tries to help; corporate president Bob hates the homeless. As their stories intertwine, who’s begging, dependent or good starts to blur until all hell breaks loose.
Accolades:
Official Selection at First Take Film Festival (2008)