Awards

2020 Semi-finalist, San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition
2021 X World Short Film Festival Official screenplay selection and finalist
2020 Semi-Finalist, Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards: TV Pilot 
2020 Semi-Finalist, Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards: Drama
2020 DLH (Donate Life Hollywood) Inspire Award
2020 Bonita Springs International Film Festival, closing night film
2019 ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition, Quarterfinalist
2019 Keynote Speaker, Ravindrabharathi Rasaranjani Theatre Project
2018 Audience Award for Best U.S. Feature Film, East Lansing Film Festival
2018 ScreenCraft, Quarter-finalist, TV Pilot
2018 Best U.S. Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Grand Jury Prize, Borderlands International Film Festival
2018 Worldfest Houston "Remi" Special Jury Award for best low-budget feature, Worldfest Houston
2018, Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
2018 People's Choice Award, Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival
2017 Semi-finalist, Stage It! 10-Minute Play National Competition, Bonita Springs Centers for the Arts
2013 First Place Winner, 2013 TV Writer People’s Pilot award for one-hour pilot
Lawman, co-written with Greg Klein
2011 Best Director in Service of a New Play, Kennedy Center American College
Theatre Festival regional competition, Los Angeles CA
2009 Award Winning Screenwriter's Screenplay Contest, Second Place
2009 Award Winning Screenwriter's Competition, Finalist
2009 The Movie Deal, Finalist, Screenwriting Competition
2006 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, Summer Institute in Venice, Italy
1990, 1991 Jack Nicholson Prize for excellence in screenwriting
1981 First Class Honours, Oxford University
1979 Magna Cum Laude with Departmental Summa at Harvard
1979 Rhodes Scholarship
1975-1979 Harvard National Scholarship
1975 Presidential Scholar