Projects in Development
Feature Screenplays
Title: The Last Bohemian
Genre: Comedy-Drama
Writers: Bruno Borello and Bill Burman
Logline: As gentrification sweeps over the San Francisco Bay Area, a struggling writer on the verge of completing his first novel is evicted from his shabby apartment and seeks refuge with an old friend, a disillusioned musician, now trying to climb up the high-tech corporate ladder.
Title: The Outcry
Genre: Historical Crime Drama/Thriller
Writer: Bruno Borello
Logline: Based on a true story in 1933, during the Great Depression in Northern California, a college student's faith in God and his ambition to become a priest are put to the test when he joins an enraged mob of vigilantes seeking to bring to justice two men who kidnapped and murdered his friend.
Title: Wrath of an Eagle
Genre: Action/Drama
Writer: Bruno Borello
Logline: Based on a true story in 1976, a highly skilled pilot working for an American oil company in Venezuela is wrongly imprisoned and tortured by corrupt government officials. After a ransom is paid for his release, he embarks on an elaborate plan in a modified plane to get his revenge and rescue his friend held in the prison.
Wrath of an Eagle placed in the following screenplay competitions:
Austin Film Festival 2015 - Second Round Finalist in the drama category.
Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition 2014-15 - Finalist (one of three) in the action/adventure category and also receiving an Honorable Mention.
ScreenCraft Script Contest 2014- Quarter-finalist in the action/thriller category (earlier draft).
"Your writing is witty and sharp and vivid. Economy with words moves your multi-layered plot forward with momentum, so much so that I found myself unable to put it down." (Richard Walter, UCLA Screenwriting Chairman)
Television Series
"The Fitusos"
Half hour comedy series.