I am a New Jersey–based screenwriter whose work explores loneliness, family fracture, aging, desire, identity, and the search for meaning in an uncertain world. Drawing from a diverse life experience that spans immigration, technology, business, and personal reinvention, I write character-driven dramas rooted in psychological realism.
Born in Russia and later immigrating to the United States, I spent decades as a data warehouse and business intelligence architect before turning my focus to screenwriting. My analytical background influences the emotional structure of my stories, where ordinary lives reveal hidden obsessions, unresolved grief, and complex moral conflicts.
My screenplay projects—including Conjugating Desire, The Second Witness, Atlantic, The Engineer, Mountain Lion, and Uncontested—examine emotional isolation, fractured relationships, personal transformation, and the difficult choices people make while pursuing connection, security, or purpose.
I am particularly drawn to flawed characters navigating the space between hope and disappointment: divorced parents struggling to reconnect with family, individuals confronting loneliness, and people whose ambitions or desires slowly evolve into obsession. My stories often explore the tension between rational thought and emotional need, revealing how fear, longing, belief, and vulnerability shape human behavior.
Influenced by contemporary independent cinema, I favor emotionally layered narratives that prioritize character psychology over spectacle. My work combines themes of family conflict, identity, responsibility, and redemption while maintaining empathy for deeply imperfect people.
I continue to develop feature-length psychological dramas and character studies for the independent film market. My guiding belief is simple: every person carries a private struggle, and every struggle contains a story worth telling.
