Narrative Films
Alison McMahan is an optioned author, award winning screenwriter and documentary producer with over a dozen years experience. She writes all of the scripts for the non-fiction films she produces. A sample of her narrative screenplays are listed below.
She has taught screenwriting courses at the Emerson College Extension Program in the Netherlands and the Hudson Valley Writer’s Center in Pleasantville, NY. She has given one-day workshops in venues as diverse as Kansas University, in Lawrence, Kansas, the Free University of Amsterdam (VUU), and the Dance Lab at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten.
She is represented by Alexia Melocchi of Little Studio Films, www.LittleStudioFilms.com
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GIRL IN TRUNKa grindhouse thriller all rights available
Brianna has to outsmart her torturers, get back at her con-man fiancé, and escape from the trunk of a car all at the same time. Read about this project... |
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Risk Everythingon a word
LOGLINE: Read about this project... |
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ImprintedSci-Fi action based on short story "Rub-a-Dub" by Daniel Galouye all rights available TITLE: IMPRINTED, a sci-fi action based on "Rub-a-Dub," a short story by Daniel Galouye. LOGLINE: Fourteen-year old Vivien has to spend eight years in space, all alone except for the minds of three brilliant astronauts imprinted on her brain…and the imprint of a psychopath. IN SPANISH: Read about this project... |
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Destroying AngelHorror/Thriller all rights available Feature Length Screenplay by John Leary & Alison McMahan.
(note: previously entitled Heaven Sent)
PITCH: Kelly Thrones is a serial murderer. She just doesn't know it yet.
LOGLINE: A woman is arrested for hunting down and killing known murderers in her sleep, but soon the feds realize she could be used to their advantage. SYNOPSIS: Kelly Thrones is a serial killer of serial killers. Or is she? All the FBI knows is that she's the only one who can prevent a meltdown at the Blue Jay Nuclear Power Plant. Read about this project... |
Saint, Sinner, Lotto Winner!Horror short screenplay by Alison McMahan all rights available PITCH: What happens when your patron saint decides to stop watching over you and instead to teach you a lesson? SYNOPSIS: Not only does Dolores, Maggie and Martha's new Nanny, seem like the best thing since Mary Poppins, she also has a special skill at picking winning lottery numbers, a gift from Santa Cristina, her patron Saint. The trouble starts when Dolores relies on Santa Cristina for more than the occasional infusion of cash. Development history: Read about this project... |
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Union SquareNYU MFA Graduate Film complete UNION SQUARE, (1986) color, 16mm. 20 mins. SYNOPSIS: A young man about town steps out for an evening of fun but stops to perform what he thinks is an act of kindness. Or is it?
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY: Union Square was written and directed by Alison McMahan as her graduate thesis film for her Masters in Film Production at New York University.
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