Suzanne Elizabeth Gillis
Professional Screenwriter & Ghostwriter
34 Capen Street, Medford, MA 02155
Cell: 781-654-1418
Email: sgillis77@comcast.net
www.screenwritingandghostwriting.com

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Professional Screenwriter since 1991, I have written over thirty feature length screenplays in all genres. I specialize in comedy, romantic comedy, family and holiday films. I recently developed a story development program where I help clients and producers develop story ideas into marketable screenplays. I previously lived in New York City and Los Angeles and currently reside in the Boston area.

EDUCATION:
Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts, Film Program, New York, NY
Honors in Screenwriting - MFA 1991
Three Year Graduate Program in Screenwriting

Hampshire College
Amherst, MA - BA 1986
Majored in Screenwriting, Playwriting and Film

LIST OF CURRENT SCREENPLAY PROJECTS
(All SCRIPTS Registered at WGAE/W)

THE NAUGHTY BOY (Christmas/Family) 'With the Naughty list out of control Santa must prove he still has what it takes to be Santa by turning a selfish boy into 'nice' by Christmas without the use of his newly 'outdated' toys.'

DOG GONE DUBIE (Comedy/Romance) 'An overweight dishwasher attempts to realize his lifelong dream of inventing the world's most famous hotdog while pursuing a female chemist who is determined to rid him of his food fetish.' (CONSIDER from Script Shark and HONORABLE MENTION from THE HAPPY WRITING CONTEST)

CUPID'S DAY OFF - (Holiday/Romance/Fantasy) 'When NYC's most beloved Cupid is forced to take Valentine's Day off he discovers that being mortal and in love can pierce the heart like an arrow.'

MR. ANONYMOUS - (Romantic/Comedy) 'A romantically challenged mortician who longs for a family of his own finds new meaning in his life when he becomes a part-time sperm donor. Suddenly his world is turned upside down when he becomes the most sought after donor in all of New York City and falls in love with a recently impregnated neighbor.'

UNDATABLE YOU - (Romantic Comedy) 'A recently divorced owner of a famous dating service makes a public announcement that she can make anyone in the city of Boston completely 'dateable.' That is until she is forced to date her most 'undatable' client of all who threatens to pull the plug on her 'unfulfilled' romantic promise.'

THE MOTHER LOAD - (Family/Romance) 'A successful businesswoman with a history of dating men with mother troubles now demands to meet the mother first. She soon she finds herself dating a new man with the perfect mother - only is she his 'real' mother?'

THE GAME KEEPER - (Action Adventure/Fantasy) 'Three local boys purchase an ancient medieval game at a yard sale that transports them back in time where boys have to be men in order to survive.'

IN-BETWEEN - (Fantasy/Comedy/Drama) 'A virginal teenager finds himself suddenly dead and assigned to an apathetic 'Arch Angel of Death' whose sexual past is the stuff he always dreamed off. Together they embark on a journey to correct the wrongs they've done to the women they loved in Hadleyville, VT.'

UNDER MY SKIN - (Romantic Comedy) 'A once famous Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon is talked into performing a sex change operation on a man in order to revive his now rapidly fading career and suddenly finds himself falling for his newest patient.' (*TOP TEN triggerstreet.com and HONORS at Columbia University Screenwriting Program.)