heyyy i'm a screenwriter who specializes in television comedy and is currently seeking literary management. the pilots (and feature) below are available upon request, as are the accompanying pitch decks. email me at lukemuyskens@gmail.com if you wanna read!
BoFA30 minute sitcom
A workplace comedy skewering the modern art world by observing the politics and interpersonal drama of a controversial museum, from the crust punk guards to the overworked interns to the bourgeois curators.
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Extraction1 hour thriller/sci-fi/comedy hybrid
Overnight, an island appears off the California coast. The team of ecologists tasked with its exploration must face the danger of the island's mysterious and dangerous ecosystem while evading a team of corporate mercenaries trying to sabotage their mission and drain the island’s resources.
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Haus Arrest1 hour dark comedy
When Doc is sentenced to house arrest, the unscrupulous young hustler turns from slinging knockoff Louis Vuitton to creating original designs. To his surprise — and to the chagrin of fashion gatekeepers — he rockets to the top of the NYC fashion scene.
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The Scorpion & the FrogFeature film, darkly comedic thriller
A meek and impressionable antifascist activist is courted by a dangerous undercover intelligence agent as part of a government operation to coerce isolated young men into acts of terror.
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Uncle Sam's Misguided Children30 minute mockumentary sitcom
A documentary crew follows a small anti-government militia of misfit amateurs with varying ideologies in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the hapless feds trying to take them down.
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Terroir1 hour comedy/thriller
Is Patrick the suave proprietor of Bev's Wine Bar, where he serves as both boss and mentor to his misfit staff? Or is he Artem, a deep-cover member of a shadowy Eastern European terrorist organization using Bev’s as a front to purchase and export explosives?
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