by Marie Smalley

"An ensemble of intelligent characters that can appeal to wide audiences ... the leads are engaging ... a premise worthy of a series." Table Read My Screenplay

In addition to writing screenplays, my published works include “Comrades," in 2021, an essay for a NY Times subsidiary, and from my years in the NYC art world on the curatorial staff of The Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and The Takashimaya Art Gallery, I authored exhibition catalogs "Elemental Images,” “Quiet Light,” “Volume and Void,” and a reference book, “Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art.”

Feature Film Script

Short Film Script

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My pilot script, "The Proxy Mom," is the WINNER of a 2025 New York Independent Film Award and an Oniros Film Award for Best Series Pilot Script, and was a Nominee for a 2025 New York Script Award.

My feature screenplay "Searching for Shadow" is the 2025 WINNER of the Golden Pen Script Awards, Oniros Film Awards, New York Independent Film Awards and Melbourne International Screenplay Awards, and has Official Selection, Nominee & other laurels, from festivals in NYC, LA, Paris, Munich, and Amsterdam.

"This script has the bones and soul of a deeply affecting and distinctive debut feature." Melbourne International Screenplay Awards