Here you will find the most recent projects completed. My feature film directorial debut was The Fotoautomat Man. This is the first one of what I hope will be many full on independent projects. Since then, I have completed two books and I have a number of new scripts in development. These can be seen on SCRIPTS AVAILABLE.
THE FOTOAUTOMAT MAN
GENRE: Mockumentary/Comedy
STATUS: Completed May 2020
LENGTH:80 minutes
Director: O’neil Sharma
Writers: O’neil Sharma and Anthony Straeger
TAGLINE: No Gods, No Masters… I am an Anarchist!
LOGLINE: The picture you see doesn’t always reveal the truth.
OUTLINE: A documentary film crew decide to make a film about one of Berlin’s most interesting characters, Marco. He is a man who spends his life, living in the cities 19 Fotoautomaten (photobooths). What is his reason? He is on a mission to protest against an increasingly capitalistic society. However, the story unravels when the crew discovers that this interesting character has a dark side. When a mystery surrounds the disappearance firstly, a drug dealer and then secondly, their cameraman, suspicious fall upon the Fotoautomat Man. However, with no evidence or proof… There is no case. The director desperately keeps his production moving forward, despite the disappearance of his cameraman!
ENDLESS
Completed 2020 and featuring Alexandra Shipp, Famke Janssen, Nicholas Hamilton.
GENRE: Teen Drama
SYNOPSIS: When madly in love high school graduates Riley and Chris are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend’s death while Chris is stranded in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to connect.
GET LUCKY
Released 2019 and featuring Bjarne Meisel, Emma-Katharina Suthe, Lilly Terzic, Benny Opoku-Arthur, Luissa Cara Hansen, Jascha Baum und Moritz Jahn
GENRE: Coming of Age/Comedy
SYNOPSIS: Six teenagers spend their holidays on the Baltic Sea. Their holidays are filled with sun, beach and sex! They experience their first love, the first sex and everything that can go wrong. They’re housed by Ellen, the aunt of two teenagers who, as sex counsellors, answer questions they would never ask their parents.