Bill Birney Screenwriter
Bill Birney
Screenwriter
NEW
A chaotic yet loving family discovers the unifying power of music, transforming their everyday struggles into a harmonious journey of laughter, growth, and unexpected melodies.
A mysterious collision of parallel realities forces a family to employ the power of pretending to deal with a barrage of bizarre catastrophic changes.
CHANGES
Suicide Prevention
A surefire way to prevent suicide and find true happiness.
A self-absorbed man’s failed suicide attempts lead him to an unlikely relationship with an irksome woman, who doesn’t give him a chance to wallow in his problems. After she wins his affection, however, he discovers she has terminal cancer, which both adds to his list of woes, and forces him to see them from a broader perspective.
The head of a major self-driving car company faces losing battles and impossible dilemmas when the AI-driven product that brought him success develops a mind of its own.
FEATURE
TV MINI-SERIES
SCREENPLAYS
ALONE WITH HIS THOUGHTS
Something for
Dr. Thode
While traveling to receive a professional award, a psychiatrist dredges up painful memories of an even more difficult journey with a young female client, who attached herself to him and refused to let go.
The Back Door
When a journalism student at a community college interviews for an intern job, she isn’t expecting to get thrown in the deep end.
FREEDOM
INVASION OF THE
FIFTH DIMENSION
Two young people receive the ultimate punishment for prying into the secrets of a future dystopian civilization – their freedom.
People of the earth take action when they learn their negative human traits are controlled by creatures from another dimension.
Day 3
A truly unbelievable break comes to a cynical, washed-up actor when he refuses to do a death scene on the last day of a movie shoot.
FOOTSTEPS
The lives of three women are thrown into turmoil by the unexpected return of their physically abusive husband and father.
treadmill
A man dares to break away from a society that bans emotions and desire to discover what it feels like to be human.
Alone with His Thoughts
A psychotic college genius is driven to cleanse the human race when he finds himself alone with his thoughts in a remote cabin.
People in Cars
A wannabe psychologist helps a man, found half-dead in the desert, break through total amnesia, and narrowly survive a plan to abduct and kill him.
WHERE WE ARE
After the sudden death of his wife and daughter, a man and his young son find inner peace by discovering that right here is where we are.
Barbara Blyth
The girl you've always known
A fictional star of Hollywood’s Golden Age reveals how her meteoric rise and fateful crash were set in motion by strange beings with pendulous earlobes.
BIO
I started writing professionally in 1982 as a TV promo producer and editor and continued with commercial and corporate videos. I decided to try screenwriting in 1989 with “After Alice,” a romcom about how a man deals with getting dumped. After that I tried different genres – drama, action, some sci-fi, dramedy, and all while maintaining a day job.
I learned more about screenwriting from books and groups, talking with industry people, and writing more. In 2000, I was a tech writer at Microsoft – books, online articles and videos, help. But until now, I’ve never tried to sell a screenplay. Here I have polished and updated the best of my attempts and feel they are ready for your consideration.
Thanks, Bill