Meet Stevie
Stevie is a screenwriter and film scholar. As a screenwriter, her scripts are about women who break the mold. She holds a master's degree in writing for film and television from Stephens College, the second-oldest women's college in the United States. As a film scholar, Stevie's research and writing are featured in the AFI catalog. Her historical work focuses on silent films and lost films from female and BIPOC filmmakers. Stevie has also worked as a reader for the Athena Film Festival, a competition and writers lab championing the diverse stories of women leaders. Coverfly named her in the top 1% and Launchpad selected her as one of its top 50 writers. She is a two-time Austin Film Festival second-rounder and a semifinalist in the Filmmatic Inroads Fellowship.
Screenwriter, Film Scholar, AFI Cataloger,
Screenwriter, Film Scholar, AFI Cataloger,
Featured Scripts
Discover scripts featuring strong female characters who break the mold. As a screenwriter and a historian, Stevie’s writing blends contemporary concepts with history’s most compelling themes.
Coventon Court
This 60-minute dramedy set in the 1950s follows a group of women using witchcraft to escape their suffocating technicolor lives. But in the small town of Appleton, nothing is quite as it seems... and when ambitious women become the targets of mysterious attacks, the witches are in over their heads. With a combination of mystery, drama, and magic, Coventon Court is DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES meets THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA.
Accolades
Coverfly Top 1%
Top 50, Launchpad Pilot Competition
Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival
Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship
Semifinalist, Filmmatic Inroads Fellowship
Spirited Women
Spirited Women, a 60-minute dramedy, follows a Seattle socialite who becomes a bootlegger during the prohibition to find her missing husband. Battling the restraints of a time when married women couldn’t work or vote, finding her husband becomes a herculean task amongst piling debt. Balancing crime, mystery, and a touch of comedy, "Spirited WOMEN" is a tonal combination of WEEDS and THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL.
Accolades
Coverfly Top 10%
Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival
Official Selection, Bigfoot Script Challenge
Semifinalist, Reno Tahoe Screenplay Contest
Cultivation
When a mother-daughter duo moves to a seemingly idyllic town, they become the target of a desperate cult with a dying leader. Inspired by 19th-century spiritualism, the dead communicate with the living, and family extends beyond the veil. In this contemporary limited series, small town life collides with horror as GILMORE GIRLS becomes HEREDITARY.
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Accolades
Second rounder, ISA Diversity Initiative
Quarter Finalist, ISA Emerging Horror Screenplay Competition
AFI Collaborations
Working with the prestigious AFI team of researchers, my work highlights the historical contributions BIPOC and female filmmakers in the American film industry. The American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films represents a legacy of film scholarship beginning in 1968.
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Researcher & WriterAs a hand-selected researcher, I was part of a team that researched 6,000 shorts, paying special attention to BIPOC and female filmmakers. I used primary sources to research lost and historic movies and write entries for the AFI catalog. My work was purchased by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) for web copy and used to introduce scheduled programs and movies. As part of our prestigious internship program, I taught college and graduate students to research lost and historical films. I also created and reviewed training materials for our department of professional catalog researchers and student interns.
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ResearcherFocused research about movies released from 1921 to 1925, adding the names of uncredited women in silent cinema. My work investigated the claim that gender parity was achieved behind the lens before the “talkies.” I conducted in-depth historical research with primary sources, and was formerly invited back as the first intern to become a member of the catalog team.