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I have written a few screenplays I am proud of. Take a gander...
Teacher of the Year
A Feature Film / Online Video Series
by Jim Dalglish
The Minnehaha Montessori School of South Minneapolis has gone totally online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Annie - a finalists for the Minnesota Teacher of the Year award three times running - should have no problem getting her 6th graders to the end of the school year. Easy. Right?
Teacher of the Year tells the story of a woman, a family, a teacher, a school, a hospital, and a neighborhood in the city of Minneapolis during the Spring of 2020.
Lines in the Sand
A feature-length Film Adaptation
by Jim Dalglish
A 15-year-old boy escapes the homophobic bullies at school and the home of his drug-addicted mother by hitting the road in a dilapidated pickup driven by an ex-con on the run.
The Babysitter
Originally titled: Mr. Blandingsburg
A Short Screenplay
By Jim Dalglish
Rose has a lot on her mind. Surviving the eighth grade, taking care of her brother, Robby, and her regular job baby sitting the world’s worst behaved identical twins.
She still manages to find time to think entirely too much about the man of her dreams: the twin’s incredibly handsome and dashing father - Mr. Blandingsburg.