1. SUZANNE ELIZABETH GILLIS
Professional SCREENWRITER & GHOSTWRITER
34 Capen Street, Medford, MA 02155
Cell: 781-654-1418
Email: sgillis771@verizon.net
www.scriptstories.com
GENERALBACKGROUND
Professional Screenwriter since 1995 and Ghostwriter since 2007. Specializes in Family,
Action Adventure and Holiday scripts as well as story development . Written overforty
scripts, including scripts that have been optioned, produced and in
development. Previously lived in LA, NYC and currently reside near Boston.
EDUCATION
Columbia University
Graduate School of Arts, Film Program, NYC
MFA - Honors in Screenwriting
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA
BA - Screenwriting & Narrative Film
RECENTSCREENPLAY GHOSTWRITINGPROJECTS
THE BIG FIVE'STHREE 'O'
(Action/Comedy/Drama)
Ghostwriter and Story Development by Suzanne E. Gillis
Based on True Story
A group of five college guys who have taking annual vacation trips together for three
decades embark on their thirtieth anniversary trip to The Great Bear Rainforest in Western
Canada. Oncethe Captain of their rented sailboat dies, they are soon forced toface the
'world' alone with little to no survival skills, whichproves to test both their long standing
friendships as well as their fears about facingmiddle-age.
THEY SAID I WOULDN'TMAKE IT
(Drama/Family)
Ghostwriter and Story Development by Suzanne E. Gillis
Based on a True Story
A tight-nit loving black family is driving apart by poverty in the 1960s, when 11 children are
taken from their mother and placed into Foster Care. Year later one of the oldest children
whois severely handicapped seeks out his lost and broken mother, takes her into his own
care and sets out to legally adopts his remaining foster-care siblings and ultimately restores
his entire family.
Based on the Book:"THEY SAID I WOULDN'TMAKE IT"written by Dr. Fred Best
PHYSICS OFMURDER
(Thriller/Drama)
Ghostwriter and Story Development by Suzanne E. Gillis

2. A deeply insecure college professor withan overbearing highly acclaimed college president
for a father, is driven to despair and murder after his highly publicized science project hits a
new all-time-low whichthreatens both his career and marriage.
PRIESTHUNTER
(Period/Action/Drama)
1710 Ireland, a time when Catholic Priests are hunted and killed for practicing their faith, as
one such Priest dies as a result of a betrayal between twoyoung boys. Years later, the
younger boy returns to Ireland as a Catholic Priest hoping to restore his land and his people
to their ‘forbidden’ faith, while the older boy --a notoriously dreaded ‘Priest Hunter’ -- is
sent to stop him.
PURPLE HEART
(Action/Drama)
Ghostwriter and Story Development by Suzanne Gillis
A Boston Firefighter who loses his job, health and marriage after a serious fall in a fire soon
discovers that the fire was set by two youngserial arsonists and set out to stop them.
Based in part on actual events of a retired & injured Boston Fire Fighter.
THE KING’S ROOK
(Action/Sci-Fi)
Complete Rewrite and Story Development by Suzanne Gillis
A special government agent who possess unusual ‘psychic powers’ senses his
older brother is dead and heads to America to find out who murdered his brother.
Post Production- STELLAR FILMS
SAVING SARAH
(True Story/Drama)
Story Development by Suzanne E. Gillis
Based on a True Story
The true story of one family’s struggle to raise an autistic daughter whoduring her early
teens develops a new psychosis that threatens to institutionalize her. Together, the family
worksthrough Sarah's debilitating problems and saves both Sarah and her family from
living a life 'withoutSarah'.
Based on the book:"MEMOIRSOF DAISY’ written by Valerie Bruce
MIRACLES OF GOD
(True Story/Drama)
Story Development by Suzanne Gillis
The true story of one black man's journey from a heathen life of idol worship in West Africa
to becoming a worldknown Christian Pastor with seventeen Ministries throughout the
world.
Based on the Book:‘MIRACLES OF GOD’ written by Reverend Stephen Gyermeh
CHURCH NURSE
(True Story/Drama)
Ghostwriter and Story Development by Suzanne E. Gillis
Based on a True Story
A troubled teenage girl is seduced by a charismatic young Pastor only to discoveryears later
that he is now seducing her thirteen-year-old niece who also serves as a Church Nurse at

3. the same churchwhere her mother is now a Co-Pastor. Together, she and her older sister
take the Pastor to courtwhere he is convictedfor child rape and sentenced to forty years in
jail. After twoyears of being threatened and accused of lying about the Pastor, other church
members have finally come forthand confessed similar stories about the Pastor.
ON MY FATHER’S WINGS
(True Story/Drama)
Ghostwriter and Story Development by Suzanne E. Gillis
Based on a True Story
The true story of a young commercial pilot who was forcedto fly and land a ‘instrument
dead’ twin-engine plane during a huge storm whichforcedall the airports in the entire
Eastern Atlantic Seaboard to be shut down.
NOTE:This story was documented by FAA as one of the great rescue missions in aviation.
FREEDOM’SEDGE
(Period/Drama)
Story Editorand Story Development by Suzanne E.Gillis
1940’s Holland. A young Jewish family escapes Holland onboard a ship headed to South
America whilebeing hunted by a troubled Nazi whowill do anything to stop them.
Based on the Book:‘FREEDOM’SEDGE’written by Dr. Jagdish Goswami
MARY MAGDALA
(Period/Fiction/Bible)
Story Development by Suzanne E. Gillis
The personal journey of Mary Magdala from social outcast in Israel to becoming
the thirteenth disciple of Jesus.
LIST OF PERSONALFEATURE SCREENPLAYS(WGAe/w)
THE GENERAL’S WIFE
(WWIIPeriodDrama/Thriller) Story Development by Suzanne E.Gillis Screenplay by
Suzanne E. Gillis & Charles Gibb, PhD
A German youth loyalties are suddenly torn when he discovers that his American
mother is delivering messages to Allies while his Nazi father reports Intelligence for the
Third Reich.
CONSIDERScriptshark.com
Blue Cat Screenplay Finalist
THE NAUGHTY BOY
(Holiday/Action/Family)
Story Development by Suzanne Gillis
Screenplay by Suzanne E. Gillis
When the demand forelectronic toys threatens to disrupt Christmas, Santa must turn one
high-tech addicted "naughty" into "nice" by Christmas or else give up making his ‘outdated’
toys.
RECOMMENDfromGallager Literary Agency
Previously in Development
DOGGONE DUBIE

4. (Comedy/Family)
Screenplay by by Suzanne
A washed up Brooklynfood-loverwho longs to own his owngourmet hotdog business falls
in love with an ambitious career driven Manhattan dietician and must realize his own
dreams in order to prove his worthiness of her love.
CONSIDERfrom ScriptShark.com
HONORABLE MENTION- ‘The Happy Writer’s' Screenplay Contest
UNDERMY SKIN
(Comedy/Romance)
Original Screenplay by Suzanne Gillis
A thrice divorced once famous Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon whose career is now in the
dumps, is talked into transforms a love-sickWest HollywoodChef into a gorgeous female
only to find himself suddenly in love with his ‘newest’ patient.
TOP TENSCREENPLAY on Triggerstreet.com for Twoyears
HONORS- Columbia University Film Program
CUPID'SDAY OFF
(Comedy/Romance)
Original Screenplay by Suzanne E.Gillis
When New YorkCity’s most beloved Cupid is forcedto take Valentine’s day off in order to
‘rebalance the marriage numbers’ -- he decides to get even with his Superiors by spending
the day experiencing whatall this ‘lovebusiness’ is about first hand.
Previously Represtented
THE MOTHER LOAD
(Comedy/Romance)
Original Screenplay by Suzanne E.Gillis
When a career-driven business womandiscovers that she has a history of dating men who
all suffer from severe 'mother problems’ she vowsto never to date another man again until
she meets his mother first. Soon she is dating a man who seems to have the perfectmother
– until she meets his ‘real mother’ who turns out to be a complete and utter nightmare.
Previously Represented
UNDATABLE YOU
(Comedy/Romance)
Original Screenplay by Suzanne E.Gillis
When a newly divorcedowner of a famous dating service makes a public announcement
that 'she can make anyone in the city of Boston completely dateable.' She soon is forcedto
find a suitable 'date' for her most 'undatable' client of all whothreatens to destroy her
business.
Optioned
IN-BETWEEN
(Fantasy/Drama)
Original Screenplay by Suzanne E.Gillis
A virginal teenager finds himself suddenly dead and assigned to an Arch Angel ‘from hell’
whose sexual past is the stuff he alwaysdreamed of. Together they embark on a strange
journey in-between life and death as they right the wrongs they have done to the women
they have loved in small rural townof Hadleyville,New York.

5. Optioned
THE GAME KEEPER
(Animation/Action Adventure)
Original Screenplay by Suzanne E.Gillis
1980s. When three pre-teen boy who are obsessed with fantasy role playing game of
Dungeon and Dragon purchase a more elaborate and mysterious game from a strange
mysterious neighbor, one of the teens baby brothers gets sucked into the game where the
others must find a way of rescuing him from the evil Wizard Zorak whoeats all children in
order to maintain his evil powers.
Previously in Deveopment