"I do not suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it"
- Edgar Allen Poe
Screenwriting
A brief snapshot of scripts ranging from Epic Feature Length to Short Film.
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Jesse​
In 1800s Utah, when big business moves in and shatters her and her brother James’ world, Jesse, a fierce frontier outlaw, raised by an old Native American warrior, must decide: protect what she has left, or scorch earth to seek revenge for what’s been taken from her.​
Genre(s):
Western, Action, Thriller, Narrative, Epic
Beat of Your Own Drum​
In the shadow of their father’s cruelty, two gifted brothers in 1920s Missouri, one with a secret love for Jazz, and the other sharing the same love, but living with autism-find refuge in a hidden world of Jazz-where music may be their only escape and each other, their only home.
Genre(s):
Coming of Age, Jazz Musical Narrative, Drama, Adventure
Natives: Teton the Brown
In 1300s North America, a young tribe leader must embrace a sacred, ancient power bestowed upon him - transforming him into a great spirit bear - to defend his tribe against a foreign evil born across the sea.
Genre(s):
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Historical Fiction, Action
With Every Piece of Me
After a devastating accident leaves a gifted jazz musician broken, scarred, and abandoned, he must fight through pain, loss, and self-doubt with some help from his loyal friend, to find, in the end, that his music isn’t gone…and neither is he.
Genre(s):
Music, Drama, Period Piece, Narrative
Stormwinds
In the year 2045, a team of Navy SEALs scarred by war is recruited by a shadowy government agency to become first responders for humanity’s deadliest crises, risking everything to save those who can’t save themselves.
Genre(s):
Episodic, Action, Drama, Crime Fiction, Adventure, Sci-Fi,
Regent
When Billionaire hedge fund CEO Eric Vanguard makes a business deal that takes a dangerous turn, his eighteen-year-old son Elliot is left to the family empire, one with dark secrets that puts a very large target on his back.
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Genre(s):
Episodic, Crime Fiction, Narrative, Thriller, Drama
Tears of Gold
​When Lago’s, a former Athenian general turned fisherman, stumbles upon a tropical Island while in search of a beautiful death, his plans change when he meets and falls in love with Alysanne, a beautiful gorgon cursed to the island for men to eternally hunt for her tears made of gold.
Genre(s):
Short Film, Romance, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, Action
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About me
Nicholas Runfolo, a tristate area native, grandson of late studio producer Peter A. Runfolo, is a credited actor and writer working in the entertainment industry.
Having studied, as an actor, at Stella Adler Studio (NYC) , and HB Studio of Bank Street, NY, Nicholas is a seasoned actor turned screenwriter who now owns and heads his literature/production company 'Seven Stars Studios".
With Nicholas' ever-growing passion for film and storytelling as a whole, he, his company, and his network dive fearlessly into projects of all magnitudes.
His only goal: to leave the world laughing, crying, dreaming, and full of wonder, one reel, and one page at a time.
