FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: The Don of Valley Jr. High
Based on the multi-award-winning short film: “The Don of Virgil Jr. High.”
GENRE:
Coming of Age / Pre-Teen / Comedy / Satire / Period (early ‘90’s).
LOG LINE:
Based on the multi-award-winning short film, “The Don of Valley Jr. High,” and set in the early 1990’s, during the golden era of Hip-Hop and Alternative Rock music, Donald, a nerdy Junior high school kid, goes on a mission to gain popularity by any means necessary. He eventually succeeds and creates a band of geeks and outcasts, who are forced to find ways to wittingly retaliate against their newfound rivals, the established popular kids.
Written by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
Set in the early 1990’s, during the golden era of Hip-Hop and Alternative Rock music, DONALD JACKSON and his only friend, RICK DUMPSKEY, are two brainy nerds starting Junior High School together. There, the in-crowd and school bullies instantly outcasts them as geeks. Regularly being taunted by DUKE, the school’s most popular kid, and constantly being terrorized by BARRY, the school’s biggest bully, begins to take its toll on them. When their school district bans soda and junk-food vending machines on campus, Donald comes up with a masterful way to gain social acceptance. Comically following the footsteps of legendary gangster films, Donald heads an underground hustle in selling banned sodas and snacks. He and Rick quickly rise in popularity as their sales soar. They even get Barry to join them as the muscle for their hustle. Everyone soon wants to befriend them, except for Duke and the previously established popular kids.
WGA Registered # 1317982
Screenplay Contests & Festivals
*2023 “Official Selection” Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards.
*2021 “WINNER! Best Script,” Beyond Entertainment Family Film Festival.
*2021 “WINNER! Best Script,” KIDS FIRST! Film Festival.
*2021 “FINALIST,” Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards.
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: 700 Rides
GENRE:
Drama / Crime / Faith-Based / Comedy / Romance / Apocalyptic.
LOG LINE:
A struggling screenwriter-turned rideshare driver picks up a Heavenly Messenger who predicts that by his 700th ride, he’ll have embarked on an odyssey of events leading him to love, crime lords, the Devil, and the means to make a divinely destined film.
PLOT SUMMARY
In a modern-day fringe tale of good versus evil, a Georgia screenwriter-turned-rideshare driver meets and falls in love with the person who becomes the leading lady in his life. During this time, he mysteriously encounters supernatural beings—the angelic entity encourages him to document his divinely inspired dreams and use them alongside his wild rideshare experiences to create a meaningful film. The demonic entity manipulates him into a dangerous situation, seeks to ruin his relationship with his newfound love, while tempting him with worldly desires. In the end, one otherworldly influence prevails, shaping the course of his life.
WGA Registered. #202763
Written by Deon H. Hayman
Screenplay Contests & Festivals
*2026 “Official Selection,” Georgia Shorts Film Festival.
*2021 “Official Selection,” Christian Family Film Festival.
*2021 “NOMINATED! Best Script”, International Christian Film & Music Festival.
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: The 70th Week
This love story is a dramatic, apocalyptic thriller that is faith-based yet aimed at a secular audience.
GENRE:
Romance / Drama / Faith-Based / Apocalyptic / Sci-Fi / Thriller.
LOG LINE:
In the not-too-distant future, a man approaching middle age finally finds true love during the end-times period prophesied as the “70th Week of Daniel,” also known as the “Seven-Year Tribulation” throughout Scripture.
PLOT SUMMARY
Referring to the 70th week of Daniel, also known as the Seven-Year Tribulation prophesied in the Bible, this not-too-distant future period follows the fall of the United States from its position as the world power and its division into three regions. Levi, a middle-aged Hebrew literature scholar, leads a museum tour of the traveling exhibit of ancient Dead Sea Scrolls and meets Hannah, a pretty woman on the tour. Although it’s love at first sight for the two, the timing couldn’t be worse, for it is a time when Christians have to go into hiding. Everyone in the world is forced to accept the “mark of the beast” by a world leader known in Scripture as the Antichrist and his so-called “Alien” galactic collaborators. Levi becomes separated from Hannah during the violent apocalyptic chaos of the time. While he journeys to find his lost love, he learns the truth concerning the Messiah and the Gospel message.
WGA Registered as Love In Tribulation. #2272506
Written by Deon H. Hayman
Screenplay Contests & Festivals
*2023 “QUARTER FINALIST”, Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition.
*2024 “QUARTER FINALIST”, Christian Faith, Hope, and Love Screenwriting Competition & Faith Film Fellowship Film Festival.
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: South of Cotulla
GENRE:
Western/Action/Drama.
LOG LINE:
In the lawless West, a fearless woman, a brave buffalo soldier, and the scholarly son of an infamous desperado learn to kill or be killed in their fight to forge new lives.
Written by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
JAMES, a prominent soldier in the U.S. Army cavalry unit, known as a “Buffalo Soldier,” is tasked with tracking and eliminating Apache Indians who raid stagecoach caravans. JUNIOR, captivated by his father’s outlaw lifestyle in Mexico and the American West, is dissuaded from “living by the gun” and encouraged to pursue an education. ROSE, forced to leave her home when her father takes a job in the West, becomes an orphan when outlaws rape her mother and kill both her parents en route. Each of them finds themselves drawn to the new town of Cotulla, where their destinies intertwine in a plot for vengeance, survival, and justice.
WGA Registered. #981041
2004
“First Runner-Up”
Cynosure Screenwriting Awards!
COMMENTARY:
“The script elaborately illustrates the wild, lawless American West, rediscovering the line between law and outlaw, crime and survival. Customary views of these times—raping, pillaging, scalping, murdering, stealing, horse chases and lusty escapades—all uniquely told through the lives of three characters seldom illustrated in westerns—a female assassin, an African American soldier, and an educated young Mexican Man.” ~ Cynosure Screenwriting Awards.
Screenplay Contests & Festivals
*2004 “FIRST RUNNER-UP,” Cynosure Screenwriting Awards!
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: The Boss, The Hitman, and The Mark
Two drafts of this feature screenplay are available: a conventional theatrical version and a theatrical version incorporating a poetic rhyme scheme.
GENRE:
Crime / Drama / Action / Thriller
LOG LINE:
An imprisoned crime syndicate Boss, who relies on his son to complete their plans to “leave the business”, but a Hitman and a Mark impede their plans.
Written by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
Slate Steele, son of the incarcerated leader of the notorious Steele & Irons Syndicate, gives up his military career to lead the syndicate’s plan to go legit by selling off its crime networks before his father is released ... THE BOSS.
Surēto Shuchiru, a hired assassin, agrees to do one last hit for the Japanese Yakuza before leaving “the business” for good. When he botches the hit, he becomes indebted to the Yakuza ... THE HITMAN.
And Crystal Plata, a decorator, unknowingly prepares an in-home design estimate for a Mexican Cartel mobster, while he holds a meeting in another room with the Steele & Irons Syndicate regarding his buying a piece of their crime network. A confrontation ensues, ending with the mobster being killed. Crystal witnesses the murder. As she escapes with her life, her presence is discovered. With a witness linking them to the murder, the Steele & Irons Syndicate’s plans of going legit are in jeopardy if they don’t take her out ... THE MARK.
WGA Registered. #1010192
Screenplay Contests & Festivals
*List of screenplay contests and festivals to come…
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: Escape of the Vitares
GENRE:
Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Mystery / Comedy / Coming-of-Age
LOG LINE:
Upon your death, if you were offered a chance to start a new life with everything you know now, would you take it? This is being done on Vitare Island, where they place all your memories into a pre-teen clone of yourself.
Written by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
Chosen members of society, who were on their deathbeds, have been inducted into a top-secret program that has placed their memories into newborn clones of themselves. This group of adult-minded, preteen-looking clones—called “Vitares”—makes their escape from the island from which they are spawned to find their own ways in life.
WGA Registered #: 981041
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: The Device
GENRE:
Sci-Fi / Horror / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Suspense / Thriller
LOG LINE:
A brilliant graduate student invents an innovative X-ray device that not only lets him see through walls but also enables him to perceive the spiritual realm.
Written by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
A brilliant graduate student invents an innovative X-ray device and soon learns that it not only enables him to see through walls but also the spiritual realm, causing terror in the physical world as secret government agents, powers, and principalities pursue him and everyone involved.
WGA Registered. #1114563
Screenplay Contests & Festivals
*List of competitions and festivals to come…
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: Birth of the Last Empire:
Part I of The Amubian Knight Chronicles.
GENRE:
Epic / Post-Apocalyptic / Romance-Drama / Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure.
LOG LINE:
A noble warrior, prophesied to unite post-apocalyptic Africa, engages in a perilous love affair with the sultry wife of the powerful Archduke of this rising futuristic empire called Ambia.
Written by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
An ancient prophecy, scribed in an archaeological discovery called “The Nubian Scrolls,” foretells of a man who shall one day unite all of Africa into one empire, “which shall be the last empire.” This prophecy begins to unfold during the outset of World War III, when many Black Americans heeded the prophecies in the Nubian Scrolls, migrated to Africa, called themselves Amubians, and formed a new kingdom that rose to become a world power. Amubians began to rule 1/3 of Africa as a Noble Class and now live in opposition to the Native Africans, called “Yahes”.
After an assassination attempt, CROWN PRINCE OSAHAR renounces the throne and flees to the reconstructed U.S. to raise the royal family in safety. There, Osahar’s eldest son, BOMANI, grows up to become a high school champion in the virtual warrior competitions (a world-renowned competition that realistically simulates arena battles). Bomani returns to the Amubian Kingdom on scholarship to the University of Timbuktu, where his skill as a virtual warrior competitor gains him popularity and fame amongst Amubians and Yahes.
In avoidance of getting involved with the Amubian aristocracy, Bomani recklessly sparks an affair with DUCHESS AYANA, the wife of the Archduke of Kamenwati. Upon discovering their affair, the Archduke seeks revenge and leads a conspiracy to have Bomani killed. Bomani’s love for the Duchess keeps him from fleeing back to the U.S. In his quest to save her from the Archduke's imprisonment, he seeks refuge with Yahe's freedom fighters, who are at odds with the Amubian aristocracy. This epic tale is the first chronicle of Bomani’s life, in which he learns to accept his divine destiny as a noble Knight for all who call Africa home.
WGA Registered. #981041
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: The Amubian Knight:
Part II of the Amubian Knight Chronicles.
GENRE:
Epic / Romance-Drama / Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure.
LOG LINE:
Prince Bomani (the hero of its post-apocalyptic prequel, Birth of the Last Empire) rises to power and unwittingly fulfills ancient prophecies discovered in the revered Nubian Scrolls, foretelling a man who shall unite all of Africa into one empire, which shall be “The Last Empire”.
Written by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
An ancient prophecy, scribed in an archaeological discovery called “The Nubian Scrolls,” foretells of a man who shall one day unite all of Africa into one empire, which shall be “the last empire.” This prophecy unfolds in a post-Western civilization world where the descendants of Black Americans rule 1/3 of Africa as a Noble Class, called “Amubians”, and live at odds against the Native Africans, called “Yahes”.
Continuing where Birth of the Last Empire leaves off, after his victory over the Virtual Warrior’s Championship, PRINCE BOMANI astonishes the world when identifying himself as the Balondemu, meaning “The Chosen One,” prophesied about in the Nubian Scrolls. Following college, he seeks a life worthy of his position, joins the military, and participates in an exhibition that commences to fulfill the prophecy. Many begin to see him as the Balondemu. But because of his reclusive past, his political policies differ from those of his imperialistic Amubian peers of Nobility, yet he wins the hearts of the Yahe people and opposing African nations. Secretly, he begins to court Princess Serafina, the daughter of a Zulu South African Emperor, who earlier had risen into his nation’s greatest rival.
With many believing he is the fulfillment of the prophecies, Bomani is able to convince all of Africa to partake in what he has titled “The Civilized War”, a war that lines each African nation to do battle with one another on a chosen battlefield without the use of technological weapons. Only weapons wielded by the muscle of man can be used for war, and the nation with the most victories wins the sovereign right to create the regime of which all Africa shall be governed. As his relationship with Princess Serafina heightens, the Civilized War narrows down between his nation and hers. In the end, the best regime wins, Africa becomes one, and a 3,500-year-old prophecy is fulfilled.
WGA Registered. #981041
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: Portal Run
Two drafts of this feature screenplay are available: a theatrical version that stands on its own, and a theatrical version that works as a spinoff of the feature screenplay, The Don of Valley Jr. High.
GENRE:
Teen / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Drama / Action / Adventure / Romance.
LOG LINE:
A female time-traveler, stranded in our time, allures the assistance of a high school nerd to help construct a portal to transport her back to her future. However, they encounter obstacles from a justifying professor, a vengeful mobster, and corrupt secret agents.
Written by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
LYRA, a gorgeous time-traveler from the future, gets stuck in our time; to return to her time, she is forced to approach EUGENE, a nerdy high school senior who will one day invent time travel. Their attempts to reach the few portal points where she can time-leap back to her future are constantly hindered by HOLLE, a justifying professor who blames Lyra for killing her father in the past; ARI, a vengeful mobster, whom Lyra and Eugene stole money from to finance the build of a new time portal; and CIGMAN, a corrupt government operative seeking to secure time-travel technology for himself.
WGA Registered. #1704819
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: Ghostwriter
Two drafts of this feature screenplay are available: a theatrical version that stands on its own, and a theatrical version that works as a spinoff of the feature screenplay, The Don of Valley Jr. High.
GENRE:
Teen / Comedy / Music / Drama / Adventure / Mystery / Romance.
LOG LINE:
A tough teenage White redhead comes of age in the mid-90’s while incidentally experiencing many of Hip-Hop’s most notorious events, and launching the careers of several Rap artists through his talent as a ghostwriter for their songs.
Written by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
BARRY BARBARUS, a tough White redhead teenager, is convinced by his African American friend, DONALD, to create a demo tape of his Rap songs. The demo is submitted to Donald’s father, DAVID, an old school Gangster Rapper turned reality show star, who then submits it to KONG, the head of Gorilla Warfare Records. Because Barry is a White kid from the San Fernando Valley, Kong has no idea how to market his talent, and instead convinces him to sell a couple of his songs to Black Yakuza, the Rap group his brother, RUSTY, a renowned deejay, is producing. The songs Barry wrote became Black Yakuza’s biggest hits, launching their careers and his as a ghostwriter.
During the years of touring with Gorilla Warfare Records’ artist, Barry comes of age and experiences many of Hip-Hop’s most notorious events. He also becomes “special friends” with TRINA, Kong’s niece and assistant, who soon runs the label's West Coast chapter. His surreptitious relationship with her inspires some of his writing, which becomes hit songs for PHARAOH, Rusty and Barry’s lifelong friend, who left the Black Yakuza to go solo, and JENESIS, the label’s gorgeous female R&B singer.
Meanwhile, CIGMAN, a leader of a secret society, emerges with aspirations of grooming Barry to potentially join the elite group he collaborates with. As the story chronicles the golden years of Hip-Hop/R&B, we uncover the hidden truth behind Cigman and his elite group’s influence, revealing their involvement in running various aspects of the government, from secret military bases to the entertainment industry. It becomes evident that Cigman and his elites have been entangled in several nefarious events that have historically transpired within the music industry. Ultimately, Barry finds love, builds a family, and makes a pivotal decision regarding his allegiance to Cigman’s cabal.
WGA Registered.
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: The Prodigal Son
GENRE:
Drama / Music / Adventure / Holiday / Faith-Based / Romance / Biblical
LOG LINE:
A modern-day “Prodigal Son” squanders his inheritance on lavish living, causing him to repentantly return home to a forgiving father and an unforgiving brother.
Story by Jesus Christ
Screenplay by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
Told with a celebration of Gospel, R&B, and Hip-Hop music, JACOB, a famous ex-pro football player turned highly successful businessman and husband to a late renowned Gospel singer, has two sons: JUDAH and ISREAL. Determined to go his own way, Israel, the younger son (nicknamed Izzy), asks his father for his share of the family inheritance. When his father grants it to him, he moves from Atlanta, GA, to a “far away land” (Los Angeles, CA) and pursues his dream of becoming a music mogul.
Falling into the trap of becoming a man in pursuit of fame, vanity, and materialistic women, Izzy shortly finds himself lost in a failing music industry; all the while, a nationwide famine arises. Disregarding the warning signs of disaster, he continues to spend extravagantly. Within a year of bad investing and living lavishly, he squanders away all his money, finds himself addicted to narcotics, and is reduced to living on the streets of LA during the greatest famine America has ever known.
Penniless, starving, and homeless, Izzy desperately takes a job working for a pig farmer, who gathers sanitized food waste from high-end restaurants to feed the pigs. The famine grows so great that when the eco-friendly pig food becomes appetizing to Izzy, he realizes even the lowest of his father’s servants was better off than he. He then comes to his senses, humbles himself, and returns home. As he approaches his father’s estate, his father sees him from a distance and lovingly rushes to greet him. All his attempts to apologize are met with instant forgiveness, reducing them both to tears. Jacob throws him a grand “Welcome Home” celebration, sparing no expense. However, not everyone welcomes his return home.
Judah, envious that their father had never thrown a party of such magnitude for him, refuses to participate. Jacob pleads that they must celebrate, for this younger brother of yours was dead and is alive again; Israel was lost, and is now found. Despite their father’s plea, Judah shows no forgiveness until their Pastor delivers a moving Christmas sermon, followed by Izzy’s spirit-filled performance of “Amazing Grace”, which melts Judah’s heart, leading him to reconcile with his brother.
WGA Registered. #1010192
Screenplay Contests & Festivals
*List of screenplay contests and festivals to come…
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: The Historian Paradox
Based on the multi-award-winning short film of the same title. Two drafts of this feature screenplay are available: the first few episodes for an episodic series, and a theatrical version that hints at a sequel.
GENRE:
Romance / Drama / Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure
LOG LINE:
A time-traveling Historian from the future goes against protocol to save a woman destined to become a victim of terrorist bombings, causing a paradox that endangers the history of mankind.
NBC-Universal’s TV series “Timeline” was purloined from this screenplay and its short film.
Written by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
A team of time-traveling Agents from the future visits Los Angeles on a mission to document a series of terrorist bombings. Among them is the team Historian, who falls in love with a woman he believes saved his life in both his past and future. However, she is destined to become a victim of the bombings. To save her, he goes rogue from the agency and joins a time-traveling crime crew, unknowingly creating a paradox that his fellow agents must resolve while pursuing them. Their journey takes them to Ancient Israel during King David’s reign, to the distant future known as the Millennium, and to the prehistoric past, known as the Antediluvian Era, where mythical Titans, also known as Nephilim, emerged and posed a threat to all mankind.
WGA Registered. #1448397
Screenplay Contests & Festivals
*2014 FINALIST! “Best Sci-Fi Short”, Pop Ninja Sci-Fi Film Festival (for its short film).
*2012 NOMINATED! "Best Drama", "Best Actor" & "Best Writer", International TV Festival (for its short film).
*2012 "Official Selection", Boston Science Fiction Film Festival (for its short film).
*2011 WINNER! "Audience Choice Short Film", Big Island Film Festival, HI. (for its short film).
*2011 "Official Selection", Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival (for its short film).
SHORT/PILOT SCRIPT: In A Better Time
“BEST SHORT SCRIPT” WINNER in several screenplay contests.
GENRE:
Drama / Mystery / Period / Sci-Fi / Horror
LOG LINE:
An eccentric slave, loaned out by his master to a neighboring plantation, embarks on a mysterious quest for historical answers that hold the promise of a “better time.”
Written by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
Written as a spec script for an episode of the revisited TV series “The Twilight Zone,” in which an eccentric slave, loaned out by his master to a neighboring plantation, embarks on a mysterious quest for historical answers that promise a “better time.”
WGA Registered.
Screenplay Contests & Festivals
*2023 “OFFICIAL SELECTION,” Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards.
*2021 “FINALIST!”, Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards.
*2014 “WINNER - BEST SHORT SCRIPT,” Urban Mediamakers Film Festival
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: Job
GENRE:
Biblical / Faith-Based / Urban / Drama / Mystery / Spiritual
LOG LINE:
A modern-day depiction of the biblical Book of Job, where a righteous man named Job faces unimaginable suffering and loss, challenging the nature of faith and divine justice as he seeks answers from God amidst his trials.
Story by the biblical Job
Screenplay by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
The story covers the life of a modern-day Job, who grew up in New Orleans with his three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. They each go their separate ways for college, where Job gets married and has kids by the time he graduates. He begins a career in the film and television industry, becomes a highly successful screenwriter, and soon gains worldwide fame as a conservative talk show co-host, whose role is to defend his faith. As it relates to the biblical Book of Job, Job eventually faces trials at the hands of Satan, robbing him of all his possessions, wealth, kids, and eventually his health. During his suffering, he poetically engages in theological discussions with his fairly misguided friends, then is well advised by his mysterious friend, Elihu, and concludes with a revealing response from God Himself on the origins and nature of his suffering. In the end, God restores Job’s health, doubles his wealth, and brings back his family.
WGA Registered. #1448397
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: Young Moo-sa
The first feature screenplay written by Deon H. Hayman (1996).
GENRE:
Coming-of-Age / Teen-Drama / Action / Comedy / Romance / Faith-Based
LOG LINE:
An ’80s coming-of-age story following the youth of a highly gifted martial artist, who fears the possibility of losing control of his lethal skills when opposed by bullies, family problems, and hoodlums.
Written by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
An ’80s coming-of-age story set in San Jose, California, following Horace Freeman, a kid who gets beaten up by Devon Rucker in elementary school and finds martial arts as a means to avenge himself. By his junior year in high school, he had a two-year relationship with a beautiful girlfriend, Michelle Casey. He had become a martial arts champion, earning him the title “Moo-sa” (meaning “Warrior” in Korean) from the head instructor. Adversities enter his life when his father, Deno Freeman, a famous Funk band musician, develops a drug addiction, leading to his parents’ separation and a major debt to an Oakland loan shark. Cheating on Michelle with a girl who was voted “Best Looking” causes her to break up with him and rebound with his rival, Devon. His foolish pride keeps him from atoning to her, which drives her into a rebound relationship with Devon, who has now become a boxing champion. Making matters worse, he spends a weekend in juvenile hall because of his delinquent traffic violations. There, he discovers how lethal his martial arts skills are when he takes on a group of thugs who rise against him. Also in juvenile hall, he learns of a potential robbery against the man his father owes money to, and upon his release, he relays the information to the loan shark. Though he doesn’t win first place in the California State Taekwondo championship as he had hoped, he later learns from his martial arts instructor-turned-father figure that he needs to overcome his pride and put his faith in God. Learning that sleeping with her was only to win a bet, Michelle breaks up with Devon. After Horace atones and restores a relationship with her, Devon challenges him to a fair fight in a ring. Though he no longer finds it necessary to avenge himself against Devon, he accepts the challenge, which ends up as a quick and final victory for him.
WGA Registered.
SPEC 6-PART MINI-SERIES: “Daniel In Babylon”
GENRE:
Biblical / Drama / Epic / Mystery / Faith-Based
LOG LINE:
Based on historical records and the biblical Book of Daniel, Daniel’s life tells a single story woven through many trials: kingdoms rise and fall, power crumbles, and pride deceives… But faith, courage, and trust in God endure forever.
Story by the Prophet Daniel
Screenplay by Deon H. Hayman
Episode 1: Faithfulness in Exile
When the kingdom of Judah fell to Babylon, a young man named DANIEL was taken far from home. In the king’s court, he was chosen for training among the finest youths, given new clothes, a new language, and even a new name. Yet Daniel refused to let his identity fade. When offered the king’s rich food and wine, he quietly chose a different path, honoring his faith instead of royal luxury. Over time, his strength, wisdom, and clarity surpassed all others, proving that quiet conviction could outshine worldly power.
Episode 2: The Dream No One Could Tell
King Nebuchadnezzar was troubled by a dream so mysterious that he demanded not only its meaning but its telling. None could help—except Daniel. Turning to God, Daniel received both vision and interpretation: a great statue of kingdoms rising and falling, crushed at last by a stone not cut by human hands. Daniel revealed it all, and the king was astonished. From that day, Daniel rose in power, declaring that earthly empires may dominate for a time, but only God’s kingdom endures forever.
Episode 3: The Furnace of Faith
Three of Daniel’s friends—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—stood before a towering golden statue, commanded to bow or perish. But they refused. Their faith was unshaken, even when threatened with a blazing furnace. Cast into the fire, they were not consumed. A fourth figure walked beside them in the flames, and they emerged without harm. The king, shaken, recognized that true devotion could not be burned away, and their God was greater than any earthly decree.
Episode 4: The King Humbled
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed once more, this time of a mighty tree cut down. Daniel warned him: pride would bring him low. The king dismissed the warning, boasting in his greatness—until madness overtook him. He lived like an animal, stripped of dignity, until at last he lifted his eyes in humility. His reason returned, and with it a new understanding: power is given, not earned, and even kings must bow to the Most High.
Episode 5: The Writing on the Wall
A new king, Belshazzar, reveled in excess, mocking what was sacred. During a feast, a mysterious hand appeared, writing words no one could understand. Daniel was summoned once again. He read the message: judgment had come. The kingdom had been weighed and found lacking. That very night, Babylon fell. The warning was clear—arrogance and disregard for truth inevitably lead to downfall.
Episode 6: Lions Den to Liberation
Under a new ruler, Daniel’s excellence stirred jealousy. Officials plotted against him, knowing his devotion to prayer could trap him. A law was passed forbidding prayer to anyone but the king. Daniel did not waver. He prayed openly, as he always had, and was thrown into a den of lions. Yet by morning, he stood unharmed—protected by divine power. His faith had silenced even the fiercest beasts, proving that loyalty to God is stronger than fear of death.
In the end, the new ruler, King Cyrus of Persia, issues a decree to release the Jews and allow them to return from Babylon to Jerusalem, but the elderly Daniel remains behind.
WGA Registered.
FEATURE FILM SCRIPT: North Hollywood
GENRE:
Comedy / Action / Drama / Urban
LOG LINE:
A whimsical comedy following five friends as they navigate the challenges of breaking free from their typecasts and pursuing their dreams in the entertainment industry.
Written by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
Five African American friends’ struggle to make it big in the Entertainment Industry: one, DWAYNE JACKSON, an unestablished screenwriter who refuses to write stereotypical “Urban” scripts while holding fast to the goal of writing and directing the first Black science fiction film. Another is ALEXIS GARR, a former reality show star hoping to turn her 15 minutes of fame into a career as an actress and comedian. Next is RUSSELL WARD, a very handsome and talented kid’s fantasy show actor, who now strives to become a major motion picture action star. Followed by NAOMI JOHNSON, a gorgeous music video vixen pursuing her calling as a model/actress against her father's wishes, a Southern fire-and-brimstone preacher. And then we find PERCY WASHINGTON, an adult filmmaker, who suddenly gains a new heart after a shocking revelation that turns him bent on changing professions and becoming a respectable feature film producer. All residing in one North Hollywood apartment complex, they decide to unite their resources in a master plan that’ll hopefully pave the way to fulfilling their dreams and aspirations.
WGA Registered. #1061613
STUDENT SHORT FILM & SCRIPT: Hey Joe
Story based on the Jimi Hendrix song and Deon H. Hayman’s student short film, both of the same title.
GENRE:
Drama / Crime / Action / Mystery
CATCH PHRASE:
“Ain’t no hangman gonna… He ain’t gonna put a rope around me!”
Story by Jimi Hendrix
Screenplay by Deon H. Hayman
PLOT SUMMARY:
Based on the Jimi Hendrix song of the same title, a desperate man on the run confesses to shooting his unfaithful lover and plots his escape to Mexico to evade the police.
WGA Registered.
Screenplay Contests & Festivals
*2002 1ST PLACE WINNER! “Best Super-8 Film,” LACC’s Student Film Showcase (for its student short film).
