ScreenwriterScreenplay
The Boy in the Closet
Grief called... Something answered.A supernatural horror screenplay about grief and what it lets in.
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Stories from the other side of the ordinary.
Laurel Ellis
Screenwriter of supernatural horror and drama, drawn to the stories that linger in the dark and the truths that refuse to stay buried.
Recognition
Multiple contest placements · Austin Film Festival coverage Recommends · One produced film · One produced podcast · The Boy in the Closet · The Widow · Features · Television · Multiple contest placements · Austin Film Festival coverage Recommends · One produced film · One produced podcast · The Boy in the Closet · The Widow · Features · Television ·
01 · About
A writer who knows where the stories are buried.
Laurel Ellis is a screenwriter working in supernatural horror and drama, across feature films and television. Her stories move through ghosts, witches and the quiet places people try to forget.
Away from the page, she is a single mother and a cemetery restorer. That work keeps her close to weathered stone, old records and the histories behind them, and it shapes everything she writes.
1Produced film
1Produced podcast
AFFCoverage Recommends
2Formats: features and TV
02 · Selected screenplays
Stories waiting to be told.
A selection of screenplays exploring the supernatural, the unsettling and the complexities of human experience.
Screenplay
The Widow
Beyond the gates of Ravenwood Cemetery.A supernatural horror screenplay set where the living and the dead meet.
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DramaDrama Feature
A dramatic feature grounded in human conflict.
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TelevisionSupernatural Drama Series
A supernatural drama series for television.
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In progressVampire Feature
A vampire story in development. Not yet available.
Follow its progress03 · The craft
Written for the screen, built to be produced.
Clear structure, controlled atmosphere and scenes that know when to hold back.
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The script of a film, with dialogue, action and scene directions.
Every story starts in the dark
Some stories refuse to stay buried.
From ghost stories to grounded drama, Laurel writes the films that stay with you after the lights come up.
Read the Screenplays04 · The territory
Where her stories live.
Ghosts & Hauntings
Features
Witches & the Unseen
Features
Grief, Family & Human Conflict
Features · Television05 · Services
Ways to work together.
For producers, directors and writers who need a voice for the dark, or a careful eye on their own pages.
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Screenwriting, Features & Television
Horror and drama written for feature film and television.
Script Consultation
Cemetery facts, forensic details and the history that makes a scene feel true.
Writer for Hire
Custom screenwriting for producers and collaborators.
Editing & Notes
Editing and screenplay notes for your pages.
06 · Recognition
A body of work in motion.
PlacementsLAUREL ELLIS
Multiple contest placements
Screenplays placed in numerous screenwriting contests.
RecommendLAUREL ELLIS
Austin Film Festival coverage
Received Recommends from Austin Film Festival coverage services.
ProducedLAUREL ELLIS
One produced film
A screenplay brought to the screen.
On AirLAUREL ELLIS
One produced podcast
A story produced for podcast.
07 · The shelf
What she writes, and what she knows.
Ghosts
Witches
Vampires, in progress
Supernatural Horror
Drama
Feature Films
Television
Cemetery History
Forensic Detail
Writer for Hire
Script Notes
Editing
From the desk
Some stories stay buried. Others are waiting to be told.
Meet Laurel
The stories we carry from the dark.
Laurel writes horror the way she restores old stones: patiently, by hand, paying attention to what time tried to erase. Her work spans supernatural horror and drama, and she writes for both feature film and television.
Discuss a projectNowIn progress
WritingA vampire feature, currently in progress.
DevelopingSupernatural horror features and a supernatural drama series.
RestoringCemetery restoration, one stone at a time.
Let's talk
Let's bring a story to the screen.
For production inquiries, writing collaborations, script consultation or a conversation about a project.
Contact Laurel08 · Contact
Start the conversation.
Producers, directors and collaborators are welcome to reach out about available screenplays, writing work or script consultation.