Screenplays

Sarah Granger writes scripts for film and television, influenced by growing up with a disabled parent, traveling the world, and her career in science and technology.

HIGHLIGHTED FEATURE SCREENPLAYS

THE PAIN-FREE DAY

Drama

A mother with chronic pain struggles to connect with her teenage daughter before it’s too late. Comps: CODA, LADY BIRD, GAGA: FIVE FOOT TWO. (Logline, pitch deck, and screenplay available by request.)

“THE PAIN-FREE DAY is an emotionally poignant screenplay that captures the trials, tribulations and triumphs of living with a chronic pain syndrome... The mother-daughter duo has electric chemistry, vacillating between love and anger in the most authentic of ways teenage daughter and over stressed mother can.” - Black List Reader

  • SFFILM & Kenneth Rainin Foundation – Winner, Rainin Grant to Filmmakers with Disabilities & FilmHouse Residency

  • The Disability List (Top 8, juried by The Black List & WGA)

  • Stowe Story Labs - Writing & Producing Selected Project

  • California Women’s Film Festival - Winner, Best Feature Script

NEURAL

Sci-Fi Adaptation

A dark web operative turns to her infamous ex and his team of hackers in a desperate attempt to save her life. (Logline and screenplay available on request.)

“NEURAL is a damned good piece of science fiction, and I'm very happy to have closed my workday with it. I'm excited to see where it goes in the future.“ - ISA Reader

  • Sci-Fi, Horror & Action Film Festival - Platinum Award Winner

  • Golden State Film Festival, LA – Winner, Best Sci-Fi Feature Screenplay

  • American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition – Semifinalist (Top 25)

  • Bloodstained Indie Film Festival, Tokyo – Winner, Best Feature Script

OTHER NEW FEATURE SCREENPLAYS

Loglines and screenplays available on request…

OCOTILLO - A contained feature drama where a group of teens with varying mental illnesses are stranded for a weekend in the desert.

KENT - The true story of a paralyzed polio survivor in 1950s Kansas.

THE COMMUNING ENGINE - Set at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland: a physicist and her team make an accidental discovery that reframes how we view death.

HIGHLIGHTED PILOT SCRIPTS

WHITE HAT

One-Hour Workplace Drama

A female led startup of ethical hackers, set in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Comps: SCANDAL meets HALT & CATCH FIRE. (Logline, pitch deck, and script available by request.)

"The script is really well-written—well developed characters, effective cliffhanger, interesting peek into a unique world. Also great work on the juicy subplots.“ - Agent, re: WHITE HAT

“Dialogue crackles with energy” - Competition Reader, re: WHITE HAT

  • Loreen Arbus Fellowship - Winner

  • The Women’s List

  • Athena Writers Lab - Selected Project

  • Script Pipeline TV - QF / Top 1% (Top 35 of 3200+)

M-CAP2

One-Hour Sci-fi

A female led team battles the elements at a small scientific outpost on Mars. Comps: THE MARTIAN, FOR ALL MANKIND. (Logline, pitch deck, script available on request.)

“This script offers tremendous world-building throughout, a compelling central premise, and a well-drawn protagonist... the pilot does a terrific job establishing and exploring its unique backdrop with specificity and a very keen eye for detail; each element of the M-CAP2 base is thoughtfully rendered, both as an immersive setting and as a tense source for conflict… This is a completely engaging, well-crafted episode of television.” - Black List Reader (scored 8)

  • StoryPros - Winner, Science Fiction

  • Coverfly Top 1% & Red List (Sci-Fi One-Hour TV - Top 20)

  • TrackingB TV Script Competition – Finalist (Top 5)

  • WeScreenplay Diverse Voices - Finalist

More about Sarah’s scripts can be found on The Black List or Coverfly.

Sarah Granger is represented by Granderson Des Rochers law firm in Los Angeles and New York. Contact info on Sarah’s IMDB Pro page.