Joshua Dallas Brooks
Screenwriter
Crafting character-driven stories with a flair for 1980s culture.
Featured Projects
My screenwriting focuses on stories that pit good versus evil and take ordinary protagonists on extraordinary hero's journeys. As a proud member of Generation X, I have a passion for 1980s culture that shines through in my work.
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Ghost Karate
Feature film and 2025 Austin Film Festival semi-finalist script.
Logline: In 1985 Nebraska, an 11-year-old who can truly see monsters discovers a rip between worlds and, with his skeptical older brother and a tough new friend, must fight back before a skull-faced entity devours their town; think The Karate Kid meets Ghostbusters.
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Shadow Sentinel
1-hour drama television series.
Logline: A reclusive Georgia private investigator with old-school methods is pulled into a biotech cover-up when a deputy turns up mutilated and a mysterious AI hijacks his computer, forcing him into a war with engineered creatures and the people behind them; think Knight Rider meets The X-Files.
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Change Machine
Feature film.
Logline: A tech-obsessed janitor inherits a mysterious time-travel device and accidentally triggers a dystopian future by leaking tomorrow's tech today, forcing him to fix time itself to restore balance.
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Martian Mist
Feature film.
Logline: A year after a Martian contamination wipes out humanity, a sixteen-year-old boy sets out across a hostile, creature-infested wasteland to find a billionaire's promised sanctuary. When that dream collapses — and he discovers a military-grade combat robot buried in the ruins — he's forced to confront a harder question than survival: What kind of world does he want to build?
Projects Currently in Development
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1986
TV Pilot
A grounded, character-driven sci-fi drama about a man displaced in time, navigating a world that's more broken than it looks.
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New Earth Year 100
Feature Film
A retro-futurist sci-fi thriller set in a domed colony where the walls aren't as solid as they seem.
My agent is actively pitching my work for film and television. For inquiries, please use the contact button below.
Contact
For screenwriting inquiries, please contact my agent, Brandy Vallance of the Barbara Bova Literary Agency.
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Retrogame Development
I sometimes develop old-school video games. Check them out here.