I am David Byrne
@iamdavidbyrne.bsky.social
Writer. Producer. Director. Creator. 18 years crafting stories at TCM. Here for collaboration, connection, and celebrating the magic of movies.
Another TCM Classic Cruise in the books.
Film legends entertaining passionate film lovers while sailing through dreamlike seascapes. And, as always, it’s my TCM family pouring everything they have into making it one helluva trip full of laughter, magic, and endless memories. #tcmclassiccruise
Film legends entertaining passionate film lovers while sailing through dreamlike seascapes. And, as always, it’s my TCM family pouring everything they have into making it one helluva trip full of laughter, magic, and endless memories. #tcmclassiccruise
October 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Another TCM Classic Cruise in the books.
Film legends entertaining passionate film lovers while sailing through dreamlike seascapes. And, as always, it’s my TCM family pouring everything they have into making it one helluva trip full of laughter, magic, and endless memories. #tcmclassiccruise
Film legends entertaining passionate film lovers while sailing through dreamlike seascapes. And, as always, it’s my TCM family pouring everything they have into making it one helluva trip full of laughter, magic, and endless memories. #tcmclassiccruise
Spent the last 8 weeks injecting horror movies into my eyeballs. Had a devilishly good time producing this with editor Angela Hammer. October on TCM is going to be fire! 🔥💀🍿 #scriptsky youtu.be/rRn-RusOWh4?...
This Month on TCM: October 2025 | TCM
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October 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Spent the last 8 weeks injecting horror movies into my eyeballs. Had a devilishly good time producing this with editor Angela Hammer. October on TCM is going to be fire! 🔥💀🍿 #scriptsky youtu.be/rRn-RusOWh4?...
Writing sprint while I wait for my dentist appt. Parked at the intersection of some known hauntings: the ghost in the shop window, next to the old funeral parlor, the founder’s cemetery, the pacing Civil War soldier, near where the girl drowned in the well… prime horror WIP real estate. #scriptsky
September 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Writing sprint while I wait for my dentist appt. Parked at the intersection of some known hauntings: the ghost in the shop window, next to the old funeral parlor, the founder’s cemetery, the pacing Civil War soldier, near where the girl drowned in the well… prime horror WIP real estate. #scriptsky
Celebrating the six year anniversary of the time the Universe screamed at me like I was in Field of Dreams.
And on this sixth anniversary, I actually received some good news that was another step forward for a big project… which cosmically puts all of this into a wonderful place. #scriptsky
And on this sixth anniversary, I actually received some good news that was another step forward for a big project… which cosmically puts all of this into a wonderful place. #scriptsky
August 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Celebrating the six year anniversary of the time the Universe screamed at me like I was in Field of Dreams.
And on this sixth anniversary, I actually received some good news that was another step forward for a big project… which cosmically puts all of this into a wonderful place. #scriptsky
And on this sixth anniversary, I actually received some good news that was another step forward for a big project… which cosmically puts all of this into a wonderful place. #scriptsky
First page from my F it script. Went through my idea journal and looked for the biggest, boldest, brashest story.
Something where I can write like I’m leading a punk rock rebellion with every scene.
Swinging for the fences with this one.
#scriptsky #firstpagefriday
Something where I can write like I’m leading a punk rock rebellion with every scene.
Swinging for the fences with this one.
#scriptsky #firstpagefriday
July 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
First page from my F it script. Went through my idea journal and looked for the biggest, boldest, brashest story.
Something where I can write like I’m leading a punk rock rebellion with every scene.
Swinging for the fences with this one.
#scriptsky #firstpagefriday
Something where I can write like I’m leading a punk rock rebellion with every scene.
Swinging for the fences with this one.
#scriptsky #firstpagefriday
Today’s my birthday. Treated myself to an afternoon in the hammock. After weeks of outlining and treatments, I wrote the first page of my new WIP. Lovely gift to myself!
Now gonna celebrate with a Funk concert in the park, fried chicken, cold beer, family, and a Chattahoochee sunset.
#scriptsky
Now gonna celebrate with a Funk concert in the park, fried chicken, cold beer, family, and a Chattahoochee sunset.
#scriptsky
June 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Today’s my birthday. Treated myself to an afternoon in the hammock. After weeks of outlining and treatments, I wrote the first page of my new WIP. Lovely gift to myself!
Now gonna celebrate with a Funk concert in the park, fried chicken, cold beer, family, and a Chattahoochee sunset.
#scriptsky
Now gonna celebrate with a Funk concert in the park, fried chicken, cold beer, family, and a Chattahoochee sunset.
#scriptsky
You can’t out-swim your past, but you can bite back.
🦈 THE BULL SHARK 🦈
In a decaying coastal town, an aging enforcer seeking redemption is hunted by a mysterious sheriff and forced to confront the deadly legacy he's desperate to bury.
#screenpit #scriptsky #dr #fea
🦈 THE BULL SHARK 🦈
In a decaying coastal town, an aging enforcer seeking redemption is hunted by a mysterious sheriff and forced to confront the deadly legacy he's desperate to bury.
#screenpit #scriptsky #dr #fea
June 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
You can’t out-swim your past, but you can bite back.
🦈 THE BULL SHARK 🦈
In a decaying coastal town, an aging enforcer seeking redemption is hunted by a mysterious sheriff and forced to confront the deadly legacy he's desperate to bury.
#screenpit #scriptsky #dr #fea
🦈 THE BULL SHARK 🦈
In a decaying coastal town, an aging enforcer seeking redemption is hunted by a mysterious sheriff and forced to confront the deadly legacy he's desperate to bury.
#screenpit #scriptsky #dr #fea
Before they grow up, they’ll have to believe one last time.
✨SURRENDER THE STARS✨
When his grandfather falls ill, a thirteen-year-old leads his friends on one last summer adventure to capture a wish-granting star hidden deep in their rival's territory.
#screenpit #scriptsky #dr #fea
✨SURRENDER THE STARS✨
When his grandfather falls ill, a thirteen-year-old leads his friends on one last summer adventure to capture a wish-granting star hidden deep in their rival's territory.
#screenpit #scriptsky #dr #fea
June 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Before they grow up, they’ll have to believe one last time.
✨SURRENDER THE STARS✨
When his grandfather falls ill, a thirteen-year-old leads his friends on one last summer adventure to capture a wish-granting star hidden deep in their rival's territory.
#screenpit #scriptsky #dr #fea
✨SURRENDER THE STARS✨
When his grandfather falls ill, a thirteen-year-old leads his friends on one last summer adventure to capture a wish-granting star hidden deep in their rival's territory.
#screenpit #scriptsky #dr #fea
Think your family has drama???
Emma just found out hers is entirely fictional.
✨PALACE✨
To save her father's crumbling theater, a journalist must enter a forgotten film world and confront a villain determined to erase her from the story.
#screenpit #scriptsky #ro #fy #fea
Emma just found out hers is entirely fictional.
✨PALACE✨
To save her father's crumbling theater, a journalist must enter a forgotten film world and confront a villain determined to erase her from the story.
#screenpit #scriptsky #ro #fy #fea
June 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Think your family has drama???
Emma just found out hers is entirely fictional.
✨PALACE✨
To save her father's crumbling theater, a journalist must enter a forgotten film world and confront a villain determined to erase her from the story.
#screenpit #scriptsky #ro #fy #fea
Emma just found out hers is entirely fictional.
✨PALACE✨
To save her father's crumbling theater, a journalist must enter a forgotten film world and confront a villain determined to erase her from the story.
#screenpit #scriptsky #ro #fy #fea
The end of the world begins with a countdown.
One remote cabin.
One broken family.
One secret too dangerous to stay buried.
And time is about to...
EXPIRE
The Shining meets The Road
#screenpit #scriptsky #ho #fea
One remote cabin.
One broken family.
One secret too dangerous to stay buried.
And time is about to...
EXPIRE
The Shining meets The Road
#screenpit #scriptsky #ho #fea
June 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The end of the world begins with a countdown.
One remote cabin.
One broken family.
One secret too dangerous to stay buried.
And time is about to...
EXPIRE
The Shining meets The Road
#screenpit #scriptsky #ho #fea
One remote cabin.
One broken family.
One secret too dangerous to stay buried.
And time is about to...
EXPIRE
The Shining meets The Road
#screenpit #scriptsky #ho #fea
An entire life wasted on violence.
Now an aging enforcer seeks redemption when a mysterious sheriff targets a dangerous drug syndicate.
He’ll be forced to confront his past and fight for a shot at forgiveness.
The Bull Shark
Unforgiven meets Hell or High Water
#screenpit #scriptsky #fea
Now an aging enforcer seeks redemption when a mysterious sheriff targets a dangerous drug syndicate.
He’ll be forced to confront his past and fight for a shot at forgiveness.
The Bull Shark
Unforgiven meets Hell or High Water
#screenpit #scriptsky #fea
June 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
An entire life wasted on violence.
Now an aging enforcer seeks redemption when a mysterious sheriff targets a dangerous drug syndicate.
He’ll be forced to confront his past and fight for a shot at forgiveness.
The Bull Shark
Unforgiven meets Hell or High Water
#screenpit #scriptsky #fea
Now an aging enforcer seeks redemption when a mysterious sheriff targets a dangerous drug syndicate.
He’ll be forced to confront his past and fight for a shot at forgiveness.
The Bull Shark
Unforgiven meets Hell or High Water
#screenpit #scriptsky #fea
A boy. A falling star. A promise.
To save his dying grandfather, a 13-year old and his friends brave the wild woods… and their rival gang… for one last summer adventure that might be their greatest.
Surrender the Stars
Stand By Me meets Lord of the Flies
#screenpit #scriptsky #dr #fea
To save his dying grandfather, a 13-year old and his friends brave the wild woods… and their rival gang… for one last summer adventure that might be their greatest.
Surrender the Stars
Stand By Me meets Lord of the Flies
#screenpit #scriptsky #dr #fea
June 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A boy. A falling star. A promise.
To save his dying grandfather, a 13-year old and his friends brave the wild woods… and their rival gang… for one last summer adventure that might be their greatest.
Surrender the Stars
Stand By Me meets Lord of the Flies
#screenpit #scriptsky #dr #fea
To save his dying grandfather, a 13-year old and his friends brave the wild woods… and their rival gang… for one last summer adventure that might be their greatest.
Surrender the Stars
Stand By Me meets Lord of the Flies
#screenpit #scriptsky #dr #fea
When a skeptical journalist is pulled into a hidden world where classic films come alive, she must embrace movie magic to defeat a vengeful screen siren… and save her father’s crumbling theater.
Palace
La La Land meets Cinema Paradiso
#screenpit #scriptsky #ro #fy #fea
Palace
La La Land meets Cinema Paradiso
#screenpit #scriptsky #ro #fy #fea
June 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When a skeptical journalist is pulled into a hidden world where classic films come alive, she must embrace movie magic to defeat a vengeful screen siren… and save her father’s crumbling theater.
Palace
La La Land meets Cinema Paradiso
#screenpit #scriptsky #ro #fy #fea
Palace
La La Land meets Cinema Paradiso
#screenpit #scriptsky #ro #fy #fea
A mysterious global countdown hijacks every TV.
Phones go dead.
Internet vanishes.
A fractured family hides in a mountain cabin, but the real horror isn’t what’s coming…
it’s what’s already inside.
#screenpit #scriptsky #ho #fea
Phones go dead.
Internet vanishes.
A fractured family hides in a mountain cabin, but the real horror isn’t what’s coming…
it’s what’s already inside.
#screenpit #scriptsky #ho #fea
June 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A mysterious global countdown hijacks every TV.
Phones go dead.
Internet vanishes.
A fractured family hides in a mountain cabin, but the real horror isn’t what’s coming…
it’s what’s already inside.
#screenpit #scriptsky #ho #fea
Phones go dead.
Internet vanishes.
A fractured family hides in a mountain cabin, but the real horror isn’t what’s coming…
it’s what’s already inside.
#screenpit #scriptsky #ho #fea
Finished dusting off an old horror script, EXPIRE. Took the last two weeks to do a page one rewrite. Minimalist approach for maximum impact.
#FirstPageFriday #scriptsky
#FirstPageFriday #scriptsky
May 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Finished dusting off an old horror script, EXPIRE. Took the last two weeks to do a page one rewrite. Minimalist approach for maximum impact.
#FirstPageFriday #scriptsky
#FirstPageFriday #scriptsky
Camille - First screenplay. Wrote it in college. Set on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi in 1969 in the days leading to Hurricane Camille. Sort of an ensemble story about a group of neighbors living in an apartment complex… and the Dixie Mafia using the storm as a front to run drugs.
I bet you thought I forgot about you this week, #Scriptsky? 😘
Impossible! We've got some fresh #FiveAfterFive questions coming at you, calling this the ‼️ series because I do love me some exclamation marks.
1/5 - Tell us about your first script 🤔
Impossible! We've got some fresh #FiveAfterFive questions coming at you, calling this the ‼️ series because I do love me some exclamation marks.
1/5 - Tell us about your first script 🤔
May 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Camille - First screenplay. Wrote it in college. Set on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi in 1969 in the days leading to Hurricane Camille. Sort of an ensemble story about a group of neighbors living in an apartment complex… and the Dixie Mafia using the storm as a front to run drugs.
New WIP is a heist movie. Late 60s vibe with a modern take. Working on a treatment but had trouble visualizing the crew. So, I made baseball trading cards for the team. On the back… traits, skills, roles, strengths, & weaknesses. I can now mix & match cards based on who’s in the scene. #scriptsky
May 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
New WIP is a heist movie. Late 60s vibe with a modern take. Working on a treatment but had trouble visualizing the crew. So, I made baseball trading cards for the team. On the back… traits, skills, roles, strengths, & weaknesses. I can now mix & match cards based on who’s in the scene. #scriptsky
Had an absolute blast making this spot with editor Angela Hammer. Watching & listening to Mae West every day for a month certainly brought out the laughs. Good Times!
youtube.com/watch?v=Azg3...
youtube.com/watch?v=Azg3...
This Month on TCM: May 2025 | TCM
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies
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May 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Had an absolute blast making this spot with editor Angela Hammer. Watching & listening to Mae West every day for a month certainly brought out the laughs. Good Times!
youtube.com/watch?v=Azg3...
youtube.com/watch?v=Azg3...
Flipped the camera dial to God Mode. Selected the “Only Great Shots" feature. Bags packed. TCM
Classic Film Festival here I come. #tcmff #filmsky #scriptsky
Classic Film Festival here I come. #tcmff #filmsky #scriptsky
April 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Flipped the camera dial to God Mode. Selected the “Only Great Shots" feature. Bags packed. TCM
Classic Film Festival here I come. #tcmff #filmsky #scriptsky
Classic Film Festival here I come. #tcmff #filmsky #scriptsky
GENRE I WRITE BEST: Southern Drama
GENRE I WISH I WROTE BETTER: Action-Adventure
GENRE I COULD NEVER WRITE: Horror (I’ve done it, just not the right brain space for me.)
#scriptsky
GENRE I WISH I WROTE BETTER: Action-Adventure
GENRE I COULD NEVER WRITE: Horror (I’ve done it, just not the right brain space for me.)
#scriptsky
GENRE I WRITE BEST: horror
GENRE I WISH I WROTE BETTER: comedy
GENRE I COULD NEVER WRITE: war drama
#ScriptSky
GENRE I WISH I WROTE BETTER: comedy
GENRE I COULD NEVER WRITE: war drama
#ScriptSky
GENRE I WRITE BEST: comedy
GENRE I WISH I WROTE BETTER: also comedy
GENRE I COULD NEVER WRITE: horror—too scary!
#ScriptSky
GENRE I WISH I WROTE BETTER: also comedy
GENRE I COULD NEVER WRITE: horror—too scary!
#ScriptSky
April 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
GENRE I WRITE BEST: Southern Drama
GENRE I WISH I WROTE BETTER: Action-Adventure
GENRE I COULD NEVER WRITE: Horror (I’ve done it, just not the right brain space for me.)
#scriptsky
GENRE I WISH I WROTE BETTER: Action-Adventure
GENRE I COULD NEVER WRITE: Horror (I’ve done it, just not the right brain space for me.)
#scriptsky
Fireside date night under the wisteria. Grooving to our Record Store Day haul. Breezing through some Elmore Leonard. There’s a definite vibe on the back porch tonight… and it’s every bit all right with me.
April 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Fireside date night under the wisteria. Grooving to our Record Store Day haul. Breezing through some Elmore Leonard. There’s a definite vibe on the back porch tonight… and it’s every bit all right with me.