Michael Eric Ross
@michaelericross.bsky.social
Screenwriter (Stage 32 QF, SF; ScreenCraft QF, Emerging Screenwriters QF, Stunt List, LA Int'l Screenwriters) | essayist | journalist (NYT, MSNBC.com, TheWrap) | editor | pain in the ass | captive of LA (indeterminate sentence).
My little indie that could keeps on chugging. “The Next Black Man …” just made the QF round in the Emerging Screenwriters drama comp. Thanks to the judges who took my story to heart. On to the semis! #scriptsky
April 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
My little indie that could keeps on chugging. “The Next Black Man …” just made the QF round in the Emerging Screenwriters drama comp. Thanks to the judges who took my story to heart. On to the semis! #scriptsky
COMPLICATIONS
A widower juggles roles of father, mother, breadwinner and ex-gang member while grappling with the death of his wife, and hoping to make the most of a chance encounter with the woman who may be his missing piece. Or not. #ScreenPit
A widower juggles roles of father, mother, breadwinner and ex-gang member while grappling with the death of his wife, and hoping to make the most of a chance encounter with the woman who may be his missing piece. Or not. #ScreenPit
March 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
COMPLICATIONS
A widower juggles roles of father, mother, breadwinner and ex-gang member while grappling with the death of his wife, and hoping to make the most of a chance encounter with the woman who may be his missing piece. Or not. #ScreenPit
A widower juggles roles of father, mother, breadwinner and ex-gang member while grappling with the death of his wife, and hoping to make the most of a chance encounter with the woman who may be his missing piece. Or not. #ScreenPit
RED BALL
Months after D-Day, four African American GI truck drivers and their white platoon leader from the Deep South fight Nazis, a ruthless sniper, and their own demons in the Red Ball Express, the supply-chain operation that kept U.S. forces moving through France. #ScreenPit
Months after D-Day, four African American GI truck drivers and their white platoon leader from the Deep South fight Nazis, a ruthless sniper, and their own demons in the Red Ball Express, the supply-chain operation that kept U.S. forces moving through France. #ScreenPit
March 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
RED BALL
Months after D-Day, four African American GI truck drivers and their white platoon leader from the Deep South fight Nazis, a ruthless sniper, and their own demons in the Red Ball Express, the supply-chain operation that kept U.S. forces moving through France. #ScreenPit
Months after D-Day, four African American GI truck drivers and their white platoon leader from the Deep South fight Nazis, a ruthless sniper, and their own demons in the Red Ball Express, the supply-chain operation that kept U.S. forces moving through France. #ScreenPit
IN TALKS
Two journalists at competing entertainment trade pubs work to get dirt and dish on celebrities and studios while trying to prevent their own big reveal: They’re a couple. That secret pales compared to another: One of their companies is buying the other. #ScreenPit
Two journalists at competing entertainment trade pubs work to get dirt and dish on celebrities and studios while trying to prevent their own big reveal: They’re a couple. That secret pales compared to another: One of their companies is buying the other. #ScreenPit
March 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
IN TALKS
Two journalists at competing entertainment trade pubs work to get dirt and dish on celebrities and studios while trying to prevent their own big reveal: They’re a couple. That secret pales compared to another: One of their companies is buying the other. #ScreenPit
Two journalists at competing entertainment trade pubs work to get dirt and dish on celebrities and studios while trying to prevent their own big reveal: They’re a couple. That secret pales compared to another: One of their companies is buying the other. #ScreenPit
THE NEXT BLACK MAN IN BEVERLY HILLS
A homeless man navigates a precarious world of privilege after rescuing a wealthy developer, a man opposed to making his beloved enclave of southern California more accessible to people like the man who saved his life. #ScreenPit (click image for hashtags)
A homeless man navigates a precarious world of privilege after rescuing a wealthy developer, a man opposed to making his beloved enclave of southern California more accessible to people like the man who saved his life. #ScreenPit (click image for hashtags)
March 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
THE NEXT BLACK MAN IN BEVERLY HILLS
A homeless man navigates a precarious world of privilege after rescuing a wealthy developer, a man opposed to making his beloved enclave of southern California more accessible to people like the man who saved his life. #ScreenPit (click image for hashtags)
A homeless man navigates a precarious world of privilege after rescuing a wealthy developer, a man opposed to making his beloved enclave of southern California more accessible to people like the man who saved his life. #ScreenPit (click image for hashtags)
The year of Oh My Lord 2024 started out such a downer. So it was a fine surprise to get up today and discover my urban dramedy, The Next Black Man in Beverly Hills, is a quarterfinalist in the 2025 L.A. International Screenplay Awards. A palate cleanser like no other. Deeply grateful. #scriptsky
February 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The year of Oh My Lord 2024 started out such a downer. So it was a fine surprise to get up today and discover my urban dramedy, The Next Black Man in Beverly Hills, is a quarterfinalist in the 2025 L.A. International Screenplay Awards. A palate cleanser like no other. Deeply grateful. #scriptsky
This is from one of my pilots, fwiw. All the ones I've seen elsewhere omit the V.O. It seems to be implicit in use of PRE-LAP that the V.O. is automatic.
February 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This is from one of my pilots, fwiw. All the ones I've seen elsewhere omit the V.O. It seems to be implicit in use of PRE-LAP that the V.O. is automatic.
Buck up bruh. The hearings haven't happened yet, and there are more revelations coming out. It's early days. Anything can happen ...
January 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Buck up bruh. The hearings haven't happened yet, and there are more revelations coming out. It's early days. Anything can happen ...
Air quality index getting worse by the hour. Now equal to smoking between 6 and 10 cigarettes a day. Three hours ago it was 176.
January 9, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Air quality index getting worse by the hour. Now equal to smoking between 6 and 10 cigarettes a day. Three hours ago it was 176.
I'm honored to see my pilot #AMERICANKUSH in the winners’ circle of The Stunt List’s Originals Bureau Season 3. Congratulations to the others in this prestigious roster. Many thanks to @ashlazer.bsky.social and his amazing crew. #ORIGINALSBUREAU2025
December 3, 2024 at 12:05 AM
I'm honored to see my pilot #AMERICANKUSH in the winners’ circle of The Stunt List’s Originals Bureau Season 3. Congratulations to the others in this prestigious roster. Many thanks to @ashlazer.bsky.social and his amazing crew. #ORIGINALSBUREAU2025
I remember what you don’t, and I’m not alone. Some of her distinctions from Biden even preceded the campaign. They’re hardly the “same shit”
November 24, 2024 at 3:01 AM
I remember what you don’t, and I’m not alone. Some of her distinctions from Biden even preceded the campaign. They’re hardly the “same shit”
Nope. Especially with pictures like this loose in the world
November 22, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Nope. Especially with pictures like this loose in the world
Food for thought, 8th and Flower, downtown LA
November 13, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Food for thought, 8th and Flower, downtown LA
Another breakthrough: Rubicon Falls, my pilot for a dystopian TV series, is in the quarterfinal round of the ISA/Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Competition. A pretty good year's getting better! Thanks to all my believers.
April 19, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Another breakthrough: Rubicon Falls, my pilot for a dystopian TV series, is in the quarterfinal round of the ISA/Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Competition. A pretty good year's getting better! Thanks to all my believers.
I'm starting to like this year: RED BALL, my WWII diversity action script about a little-remembered supply project, has been named a Quarter-Finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition. Thanks to everyone who's supported me. Fingers crossed for the semis!
January 5, 2024 at 6:17 AM
I'm starting to like this year: RED BALL, my WWII diversity action script about a little-remembered supply project, has been named a Quarter-Finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition. Thanks to everyone who's supported me. Fingers crossed for the semis!