Matthew A. Gossett

In search of greener pastures, I left my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio for New York City, where I studied film at the School Of Visual Arts. My concentration was Directing, and though Screenwriting is where I eventually found my niche, the skills I learned as a director afford my scripts a clear visual perspective on the page, an essential quality when attracting talent or enticing a reader.

In 2012, my first feature screenplay, Origin Of A Species, garnered much acclaim when it was named winner of Amazon Studios' Best Script Contest. It has since been adapted into Ar Putam Uz Lupam, a feature film in Latvia, produced by Tasse Film and helmed by award-winning director Janis Nords. It premieres November 2017.

These days, I enjoy life as a working screenwriter living in Los Angeles.  Not bad.

MY WORK

The following is a selection of my current screenplays. For information about availability, or to request an expanded synopsis, contact me via email at matthew.a.gossett@gmail.com. Thanks for looking!

The beast of kandahar

(Thriller/Drama) A troubled family man conditioned by violence and driven by love covertly acts as his son’s “guardian angel” in a twisted attempt to save him from ruin.

TEARS OF BLOOD

(Comedy) To save her first love, a teenage girl invents a religious miracle that divides her small town.

CHARIOT OF GOD

(Period Adventure/Drama) It's 1915 and World War I rages in Europe. The fastest ship in the world, the behemoth ocean liner RMS Mauretania- sister ship of the fated Lusitania, sets out into u-boat infested waters on a secret mission that could bring about an end to the Great War and establish first contact with an alien race.