Shay Ball
Writer
I’m a Bay Area-born, LA-based writer of diverse film and tv projects.
Projects
DANI AFTER DARK (Half-hour pilot in development as a scripted podcast)
A socially anxious slow jams radio host navigates her adoptive mother's dementia diagnosis, the surprise return of her birth mother, and the overall uncertainty of new adulthood in a pre-tech, late 90s version of the San Francisco Bay Area
Semifinalist, 2024 Moonshot Initiative - Moonshot Pilot Accelerator
CHERRY HILL BLUES (Feature)
Childhood friends coming of age in the middle of nowhere struggle to settle into new adulthood the summer after high school graduation.
Features Winner, Harvardwood Screenwriting Competition, Spring 2021
Finalist, WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Screenwriting Lab & Competition, Spring 2017/Fall 2017
Recommend, WeScreenplay Coverage Services
Selected participant, Coverfly Pitch Week, Fall 2019
Top Lists & 7-ratings, The Black List
HAVE A GOOD ONE (Feature)
Two sisters battling sobriety in the rural midwest work together to make the most of the events that unfold in their seemingly uneventful adult lives.
Semifinalist, WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Screenwriting Lab & Competition, Fall 2022/Spring 2020
PATTY CAKE (Hour-long pilot)
A 30-year old career burnout with a heart condition she can't afford returns to her small hometown and creates a new life in the most unlikely of places--the local Farmers Market.
Semifinalist, WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Screenwriting Lab & Competition, Fall 2021