Shay Ball​

Writer​

I’m a Bay Area-born, LA-based writer of diverse film and tv projects.

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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