shay ball

writer

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

Projects

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



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