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screenwriter

ADHISH YAJNIK

Writing Samples

THE COUP

feature-length historical thriller

The true story of the military coup in which Augusto Pinochet came to power in Chile in 1973,

told through the lens of the president he deposed and the secretary who tried to save the president's life.

THE RED ZONE

FEATURE-LENGTH POLITICAL THRILLER

A fiercely honest investigative journalist covers a college rape case in a dying Alabama factory town where civilians

and sheriffs alike will do anything to protect the accused superstar quarterback and win a national championship.

INCONVENIENCED

FEATURE-LENGTH COMING-OF-AGE DRAMA

A naive Indian-American middle-schooler struggles to fit in after the 9/11 attacks make his dad the victim of a racially-motivated dragnet, and learns how to distance himself from his identity to find his tribe.

coming soon

About Me

I graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2012 with degrees in Film Production and Screenwriting, and completed the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting in 2015.

 

Alongside my career in visual effects for film, television, and commercials, I volunteer for the CineStory Foundation, and since 2021, I've staffed the CineStory Television and Feature Screenwriting Retreats in Idyllwild, California.

I tell stories that the winners of history

never wanted you to learn: of idealists

born too early and villains whose

rapes, murders, and coups

changed the world for the worse.

My stories celebrate freedom, justice,

equality, and the people who fight for

them in the face of death — the kind of

romantic heroes of old who've become

an endangered species among today's

cynical pop culture icons.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.'

All issues are political issues.

GEORGE ORWELL

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