Snark & SNAFUs
film and television screenplays for grown-ass people.
Monica Levy is an award-winning screenwriter who creates sometimes snarky but always ingenious characters in complex situations.
Following a 30+ year career as a senior marketing exec in F100 companies (where bits of her crushed soul can still be found languishing amid advertising plans and trade show renderings), Monica decided to write screenplays as an antidote to overeating, obsessive drawer organizing and the ongoing murder of plants.
​Her brand, Snark & SNAFUs, delivers a compelling amalgam of smart dialogue, interesting plot twists and completely relatable WTF moments. She'll happily watch most anything, but​ she prefers to write film and tv screenplays for grown-ass people.
She lives with her husband and 3 ill-behaved dogs in St. Petersburg, FL.
Completed Screenplays
Film
The Tartufo Sisters
Three elderly sisters try to save a failing restaurant but find themselves caught between the Feds and Russian gangsters.
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TV
In Development
Phish This -- After her identity and retirement savings are stolen in an elaborate phishing scam, a frumpy, middle-aged woman sets out to find and punish the hacker (drama feature or limited series)
American Divide -- A marriage devolves and a family falls apart when a couple gravitates to opposite sides of the political spectrum (drama feature or limited series)
Spec
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel -- S4, E5 -- The family travels to a wedding in the Catskills
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Film
The Laughter of Strangers
As the world ignores the plight of Holocaust survivors, a young woman in a Displaced Person's camp strives to emigrate and must choose between her family and her own long-held dreams.
(The Long Way Home x Avalon)
Smokescreen
After her best friend dies in a school shooting, the teenaged daughter of GOP lawmakers risks her life in a controversional plan to force the passage of an assault weapons ban.
(Super 8 x The Fallout)
Band Together
A 20-something boy band and a group of aging rockers join forces to reboot 80s rock n' roll for a new generation of listeners.
(The Replacements x Almost Famous)
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Television
Deals
An ambitious sales executive with a failing water company strives to balance her demanding job with her equally challenging spouse, kids and aging parents.
(Billions x This Is Us)
Ms. Edie
​Hilarity ensues when a no-horseshit, politically-savvy talking equine comes to live in rural America with a conservative farm owner and his woke twin sister.
("Mr. Ed" re-boot)
Hair of the Dog
A Hollywood dog trainer struggles with addiction and recovery as she
strives to reclaim her career and relationships via a passel of cool canines.
(Hacks x America's Top Dog)