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Dennis J. Manning is a neo-noir screenwriter and filmmaker crafting psychological thrillers, memory-driven dramas, and elevated character studies built for directors with a strong visual point of view.
From CHASING TRUTHS - The Museum Scene
The Shaft , Chasing Truths & Handprint — Under Contract with Price Productions — Packaging in Progress.
The Substitute Wife - Under Contract with Voyage Media
Redefining LGBTQ+ storytelling through bold, cinematic narratives where love, power, and fate collide in a neo-noir landscape.
"More Going Down" – Awarded Stage 32 Double Recommend (Top 1%)
I don’t write “gay stories.” I write thrillers where power seduces, love destroys, and fate never blinks. The fact that some of my leads are queer?
That just makes the stakes higher.
I'm not chasing trends. I’m redefining them.
Beautifully unstable narratives that linger long after the credits roll.
9-screenplay slate. 5 completed in 75 days. All killer. No filler.
BLACK DIAMOND
A Marine-turned-cop who fell harder than anyone ever expected.
Now he lives on the motel floor… staring at life through a fishbowl.
His only witness is an angelfish named Rocco.
His only weapon is the hope he barely believes in.
His only chance?
BLACK DIAMOND — Almost might just be enough.
A bruised, human neo-noir about rock bottom, redemption,
and the strange angels we meet in the dark.
Feature screenplay now in motion.