Who's Afraid of Hollywood?
a short film in development
directed by
Madison Young
screenplay by
Katia Noyes
Zaz Benny, a former child star and trans Influencer, gets called to the glam country estate of an unhinged film director for an episode of a reality TV series, The New Queer Hollywood, but when the shoot goes off the rails, Zaz's desperate attempts to capture the director's attention force them to dig deeper than they ever intended.
Crashing
America
a screenplay
Betrayal
a screenplay
An idealistic programmer invents a humanitarian use of AI, but what happens when betrayal is part of the plan — to get the big money she needs to change the world?
Coney Island Sunrise
a short film experiment
A 1977 portrait of street survival: three kids hustling Times Square, dancing defiantly, transforming hardship into an unlikely grace.
Capture
a short film experiment
The camera person captures the artifice of the actor; the director, in turn, searches for the actor's moment of surrender, and the editor cuts the film until it bleeds — when the images insist on showing their story
Crashing America
Find the book here.
I'm a San Francisco-based author and screenwriter, who ventured into screenwriting and film when my first novel, Crashing America, was optioned. To my surprise, I found a new love — collaborating with inspired actors, directors, and talented creatives.
My script, "Who's Afraid of Hollywood," is a very queer and very twisted valentine to the Hollywood-industrial complex. It draws from my wild experiences working to produce an indie feature film.
Over 70 agents passed on my novel Crashing America — a 90s road story with a genderqueer narrator, before a small gay press published it. A recipient of many honors, it is now taught in universities worldwide and considered a landmark work of LGBT literature.
Note: I am thrilled that Madison Young has just signed on as director and producer of my new short film.
Madison Young is a queer feminist filmmaker and artist that has been smashing stigma in the media for two decades, across multiple mediums and platforms including several critically -acclaimed books, touring with their Off-Broadway one womxn show, Reveal All Fear Nothing, and directing, hosting and producing two seasons of the documentary television series, Submission Possible, for Revry TV.
Young is the writer/director/producer for the forthcoming feature film, By the Roots, an adaptation of their memoir, Daddy. It is executive-produced by Emmy-nominated Silas Howard and stars Emily Robinson of the Emmy-winning series Transparent, Emmy-nominated Margaret Cho, and Lea DeLaria (Orange is the New Black).
MADISON YOUNG
Director,
Who's Afraid of Hollywood?
