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S.E. Teres, a neurodivergent screenwriter and self-described "slicker, hipper-upper of tired tropes" honed her craft under mentors including Isabel Dréan —the vertical-drama powerhouse known as the "Queen of Reels"— former Paramount president David Kirkpatrick, showrunner-director Todd Slavkin, and RoadMap Writers. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity, sharp insight, and irreverent dark humor, Teres builds bold, emotionally charged, genre-agnostic narratives around unconventional heroes who rise through extraordinary circumstances with a profound understanding of resilience and transformation, to inspire audiences, and prove that unexpected greatness is often forged by our greatest adversities.

INQUIRIES / SAMPLES

Double FaultDRAMA

When an ambitious wild-card qualifier bursts onto the professional tennis circuit with nothing but talent and an iron will, she must choose between the men’s No. 1 and reigning champion, who offers her the world, and her fierce female rival, with whom she shares an undeniable attraction that threatens to change everything.

After a motorcycle club president’s daughter becomes an FBI informant to save her family, she agrees to marry the ruthless leader of a rival club as part of a peace treaty—but the closer she gets to the evidence that could destroy him, the harder it becomes to remember which side she’s on.

S.E. Teres, a neurodivergent screenwriter and self-described "slicker, hipper-upper of tired tropes" honed her craft under mentors including Isabel Dréan —the vertical-drama powerhouse known as the "Queen of Reels"— former Paramount president David Kirkpatrick, showrunner-director Todd Slavkin, and RoadMap Writers.  Fueled by an insatiable curiosity, sharp insight, and irreverent dark humor, Teres builds bold, emotionally charged, genre-agnostic narratives around unconventional heroes who rise through extraordinary circumstances with a profound understanding of resilience and transformation, to inspire audiences, and prove that unexpected greatness is often forged by our greatest adversities.

Convinced relics in his dead grandmother’s attic prove he's the great-great-grandson of Zorro, a delusional trust-fund slacker hires a broke college student and an ex-Hollywood stuntwoman to "teach him how to be Mexican,” but when his first masked caper goes viral, he’s forced to become the hero he always thought he was.

Dead ReckoningCOMEDY

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Inked in SinDRAMA

The Great, Great Grandson of Zorro COMEDY 

After witnessing her father die in the ring, a rising South Chicago boxer with one shot at the title is forced to train under the son of the man who killed him, but as their brutal training sessions ignite a dangerous attraction, long buried secrets surface that could destroy them both.

Bride or DieDRAMA

To earn his passage to the afterlife, an embittered sea captain’s ghost has 30 days to eradicate living humans from the mansion he’s haunted for 150 years, but when a single mother and her son move in, they give him the one thing he never had — a reason to stay.

Below the BeltDRAMA

Match PointDRAMA

When her father vanishes after a suspicious crash, a fierce, indomitable tattoo artist refuses to leave the search to the cops, chasing clues that lead to her brooding boss with a broken alibi and the charming ex who wants her back—but trusting the wrong man could be the last mistake she ever makes.

After a broke wild-card qualifier storms the elite Grand Slam circuit, she’s caught between a reigning champion desperate to rebuild his image and the challenger poised to dethrone him. But when she discovers her Wild Card was the first move in someone else’s game, she must choose whether to play their Cinderella story or prove she belongs on her own terms.

To earn his passage to the afterlife, an embittered sea captain’s ghost has 30 days to eradicate living humans from the mansion he’s haunted for 150 years, but when a single mother and her son move in, they give him the one thing he never had — a reason to stay.

Dead ReckoningDRAMA

After witnessing her father die in the ring, a rising South Chicago boxer with one shot at the title is forced to train under the son of the man who killed him, but as their brutal training sessions ignite a dangerous attraction, long buried secrets surface that could destroy them both.

The Great, Great Grandson of Zorro COMEDY