Screenplays

Sarah Granger writes scripts for film, television, digital, and stage. Genres include drama, thriller, action, and science fiction.

Sarah’s film and television scripts draw from her background in science and technology, as a woman in STEM, and as part of the disability community. She has written multiple feature screenplays, pilots, and short film and video scripts that are currently in various stages of development. Many of her stories are female-driven, and all include at least one character with a disability.

SCREENPLAYS & PILOTS IN DEVELOPMENT

Select Labs, Fellowships, Grants, Lists, and Competition Placements

  • SFFILM & Kenneth Rainin Foundation Grant & FilmHouse Residency

  • Loreen Arbus Fellowship

  • Genre Celebration Festival Winner, Best Feature Screenplay

  • TrackingB TV Script Competition Finalist

  • American Zoetrope Semifinalist

  • The Women’s List (curated by WGA members)

  • Stowe Story Labs Selected Project

  • StoryPros Winner, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

  • Disney Entertainment TV Writing Program Semifinalist

  • Athena Writers Lab Selected Project

  • California Women’s Film Festival Winner, Best Feature Script

  • The Disability List (Top 8, juried by The Black List & WGA)

  • The Black List’s Top List

  • Austin Film Festival Semifinalist

  • Golden State Film Festival Winner, Best Sci-Fi Feature Screenplay

Accolades

“Sarah Granger’s work reveals extraordinary worlds.” - Professional Reader

"The script is really well-written—well developed characters, effective cliffhanger, interesting peek into a unique world. Also great work on the juicy subplots.“ - Agent, re: WHITE HAT

“OCOTILLO is a compassionate, compelling character-driven drama… The script overflows with empathy, and the experience as a whole is rewarding. OCOTILLO is a gripping script with impressive character work.” - Black List Reader

“The level of suspension of disbelief achieved is brilliant. The milieu is superbly authentic.” - Competition Reader, re: THE COMMUNING ENGINE

“This script offers tremendous world-building throughout, a compelling central premise, and a well-drawn protagonist… This is a completely engaging, well-crafted episode of television.” - Black List Reader re: M-CAP2 (scored 8)

“THE PAIN-FREE DAY is an emotionally poignant screenplay that captures the trials, tribulations and triumphs of living with a chronic pain syndrome... The mother-daughter duo has electric chemistry, vacillating between love and anger in the most authentic of ways teenage daughter and over stressed mother can.” - Black List Reader

“Dialogue crackles with energy” - Competition Reader, re: WHITE HAT

“KENT is a powerful and stirring story of the indomitable human spirit against overwhelming odds, all the more inspiring for being based on a true story.” - Black List Reader

“NEURAL is a damned good piece of science fiction, and I'm very happy to have closed my workday with it. I'm excited to see where it goes in the future.“ - ISA Reader

“A smart and engaging pilot... The series is built to last, with the interpersonal dynamics and evolving world of tech providing fodder for multiple seasons.” - Black List Reader, re: WHITE HAT

Reader Testimonials

Details about Sarah’s scripts can be found on The Black List or by request.

Sarah Granger is represented by Granderson Des Rochers law firm in Los Angeles and New York. Contact info on Sarah’s IMDB Pro page.