Allie Scully

writer & filmmaker

MFA, Brooklyn College 2020

Short Films

 

Mythos Theodora

Loosely based on real-life heartbreak and the mythical journey of Greek goddess Persephone, Mythos Theodora follows our singer, Theodora, as she traverses the underworld to escape a toxic lover.

First produced as a live cabaret in October 2024; shooting in June 2025. Story by Theodora, script by me, directed by Alley Leinweber.

Your Man

A woman gets annoyed by her overly-eager date.

Written and produced by me, directed by Alley Leinweber, shot by Maddalena DeBeni; premiered on NoBudge July 2019.

Oat Milk Mommy

A barista who hates oat milk gets more than she bargained for when she falls in love with a customer.

Written by me, produced by Robert Frankel, directed by Maddalena DeBeni, shot by Ben Mosca. (in post-production)

Fiction

 

Drive-Thrus and Crepe Myrtles

For Fatal Flaw Literary Magazine

Alone, on Fire

for Fatal Flaw Literary Magazine

Mom, Christmas 1985

Based on a true story

Screenplays

 

Christine

Suspected of murdering her husband, Christine goes on the run with her daughter’s boyfriend, spurring both of her children on a chaotic cross-country chase from Texas to Las Vegas. (110 pages, comedy/melodrama; script available upon request)

Ritual

Ritual

An isolated young woman in Ithaca, New York tries to recover from her various addictions by joining a self-care support group that turns out to be a beauty cult. (97 pages; drama/dark comedy/coming-of-age; script and pitch deck available upon request)

Disorder

Disorder

After her brother unexpectedly dies, a young music journalist and Joy Division fanatic is haunted by the ghost of Ian Curtis when she moves back to Manchester to face her mother. (90 pages; drama/romance/dark comedy; script available upon request)

Essays/Articles

 

I Don’t Feel Bad About My Latte

For The Billfold, about drinking lattes into financial ruin.

A Review of Pee-Proof Underwear

For Broadly, I set out to review Thinx’s pee-proof underwear, and the editors gave it a 3rd person headline


Why My Love for Dana Scully is Immortal

Thinking about the X-Files reboot.

Weird

Is it performance art?

 

Bachelor Audition Tape

After being inspired by Ben H.’s season of The Bachelor, I wanted to make my own Bachelor audition tape.

Based On, If Any

We wanted to objectify an air conditioning unit the way men describe their female protagonists.

Sexts Between Mulder & Scully

Exactly what it sounds like