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
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
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
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.
We wanted to objectify an air conditioning unit the way men describe their female protagonists.
Sexts Between Mulder & Scully
Exactly what it sounds like