CREATIVE PORTFOLIO
Here's a creative portfolio of the work Pete Ficht has done as a writer, director and musician.
View/download Pete's creative resume here.
WRITER
Pete has written two TV pilots, two screenplays, four produced plays, and co-written a rock musical. He has had short stories, poetry, comic strips, and music reviews published.
View recent work here:
The Doll House (teleplay) Silicon Valley meets Westworld in this science fiction/workplace comedy that follows the hapless workers inside a futuristic lab that makes lifelike pleasure androids. Contact me to get a PDF
In 2018, The Doll House won "First Place - Best Teleplay" at the Oregon Independent Film Festival, won "Honorable Mention" at the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival, and was a finalist at the LA INDIE Film Fest and quarter-finalist at Final Draft’s Big Break Screenwriting Contest.
The Dark End of the Street (teleplay) A multi-season anthology in the vein of True Detective and Fargo that explores the dark side of the rock & roll myth. The first season is set in 1950s New Orleans and follows the rise and mysterious death of an early rock and roll star. Contact me to get a PDF
In 2018, Dark End of the Street was an official selection at the Lake Charles Film Festival.
Snow Bunnies (screenplay) A Coen Brothers-esque black comedy set in the remote Oregon mountains . Two inexperienced hikers test the patience and safety of a young guide and her mountain man mentor during a deadly blizzard. Contact me to get a PDF
Senioritis (rock musical) Freaks & Geeks meets Hedwig & the Angry Inch via Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video in this outrageous comedy/rock musical, co-written with Joe Janes. Based on the actual true story of a group of good kids from a good school doing some very bad things and set in the Pacific Northwest of the late 1990s. Click here to learn more and hear demos of the original score, sung by the cream of the Portland music scene. Contact me to get a PDF
Past writing work:
Web content, blog posts, marketing material (Various 2003-15)
Press releases, band biographies (Various 1994-present)
Music reviews (Offbeat magazine, 1991-94)
Twister, the Cow from the Sky (Comic strip, Tulane Hullabaloo, 1988)
Cuyahoga Burning (Screenplay, 1987)
Everyman (Co-writer of One-act play, Tulane University, 1987)
3 Poems (Poetry, Nexus magazine, 1986)
Jailbird Don’t Sing (One-act play, Wright State University, 1986)
C.L.O.W.N. (Co-writer of One-act play, Wright State University, 1986)
Mother Knows Best (Short story, Nexus magazine, 1985)
Accidents Will Happen (One-act play, Wright State University, 1985)
I Was a Teenage Sellout (One-act play, Wright State University, 1984)