A CHRISTMAS LOG
A CHRISTMAS ACTION ODYSSEY
Written by three elves banished from The North Pole —
Ash Lazer, Louis Mendiola, & Sam Watson
Logline: After a hella thicc log escapes his doomed fate from a wood chipper, he must outrun those who want to control his Christmas destiny — including M. Night Shyamalan — if he wants to remain thicc and free.
MEET THE WRITERS
ASH LAZER
“Dyst-HOPE-ian sci-fi thrillers laced with heartbreak, horror, and hope.”
Lazer is a writer and producer with a script purchased by Robert De Niro’s and Jane Rosenthal’s Tribeca Enterprises, (which had Snoop Dogg slated as God). Assisted Oscar-nominated producer alongside Ryan Koo of Netflix’s Amateur (creator of NOFILMSCHOOL.COM). Born and blessed by a wonderful single mother, but raised like a “Cinderella of the South” by a wicked step family in a house trailer in the woods—creativity, activated! Co-founder of The Stunt List website. Creative Executive and Producer, discovering, developing, and taking scripts to market. A writer at heart.
Representation: Professionally single, ready to mingle
LOUIS MENDIOLA
“Absurd yet grounded comedies that desperately search for the good in this dumpster fire we call a world.”
Louis Mendiola is originally from Downey, California (hometown of Weird Al Yankovic, Taco Bell, and the Power Ranger who murdered his roommate with a medieval sword). He grew up a weird Colombian Mormon. He is no longer Mormon, but is still very much weird and Colombian, which helps inform his work.
Representation: Noah Jones, FWRD Management
SAM WATSON
“Writing about the multitudes of identity in all of its messy and hilarious glory.”
Sam is a Black, biracial, Ukrainian-American TV writer, who focuses on identity and trauma. He was the 2024 Oscar Micheaux Prize winner and the 2023 winner of the Prime Time TV Pilot Prize (sponsored by Comcast & NBC Universal) in the Greater Philadelphia Film Office's contest as well as a winner/offical selection in numerous other contests/festivals.
Representation: Allen Eckhouse, Logical Talent Management