Who's Afraid of Hollywood?
a short film
directed by
Madison Young
screenplay by
Katia Noyes
Zaz Benny, a former child star and transmasc Influencer gets called to the glam country estate of an iconic film director for an episode of a reality TV series,The New Queer Hollywood. But when the day's shoot goes off the rails, Zaz is forced to expose much more than they had bargained.
Crashing
America
a screenplay
Betrayal
a screenplay
An idealistic programmer invents a humanitarian use of AI, but what happens when betrayal is part of the plan — to get the big money she needs to change the world?
Coney Island Sunrise
a short film experiment
A 1977 portrait of street survival: three kids hustling Times Square, dancing defiantly, transforming hardship into an unlikely grace.
Capture
a short film experiment
The camera person captures the artifice of the actor; the director, in turn, searches for the actor's moment of surrender, and the editor cuts the film until it bleeds — when the images insist on showing their story
Crashing America
Find the book here.
I'm a San Francisco-based author and screenwriter, who ventured into screenwriting and film when my first novel, Crashing America, was optioned. To my surprise, I found a new love — collaborating with inspired actors, directors, and talented creatives.
My script, "Who's Afraid of Hollywood," is a very queer and very twisted valentine to the Hollywood-industrial complex. It draws from my wild experiences working to produce an indie feature film.
Over 70 agents passed on my novel Crashing America — a 90s road story with a genderqueer narrator, before a small gay press published it. A recipient of many honors, it is now taught in universities worldwide, and considered a landmark work of queer literature.
Note: I am thrilled to announce that Madison Young has just signed on as director and producer of my new short film.
Madison Young is a queer feminist filmmaker and artist that has been smashing stigma in the media for two decades, across multiple mediums and platforms including several critically -acclaimed books, touring with their Off-Broadway one womxn show, Reveal All Fear Nothing, and directing, hosting and producing two seasons of the documentary television series, Submission Possible, for Revry TV.
Young is the writer/director/producer for the forthcoming feature film, By the Roots, an adaptation of their memoir, Daddy. It is executive-produced by Emmy-nominated Silas Howard and stars Emily Robinson of the Emmy-winning series Transparent, Emmy-nominated Margaret Cho, and Lea DeLaria (Orange is the New Black).
MADISON YOUNG
Director,
Who's Afraid of Hollywood?
