Darrell Costa
- Writer
B.A. UC Berkeley
MFA UCLA (Film)
WGA member
@"Fuel" sole writer of high-budget feature set in Iraq during war (re: largest convoy massacre in history and death of US civilian workers); commissioned by Strike/Universal via Thomas Bliss/Eric Newman. Currently in turnaround. @ wrote feature "Home Free" (with Boyd Roberts) about young Americans in Chile during the coup. Had meetings with Costa-Gavras who did "Missing". Producer efforts by Jane Fonda and Columbia Pictures CEO @ wrote "The Right Hand Man" (with Alan Kilpatrick) about an American in apartheid South Africa. Initially starring Jack Nicholson and James Woods and Gene Hackman via CAA (project edged out by "Biko) @Segment researcher and writer of aired Pollaiuolo section "Stolen Art Treasures" (Kushner-Locke/ ABC) @Co-write multi-awarded feature (Audience Award at Dubai; swept Signis in Sri Lanka)-- "Fisherman's Daughter (Dheevari)" with Salinda Perera @co-wrote LA-based feature about immigrants importing an elephant in "Elephant Dreams" developed by Together Brothers under Lorenzo O'Brien (Narcos) and Alex Cox @ co-wrote black comedy feature "My Guys" with Neal Jimenez (River's Edge)
2025 in discussion with producers regards following scripts (semi-broad feature comedies):
"Size" (romantic comedy involves first penis transplant)
"Whacked" (re Jewish schlemiel and retired Russian Catholic hit man who team to do wacky reality show where audience rates fake hits on people in the media). Farrelly Brothers collaborator Mort Nathan (Kingpin) gave script guidance.
@"Fuel" sole writer of high-budget feature set in Iraq during war (re: largest convoy massacre in history and death of US civilian workers); commissioned by Strike/Universal via Thomas Bliss/Eric Newman. Currently in turnaround. @ wrote feature "Home Free" (with Boyd Roberts) about young Americans in Chile during the coup. Had meetings with Costa-Gavras who did "Missing". Producer efforts by Jane Fonda and Columbia Pictures CEO @ wrote "The Right Hand Man" (with Alan Kilpatrick) about an American in apartheid South Africa. Initially starring Jack Nicholson and James Woods and Gene Hackman via CAA (project edged out by "Biko) @Segment researcher and writer of aired Pollaiuolo section "Stolen Art Treasures" (Kushner-Locke/ ABC) @Co-write multi-awarded feature (Audience Award at Dubai; swept Signis in Sri Lanka)-- "Fisherman's Daughter (Dheevari)" with Salinda Perera @co-wrote LA-based feature about immigrants importing an elephant in "Elephant Dreams" developed by Together Brothers under Lorenzo O'Brien (Narcos) and Alex Cox @ co-wrote black comedy feature "My Guys" with Neal Jimenez (River's Edge)
2025 in discussion with producers regards following scripts (semi-broad feature comedies):
"Size" (romantic comedy involves first penis transplant)
"Whacked" (re Jewish schlemiel and retired Russian Catholic hit man who team to do wacky reality show where audience rates fake hits on people in the media). Farrelly Brothers collaborator Mort Nathan (Kingpin) gave script guidance.
