Shem Bitterman

Movies

Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas
Teleplay
Famous musician Heath and small-town girl Cara are each traveling back to Oklahoma for the holidays when they get stranded in Chicago. Despite his fame, she has no idea who he is, but they hit it off—and she even ends up providing some inspiration for the Christmas song he's writing.
Whitney
Writer
Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.
Betty and Coretta
Writer
The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.
The Job
Producer
A guy looking to find employment and marry the love of his life, gets in over his head when a fast-talking temp agent lands him a job.
The Job
Screenplay
A guy looking to find employment and marry the love of his life, gets in over his head when a fast-talking temp agent lands him a job.
The Job
Director
A guy looking to find employment and marry the love of his life, gets in over his head when a fast-talking temp agent lands him a job.
Play Dead
Producer
The story is about Ronnie Reno, a former TV action star in need of a comeback. After a failed audition, he ends up snowbound in a remote town in Nevada overrun with meth dealers including Merle and their dimwitted henchman. After Reno finds the body of a dead DEA agent, he reunites with his former co-stars including Devon in order to save the town and himself.
Play Dead
Writer
The story is about Ronnie Reno, a former TV action star in need of a comeback. After a failed audition, he ends up snowbound in a remote town in Nevada overrun with meth dealers including Merle and their dimwitted henchman. After Reno finds the body of a dead DEA agent, he reunites with his former co-stars including Devon in order to save the town and himself.
Lenexa, 1 Mile
Screenplay
The film tells the story of five childhood friends during their last summer together in Lenexa before going to college. Their bond is tested when a disturbing secret comes to light and they are forced to set out on a quest to protect and redeem the reputation of one of their own - at whatever cost to their futures.
Out of the Rain
Writer
The heir (Michael O'Keefe) to a small-town tannery follows a young woman (Bridget Fonda) to the truth about his brother's death.
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Screenplay
Presumed dead after a shoot-out with the Haddonfield police, Michael Myers is secretly nursed back to health — and returns a year later to kill again and once more targets his young niece, Jamie. Jamie is now recovering in the local children's hospital after attacking her stepmother and losing her voice. Her mental link with her evil uncle may be the key to uprooting her family tree.
Peephole
Writer
A criminal psychiatrist becomes caught up in a child molestation case.
Peephole
Director
A criminal psychiatrist becomes caught up in a child molestation case.