
Screenwriter
Russell C. Babcock
Screenwriter of character-driven sci-fi, mystery and crime television. Creator of Chameleon, The Memory Tax and The Holmes Enigma. Attorney by profession, storyteller by obsession.
156.2/225
Best score
Strong Draft
Tier
4
Assessed
Sci-Fi
Home genre
Strongest work on the slate
Chameleon
Sci-Fi
156.2
Strong Draft
THE REST OF THE SLATE
Every scored project this screenwriter has made public, strongest first.
THE MEMORY TAX - Russell C. Babcock - Submitted to Sundance Episodic Program (Draft 3 — Aug 26, 2026)
Unlisted genre
When a 14-year-old girl discovers that the experimental neural implant giving her instant access to extraordinary knowledge erases one of her memories every time she uses it, she must decide how much of herself she is willing to sacrifice to protect the people she loves.
153.6
Strong Draft
CHAMELEON - Russell C. Babcock
Unlisted genre
After a modern Secret Service infiltration operative is inexplicably transported to 1948 Wyoming, he is mistaken for a missing Deputy U.S. Marshal who looks exactly like him—and must assume the man's identity while uncovering why he was sent there and what happened to the man whose life he has inherited.
151.7
Strong Draft
The Holmes Enigma
Drama
When a serial killer begins targeting the daughters of police officers, a brilliant and secretive investigator calling himself Sherlock Holmes joins a skeptical detective to hunt the murderer—only to uncover a pattern of buried cases, institutional secrets, and a threat that places her directly in the killer’s path.
151.6
Strong Draft
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