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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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