Cheri Newton is a screenwriter whose work blends historical drama, romance, and metaphysical themes, often set across multiple timelines or cultures. Her screenplays have placed in the Top 20% of the Academy Nicholl Fellowships and reached Semi-Finalist at the Moondance International Film Festival. She holds a Master’s Degree in Media and Popular Culture and continues to study classic and contemporary cinematic storytelling.
LAW OF SIMILARS (AKA THE HOMEOPATH’S DAUGHTER) (Feature/TV Series)
A young woman, a medical student in 1900 Philadelphia, navigates the changing medical system, and the collapse of her father’s homeopathy profession, as well as her love of a privileged man she has loved since childhood. Comparable to James Ivory/Ismail Merchant classics, like Remains of the Day or Howard’s End, with romantic and intellectual stakes.
MRS. NEWTON’S COTTAGE (a work in progress- a Novel first -but with prestige limited series potential)
Three Mrs. Newtons live in different centuries, (1760’s, 1920’s and 1980’s) but their artistic and unconventional lives in England intertwine in unexpected ways, yielding learning for the final Mrs. Newton, who attempts to write a guide to love and life to share the women’s wisdom and to prevent having to relearn their lessons in another lifetime.
MUDLARKS (Feature /TV Series)
A clairvoyant archeology graduate student in London discovers that her intuitive abilities reveal buried truths in historical sites-but her professor is secretly working with developers erasing cultural history for profit. As she uncovers increasingly dangerous secrets, she becomes a target herself.
Mudlarks, set in London, ranked in the Top 20% of Academy Nicholl Fellowships. Series potential: investigative paranormal adventure franchise. The next in the series, set in Venice, is presently being drafted.
LOVE IN AN AGE OF WAR (Feature)
After a wildfire destroys her dream of opening her dream patisserie in Santa Barbara California, a struggling chef travels with her best friend to her hometown in Russia and joins a deceptive matchmaking scheme in order to fund her restart-only to find herself caught between deception, unexpected love and a life changing moral choice. Romance/Adventure/Drama that received Semi-Finalist in Moondance International Film Festival.
HULA (Feature)
A high-profile London couple converges at the location of their honeymoon in Kauai after their twenty-five-year-marriage is threatened by infidelity. Chased by paparazzi and joined by their concerned family members- and a love-struck colleague, the couple, with the help of Hawaiian Elders and local traditions, confront buried truths about their marriage, fame, and the version of themselves they built their lives on. Sumptuously beautiful settings, rich characters- with a strong touch into Europeans learning from the ancient wisdom of Hawaiian culture.