Elijah Sariñana

https://www.elijahsarinana.com/

Elijah Sariñana is a Mexican/Nahua writer and filmmaker committed to crafting universal narratives through a lens of cultural specificity. He specializes in genre, with a focus on sci-fi, horror, and fantasy. Storytelling isn’t just his passion, it’s in his blood. He was a writer on Seasons 1 and 2 of Nocturno: Tales From the Shadows, the acclaimed horror anthology podcast series starring Danny Trejo.

He recently completed the first season of Zone of Silence, starring Mario Lopez and Eric Winter, and is developing Vastland Saga, a multi-format sci-fi franchise anchored by the vertical series March of the Inferno. Elijah writes with a blend of horror, heart, and humor, combining mythos, resistance, and worldbuilding into emotionally resonant storytelling. He is dedicated to expanding what “genre” can look and feel like when told with a spirit anchored in the past and a mind set toward the future.

non-WGA

Male, BIPOC, Latinx, Indigenous/Native American

HAVOC

The Last of Us meets Snowpiercer

Venus 2195: Mysteriously separated from the main sky colony, survivors aboard a dying airship must come together to battle inhuman threats, and even time itself, in order to return home.

REMNANT OF DAY

The Witcher meets Zorro

Alta California, 1821: After his village is destroyed, an accursed monster-hunter vows to track down the supernatural creatures responsible for his parents’ disappearance."

ASPECT

Supernatural meets This Fool

After she's arrested for impersonating an FBI agent, a plucky clairvoyant discovers that her only chance to cure her once-possessed, now catatonic mother is by joining an underground agency that specializes in the supernatural.

Character-driven, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror

Male, BIPOC, Latinx, Indigenous/Native American

unrepped