Layla Soileau
TV screenwriter
About Layla
Proudly queer and Cajun, Layla writes stories about fatally flawed characters struggling in worlds not built for them. Her script MOTHERLOAD is in the top 1% of 60-minute TV dramas on Coverfly’s Red List.
When she’s not obsessed with perfecting a script, Layla designs apps, produces short films, runs around in the woods, lifts heavy things, and plays drums in the Austin-based surf band Sea Hagzzz.
Layla has a B.A. in English, Writing & Culture from LSU.
Featured screenplays
Layla loves writing and developing original drama and dramedy pilots for television.
MOTHERLOAD
60-minute TV Drama
After her husband’s death, a Texas school bus driver takes over his long-haul trucking route to make ends meet only to discover that it’s part of a dangerous smuggling ring run by his former mistress.
LONG PINE SHADOWS
60-minute TV Dramedy
In the late 90s, an irresponsible, queer 26-year-old inherits her closeted gay uncle’s assisted living facility in a bible-thumping North Louisiana small town.
I KNOW WATER
60-minute TV Drama
In a small Cajun town in the mid-80s, a pre-teen girl investigates her father’s mysterious disappearance.