My Ambition

My Ambition is a 2006 short film produced by k2 Productions. Based on the 1951 Richard Matheson short story "Blood Son", it was written for the screen and directed by Keith Dinielli.

My Ambition
Directed by	Keith Dinielli
Written by	Richard Matheson Keith Dinielli
Starring	Johnny Simmons Bernard Zilinskas Brooke Morgan
Release date	May 14, 2006 (2006-05-14) (Director's Cut Film Festival)
Running time	8 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25,000 (estimated)

Plot

In this short film a young man, Jules Walter, gets kicked out of school because he has an unhealthy obsession with vampires. While spending time at a local zoo, Jules manages to steal a bat and sneak it away to an old shack by the railyards. It is there that Jules' obsession with vampires will lead to his demise.

Richard Matheson
Novels	I Am Legend (1954) The Shrinking Man (1956) A Stir of Echoes (1958) The Beardless Warriors (1960) Hell House (1971) Bid Time Return (1975) What Dreams May Come (1978) Earthbound (1982)
Short stories	"Born of Man and Woman" (1950) "Button, Button" (1970)
Screenplays	The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) House of Usher (1960) "The Last Flight" (1960) "Nick of Time" (1960) "A World of Difference" (1960) "A World of His Own" (1960) Master of the World (1961) The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) "The Invaders" (1961) "Once Upon a Time" (1961) Night of the Eagle (1962) Tales of Terror (1962) "Little Girl Lost" (1962) "Young Man's Fancy" (1962) The Raven (1963) "Death Ship" (1963) "Mute" (1963) "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (1963) "Steel" (1963) The Comedy of Terrors (1964) The Last Man on Earth (1964) "Night Call" (1964) "Spur of the Moment" (1964) Fanatic (1965) The Young Warriors (1966) "The Enemy Within" (1966) The Devil Rides Out (1968) De Sade (1969) Duel (1971) The Night Stalker (1972) The Night Strangler (1973) The Legend of Hell House (1973) Dying Room Only (1973) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1974) The Morning After (1974) Scream of the Wolf (1974) Trilogy of Terror (1975) Dead of Night (1977) The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977) The Martian Chronicles (1980) Somewhere in Time (1980) Jaws 3-D (1983) Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) "Button, Button" (1986) Loose Cannons (1990) The Dreamer of Oz (1990) Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994) Trilogy of Terror II (1996)
Adaptations by others	"And When the Sky Was Opened" (1959) "Third from the Sun" (1960) Cold Sweat (1970) The Omega Man (1971) The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) What Dreams May Come (1998) Stir of Echoes (1999) "Dance of the Dead" (2005) "My Ambition" (2006) I Am Legend (2007) I Am Omega (2007) The Box (2009) "The Splendid Source" (2010) Real Steel (2011)
Related	Richard Christian Matheson (son) Chris Matheson (son)

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