He's known for his work on the films Stranger than Fiction (2006) and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007), as well as the stage play Good Canary and its 2009 screen adaptation.
[2] After being chosen for a writer's program by Fox 2000 Pictures, he spent several years doing uncredited rewrites for film scripts.
Helm tended to find and illuminate themes and connections within the interviews, thereby creating a through-line for each performance as it happened.
Drawn from Helm's personal experiences, the play is known for its dark humor, coarse language, and views on sexism and misogyny as well as its use of Brechtian devices.
[10] In 2015, Helm directed Culo Quasars Cocaine Chaos, which he adapted from the true story of Paul Frampton.