 "California Without End" was sold to Bavarian Radio Television, a German television station, and "From Hollywood to Deadwood" to Island Pictures.Pickett returned to writing, landing a job as a writer on David Fincher’s first feature, "Alien 3".In 1998 he wrote the screenplay for "My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York," which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short in 1999.