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< Back Richard Dane Scott IMDB Richard Dane Scott’s professional screenwriting career began in 2013 with the family film MY DOG THE CHAMPION, starring Lance Henriksen. Since then, he’s had 9 other features produced, including the recent animated A TOOTH FAIRY TALE, starring the voices of Fran Drescher, Jon Lovitz, and Vivica A. Fox. His comedy spoof AVENGERS OF JUSTICE: FARCE WARS starring Amy Smart and Simon Rex was featured in Variety and thankfully disappeared before anyone could see it. As an Asian-American, Richard was honored to be on the diverse writing staff of the TV series 5TH WARD – an hour-long drama depicting the struggles of two African-American and Asian-American families, produced by Dominique Telson and B.E.T. founder Robert L. Johnson. Richard has also been an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl’s Fellowship quarter-finalist three times and his family feature screenplay SIERRA SHINES scored a Perfect 10 on the The Blacklist, prompting a telephone conversation with prolific producer Cassian Elwes. With his modest career, Richard has shown that he can take existing I.P. (Soul Man, The Last Starfighter) and reboot them for today’s audiences. He has also adapted two books (The Quest for Serendipity, Dreaming of the Majors) into feature length screenplays, and currently has three TV pilots in development. Recently, he’s been featured on the annual Stuntlist and can now be seen and heard as a frequent panelist for the Austin, El Paso, and San Antonio film festivals. Honors & Awards Finalist, Austin Film Festival - KNOCKED SILLY - 2010 Winner, Page International - JOURNEY OF THE TUMBLEWEED - 2021 Featured, Stuntlist - THE LAST STARFIGHTER - 2025 non-WGA Male, Asian, 40+ BONNIE & COLLIDE Romantic thriller Niagara meets True Romance Logline: Two young outcasts fall in love and when they witness a murder, must flee from a mob assassin to save their lives. LA CATRINA Romantic thriller Sicario , Kevin Costner's Revenge , with a dash of Ballerina Texas Border Patrol agent Catrina foolishly falls for the hitman lover of a notorious Drug Cartel Warlord, marking both for dead. DEADWEST Horror Army of Darkness meets Cowboys & Aliens When a wanted criminal is killed and foolishly buried in an Apache burial ground, he returns to seek vengeance and wreak havoc on the town’s heroic marshal. Crime, Thriller, Western, Romantic, Horror, Coming-of-Age, Children's, Animation Male, Asian, 40+ unrepped

< Back Gabe Berry gabe.m.berry@gmail.com 574-527-8095 Coverfly From unshowered rock bands to traveling the country training surgeons with cadavers, Gabe’s writing is inspired by real life and death. His character-driven stories entertain and normalize mental illness and LGBTQIA+ relationships. Honors & Awards Six Scripts in top 1%, Coverfly - 2024 PAGE Awards - Finalist - DEAD MELODY - 2024 Atlanta Film Festival - Finalist - THE PURPOSE OF A LIGHTHOUSE - 2023 non-WGA Male, 40+ DEAD MELODY DONNIE DARKO meets SING STREET Formaldehyde and ancient mummification techniques are not enough to keep a grieving teen from decomposing before he can leave his mark on the world. THE PURPOSE OF A LIGHTHOUSE LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE meets NEBRASKA with all female characters A dying, anxiety-ridden woman uses cartoon action figures and a cardboard box to survive a road trip to the country’s smallest lighthouse. NEXT SEMESTER THE SKELETON TWINS meets THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN A down-on-his-luck dad struggles to find purpose when left with no choice but to move into a college dorm room with his undelighted daughter. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Psychological, Coming-of-Age, Bittersweet Male, 40+ unrepped

< Back Craig T. Williams redwallproductions@gmail.com http://www.redwallproductions.com/ A native New Yorker, Craig is a writer and producer at Red Wall Productions, a film production company he founded over twenty years ago with his wife and partner of 22 years, Rosalyn Coleman Williams. Together, they have created over 50 film projects, including features, documentaries, and narrative short films. His journey landed him his first staff writing job on the hit TV show "TERROR LAKE DRIVE" on ALLBLK, an AMC Streamer. Craig was part of the prestigious Warner Brothers Discovery TV Writer’s Program. His feature film “Black Boys Don't Sew” has Academy Award Winner Viola Davis and her husband Julius Tennon attached as Executive Producers. Craig has many scripts in various stages of development including the award winning one-hour TV pilot “How Ya Like Me Now,” about the ‘80s rap rivalry between Kool Moe Dee and LL Cool J. A one hour mystery procedural “The Connectors,” set in the Bronx, 2 women who discover they were born on the same day to the same father, create an agency that reconnects lost family. Honors & Awards Warner Brothers Discovery All Access TV Writers Program (2021) Gotham Film and Media - “Series Creator to Watch” IFP Episodic Lab non-WGA Male, Black, 55+ CALL ME DADDY (half hour comedy) Tired of waiting for Mrs. Right, an emotionally stunted 30 year old man decides to have a baby on his own to be the father he never had. BLACK BOYS DON'T SEW (feature drama) An untreated bipolar artist discovers his 11 year-old nephew has been diagnosed with the same illness, he kidnaps him to show him a life free of pills Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Procedural Male, Black, 55+ Repped

< Back Mark DeCarlo markdecarlotv@gmail.com https://www.markdecarlo.com/ The Black List Mark is a Founding member of The Second City Hollywood. Mark has written, performed and produced Emmy Award winning current event comedy for ABC’s Windy City LIVE since 2012. On the big screen, Mark produced, co-wrote (with Ryan Rowe) and stars in the animated 2025 Asymmetric Studios feature: Pinocchio & the Water of Life. Mark partnered with VES award winning VFX futurist Julian Sarmiento to found Creative Disruption Partners, www.creating3d.com, to perform recurring livestream, 4K animation sketches on the Main Stage of LA ComicCon. His 2024 animated spec pilot, Meet the Walkerz, that chronicles the adventures of funny, vegetarian Zombies, sold to Pathbender Media. Currently, Mark is seeking new comedy/animation centric management to market future work, including his spec pilot: Processing: URTH. The show leverages CDP’s below-market VFX cost and unrivaled real time MoCap animation for TV. Mark is also the voice of pie-loving Hugh Neutron in “Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius.” Honors & Awards Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Performer - Windy City Live 2012, 2013, 2014 Associate Member Male, Latinx, 55+ SUCKERZ (Sci-Fi, Comedy, Thriller - think DON'T LOOK UP) A NASA intern and conspiracy podcast host infiltrate a New Age guru's cabal to thwart an alien/world government alliance to enslave 5% of humanity, by raising Earth's temperature while devouring the rest. PROCESSING: URTH Workplace hard comedy - Parks & Rec , What We Do in the Shadows To survive, an alien spaceship crew of disgruntled, inept failures, who for centuries have bungled human abductions, must immediately transform Planet Earth to enable an Alien Invasion. Character-driven, Sci-Fi, Historical/Alternative History, Animation, Satire, Snarky, Late Night Male, Latinx, 55+ unrepped

< Back T. Barclay Spaugh tbswriter@gmail.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3606322/ Coverfly Award-winning screenwriter and published author whose work spans romantic thrillers, YA fantasy, and noir across multiple platforms. Her produced YA feature film FIELDS AFIRE has garnered critical acclaim and is available on Amazon and major streaming platforms. A graduate of UCLA's Screenwriting Program and Rice University's Creative Writing Program, she brings both academic rigor and industry experience to her craft. Her science and history background informs the authenticity and depth of her storytelling across genres. As a recognized Writers Guild of America West mentor, she has guided several Academy Award-nominated screenwriters, including Eric Heisserer (ARRIVAL), Marcelo Mitnik (documentary), and Shawn Otto (animation). Her industry expertise extends to her role as former features writer for Creative Screenwriting magazine and founder of the Texas Film Institute Screenplay Competition. Her scripts have earned finalist recognition at the International Screenwriters' Association competition, and her industry standing is reflected in her tenure as finalist judge for the Austin Film Festival (10+ years) and the Anchorage Film Festival (2024). Currently developing YA fantasy features, holiday romantic comedies, and noir thrillers, she continues to collaborate on high-concept projects while mentoring the next generation of screenwriters. Honors & Awards Quarterfinalist, FILMMATIC DRAMA SCREENPLAY AWARDS, S10 - The Longest Rally, 2025 Semifinalist, STAGE 32 HOLIDAY MOVIE SCREENWRITING AWARD - The Lights Before Christmas, 2023 Finalist, ISA FAMILY & HOLIDAY - A Bodyguard for Christmas, 2021 Current Member Female, Multi-ethnic, 55+ TWO WAYS OF THE GUN (Feature, Noir Western ) To rescue his sister from flesh traders, a young man must abandon his moral convictions and embrace the gunslinger's blood he's always denied. THE LIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS (Feature, Family) When a widowed mom accidentally destroys a handyman's livelihood, she helps him win a Christmas lighting contest that could fund his daughter's immigration—and prove she can still hold her own fractured family together. THE LONG DARK NIGHT (Horror Thriller, Comps: ANNIHILATION, THE HEAD) A father's arctic rescue mission becomes a fight for humanity's survival when a long-buried mutagen resurfaces, forcing him to confront the sins of his past. Thriller, Western, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Psychological, YA, Satire, Dark Female, Multi-ethnic, 55+ unrepped

< Back Noemi Villela-Dean novilleladean@gmail.com Noemi Villela-Dean started as a theatrical writer and director who now writes pilots and screenplays, (and sometimes to do lists, lest she forget everything). With a flair for injecting magical realism and dark humor into every story she tells, Noemi likes to imagine 'what if'. Her biggest 'what if' is what would society be like if women had been in control from the beginning? She just finished a screenplay adaptation of the graphic novel Joe Frankenstein, that is currently in pre-pre-production. She's also worked as a playwright adapting fairytales for the stage with hilariously fresh spins on old classics as well as well as wickedly funny original works. Noemi holds an MFA in Television & Screenwriting from Stephens College. Honors and Awards Participant - Athena Film Festival Writers Lab - THE SEER - 2022 non-WGA Female, Latinx, 40+ THE SEER Hour long drama fantasy Long after the demise of the patriarchy in a society where traditional gender roles no longer exist, a band of powerful female warriors fight to protect their way of life from the rising threat of an ominous evil lurking in the shadows. SANTOS & MARGIE Feature drama fantasy A Mexican man’s journey from infancy to adulthood is fraught with magical, mysterious, and dark entities that threaten his very existence. THE DOOR Feature drama A young biracial man is forced to confront the demons of his family's dark history when he finds himself thrust into the tumultuous 1960-s Civil Rights movement in Mississippi. Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Fantasy, Anthology, Satire, Dark, Magical Realism, Sketch Female, Latinx, 40+ unrepped

< Back Maria Eugenia Mealla mariamealla@gmail.com http://mariamealla.com Coverfly Maria was raised in La Paz, Bolivia on a healthy balance of cultural folklore and Catholic superstition. She moved to Austin, TX where she studied Theater Arts before moving to the Bay Area, where she ventured into filmmaking and taught herself the craft through work-trade. She is currently Head of Production at Glass and Marker, a full service creative studio in Oakland, California. Maria was selected to participate in the 2019 Artist in Residency program at the Napa Film Festival with her feature debut, BRING ME AN AVOCADO, a Cinequest Audience Award winner streaming on Amazon Prime. She is a 2022 Sidewalk Narrative Labs Fellow. Her short film LA MACANA, won HBO's 2023 Pa'lante Competition and was licensed to Max for a year. Her latest project in development, BODY SHOP, was selected as a finalist in the 2023 Tribeca Untold Stories competition and pitched live during the festival. In 2024, BODY SHOP was accepted into the NALIP Media Accelerator Program and PGA Create. Maria plans to film a proof of concept for this film in 2024. Most recently, Maria was selected as a Latino Public Broadcasting grantee for her short film JUANA PELOS. The film was completed winter of 2024 and will hit the festival circuit in early 2025. non-WGA Female, Latinx RAFA Coming of age, drama - Lady Bird - Yes, God, Yes In the mountains of Bolivia, Rafa, a Catholic teenager, gets a job as a barback using a fake ID to save money for a New Year's Eve trip to Peru, where she's made a pact with her best friend to lose their virginities before New Year. BODY SHOP Magical Realism, Comedy In an alternate reality where “body shops” replace hospitals, Lupe’s body suffers an accident that forces her into the loaner frame of a white Anglo woman. Desperate to expedite the repairs, Lupe ventures to a rumored black market to source skin that matches her true identity. Character-driven, Female-centric, Coming-of-Age, Magical Realism Female, Latinx unrepped

< Back Yeni Alvarez Manager: Will Swift, Arsenal Media - swifty@arsenalmediallc.com (323) 424-7647 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0023337/ Google "Multi-Cultural" and you get Yeni Alvarez. Yeni was born in Cuba and escaped with her parents to Panama when she was 10. She was smuggled via Rio Grande into the US and grew up in the most Cuban of neighborhoods, Hialeah, where stores display signs that read “We speak English.” She studied theater in NY and Miami and paid for college by working weekends as a children’s party princess, all while learning makeup techniques from a transgender best friend. Yeni later moved to LA to be an actress, booking her first audition for the highest-rated sitcom in Spanish Television, and later her voiceover career bloomed when she booked the Spanish Female voice of Disney Theme Parks. (She's the Spanish voice that tells you to "keep your arms inside the vehicle at all times.") Yeni is fluent in three languages, writes in two, and dabbles in Klingon. Her worldview informs her screenwriting, creating stories and characters that span the entirety of the human experience. Plenty of people can imagine fish-out-of-water stories, but few have lived one as fearlessly – and humorously – as Yeni. She is currently developing multicultural comedy, sci-fi, and animation properties that celebrate human diversity and the most powerful force on Earth: Laughter. non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Latinx AQUA TOFANA (Period feature) 17th Century Italy was plagued by the deaths of hundredths of abusive husbands. They all had one thing in common. Very well scented wives. Enter Julia Tofana, the profumiera saint and savior of would be widows. TESLA AND THE TINY TITANS (Animated TV Series - similar to JIMMY NEUTRON but with Einstein and Tesla) Mostly true tales of steampunk inventions by the kids who would grow up to be titans. DIVERSITY HIRE (Half Hour Comedy Sitcom) Afraid of losing his job in Hollywood, a washed up Jewish writer hires his Latina dog walker to play the role of his writing partner. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Sci-Fi, Children's, Animation, Limited Series, International Female, BIPOC, Latinx unrepped

< Back Jennifer Vandever jrvandever@gmail.com http://www.jennifervandever.com Jennifer Vandever is an author, screenwriter, and educator born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She's the author of the novel THE RONTE PROJECT, published by Random House (US) and Simon & Schuster (UK) and translated into Spanish, Italian, and Polish. The Bronte Project was also optioned for film by director Nisha Ganatra (LATE NIGHT, THE HIGH NOTE). A second novel, American Tango was published in 2016. She has optioned numerous screenplays to both independent and studio-based producers. She's a graduate of Columbia University's MFA program, has written film criticism for The Village Voice and was the co-screenwriter of the film JUST ONE TIME. Vandever is an adjunct professor teaching courses in Screenwriting, Screwball & Romantic Comedy, and Women in Film for Emerson College's Los Angeles program as well as its MFA program in Dramatic Writing. non-WGA Female, Over 40 OCTOBER SURPRISE (Romantic Comedy Feature - THE LONG SHOT meets CRAZY, STUPID LOVE) A governor's wife runs against him after she discovers an affair. SPEARFISH (Comedy Feature - comps: ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE, SWEET HOME ALABAMA) A disgraced Washington political aide returns to her rural hometown of Spearfish as its mayor, rekindling an old romance while confronting an international incident with Finland. EDENDALE (TV Drama - think BABYLON or MAD MEN) A young woman in 1922 Hollywood discovers the darker, less glamorous side of Hollywood's early beginnings as an aspiring director who becomes involved with a closeted male movie star. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Bittersweet Female, Over 40 unrepped

< Back Megan J. Wilson megan@dirttotem.com Megan lives in Los Angeles but considers the Pacific Northwest home. She’s worked at a publishing house in Seattle, a law firm in North Carolina, the NFL in New York, and a cannery in Alaska – and yes, there were bears. She was a writers assistant for CBS for 3 years, and she wrote and produced a 6-episode webseries (The Sanctum, 2009). She writes action/drama, action/sci-fi, and action/comedy, and her stories often feature families dealing with mental illness. She’s been finalist for the PAGE Award, quarterfinalist for the Nicholl, Script Pipeline and Austin Film Festival and she's been featured on the Red List and the Next List. Megan currently has two features and a short in development. Megan is active in the LA-writing community, as co-founder of the League of Women Writers and co-founder of the Writer X Director Mixer. She loves quilting, snowboarding, writing graphic novels, and has a complicated relationship with her crockpot. Honors & Awards Finalist, PAGE Awards - AVALANCHE EXPRESS - 2023 Quarterfinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - AVALANCHE EXPRESS - 2022 Official Selection, The Next List - 2024 - https://www.tracking-board.com/the-next-list-2024/ non-WGA Female, 40+ AVALANCHE EXPRESS (Action Feature) When a passenger train traveling through the Alps is caught in an avalanche, the Syrian-Swiss conductor must surmount her own fear of being buried alive to lead the remaining passengers in a struggle for survival. DROP ZONE (Hourlong Procedural) When the prodigal daughter of a firefighting family returns home to Montana as a forest service firefighter (a “smokejumper”), she clashes with the father who disowned her and confronts the sister who married her high school sweetheart. DUSTRISE (Horror Feature) When two sisters take a back road to Burning Man to avoid the fees, their dream trip becomes a nightmare, as a 100-year flood wakes terrifying monsters from a dry riverbed to feed on festivalgoers. Character-driven, Female-centric, Crime, Thriller, Procedural, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror Female, 40+ unrepped

< Back Stephanie Bast Steamylomein@gmail.com http://www.stephaniebast.com Stephanie Bast was abandoned in Korea, adopted by Italians and raised in a town so small and white, someone asked: “How are you gonna understand her when she starts speaking?” Fiercely loved and protected, she was taught to fear “the other” while knowing “the other” was herself. She started to write comedy to heal a wound. Now she writes to heal others, creating characters who think they’re not enough, desperate to prove they’re worthy of being saved. Stephanie lives in Los Angeles and is named one of the Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2025 by ISA, Roadmap’s Diversity Fellow, studied at UCLA extension and placed as a Finalist for Austin Film Festival, Final Draft’s Big Break, CineStory, PAGE and The Writers Lab winner. A Broadway and TV/Film actress in the time when presenting as Asian was a detriment, she has turned the pain of her race into a super power. Stephanie writes for everyone who’s adopted. She writes for everyone who hates looking in the mirror. She writes for her children, so they may always love their eyes. In a pinch, Stephanie can perform a reverse vasectomy. Honors & Awards ISA Top 25 Writers to Watch in 2025 , AS I AM - 2025 AFF Finalist, AS I AM - 2023 Final Draft Big Break Top 10 , WASH YOUR BIRDIE: 101 THINGS THAT CAN CRAWL UP YOUR VAGINA AND KILL YOU - 2022" WGA Female, BIPOC, Asian, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander, Multi-Ethnic, 40+ AS I AM Asian FLEABAG stuck in THE SOPRANOS family A Korean adoptee raised by an Italian family dreams of becoming the next Carmela Soprano. But when her obsession fails, she must open the eyes she hates, to love the Asian she's refused to be. WASH YOUR BIRDIE: 101 THINGS THAT CAN CRAWL UP YOUR VAGINA AND KILL YOU PEN15 with a spurt of BIG MOUTH A Catholic school virgin promises to please her mother and God, but when she leaves home for college she's taunted into her long-overdue sexual awakening by her own vagina - a cartoon bird named Birdie, who wants to please herself. ME LOVE YOU LONG TIME 10 Things I Hate About You meets Crazy Rich Asians A Korean adoptee with more white energy than the cast of Friends, is forced to partner with the Korean-American man she bullied in grade school who must transform her into a ""real Asian” in order to land the K-Beauty account that can save her father’s company. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Coming-of-Age, Snarky Female, BIPOC, Asian, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander, Multi-Ethnic, 40+ unrepped

< Back Jori Lynn Felker joriwritestv@gmail.com Agent: Michael Chung (Verve) Coverfly Forged amidst the biting winds of Chicago, Jori once earned a Neuroscience degree just to spite a misogynistic ex, only to pivot into entertainment upon realizing GREY’S ANATOMY wasn’t real life. With over ten years in the assistant trenches, Jori's eclectic journey spans from Disney kid’s comedies (GABBY DURAN & THE UNSITTABLES) to erotic thrillers (THE IDOL). Blending sharp wit and emotional depth, her writing transforms high concepts into intimate explorations of humanity’s rather… unsavory facets. Jori’s frozen-time coming-of-age feature BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS sold on spec in 2020, marking her as a writer to watch. Currently, she is penning the feature adaptation of the indie-darling game THE UNFINISHED SWAN for PlayStation with Hisko Hulsing (UNDONE) attached to direct, and supporting the writers’ room of an upcoming Apple Sci-fi show. Her horror short story, TOO CUTE, exploring the neurological phenomenon of ‘cute aggression,’ will be published in Dark Matter’s ‘Haunted Reels’ summer of 2025. Jori is also a recipient of the prestigious USC Renaissance Scholarship, noted for her exemplary work across diverse disciplines. Between projects, Jori works her way through her self-imposed 'alphabet hobbies,' which have included everything from Blacksmithing to Exotic Dancing. She is currently on the letter ‘H’ and learning ‘computer hacking’ – because why not? Honors & Awards ● Writer – Writer’s Lab 2020: Bonfire (Baobab) ● Top 10% Nicholl’s Fellowship 2020 – The First Year ● Finalist Unique Voices 2020 – The First Year ● Finalist Unique Voices 2020 – Between the Raindrops ● Semifinalist ScriptShadow 2020 – Between the Raindrops ● Quarterfinalist Emerging Screenwriters 2020 – Between the Raindrops ● Quarterfinalist Screencraft 2020 – Between the Raindrops ● USC Renaissance Scholar - 2015 current member Female, disabled, 40+ THE UNFINISHED SWAN (Feature -Magical Realism - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND meets GROUNDHOG DAY ) Struggling with a tough decision, a teenage boy accidentally stops time, but can’t figure out how to restart it. Based on the video game. PlayStation producing. GLITCHIKER (Pilot - Sci-fi/Drama - THE DROPOUT meets MR. ROBOT ) A disgraced tech CEO must decide how far she’ll go to redeem her legacy when she stumbles upon technology so earth-shattering, the world might not be ready for it — teleportation. THE FIRST YEAR (Feature - Drama/Coming of Age - AN EDUCATION meets TULLY ) An introverted freshman is taken under the wing of her peculiar RA and finds herself forced to grow up in ways she never expected. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, YA, Children's, Satire Female, disabled, 40+ repped