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< Back Thomas R. Schrack thomas.r.schrack@gmail.com Jason Bellitto, Citizen Skill Management https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12549162/ Coverfly Thomas Schrack grew up on Long Island, where he and his brothers were always up to some kind of shenanigans—whether at school, on the job, or out on the water—sparking his lifelong love for crafting comedic adventures. Later in life, after exploring the world's most corrupt corners as a fraud investigator for a mega consulting firm, Thomas finally broke free from corporate life, reclaiming his soul to tell optimistic and nostalgic stories for the screen. Trained by Roadmap Writers and recognized in top contests like Nicholl, PAGE, and AFF, Thomas is now channeling his energy into developing a TV show with a production company, writing for a seasoned Hollywood director, and creating short-form comedy and a podcast for a small studio. He's proudly represented by Citizen Skull Management. non-WGA Male NATTY LIGHT ( Feature | Coming-of-Age Teen Comedy ) In a desperate attempt to impress his standoffish brother before he leaves for college, an impulsive high school freshman goes to epic lengths to secure a case of beer for the final senior party of summer. THE KINGS OF SUMMER meets SUPERBAD. THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND ( Feature | Prohibition Comedy ) To revive his hungover grandson, an aged Prohibition hero spins a drunken fairytale of rescuing their town from destruction after a shipwrecked rum-runner set off a whirlwind of trouble in 1927. THE PRINCESS BRIDE meets THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER. Inspired by real events. SKITCHING (Feature | Drama/Comedy) When his ride to a skateboard competition bails on him, a penniless teen has 60 minutes to scratch together $300 for another ride or get stuck in the city he desperately wants to leave, forever. MID90s meets DOPE. Character-driven, Coming-of-Age, YA, Satire, Silly, Slapstick, Snarky Male

< Back Tiffany Yarde yarde_tiffany@yahoo.com https://www.tiffanyyarde.com/ Coverfly Tiffany Yarde is a Caribbean-American screenwriter whose upbringing in the Walt Whitman Public Housing of Brooklyn, NY, by Bajan immigrants deeply influences her exploration of culturally diverse characters grappling with self-acceptance. Tiffany wrote the culturally inclusive TV movie Dress for Success, which recently premiered on Tubi. She also co-wrote the short film Bon Voyage, showcased in NYC as part of the Women’s Weekend Film Challenge. As a fellow in the inaugural Creative Corridor Program, a transatlantic industry initiative by Independent Film Trust and Roadmap Writers, Tiffany has honed her craft alongside global talent. She holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Bryn Mawr College and is currently pursuing an MFA in Screenwriting at the David Lynch School of Cinematic Arts, with her graduation slated for summer 2025. non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Black, 40+ AINSWORTH (One-Hour [Serialized] TV | Psychological Crime Thriller, YOU meets HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER ) When a criminology professor with dissociative identity disorder becomes the main suspect in a series of student murders, he teams up with a persistent detective to find the real killer, not realizing the true danger might be within himself. VEINS OF DECEIT (Feature | Crime Thriller Drama, ZODIAC meets THE NIGHTCRAWLER ) A detective frames a suspect in a brutal murder case, but as the lies unravel, he risks becoming the next victim of his own deception. DEADLY STREAM (Feature | Horror | Thriller, SPREE meets HUSH ) Trapped in a department store with a serial killer, a group of aspiring social media influencers must escape before their livestream turns into a deadly one. Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Crime, Thriller, Procedural, Psychological, Horror Female, BIPOC, Black, 40+ unrepped

< Back David Ngo doubleohthreeproductions@yahoo.com https://davidngofilm.wordpress.com David Ngo is an engaging screenwriter with a multifaceted writing background. Recently, he was under contract to write animated feature screenplays at DreamWorks Animation and Illumination Entertainment as a cohort of the inaugural Universal Animation Writing Program. With prior experiences in copywriting and script reading, David is a communications specialist with expertise in creative consultation, content programming, and podcasts. As a filmmaker, David directed THE QUEEN FROM VIRGINIA, an award-winning feature documentary chronicling his aunt’s journey from war refugee to beauty queen as she competed in a national pageant for women over 60. David is also an honoree of NBC Writers on the Verge, Project:Involve, and the Visual Communications Armed with a Camera fellowship. His screenwriting has earned him a Top 75 distinction from The Tracking Board and a CAPE New Writers Award. David has worked for several media companies including Netflix, NBCUniversal, HBO, and Disney+. Outside of writing, David serves as an Asian American Studies lecturer at Cal State Fullerton and hosts the cathartic podcast series Best Story I Never Told. Honors & Awards Universal Animation Writing Program - 2021 Hollywood Reporter Article Top 75, Tracking Board Feature Competition - BOY BANDS TO MEN - 2018 non-WGA Male, BIPOC, Asian, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander NOT SCHOOL FOR SCHOOL (1/2 Hour Comedy - THE WONDER YEARS meets FRESH OFF THE BOAT) When California’s Prop 187 bans undocumented children from public schools, a free-spirited middle schooler and her uptight brother handle the threat of deportation in opposing ways. BOY BANDS TO MEN (Feature Comedy - PITCH PERFECT meets POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING) A washed-up R&B heartthrob attempts to manage his estranged son for an audition for the first K-pop boy band comprised of only non-Koreans for the hope of a substantial commission. Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Coming-of-Age, YA, Animation, Satire Male, BIPOC, Asian, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander unrepped

< Back Kathryn Orwig https://www.kathrynorwig.com/ Kathryn Orwig is a neurodiverse, award-winning screenwriter from Northern Michigan who crafts action-adventure dramas about characters pushed to their limits to protect those they most love. A Roadmap GPS Fellowship Winner , Page Finalist , and Nicholl’s Next 100 honoree , she has earned top placements in Roadmap’s Diversity Initiative , Roadmap’s Shorts Grand Prize , and more. A University of Michigan grad (Go Blue!), she is mentored by Pixar screenwriter Jonathon E. Stewart through Narrative Drive. Named a Top 25 Writer to Watch (ISA) and a Top 10 Emerging Writer (Golden Script) , Kathryn draws on her small-town upbringing to explore resilience and survival in her stories. Honors & Awards Finalist, Page Awards - PIRATE QUEEN OF THE RED FLAG FLEET - 2025 Winner, Roadmap GPS Fellowship - PIRATE QUEEN OF THE RED FLAG FLEET - 2024 Nicholl's Next 100, Nicholl Fellowship - NOT MY BROTHER - 2021 non-WGA Female PIRATE QUEEN OF THE RED FLAG FLEET Feature | Action-Adventure FURIOSA x PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN Based on the true story of the ruthless Pirate Queen Ching Shih who led 40,000 pirates into a brutal clash with the Portuguese Navy and the Chinese Empire, she risked everything to save her crew before they succumbed to a watery grave—and she lived. THE SWEETEST FARM Feature | Rom-Com It’s the Midwestern Polish version of You’ve Got Mail where Polish is Christmas. When a small-town country woman’s cherry farm is threatened by a big city developer, they embark on a nature against progress struggle that’ll either rip the town apart by its roots or bring the community—and themselves—together. NOT MY BROTHER Feature | Action Adventure | SAVING PRIVATE RYAN x 1917 …but in the Civil War. Inspired by my great-great-great-grandfather and his younger brother’s experiences. A pragmatic Union soldier toughs out his injuries and embarks on an impossible rescue mission to free his reckless brother from a heavily-guarded Confederate POW camp. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, International Female unrepped

< Back Ben Rosen benjamin.rosen@gmail.com Coverfly Ever since Ben was forced to write the scripts for his middle school’s public access cable TV show, he's dreamed of disappointing his parents and becoming a professional comedy writer. He’s pitched jokes and story ideas to various TV shows and has been a semi-finalist or higher in the DISNEY WRITING PROGRAM, AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL, SCRIPTAPALOOZA, and FINAL DRAFT BIG BREAK. When he’s not performing stand-up comedy or writing about himself in the third person, Ben enjoys playing indie video games, hanging out with his family (the one he created, not the one he escaped from), and telling everyone about the rabbi from his hometown who murdered his wife. Honors & Awards Semi-finalist, Disney Writing Program – “The Office – The Bathroom” – 2007 Semi-finalist, Austin Film Festival – “Pen15 – Hot Date” – 2022 Quarter-finalist, Final Draft Big Break – “The Fruit Store” – 2013 non-WGA Male, Over 40 THE FRUIT STORE Half-hour TV comedy pilot After his startup fails, a humbled millennial is forced to swallow his pride and work at America’s favorite tech store/cult: The Apple Store. PEN15 – HOT DATE Half-hour TV comedy spec When her mom forbids her from dating the only guy in school who likes her, Maya tries to secretly go out with him without getting caught. Meanwhile, Anna tries to get a boyfriend of her own by becoming a guys’ girl. Character-driven, Female-centric, Coming-of-Age, Animation, Dark, Silly, Snarky, Naturalistic Male, Over 40 unrepped

< Back Helena Zhen helenazhen1@gmail.com 917-270-5806 Coverfly Helena Zhen an actor/writer/director whose short films have played worldwide. She's been nominated for a DGA student filmmaking award, won one of the top writer/director awards given at NYU, and garnered a chance to work with the late, great Wes Craven as an up-and-coming director. Her scripts have won the Disney Writing Fellowship and the NexTV Grand Prize while other screenplays have been finalists at top-tier contests, such as Sundance, Tracking Board Launchpad, and Austin. She has just completed an Acting program at UCLA. Her brand of writing tends towards high-concept, commercial fare with an edge of indie. While her writing is fairly diverse, she is drawn to grounded sci-fi and elevated genre material. non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Asian, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander EX HUMANA (Sci-Fi TV Drama - WESTWORLD meets ALTERED CARBON) In the near future, a government health agent learns that the nanobots that everyone now uses to monitor their health has become self-aware and is editing out human traits to create the next stage of human evolution. COLONY 14 (TV Crime Drama – YELLOWSTONE meets SONS OF ANARCHY) An undercover FBI agent infiltrates a secretive group of off-the-grid survivalists intent on overthrowing the government and starting the next Civil War. THE STORY OF YOU (Feature Drama – PACHINKO meets BACK TO THE FUTURE) After the death of her father, a woman gets spirited back in time and must make the right choices in a choose-your-own-adventure style quest in order to return to her life as well as those of her parents. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror Female, BIPOC, Asian, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander unrepped

< Back Pepper Reed Pepperreed@me.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4213808/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Coverfly Pepper Reed grew up devouring books sitting atop one of the turrets of the playhouse her dad built for her. She uses genre tropes as metaphors, inviting the audience to connect with people marked as “the other” who are trying to find their place in the unexpected worlds. Originally from Oklahoma, Pepper received her BFA from New York University & has directed short films, plays, & music videos. She also regularly wears historically inspired fashion that she sews herself. Honors & Awards Finalist, NBC Writers on the Verge - INNOCENT BLOOD - 2019 Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship - INNOCENT BLOOD - 2020 Quarterfinalist, Final Draft Big Break - GIRL ANACHRONISM - 2023 Non-WGA Female, 40+, LGBTQ INNOCENT BLOOD (Supernatural YA TV Drama - Riverdale meets The Vampire Diaries) A young vampire struggles with her opposing desires to find the biological family she was kidnapped from as an infant and her adoptive family’s mission to rescue other vampires like themselves. THE CURIOUS HAUNTING OF GEORGIE PRICE Family TV Drama with Ghosts - Gilmore Girls meets Ghost Whisperer After the death of her younger brother a woman gets the opportunity to go after her dreams; however, his ghost decides to go after his own aspirations and to help her to learn how to live. FIRST TO DIE Queer Zombie Roadtrip Feature - Bottoms meets Zombieland When a zombie outbreak descends on Los Angeles on Christmas Day, a former survivalist does whatever is necessary to get herself and her friends out of the city. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, YA, Magical Realism Female, 40+, LGBTQ unrepped

< Back Melody R. Herr James Moorer – One Moorer Media & Management James@onemoorer.com IMDB Raised by a teen single mom just three blocks north of Detroit’s 8 Mile, becoming a writer once felt like a luxury Melody couldn’t afford. After leaving behind her career as an architectural designer to raise her family across continents, she earned an MFA in screenwriting from Emerson College and finally traded in her T-square. She writes about scrappy women who, like her, hold it together until they don’t. Whether in comedy, drama, or a high-stakes thriller, her protagonists stop pretending, start unraveling, and somewhere between the chaos and the caffeine, figure out who they really are. When the world doesn’t make space for them, they kick the walls out and make their own. Repped by James Moorer at One Moorer Media & Management, Melody also directs and recently produced the feature film DIFFRACTION, set to release in 2026. She is the creator and producer of The Farm, a serialized mystery-thriller podcast that recently launched on all major platforms. In her spare time, she chases cheap flights and occasionally remembers to pack socks. Honors & Awards Best Drama, London International Film Festival - Winner – X’ed Out – 2021 Stowe Story Labs Fellowship – Semifinalist and Official Selection - Tapped Out – 2023 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards – Quarterfinalist - Excess Baggage – 2024 non-WGA Female, 40+, 55+ BOOMERANGED Half-Hour, Single-Cam Coming-of-Age Comedy HACKS meets THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS A broke, audacious Boomer reenrolls at the university she dropped out of four decades ago, chasing the life she missed, building the campus family she didn’t know she needed – all while dodging the Dean of Students: her uptight son-in-law. THE CHRISTMAS EVE Feature | High-Concept Christmas Adventure w/ Fantasy THE SANTA CLAUSE meets ELF When a spirited young girl travels to the North Pole to save her family’s Christmas store, her jaded single mom must confront her past and rediscover the magic of the holiday before the portal closes for another year. TAPPED OUT One-Hour Drama with Heart and Levity A MILLION LITTLE THINGS meets THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL As she hits the big 5-0, an aimless suburban mom finds an unexpected lifeline in the world of improv comedy after her husband’s suicide attempt. Character-driven, Female-centric, Fantasy, Coming-of-Age, Dark Female, 40+, 55+ repped

< Back Minki Kim minki.k@gmail.com Minki Kim is a horror and comedy television writer and art director with over 20 years of experience in the creative field. He earned his BFA in Communication Arts and Design, with a minor in Filmmaking, from VCU Arts. He later studied sketch and pilot writing at Upright Citizens Brigade in New York, trained in screenwriting under Alan Kingsberg, and participated in workshops led by horror writer Jeff Howard and Oscar-winning writer Alex Dinelaris. Minki has written five half-hour TV pilots and several horror short scripts. His half-hour comedy pilot Software Plus, set in a 1990s retail store, was a Second Rounder at the Austin Film Festival. His horror script Ostium advanced as a Second Rounder at AFF, a Quarterfinalist at the Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards, and a Quarterfinalist at the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards. Honors & Awards Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival - SOFTWARE PLUS - 2021. Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards - OSTIUM - 2024 Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival - OSTIUM - 2023. non-WGA Male, Asian, 40+ SOFTWARE PLUS Half-hour Comedy High Fidelity meets Superstore While selling the latest CD-ROMs and explaining dial-up internet, the dysfunctional staff of a '90s software chain struggles to keep their own chaotic lives from completely unplugging. OSTIUM Horror short X-files meets The Ring Mia's ex Kimi thought they were just meeting for a drink, but when Mia convinces her to dial a cursed phone number, they get more than they bargained for. THE CRUNCH Half-hour Comedy Modern Family meets Mythic Quest Unemployed, living in his ex-wife's backyard, a middle-aged dad finds purpose beyond his kids and rediscovers his youthful dreams by rallying his online gaming friends to build the video game company he always wanted. Character-driven, Horror, Silly, Sketch Male, Asian, 40+ unrepped

< Back Lisanne Sartor lisanne.sartor@me.com http://lisannesartor.com Lisanne Sartor gained early notoriety for: 1) Calling her fourth-grade teacher a female chauvinist for not letting girls play kickball (a clear outrage). 2) Teaching sex-ed seminars to her fifth-grade cohorts using Judy Blum’s FOREVER (how proud were her parents? Surprisingly, not very). 3) Calling her eighth-grade teacher a bitch for unfairly penalizing another student (While her principal shared her opinion, he told her she should keep such opinions to herself. Lesson not learned). Sartor’s outspoken nature led her to become a Los Angeles DGA assistant director (film and TV set middle management). After seven years, she had a bad back, nerve damage in her feet, and a Biblical appreciation for caffeine. She quit to write and direct. She has a UCLA Screenwriting MFA and has participated in such prestigious residencies and programs as Yaddo, Hedgebrook, Storyknife, the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, and the WGA Feature Writers Access Program. She’s won awards like the Samuel Goldwyn, the Script Pipeline First Look Project, and the Shore Scripts Feature Contest and has had a screenplay made into a Lifetime MOW. She’s also written and directed five award-winning short films that have screened in hundreds of worldwide festivals like Telluride and Cannes. She hones her writing skills by teaching at UCLA, The CineStory Foundation, Stephens, AFI, and Disney. She never looks back. non-WGA Female, 40+ SIX LETTER WORD (Feature Drama) A mom’s struggle to connect with her autistic son, repair her fraught relationship with her estranged mother, and navigate her son’s diagnosis with the help of a troubled neuropsychologist force her to come to terms with her own autism. FLATLANDER (Feature Thriller) A woman returns home to Vermont with her daughter to start anew following a separation from her adulterous husband, but a community member harboring decades-old resentment begins torturing her to enact revenge for a past loss. TESTED (Dramedy Pilot) After her husband suffers financial problems, a minister’s wife is forced to take a job notifying people they’ve been exposed to STDs. Though her first case starts out as straightforward gonorrhea notifications, she soon discovers that the case has spread like wildfire and the flames are burning down her front door. Character-driven, Female-centric, Crime, Thriller, Coming-of-Age, Dark Female, 40+ unrepped

< Back Jude Roth 1juderoth@gmail.com 310.621.1697 http://www.juderoth.com After spending time at the Berkshire County jail where her mother was Deputy Sheriff, tween Jude started a diary with this entry: “Last night I had my first dance (to Jingle Bell Rock) with a boy, an inmate at the jail’s Christmas party. His name is Smitty, he starts fires, and mom says he escaped.” Instead of joining the hunt for him (or hiding), Jude began exorcising her bemusement and bewilderment at life by writing personal, character-driven stories often set against big-world backdrops. Jude's a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is an award-winning TV/feature drama writer. As an indie filmmaker, she wrote and EP’d a scripted drama about an undocumented day laborer that PBS and Latino Public Broadcasting acquired (twice). She's also won “Best Screenplay” at La Femme Int'l Film Festival and has had TV pilots featured on The Black List, The Black List Disability List, and WeForShe WriteHer List, the latter annually featuring 20 unproduced pilots selected from hundreds of nominations from industry executives and creatives. She's one of only 6 writers chosen for the 2019 Black List-Women in Film Episodic Lab, was a finalist for the HUMANITAS New Voices in TV award, and is a two-time semifinalist for the Sundance Episodic Lab. Her scripts have advanced in contests such as Austin Film Festival (semifinalist), Writers Lab supported by Meryl Streep (semifinalist), PAGE (top 10), Writers Network/Fade In (8 quarterfinalist projects in one year), Slamdance (top 25), and Cinestory (semifinalist). Fate also once thrust her into working in TV development at Skydance Media where she got to partake in how the proverbial sausage is made - and it was amazing (thanks, Fate!): The team there loves writers and it rocked. To relax, Jude eats pizza all over LA, practices her baseball pitching skills (just in case she gets called up by the Red Sox or Dodgers one day), pets every dog she can, and worships at the altar of "Niles" in FRASIER reruns. Honors & Awards Black List-Women in Film Episodic Lab - HOMEFRONT - 2019 WeForShe WriteHer List - SINS OF THE FATHER - 2018 Audible Development - Finalist - THE STING - 2021 non-WGA Female THE ASSETS (Spy thriller) After China executes dozens of CIA assets on Chinese soil, a reinstated CIA officer puts a dangerous revenge plan into action as her colleague's crisis of conscience threatens to bring her, the plan, and the Agency down. HOMEFRONT (Drama) Struggling to salvage their post-military lives in America’s south, four very different women combat veterans turn to each other for support they can’t find elsewhere. But when the most vulnerable among them gets into serious trouble, the new friends close ranks to help her – risking their public and private lives. SINS OF THE FATHER (Geopolitical thriller) A U.N. human rights worker discovers the truth about her beloved father's deadly identity and sets out to right the crimes he committed. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller Female unrepped

< Back Lisa Kors lisamkors@gmail.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1131495/ A daughter of immigrants, Lisa Kors was raised near Yonkers, NY. Her love of storytelling was shaped by a dad who played handball with FBI guys and a social worker mom whose clients kept finding dead bodies on the job. (Yonkers was a big garbage mafia town back then, so maybe not so weird…?) By second grade, Lisa could tell a story that would scare the bejesus out of her friends. To this day, Lisa likes writing stories about good people making bad choices for excellent reasons. She is also an excellent parallel parker. Honors & Awards Coverfly Top 2% of Thriller/Horror TV Pilots - THE DRAGON OF HANDALE - 2022 Finalist, We Screenplay Diverse Voices Competition - THE DRAGON OF HANDALE - 2022 Finalist, ScreenCraft Horror Competition - THE DRAGON OF HANDALE - 2022 non-WGA Female, Non-binary THE DRAGON OF HANDALE TV, Drama Based on a popular British novel, The Dragon of Handale is a medieval whodunnit that follows a badass young widow who investigates a gruesome series of murders at the convent where bad nuns are sent to be punished. PRINCES' HOSPITAL TV, Drama (GREY'S ANATOMY x HOMELAND) Inspired by a real hospital in Saudi Arabia, PRINCES' HOSPITAL is a one-hour drama that follows the adventures of the extravagantly paid ex-pat doctors and nurses who treat only the 20,000 members of the royal family. Money, rules and secrets abound. FREAKY FURDAY Feature, Comedy Cat-astophe ensues when a pampered show dog and a scrappy feral cat switch bodies right before a high-stakes competition. Female-centric, Medical, Crime, Thriller, Procedural, Psychological, Horror, International Female, Non-binary unrepped