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< Back Kim Turner redharecreatives@gmail.com 850-543-7559 http://www.themightykim.com Coverfly The Black List Kim Turner is a professional screenwriter and has performed in improvisational and sketch comedy for over 25 years. She was in the nation's first all-female improv team, "Big Purse", in 1992. She complemented this work with an Associates Degree in Theater from Palm Beach State College. Kim attended the Second City Training Program in Chicago - completing both the writing and improvisation programs and being accepted (on the first attempt) to its exclusive Conservatory Program. Additionally, she completed the writing program at iO (formerly Improv Olympic) and worked with the Annoyance Theater (Chicago). Following her experience in Chicago, Kim was selected as one of twelve screenwriters for the inaugural Meryl Streep Writers Lab in 2015 (and only comedy!). Kim has quartered, semifinaled or finaled at the Austin Film Festival, the Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship, Stowe Story Labs (Tangerine Fellowship), Final Draft/Big Break and many others. Kim makes tremendous chocolate chip cookies and reads stories aloud in unique voices. She has a comprehensive knowledge of 80s trivia, Star Trek lore and can recite much of the dialogue from the animated Hobbit and Raising Arizona. Honors & Awards Austin Film Festival (Comedy Feature) - Winner YMH Comedy Fellowship - Chasing Shadows (with Tony Ferrendelli) - 2024 The Writers Lab supported by Meryl Streep - (Comedy Feature) - Winner - Christy's Got Cancer! - 2015 (Inaugural year) Austin Film Festival (Comedy Feature) - Semifinalist - Christy's Got Cancer! - 2020 non-WGA Female, Over 50 CHASING SHADOWS (with Tony Ferrendelli) A coming-of-middle-age story about a couple who separates just shy of their 25th anniversary and must figure out if being alone is better than feeling alone in a relationship. Marriage is not for the faint of heart. MEDICINE SHOW (Half-hour Western Comedy - 30 Rock meets Blazing Saddles) A glorified confidence man finds himself in desperate need of help when he is discovered half-dead in the desert by a First Nations woman and a traveler looking to settle in the Old West. CHRISTY'S GOT CANCER! (Comedy Feature - Think Little Miss Sunshine meets The Big Sick) When Kate’s hypochondriac, maelstrom of a self-involved mother gets the kind of news no one (but she) wants, Kate must marshal her family’s collective dysfunctional superpowers to come up with a care plan and resolve their relationship in time. Character-driven, Sketch, Satire, Late Night, Magical Realism, Bittersweet, Dark, Fantasy Female, Over 50 unrepped

< Back Jazz Pompilus jeffpompilus@gmail.com JAZZ POMPILUS won’t claim that he was bullied as a kid and learned to make jokes to defend himself. He won’t say that he wanted to join a gang but was rejected because he was deemed too goofy. Even though it's all true, he won’t say any of it. Jazz simply sees himself as an artist who likes to entertain himself and others with his humorous storytelling. Jazz, a first-gen Haitian (we don't eat pets!) Brooklynite attended Central Michigan University for grad school. There weren’t too many people who looked like him there. In the entire master’s program, he was considered Black guy number 3. After that ordeal, he performed stand-up for 10 years at clubs such as New York Comedy Club and the Comedy Store and pursued writing classes at UCB New York and Script Anatomy to satisfy his passion for comedy writing. Mike Montesano, co-executive producer of the TV sitcom Bunk'd, has mentored him since moving to Los Angeles. Jazz has also gained experience in pitching jokes in writers' rooms. When he isn’t writing, Jazz enjoys boxing so it can help with his punchlines. non-WGA Male, BIPOC, Black EMULSIFIED Half-Hour Multi-Cam Sitcom An inverse FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR meets The Bernie Mac Show When a beloved family friend passes away, a frugal Black husband and his overly wholesome white wife shake up their modest life by taking in a pampered, rich Black teen, sparking culture clashes, class confusion, and unexpected family bonds." Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Coming-of-Age, Satire, Silly Male, BIPOC, Black unrepped

< Back Mere Walton mwaltonwrites@gmail.com http://merewalton.com The Black List Mere Walton’s brand revolves around found families, in the mediums of drama, comedy, or thriller features. She's also an Amazon bestselling author who adapts her own novels to screenplays. Mere has placed on the Coverfly Red List , T he Naughty List , and programs including Stowe Story Labs , PAGE Awards , and Austin Film Festival . Mere has lived in ten diverse cities and discovered art/film/theatre in all of them. As a finalist for casting on The Real World London, (1995) Mere would have been the roommate who attended a lot of West End theatre. Awards and Honors Semifinalist, PAGE Awards - OFF COURSE - 2023/24 Semifinalist PAGE Awards - THE RUNNYMEDE PLAYHOUSE - 2025 The Naughty List 2024 - EBBIE SCROOGE non-WGA Female, 40+ OFF COURSE Two diverse families unexpectedly crash into an island and must survive with each other while braving the elements to return home. " THE RUNNYMEDE PLAYHOUSE When a retired chemical engineer is visited in his nursing home by the FBI, he recounts his years spent working on a top-secret government project at The Runnymede Playhouse and how his time there affected everyone in his life. GOTTA DANCE When a writer realizes her roommate is a ghost, she helps the former dancer fulfill her last wish so she can jitterbug into the afterlife. Character-driven, Female-centric, Bittersweet, Naturalistic Female, 40+ unrepped

< Back Elise Salomon https://againstthewindproductions.com/ Coverfly The Black List Elise Salomon is an award-winning storyteller based in Los Angeles whose projects have been featured at international festivals and markets including Sundance, SXSW, IDFA, FrightFest, Stowe Story Labs, Austin Film Festival, Galway Film Fleadh, Frontières and Cannes. A proud graduate of Pitzer College with a BA in Media Studies, she produced PAPER HEART, co-produced SMASHED and directed and produced LOS WILD ONES. Her writing embodies themes of trauma, trust, truth and transformation. She believes in storytelling as a universal tool to foster engagement, compassion and meaningful discourse. Elise continues to be a fierce advocate for diversity and pursues projects with iconic characters and an all-encompassing aesthetic. Recently invited as a new member into the Independent Writers’ Caucus, she has also been selected for the Austin Film Festival's "Screenwriters to Watch” List 2025. Honors & Awards Austin Film Festival Screenwriters to Watch 2025 Finalist - CAOINEADH - Austin Film Festival 2023 Selection - INSIDE - Cannes Marche du Film Frontières Genre Proof of Concept Platform 2019 non-WGA Female, 40+ INSIDE (Haunting of Hill House meets MOTHMAN PROPHECIES) On Ireland’s mystical Aran Islands, an American therapist arrives to treat a recently widowed composer imprisoned in his remote cottage by agoraphobia - and learns the terrifying possibility that the true source of his suffering may be a dark force rooted in the land itself. CAOINEADH (A supernatural Romeo & Juliet) In the West of Ireland, Brona and Cormac are two lost souls brought together by a terrible accident. Their fated union bonds them with the kind of love only written about, but a series of eerie events plague them...and propel them toward fulfilling their dark destiny. URD | SKULD (THE SHINING meets THE WICKER MAN) A young American couple attempts to mend their strained relationship as they travel on a tight budget to the Austrian Alps for Christmas — as their troubles are laid bare, something much more sinister and powerful than they have ever known awakens. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Psychological, Horror, Limited Series, International Female, 40+ Repped

< Back Lindsay Stidham linzstid@gmail.com IMDB Lindsay holds an MFA in screenwriting from the American Film Institute and teaches screenwriting at USC's School of Cinematic Arts and Cal State Long Beach. She has overseen two screenplays from script to screen as writer/ producer: SPOONER starring Matthew Lillard (SLAMDANCE) and DOUCHEBAG (SUNDANCE) both released theatrically. Lindsay is currently working on a feature set in LA’s birthplace of punk- Chinatown in the late 1970s PUNKS NEVER DIE (a recent Sundance Producing Lab semi-finalist with attached director Tessa Blake.) Lindsay is also attached to direct her unique buddy comedy BITS AND PIECES with Neon Heart Productions who produced the groundbreaking SHIVA BABY. Lindsay loves collaboration and would love to hear from you! Honors & Awards Final Draft Big Break -Quarterfinalist - COUPLE WORLD - 2025 Nicholl Fellowship - Quarterfinalist - A REAL PAIR - 2024 WGA Associate Member Female COUPLE WORLD Sci-fi rom com On the eve of her 30th birthday Ana gets dumped and discovers she will turn invisi-single in exactly 14 days if she can't find a suitable mate. Ana dives head first into a wild dating journey to remember her self-worth, and find an authentic connection in the heightened world of "too late." A REAL PAIR AIR meets MINX with a side of FIGHT CLUB In the wake of bra burning, Miss America protests, and the legalization of birth control, the inventor of the sports bra is dominated by the opinions of her sentient breasts throughout her incredible journey that would change the world of sports, and the very idea of women's freedom forever. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, Bittersweet Female unrepped

< Back Robbi D'Allessandro robbidall@gmail.com Robbi writes to bridge societal, political, and relational divides. She does this not through argument or ideology, but by creating engaging storylines with rich, deeply human characters placed in situations that challenge audience’s belief systems and their sense of identity, purpose, and place in the world. One of the most rewarding aspects of Robbi’s career is using her writing to help others. After interviewing parents who lost two of their three children to heroin addiction, she created a piece entitled Damage Done, which is now used to raise funds for organizations that support those struggling with addiction. In the same spirit, her production of Voices of We - a compilation of monologues exploring the personal, societal, and political challenges women face - helped raise funds for both local and national women’s organizations. Robbi was contracted to adapt bestselling author Ronald Drez’s Twenty-Five Yards of War: The Extraordinary Courage of Ordinary Men in World War II as a limited television series, as well as Dean Morrissey’s Ship of Dreams, Monster Trap, and The Great Kettles for screen. Robbi holds a Master of Science in Personality and Social Psychology from Northeastern University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Stage and Screenwriting from Lesley University. Honors & Awards Winner - Kennedy Center Paula Vogel National Playwrights Award - Broken Prayer - 2011 Nominee - Abington Theater Christopher Brian Wolk Award - Broken Prayer – 2012 Best Original Sitcom - New York Screenplay Competition - Outliers - 2014 " non-WGA Female, 55+ AIR WARS A Satirical Tale of American Poli-tainment Present day NYC, Air Wars is a workplace comedy that, through a series of Murdochian events, pits RightLine Media (the ultra-conservative Death Star) and Unity Vision (the liberal mothership) against each other under the same roof. Cue the panic. Cue the mishaps. Cue an uproarious season one. LYING IN WAIT Thriller Everyone wants global wellness-influencer, Isla Beaumont’s life, except Isla. To avoid a legacy of suicide, Isla looks to the dark web where she elicits the help of a savvy psychopath. Little does Isla know that the traumas that plagued her life are nothing compared to the price she’ll pay to be relieved from their grasp. TWENTY-FIVE YARDS OF WAR A WWII Documentary series and/or Docudrama limited series anthology based on Ron Drez’ best-selling book, Twenty-Five Yards of War: The Extraordinary Ordinary Courage of Ordinary Men in WWII. Seven unlikely heroes. Seven untold stories. Seven outcomes that changed the tides of WWII for the better. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Psychological, Historical/Alternative History, Anthology Female, 55+ unrepped

< Back Arun K. Vir arunvirproductions@gmail.com Award-winning writer/director Arun K. Vir tells stories that capture hearts. Her honest approach to explorations of gender, race, and identity in America are her gifts as a storyteller in spaces and settings both local and completely unknown. A single mom living in New York and working multiple jobs, she collaborated with the Nuyorican Poets Café-Fifth Night series. Arun found her voice and wrote THE LAST WEEKEND earning her the prestigious "Directing Workshop for Women Award." She then moved to Los Angeles with her daughter to develop her project. THE LAST WEEKEND, starring the late Suzanne Douglas (PARENTHOOD) won Best Short at the Pan African Film Festival. Continuing to sharpen her skills as a director, Arun wrote and directed more shorts including RESET, nominated by The Africa Movie Academy Awards & Winner of Programmers-Pan African FF. Arun’s feature script, SUBURBAN TURBAN was voted Finalist by The Academy Nicholl Fellowship in 2016. She was a Pitch Finalist for the 2018 Humanitas New Voices Award and Semifinalist for Writers on the Verge in 2019. Her most scripts include pilots WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, THE GIVER, I LOVE YOU, and MONA SINGH and feature screenplay THE PERFECT CANDIDATE – a Final Draft/Rocaberti Winner. Honors & Awards Finalist, Nicholl Fellowship - SUBURBAN TURBAN - 2016 Semifinalist, NBC Universal Writers on the Verge - SUBURBAN TURBAN - 2019 Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Competition - RIVER MAMMA - 2022 non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Asian THE PERFECT CANDIDATE (Think HIDDEN FIGURES meets BROOKLYN) 1955. Harlem. The true story of Patricia Banks, a Harlem girl who had her heart set on achieving her dream job: Flight Attendant for Capital Airlines. But, at age 19, when Banks filed a lawsuit, not a single U.S. Airline had ever hired a black stewardess. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Queer, Thriller, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, Dark Female, BIPOC, Asian unrepped

< Back Mary Albanese Marydalbanese@aol.com - Manager: Justin@BohemiaEnt.com " IMDB The Black List Mary Albanese is an optioned screenwriter repped by Bohemia Group. A former arctic explorer and glass-ceiling-breaker, she is passionate about writing character-driven stories that shine a light on female empowerment, in a variety of genres. A Black List recommend writer, their reviews of her work rank her among their top 1%. Honors & Awards Quarterfinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - THE WILD HEART OF ALASKA - 2024 Quarterfinalist, Final Draft's Big Break - DEVIL'S WEED - 2025 Bronze, WRPN Women International Film Festival - THE CHRISTMAS REINDEER - 2021" WGA Female, 40+ THE WILD HEART OF ALASKA Adventure, True Story, Biopic WILD meets HIDDEN FIGURES In 1978, a New York science nerd no one will hire spends her last dime on a one-way flight to the new state of Alaska to take on the dangerous man's world of mapping uncharted rock types of some of the world's most rugged and remote mountains. DEVIL'S WEED Horror GET OUT meets ROSEMARY'S BABY A women desperate to have a baby finds her miracle pregnancy is caused by a demon who sources his 'seed' from her local cemetery. THE CHRISTMAS REINDEER Rom-Com with original songs PRANCER meets E.T . - The Musical! A city woman who has lost her Christmas spirit finds a baby reindeer and must work with a love-shy country man to save it. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Thriller, Romantic, Horror, Bittersweet Female, 40+ repped

< Back Alexander Adell zander@magnesiumfilm.com Alex Creasia, Navigation Media Group https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011809/ Coverfly Alexander Adell, represented by Alex Creasia at Navigation Media Group, writes Sci-Fi and Drama features and TV filled with tangled and passionate characters who need as much therapy as he does, who claw their way through deeply researched, unforgiving worlds. He won at the 2022 Austin Film Festival with his fiction podcast pilot script CELERITAS, which he produced into a global top ten sci-fi podcast that was nominated for a Webby and received seven Signal Awards including Best Writing and Best Scripted Fiction Podcast. A former Pixar Technical Director now based in Austin, TX, he was regularly pulled out of grade school to hitchhike through developing countries, get hypothermia on Mt. Everest, drink cow blood, and witness the occasional public cremation. From a young age he was drawn to science fiction, which felt more familiar than the Americans around him. Now a father of two, his writing attempts to channel the fear and awe of his childhood, and the broken decision-making of adults who are raised in chaos. Honors & Awards Austin Film Festival Fiction Podcast Award - Winner - CELERITAS - 2022 Signal Award for Best Scripted Fiction Podcast- Gold - CELERITAS - 2023 non-WGA Male, 40+ ANTLION (Drama Feature, Phantom Thread meets Saltburn) When a furniture maker is ruined by his wealthy clients, he lures them in with a mysterious luxury mattress and turns their methods of indoctrination against them. CELERITAS (Dark Sci-fi Scripted Podcast Series, The Revenant meets Interstellar) The first test of light speed flight hurls an astronaut deep into the future where he searches the planets for remnants of the human race, and the memory of his daughter. Character-driven, Science, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Dark, Magical Realism Male, 40+ Repped

< Back Lisa Jeanne Rosenberg thewholestory@comcast.net 415-407-2573 Lisa Rosenberg is an AFI Screenwriting graduate and a narrative screenwriter focused on dramas, coming-of-age, and political thrillers. CURE, a thriller, was a Semifinalist for the 2023 New York Women in Film & Television Writers’ Lab and Second Round in the 2022, 2021, and 2020 Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competitions. A PLACE CALLED HOME, a political drama, was a 2024 Quarterfinalist in the ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Competition and previously an Independent Film Week selection. GRAFT, a period coming-of-age, won a 2023 Puffin Foundation grant for development as a stage play and was Second Round in the 2022 Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. CRAWL SPACE, a psychological drama adapted from the novel by Edie Meidav, was a 2015 Finalist for the New York Women in Film & Television Writers' Lab. Recent contracts include script consulting and editing on THE CALLBACK short by writer/director Kara Herold; writing CLIPPED WINGS (working title), a dramatic feature for Front Row Productions; co-writing the treatment for THE MAYA MOVIE, a documentary feature for Redhouse Productions; and writing A PRAYER, a script for a short for actor Anthony Aguilar Gallagher. Earlier projects she has written for have earned an Emmy, a Codie, an Action for Children's Television Award, and a nomination for a Peabody Award. Honors & Awards Semifinalist, NYWIFT Writers’ Lab – CURE – 2023 Second Round, Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition – CURE – 2022 Second Round, Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition – GRAFT – 2022 non-WGA Female, Middle Eastern, Multi-Ethnic, 55+ CURE (Political Thriller) When a gifted Nigerian medical student invents a malaria vaccine derived from sea life, he must challenge a powerful drug company bent on co-opting his work and patenting the creatures from which the vaccine would be made. GRAFT (Coming-of-Age) In 1903, a nineteen-year-old street girl, impersonator, and thief gains an unexpected chance to recreate herself on the stage, which may enable her to transform who she can be in real life. CRAWL SPACE (Psychological Thriller) When an unrepentant war criminal secretly returns home, desperate to clear his name, he meets a troubled drifter whose story mirrors his own, forcing him to run again to finally face what he has become. Character-driven, Medical, Crime, Thriller, Psychological, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, International Female, Middle Eastern, Multi-Ethnic, 55+ unrepped

< Back Sofia Drummond-Moore sofiadrummondmoore@gmail.com Coverfly The Black List Sofia has a Bachelors Degree in Creative Writing from Knox College and a Masters Degree in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute, where she was an Academy Nicholl Fellowship Quarterfinalist and won the Writers Room Ready Award. Sofia primarily gets excited about drama, horror and thriller stories with a specific interest in strange historical curiosities, LGBTQ+ stories and those focused on female protagonists. She believes ghost stories can be some of the most important stories. Her prose writing has been published in New Delta Review, Pithead Chapel, Door Is A Jar Magazine, Cleaver Magazine and many others. She has recently been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Sofia has worked as an intern at Conner Literary and Ghost House Pictures, as a writers assistant to a prominent author, and as an executive producer on a teen mystery series for streaming. She is currently a freelance writer for prose and film. Her short film THE LAST BIRTHDAY, about the Romanov family, was the Winner of Berlinale European Film Market Premier, nominee for the European Independent Film Awards, selection for The Still Voices International Film Festival, The Southside Film Festival and Mammoth Film Festival . When she's not writing Sofia has been a figure skater, a museum curator, fever specialist, tree devotee, nostalgia expert and gravestone attendee. Honors & Awards Winner, Big Break Final Draft Competition - ADA - 2024 Semi-Finalist, Austin Film Festival - RIKO'S CIRCLE - 2024 Finalist, ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Award - QUIET BODIES - 2023 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+ QUIET BODIES (Historical Drama) Based on the true stories of ballerinas who burned to death on stage in the 1860s. Paris 1861, a young dancer joins the famous ballet only to be surrounded by persecution and danger, yet through the love of another dancer she finds hope and rebellion. CLY (Psychological thriller) A woman still grieving the sudden loss of her daughter lands the lead role of Clytemnestra in a retelling of the Greek tragedy Agamemnon only to be set on a path of violence she must escape from as the lines between reality and play blur. REGRESSION (Horror) A young student travels to Copenhagen to study the conservation of bog bodies but after trying past life regression therapy becomes convinced her body and her life are being taken over by a dangerous man from 280 BCE. Female-centric, Queer, Thriller, Psychological, Horror, Dark, International, Magical Realism Female, LGBTQ+ unrepped

< Back Nicholas Pangilinan nicholaspangilinan2@gmail.com 636-288-2289 Coverfly Nick is the nerdiest jock you'll ever meet. When he's not writing, he can be usually be found reading a comic book while wearing a hockey jersey. As a writer, he's devoted to creating fun and diverse stories that also contain an impactful theme. Nick excels in writing horror, action, and comedy. He loves hearing the physical reaction that his words bring out whether it's a gasp, a scream, or a laugh. Even more importantly, his audiences emotionally connect to his scripts. Nick always likes to "hide the vegetables" by highlighting relatable and insightful themes inside entertaining stories. He stamps his fingerprint into every script regardless of the genre, and he classifies his voice as "larger than life." His unique super power is to create stories that pop off the page and feature layered characters with distinct and sharp dialogue. Nick's stories always have strong sense of adventure no matter the size of the actual scale. Nick has been a writer for hire, a finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition, and a winner in multiple competitions: the Unique Voices Screenplay Competition, the 13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest, and the WeScreenplay Feature Contest. Additionally, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan from Netflix's NEVER HAVE I EVER is attached to one of his pilots, and he has two other pilots with a producer attached who was a showrunner on a Peacock series. non-WGA Male, BIPOC, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST (Horror Comedy Feature - SCREAM meets CABIN IN THE WOODS meets CLUE) Locked inside Horror-Con after a table reading, Brandy must survive a real murder mystery once a killer starts offing her castmates. But when the suspects are all minorities, that's one horror trope she can't rely on when guessing who’s going to die next. GALAHAD (Action Adventure Pilot - UMBRELLA ACADEMY meets SMALLVILLE meets A KNIGHT'S TALE) Legend says that Galahad will eventually be the last knight of the infamous Round Table -- But today, he's just a teenage scalawag who wants to win a squire tournament... and maybe squeeze in the time to unmask the Red Knight and save the kingdom. TALES OF ANAHEIM (Comedy Sitcom Pilot - COMMUNITY meets MYTHIC QUEST meets BARRY) In an effort to win an acting role, Bryan must lead his team through a mystical (and bonkers) battle of magic and knights to obtain a hidden amulet and impress the "Sofa King." No, this isn't Mordor, Hogwarts, or Westeros. This is... LARP? Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, YA, Silly, Snarky Male, BIPOC, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander unrepped