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< Back Roxanne Beck Attorney: Judith Karfiol, Esq., 323-463-4800, Judith@karfiol-law.com ; roxannebeck1@gmail.com 323-377-6366 IMDB The Black List Award-winning screenwriter, author, and voice actor Roxanne Beck has been writing and performing since she was seven. After a successful career as a singer and voice actor in Nashville and New York, she eventually headed to Hollywood, hoping for better weather. But when an Oscar-winning producer optioned her first script, she knew she would never leave Oz again. Credits include "Miss Famous" starring Kristen Wiig; as a script doctor, she's done uncredited rewrites for studios and production companies. Her children's book "Caterpillarland" is available on Amazon and Audible. A proud graduate of UCLA’s MFA in Screenwriting program, Roxanne hopes to shine a light on women who refuse to be silenced and underdogs who never give up. She lives in LA with her wonderful rescue dogs, Dolly and Lucky. Honors & Awards Top 1% of Coverfly TV Dramas - THE QUEEN OF MAGIC - 2023-24 Slate Award for Best Student Film, California Independent Film Festival – MISS FAMOUS - 2015 Humanitas Drama Fellowship nomination - THE INTENDERS - 2012 non-WGA Female, 40+ UNATTAINABLE Dramedy Feature Shakespeare in Love meets The Lost King A determined PhD candidate travels to England to find the proof for her thesis: that the real Shakespeare was a woman. There she meets a sexy antique dealer, a charming librarian, and a mysterious gentleman who seems to think that HE is Shakespeare. He’s mad, of course—or is he? THE QUEEN OF MAGIC TV Drama - "The Queen's Gambit" meets "Mrs. Maisel" Based on a true story: The ambitious daughter of a Midwest circus owner overcomes the hurdles of a broken home, a rival magician, and 1920s sexism to become the undisputed “Queen of Magic” and the greatest female magician of the 20th century. Black List '9' rating. TILL DEATH DO US PART Feature, Crime/Drama – "The Staircase" meets "All Good Things" Based on true events: When a young wife and mother disappears without a trace in Nashville, the only real suspect is her ambitious attorney husband. But without a body, will he ever be brought to justice? Character-driven, Female-centric, Historical/Alternative History, Magical Realism Female, 40+ unrepped

< Back Susan Brunig suze866@gmail.com Susan Brunig fell in love with cinema while studying experimental film at Binghamton University. Her scripts have won multiple awards and fellowships. She is a Cinestory Fellowship winner, Nicholl Fellowship semifinalist, and a NYWIFT Writers Lab alum who focuses on female-driven narratives. With a day job in Post Production at Pixar, Susan is immersed daily in an environment devoted to rigorous storytelling and art-making. She is an unflinching examiner of human behavior through the lens of story and is committed to the power and necessity of diverse stories and characters in these tumultuous times. Honors & Awards Official selection - The Women’s List - THE SURVEILLANCE OF ORDINARY THINGS - 2024 Winner - Cinestory Fellowship -THE SURVEILLANCE OF ORDINARY THINGS - 2020
 Top 50 Semifinalist - The Academy Nicholl Fellowship - THE SURVEILLANCE OF ORDINARY THINGS - 2021 non-WGA Female, 40+ GENERATION ZED Indie Feature - Drama When the teenage daughter of a famous mommy-blogger falls in love with a homeless teen who lives under the freeway, she must confront her privilege and fight for a better world during the chaos that was 2020. THE SURVEILLANCE OF ORDINARY THINGS Indie Feature - Drama A suburban housewife in the midst of an existential crisis decides to run away and end it all, but when she stumbles upon an unplugged community of creative misfits, she rediscovers the artist she once was. HARD IS THE GOOD One hour Pilot - Drama It is 1926. The Jazz Age, the Harlem Renaissance and Prohibition are in full swing. When three young women enter a controversial summer school for factory workers, they must face their fears, their biases, and their dreams head on. Character-driven, Female-centric, Bittersweet Female, 40+ unrepped

< 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 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 Krystyna Łoboda Krystyna@MBKProductions.com 310-426-0008 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1346468/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Krystyna Łoboda began her career as writer/director in live theatre. Over the years, her work has been seen on stages in London, New York, Edinburgh, Los Angeles, and Prague. Subsequently, she began shifting her focus to film and television. Her feature sci-fi thriller DOLL is under option with Dark Matter Ent. She has written for BLACK VEIL, a Southern Gothic anthology produced by the creators of Blair Witch. Adaptation of sci-fi novel SILICON MAN is in development with Code Ent. Dramedy 23 & GREEK is in pre-production with Jihane Mrad directing. And Krystyna's feature directorial debut RITES & WRONGS is in development with London Pacific. Krystyna is a fellow of the 2021 NYWIFT Meryl Streep Writer's Lab. She is a Nicholl semifinalist, NBC-Universal Writer's Program finalist, and a Blacklist Featured Writer. Honors & Awards Featured Writer, Blacklist - EIDOLA - 2024 Finalist, NBC-Universal Writer's Lab - DOLL - 2020 Semifinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - RITES & WRONGS - 2019 non-WGA Female, 40+ EIDOLA (Sci-fi thriller feature, Comps - THE PERIPHERAL, MINORITY REPORT, STRANGE DAYS ) A naive socialite and a handyman get tangled up in a deadly conspiracy to destroy an autocratic metaverse. DOLL (Sci-fi thriller feature, Comps - EX MACHINA, I ROBOT, BLADE RUNNER) When a domestic android commits suicide, an insurance claim investigator develops a destructive obsession concerning the robot's human family. RESTORATION (Sci-fi fantasy one hour pilot, Comps - GAME OF THRONES, DUNE, FOUNDATION) In a distant future, a last surviving descendant of a fallen dynasty impersonates her brother to reclaim her family's throne, thus plunges humanity into pan-galactic war. Character-driven, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Psychological, Limited Series, Dark Female, 40+ unrepped

< Back Suzanne Griffin suzannetgriffin@prodigy.net Management: Jonathan Taub, CT Media https://suzanne-griffin.squarespace.com The Black List Black List Recommended screenwriter Suzanne Griffin creates darkly romantic dramas, driven by female ambition and desire, whose fierce, witty protagonists risk everything to reinvent themselves and their worlds.

 A queer mom who's advocated for her learning-disabled and now university-enrolled son, Suzanne has a passion for narratives that empower outsider voices. Self-determination, alliances among women, and the healing power of empathy are her frequent themes. 

 Suzanne’s a Stowe Story Labs/PAGE Awards Fellowship Winner, and a 2x Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist. She was mentored by showrunners JaNeika and JaSheika James (Gossip Girl), through the WIF Writers Circle Program, and by TV genre writer Jane Espenson (Foundation) through the Pre-WGA Mentoring Program. This past year, Suzanne was selected for the HerArts Film Lab, and named a Finalist for both the Bellem Entertainment Fellowship and the Josephson Entertainment Short Story Award. Suzanne was chosen for the Stowe Story Labs Writers Room to create her new Romantic Horror pilot BROOKLYN GOTHIC. 
 Suzanne's been a CineStory TV Drama Fellowship Finalist, a Sundance Episodic Lab Second Rounder, and an Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition Finalist. Suzanne won the IFP Beigel Screenwriting Award, juried by screenwriters Mary Harron (American Psycho) and Jay Cocks (Gangs of New York). Suzanne received her MFA from NYU Grad Film, and is repped by Manager Jonathan Taub at CT Media. Honors & Awards Winner, the Stowe Story Labs PAGE Awards Fellowship - Stowe Story Labs - TV pilot THE SENSUALIST - 2020 Black List Recommended Writer - with BL Recommended Features THE ITALIAN LOVER and THE SLEEPING HOUSE - The Black List - 2023 Finalist - CineStory TV Drama Fellowship - CineStory - TV pilot ALLIANCE - 2023 " non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+, 55+ BROOKLYN GOTHIC 1-hr Romantic Horror/Fantasy PENNY DREADFUL x THE NEVERS In 1880s Brooklyn, a brilliant vampiress renowned as a slayer of murderous vampires must destroy the corrupt vampire politician who's disabled her activist husband, and do that before he kills her daughter - a fierce mortal slayer now hell-bent on avenging her father. THE AGE OF DESIRE 1-hr Romantic Drama PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE x PEAKY BLINDERS In decadent Gilded Age New York, a fierce, witty young opera singer locked in a destructive relationship with her controlling impresario must risk her life to be with the ballerina she truly loves - while tearing down the corrupt men who hold both women hostage. ALLIANCE 1-hr Adventure/Historical Drama GAME OF THRONES x THE CROWN When a brilliant Frankish queen sees her husband's ruthless holy war against the Muslims of Spain spiral into madness, she risks her life and kingdom by secretly joining forces with a Muslim queen to end the bloodshed. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Romantic, Fantasy, Horror, Historical/Alternative History, International Female, LGBTQ+, 55+ repped

< Back Jennifer Dunn jennifer@copperheadmedia.com http://www.copperheadmedia.com The Black List Jennifer Dunn is a television writer and filmmaker who explores class, family legacy, and the cost of inherited power in rural America. Born between a cemetery and a trailer park in North Georgia, she brings authentic perspectives on Appalachian communities and the forces that shape them. Her first one-hour drama pilot, BIRDSONG, won the 2020 Atlanta Film Festival Pilot Competition and the 2021 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Competition in Drama. The pilot placed as a finalist in Screencraft, Cinestory, and WeScreenplay competitions. BIRDSONG follows a young Appalachian witch who must defy her family's scam faith healing ministry and embrace her bloodline's demanding destiny after years of using Oxy to reject her disruptive supernatural powers. Jennifer's work examines how institutions—whether family clans, religious organizations, or corporate entities—control individual lives. Her characters navigate impossible choices between loyalty and freedom, protection and truth, survival and authenticity. She's drawn to stories about people trapped between worlds: the powerful gifts they inherit and the systems that exploit them. Jennifer participated in the CineStory TV Writing Fellowship in 2020, the New York Women in Film Writer's Lab in 2021, and the Sundance Episodic Intensive in 2022. Jennifer's influences include Sally Wainwright, Dorothy Allison, Daniel Woodrell, and stories that honor the complexity of rural communities. Honors & Awards Winner, Atlanta Film Festival Best Drama Pilot - BIRDSONG - 2020 Fellow, The Writer's Lab, BIRDSONG - 2021 Fellow, Sundance Episodic Intensive, DOUBLE FAULT - 2022 non-WGA/Caucus only Female, LGBTQ+, 40+ BIRDSONG Drama After years of abusing Oxy to reject her disruptive supernatural powers, a young Appalachian witch must defy her family’s scam faith healing ministry to embrace her bloodline’s demanding destiny. DOUBLE FAULT Sports Drama A Florida dropout battles his way into the classy, cutthroat world of elite professional tennis, unaware that the brutal sacrifices he made just to set foot on the court are only the beginning of his problems. MURDER BALLADS Detective procedural A thrice-widowed Appalachian PI obsessed with the decades-old mystery of her sister's death must battle her coal town's political machine while defending her son from a murder charge. Character-driven, Crime, Procedural, Psychological, Dark, Bittersweet, Naturalistic, Magical Realism Female, LGBTQ+, 40+ repped

< Back Terri Barclay Spaugh tbswriter@gmail.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3606322/ Terri B Spaugh writes character-driven dramas that explore buried truths, moral consequence, and the struggle to maintain identity within systems that seek to define it. Her stories center on flawed individuals forced to confront the cost of survival and the dignity found in facing it. Her produced YA feature FIELDS AFIRE received a WorldFest award and was distributed on streaming platforms. A graduate of UCLA’s Screenwriting programs and Rice University’s Creative Writing Program, Spaugh brings academic rigor and a background in science and history to her work. A WGA West mentor and former features writer for Creative Screenwriting, she founded the Texas Film Institute Screenplay Competition and served for over a decade as a finalist judge for the Austin Film Festival. She is currently developing feature projects, including nonfiction military adaptations, while continuing to mentor emerging writers. Honors & Awards Quarterfinalist, Blue Cat - 2 WAYS OF THE GUN - 2025, Quarterfinalist, FILMMATIC DRAMA SCREENPLAY AWARDS, S10 - The Longest Rally, 2025, Semifinalist, STAGE 32 HOLIDAY MOVIE SCREENWRITING AWARD - The Lights Before Christmas, 2023 WGA Current Member Female, Multi-ethnic, 55+ 2 WAYS OF THE GUN Revisionist Western - The Revenant , Django Unchained His sister stolen to be sold in West Texas, an eighteen-year-old hunts the notorious slaver Ghost, forced to choose between rage and restraint. DRIFT Grounded Sci-Fi Horror/Arctic Thriller - A Quiet Place meets The Thing A rescue mission to a sinking Arctic station turns deadly when an icebreaker captain discovers a shape-shifting plague has gone airborne, leaving only one chance to save the crew. CLINGING TO BONE Psychological Thriller/Suspense - Midsommar, Gone Girl A woman struggling with dissociation hunts her best friend’s ritual killer, defying her psychiatrist—only to discover he is real, entwined with her past, and hunting her next. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Western, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Dark, Naturalistic Female, Multi-ethnic, 55+ unrepped

< Back Najla Zaidi nzaidi6@gmail.com IMDb The Black List Najla Zaidi is an award-winning screenwriter and director. She is a fellow of the American Film Institute and has earned an MFA from UCLA. Honors & Awards Semifinalist, Define 1497 - MARYAM - 2025 Winner, MPAC Wise Entertainment Lab - BULL'SEYE - 2018 Winner, Telly Awards - DEAR MOM - 2015 Winner, Aurora Best of Show - DEAR MOM - 2015 Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member Female, Asian, 55+ ETERNAL SPRING Drama - A Passage to India/Vanity Fair When an Emperor’s beloved is forced into a marriage with his nemesis while he is away at war, he must risk losing his Empire to get her back. A SLIP IN TIME Dramedy - 13 Going on 30/Big When a woman falls back in time, she must relive her high school sagas to change her bleak future. BULLSEYE TV drama pilot - Percy Jackson/KOAS When the End of Days is fast approaching, the gods must find a way to reverse the hourglass of time or face total annihilation. Character-driven, Romantic, Historical/Alternative History, International Female, Asian, 55+ unrepped

< Back Aminah Hughes sheherself@aminah.com.au http://www.aminah.com.au/film Aminah grew up in Western Australia and spent eight years as a travelling creative in Europe before immigrating to the US. Her father was a journalist and conman who once interviewed Muhammad Ali. Her mother was a theatre actress, who chose not to raise her in the theatre, much to Aminah’s disappointment. She spent her youth as a classical flautist, poet, DJ, theatre actor and film reviewer before becoming a roots musician, music journalist, photographer and filmmaker. Her day jobs have included stints serving Justices at the Supreme Court library, as the Attorney General's research assistant at the Department of Justice, and as a covert writer of witness statements, working alongside state and federal police. The theme at the heart of her writing, from poetry to screenplays, is trauma recovery. In 2020, Aminah was accepted as a member of the Australian Directors Guild and in 2021, she moved to Los Angeles, where she has worked on features for Warner Bros, Universal, Disney, MGM, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures and Netflix, as a Scripting Editor in dubbing. Hailed by Musical Notes Global (New York) as “a true Renaissance woman” she has won local and international awards as a screenwriter, director, songwriter and musician. Aminah appears on fourteen albums and has recorded vocals on various productions, including highly anticipated game, Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock, based on the popular NBCUniversal Television Series. Honors and Awards Cinequest Screenwriting Competition , Current Semifinalist - WE CAN NEVER GO BACK - 2023-2024 (co-write with Dylan Kussman) Austin Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition , Semifinalist - THE RUBICON - 2019 ScreenCraft Short Screenplay Contest, Winner - THE RUBICON - 2018 non-WGA Female, 40+ THE INSIDE OF A SHELL Feature drama/magic realism After a troubling death, an aspiring artist must grapple with intrusive dissociative experiences in order to confront the trauma of her abusive past. WE CAN NEVER GO BACK Short drama In a cabin on the high desert, two desperate men seek refuge from a viral mass-extinction event. Forced to navigate their diametrically opposed plans for survival, they must overcome a lurking threat of violence if they are to emerge from the crisis with their humanity intact. THE RUBICON Short drama/magic realism An independent woman comes to the realization that she is in an abusive relationship, betokened by a ballerina in a painting. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Bittersweet, Magical Realism Female, 40+ unrepped

< Back Megan Rees meganlrees@gmail.com Coverfly IMDB Profile Megan once drove 3 murderers to a museum in a Honda Accord. Another time she helped a passenger snap back from a catatonic state on the subway floor. She writes female-led TV projects about wounded healers who are reluctantly pulled into saving society from destruction by the status quo. Her multi-accoladed pilot, Hot Town, is based on her grassroots work in community emergency care. So is Hot Flash, but the protagonist therapists also happen to be menopause-onset witches. With an interest in changing the industry from the outside in, Megan founded a community of women and nonbinary emerging screenwriters 40+ which now has over 500 members in 6 continents. She has collected data on accomplishments, arranged several industry speakers, and received donations from all the major screenwriting companies. Honors & Awards Finalist, Athena Film Festival Writers' Lab - Hot Town - 2023 Semifinalist, The Writers Lab - Hot Town - 2023 Semifinalist ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship - Hot Town - 2022 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+, 40+ HOT TOWN drama pilot When a charged video of her altercation with a cop goes viral, the captain of Oakland's only all-female fire crew must fight a corrupt city government that threatens to disband them. HOT FLASH fantasy comedy pilot When her first hot flash causes her to inadvertently bewitch her students and colleagues, a righteous school psychologist must join forces with a coven of fellow menopause-onset witches to learn to control her powers in exchange for helping them pull off a series of heists centuries in the making. Character-driven, Female-centric, Snarky Female, LGBTQ+, 40+ unrepped

< Back Julia Bergeron julia.bergeron@gmail.com http://www.juliabergeron.com Julia is an LA-based multi-hyphenate creative and storyteller. She gravitates to stories about underestimated heroes and the question: What would you do for family? As a mom to both a biological and adopted child, she defines “family” as traditional, adoptive, step, and found. Her feature screenplay Austen Time has an A-list star attached and Phil Traill (Chalet Girl, Modern Family, The Last Man on Earth) is set to direct. Her WW2 female-led drama Across Enemy Lines is currently being shopped by producer-director Natalie Simpkins (Father’s Day Breakfast with Troy Kotsur, The Token Groomsman with Andie MacDowell, Sarah Hyland, Taylor Lautner) and Pavel Edelman (The Pianist, Oliver Twist, Lee) set to DP. Meanwhile her horror feature Murder Van (starring Rachel Alig and Chad Ridgely) is in post-production. Her screenplays have earned repeated top placements at the Writers Lab, Austin Film Festival, Humanitas New Voices Fellowship, Stowe Story Lab and others. In music, she’s created 3D video story projections for artists including Rihanna, Britney Spears, Ariana Grande, Eminem, Pharrell Williams, Lana Del Rey, and Blue Man Group. In branding, she’s led campaigns for Tiffany, Cirque du Soleil, Ritz-Carlton, Porsche, and more. Honors & Awards Finalist, Historical Film, Page Awards, ACROSS ENEMY LINES , 2025 Finalist, Stowe Story Labs Programs and Fellowships Application Tangerine Entertainment - AUSTEN TIME - 2023 Runner-up, Script Pipeline - First Look Project - CHARLOTTE D'ARTAGNA - 2023 Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member Female AUSTEN TIME Feature, Rom-Com - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE meets BACK TO THE FUTURE When Jane Austen is transported to the present-day, she dives into modern life, even falling in love. But when her books begin to vanish, she must somehow return to her time to prevent her legacy, and that of all the women writers she influenced, from disappearing forever. ACROSS ENEMY LINES Feature - WW2 Female-led drama - BEHIND ENEMY LINES with women In winter 1943, a closed-off WWII nurse and her team are shot down over Nazi-occupied Albania. To complete a mission that could save thousands, they must escape across the treacherous Accursed Mountains with the uneasy help of a rebel leader hiding his own agenda. CHARLOTTE D’ARTAGNA Action Comedy - THE THREE MUSKETEERS + BACK TO THE FUTURE High school loner and fencing champ, Charlotte D’Artagna, and two other teens are flung back in time to 1625 Paris, where life sucks big time. To get home, they must band together to save the Queen and prevent a war. It’s all for one and one for all – without wifi. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, YA, Dark, Snarky Female unrepped