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< 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 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 Elijah Sariñana https://www.elijahsarinana.com/ Elijah Sariñana is a Mexican/Nahua writer and filmmaker committed to crafting universal narratives through a lens of cultural specificity. He specializes in genre, with a focus on sci-fi, horror, and fantasy. Storytelling isn’t just his passion, it’s in his blood. He was a writer on Seasons 1 and 2 of Nocturno: Tales From the Shadows, the acclaimed horror anthology podcast series starring Danny Trejo. He recently completed the first season of Zone of Silence, starring Mario Lopez and Eric Winter, and is developing Vastland Saga, a multi-format sci-fi franchise anchored by the vertical series March of the Inferno. Elijah writes with a blend of horror, heart, and humor, combining mythos, resistance, and worldbuilding into emotionally resonant storytelling. He is dedicated to expanding what “genre” can look and feel like when told with a spirit anchored in the past and a mind set toward the future. non-WGA Male, BIPOC, Latinx, Indigenous/Native American HAVOC The Last of Us meets Snowpiercer Venus 2195: Mysteriously separated from the main sky colony, survivors aboard a dying airship must come together to battle inhuman threats, and even time itself, in order to return home. REMNANT OF DAY The Witcher meets Zorro Alta California, 1821: After his village is destroyed, an accursed monster-hunter vows to track down the supernatural creatures responsible for his parents’ disappearance." ASPECT Supernatural meets This Fool After she's arrested for impersonating an FBI agent, a plucky clairvoyant discovers that her only chance to cure her once-possessed, now catatonic mother is by joining an underground agency that specializes in the supernatural. Character-driven, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror Male, BIPOC, Latinx, Indigenous/Native American unrepped

< Back Nelson Downend ndownend@gmail.com http://www.nelsondownend.com Coverfly Nelson Downend is an award-winning screenwriter, director and lighting designer based in New York City. His work explores emotional and psychological trauma and the power of the human connection in the aftermath. Informed by his experience as a lighting designer, Nelson’s work often employs a grounded surrealism that enhances the visual storytelling. Nelson's character driven projects include dark dramas, psychological thrillers, mysteries, and dramatic comedies which have won or advanced to the later rounds in various screenwriting programs and contests including Table Read My Screenplay, the Austin Film Festival, the Page International Screenwriting Awards, ISA, Stowe Story Labs, Roadmap Writers, ScreenCraft and Final Draft’s Big Break. He currently has several projects on Coverfly’s Red List. Most recently, Nelson worked as a screenwriter on multiple TV projects being developed by Little River Entertainment. Nelson's films have screened at various film festivals, including The New York Shorts International Film Festival, New York CineFest, the Garden State Film Festival, the Lighthouse International Film Festival and the Richmond International Film Festival. Nelson received his MFA in TV Writing from Stony Brook University and holds a BFA in Lighting Design from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Honors & Awards Table Read My Screenplay (Hollywood) - Grand Prize Winner – Rock Bottom – 2024 Austin Film Festival - Finalist – Rock Bottom – 2024 Cinequest – Finalist - The Divinity Cycle - 2023 non-WGA Male, 40+ THE DIVINITY CYCLE One-Hour Drama - Psychological Thriller A disillusioned Catholic Priest is drawn into a grisly homicide investigation after one of his parishioners confesses to multiple murders. VITALS One-Hour Drama - Mystery Recovering addict Nieve is obsessed with a new museum installation by seminal light artist Henry Saint-James. But when Saint-James’ assistant is found dead, and he shows up on Nieve's doorstep asking for help, Nieve soon begins to worry she may be harboring a murderer. ROCK BOTTOM Feature - Dark Dramatic Comedy Following a chance encounter while throwing up in the same public bathroom, a fifty-five year old alcoholic and a twenty-four year old bulimic form an unlikely bond as they attempt to address their unresolved trauma, mend fences with estranged family and slowly head down the path toward recovery. Character-driven, Crime, Thriller, Psychological, Limited Series, Dark Male, 40+ unrepped

< Back Steven Goldman sgoldmannn@aol.com Matthew Wallerstein; The Wallerstein Group: mbw@walersteingroup.com Steven Goldman is an internationally syndicated film journalist based in Los Angeles. His UK credits include: Time Out, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, BBC Children's Television, The Evening Standard and British Esquire. In the US, his work has appeared in The New York Times, Premiere, Interview and Artsmeme. He is the writer of two animated TV specials for Film Roman/HandMade Films - based on the Eloise books by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight, featuring the voices of Tim Curry and Lynn Redgrave. He has provided promotional materials for NBCUni, Sony, MGM, Paramount, Amblin, Disney, STX, Warner Bros, Imax, Lionsgate, and Apple TV. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America’s Animation Caucus, The IWC, and The Critics Choice Association. non-WGA Male, 55+ STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT (TV Comedy; Live Action/Animated) Two grapes sitting on a fruit plate wrestle with the petty dramas of daily life, the limitations of their dreams & aspirations, and their own mortality - living in the shadow of an unpredictable and lethal entity, The Hand. HOWDY DOODY TIME (Feature; Caper Comedy) A well-meaning minion's life goes to hell when he gets his best friend a job as his assistant. But as he struggles to get rid of him, neither is aware that the workplace itself is a front for an international forgery ring. TRANSITIONAL BOB (Animated; Limited Series) An eccentric drifter on the run from the law sets off to find his long lost brother, only to discover the man he’s looking for is the same man who’s pursuing him and the hitchhiker he’s picked up along the way may be planning to eat him. IWC BEST OF 2024 Character-driven, Children's, Animation, Limited Series, Dark Male, 55+ unrepped

< Back Kathryn Orwig Agent: Caroline Rabin, The Kaplan Stahler Agency https://www.kathrynorwig.com/ IMDb 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 PAGE Award Winner, Roadmap GPS Fellowship Winner, 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 tight-knit, small-town upbringing to explore resilience and survival in her stories. Honors & Awards Silver Award Winner, 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 Inspired by the true story of the ruthless Pirate Queen Ching Shih who leads 40,000 pirates into a brutal clash with the Portuguese Navy and the Chinese Empire. She risks everything to save her loyal crew or they’ll succumb to a watery grave. 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 Reenita Malhotra Hora Manager: One Moorer Management ; james@onemoorer.com reenita.malhotra@gmail.com 415 531 8280 http://www.reenita.com Coverfly Reenita is the unrivaled 'Nora Ephron' of South Asian storytelling, crafting tales as vibrant as her culture—unapologetically Indian, filled with humor, and starring gloriously imperfect characters. LA Weekly hails her as a top Indie writer bringing Indian culture and humor to American audiences. A former journalist and editor, she has written for National Geographic Kids, Disney India, Cartoon Network Asia, The New York Times, CNN, Radio Television Hong Kong, and Bloomberg. Her accolades include the Eric Hoffer Book Award, IndieReader Discovery Award, Santa Barbara International Screenplay Award, Script2Comic, Launchpad, and Emerging Screenwriters awards, with Operation Mom receiving second-round consideration for the Sundance Institute Development Slate. Beyond books, she’s the creator of two hit podcasts: The True Fiction Project (where reality collides with fiction) and Shadow Realm (a portal to thrilling narrative fiction). She’s also honed her screenwriting skills through Writers’ Bootcamp and Roadmap Writers, proving she means business. Her book Ace of Blades and screenplay Shadow Realm have been optioned, and coming soon is Festival of Lights (HarperCollins). Discover her world of humor, fantasy, and captivating stories at reenita.com . Honors & Awards Santa Barbara International Screenplay Award, OPERATION MOM 2023 Sundance Institute Development Slate, OPERATION MOM 2024 Emerging Screenwriters Finalist, SHADOW REALM, 2024 Finalist, Screencraft, FAMILY HONOR (AND OTHER LIES) 2024 Finalist, LaunchPad, VERMILION HARVEST, 2023 WGA Female, BIPOC, Asian, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander, 40+ OPERATION MOM Feature; YA, Romcom - PARENTTRAP meets FREAKY FRIDAY with the tone of NEVER HAVE I EVER Desperate to get her obsessive mom off her back, a feisty Indian-American eleventh-grader becomes her mother’s secret matchmaker only to find love herself. SHADOW REALM Feature Kids/Family, Animation - PERCY JACKSON meets VEDIC MYTHOLOGY When an angry, rebellious teen causes an accident confining his mother to a coma, he needs to battle the 10-headed demon king in the land of the Ramayana mythology to learn to conquer his own inner demon before journeying home to save his mother. UNITED COLORS TV -Half-hour single-cam; YA coming-of-age - DERRY GIRLS meets FRESH OFF THE BOAT A feisty Indian-American teen and her ride-or-die besties devise crazy schemes to persuade their no-nonsense principal into helping her skip college for the family business. Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, YA, Children's, Animation, International Female, BIPOC, Asian, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander, 40+ repped

< Back Kimberley Ann Sparks kim@kimsparks.com http://www.kimsparks.com Kimberley Ann Sparks is an award-winning writer who works in film, television, video games, and podcasts. She’s written episodes of preschool series which have been broadcast on Treehouse, TVO, and BBC Kids. Kim’s scripts have placed in a number of screenwriting contests, including the The Writers’ Lab NYC, Page Awards, and she was selected to be a participant in the 2024 Stowe Story Labs Connemara Writers’ Retreat. Kim also writes scripts and dialogue for AAA video games, and she has worked on games such as Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Kim has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. She is also a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Prime Time Television Program and UCLA’s Professional Screenwriting Program. She teaches screenwriting at Toronto Metropolitan University. Honors & Awards IWC Best Of Selection - THE BONUS DAY - 2026 Quarter-finalist, Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices - PILGRIMS: STORIES FROM THE MOUNTAIN - 2025 Quarter-finalist, Emerging Screenwriters Competition - PILGRIMS: STORIES FROM THE MOUNTAIN - 2025 Quarter-finalist, The Writers Lab NYC - PILGRIMS: STORIES FROM THE MOUNTAIN - 2024 non-WGA Female, 55+ PILGRIMS: STORIES FROM THE MOUNTAIN (Feature Drama) A 22-year-old physics major is called to join a pilgrimage that she doesn’t believe in and which no one has ever returned from. We follow her journey as she encounters others affected by the Pilgrims while this mysterious calling compels her up the mountain. THE BONUS DAY (Feature drama) An elderly man and woman meet at a euthanasia clinic. When their deaths are unexpectedly postponed, they spend the day together, fall in love, then must decide if they should go through with their procedures. Character-driven, Female-centric, Medical, YA, Children's, Animation, Bittersweet Female, 55+ I am not currently repped.

< Back Robin Fusco robin@robinfusco.com 323-645-0133 http://www.robinfusco.com Coverfly The Black List Robin Fusco creates layered psychological thrillers that take the women you love to hate, put them in fucked-up situations, and make you root for them. She previously coached physicians from around the world on empathy and medical ethics, and she draws on this expertise to bring emotional truth to complex, morally ambiguous narratives. Robin was a recent WIF Writing Circle Mentee as well as a NYSCA/NYFA Screenwriting Fellow, and her scripts have placed in numerous competitions, including WeScreenplay, ScreenCraft, and Cinequest. She’s also a commissioned and published playwright whose work has been produced internationally. A native New Yorker, Robin was awarded an MFA in screenwriting from Point Park University, and she is a member of both The Dramatists Guild and Mensa. She tells stories that immerse us in lives unlike our own, and when she’s not writing, you can often find her out in nature hiking and conquering mountains — another way in which she expands her perspective. Robin is based in Los Angeles. Honors & Awards Writing Circle Mentee , Women in Film - 2022 Screenwriting Fellow , NYSCA/NYFA - 2019 Winner, WeScreenplay Television Contest - COLLATERAL DAMAGE - 2018 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+ CAPITAL (Hourlong Drama) After her best friend is murdered, a high-end sex worker’s quest for justice unravels a dangerous conspiracy involving her longtime john and his covert political group that’s intent on dismantling the U.S. from within. THE AYON HIVE (Hourlong Premium Drama) A lost and desperate woman gives up everything to join a happiness commune only to discover that the leader of this supposed utopia is using psychological and physical torture to mold select devotees into perfect, made-to-order wives for wealthy, powerful men. BIOGENESIS (Hourlong Crime/Medical Drama) An ambitious biochemist must outmaneuver her narcissistic husband, protect her children, and avoid capture by the FBI as she infiltrates the ranks of the hacktivists who have turned her revolutionary, widely distributed heart implants into murder weapons. Science, Medical, Crime, Procedural, character-driven, female-centric, psychological, dark Female, LGBTQ+ 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 Rudi O'Meara rudi@rudiwithaneye.com https://www.rudiwithaneye.com The Black List Rudi O’Meara is a Black List Recommended action/adventure screenwriter based in Marin County, California. He got his start in the industry working as a junior development exec for Oscar-winning indie producer David Weisman. In his 20s, he pivoted careers and worked as an award-winning Creative Director for some of the world’s best brands. But after three back-to-back near-death experiences (blood clot, ski crash, blood clot) nearly took him out, he decided to finally listen to that voice in his head that kept asking why he wasn’t writing. Since then, he’s won or made the finals of numerous screenwriting competitions including: Roadmap Writers, ScriptPipeline, Page, Big Break, ScreenCraft, Shore Scripts, ISA, WritersXWrtiers, Filmmatic, and Outstanding Screenplays. His work tends to focus on misfits and outsiders struggling to face their mortality, fight their fears, and redefine themselves (and their tribe) in order to survive. And he sees genre as a tool for exploring taboo subjects in unexpected and arresting ways. Honors & Awards IWC Best Of Selection - THE 10TH - 2026 WritersXWriters Screenplay Competition - Winner - THE ESCAPIST - 2024 Filmmatic Pitch Now Competition - Winner - AMENDS - 2023 Script Pipeline Pitch Competition - Runner-Up - REJUVENATION - 2023" non-WGA Male, 55+ THE ESCAPIST WWII Drama Feature ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT meets THE ARTIST In a bid to survive WWII without firing a shot, a naive young jazz-obsessed musician joins the Musikkorps Leibstandarte-SS (Hitler’s elite personal orchestra) and soon finds himself thrust into some of the fiercest fighting of the war." THE 10th WWII Action Feature SAVING PRIVATE RYAN meets MERU Two headstrong mountaineers (one American, one Austrian) find themselves playing an unexpectedly pivotal role in the first high-stakes WWII mission of the US 10th Mountain Division—America’s first alpine infantry unit. REJUVENATION Horror/Thriller Feature STEPFORD WIVES meets EX MACHINA After discovering her husband is cheating on her, a middle-aged woman follows her BFF to a remote spa promising a genetically rejuvenated self. Soon though, both women find themselves being hunted down by their younger, hotter, optimized selves." Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Psychological, Horror, Historical/Alternative History, Limited Series, Dark Male, 55+ 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