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< Back Tonia Kempler http://www.bellementertainment.com Coverfly Tonia Kempler is a multi-hyphenate, genre-agnostic filmmaker who lives in New York. Her focus is on projects with IP/multi-revenue stream potential. She specializes in world-building and character development. She develops comics, podcasts, unscripted & scripted TV, and features. She is currently in development with Radar Pictures on a horror feature . Her approach to storytelling and understanding audience engagement is fortified by a career in the Music Industry, including concert production and managing Grammy-Award-Winning producers, engineers, and songwriters. “No Scrubs” for TLC and “Survivor” for Destiny’s Child are among over 100 Billboard Chart Topping songs created by her previous clients. Tonia is a serial entrepreneur. She is the founder of Bellem Entertainment, Entangled Exposure Entertainment, The 9 Armadillos (Writer's Room), and The Old Orchard Film Festival. Tonia is a connector by nature. She is a member of The Vine Impact Global, Orchestrated Connecting, and The Renaissance Weekend. Over the course of her career, she has amassed an expansive network in both entertainment and finance. In 2024, Tonia began to altruistically connect impact-driven producers with financiers. She is actively helping A-List projects (only). Honors & Awards The Academy Nicholl Fellowship - Top 10% - THE OUTPOST - 2021 Emerging Screenwriters - Horror/Thriller Genre Winner, - THE OUTPOST - 2022 Oregon Short Film Festival - Best Drama - NOT YOUR FAMILY - 2022 non-WGA Female THE OUTPOST LGBTQ Coming-of-Age Thriller - STAND BY ME meets SUPER DARK TIMES Life quickly turns into chaos as two teen boys, struggling with their sexual identities, attempt to cover up an accidental murder, leading one to unravel a disturbing truth about the other. THE LEATHERFACE LADY Horror Feature - CREEP and T HE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT with a touch of PSYCHO . A young woman and her friends encounter the fabled Leatherface Lady, believed to slay hikers on the Appalachian Trail, only to discover the killer may, in fact, be the local urban legend’s grandson. GURCAN Action Feature inspired by true events - THE MARKSMAN and MAN ON FIRE meets the world of THE BRIDGE A federal agent pushed beyond his limits is forced to awaken his military past when his son gets kidnapped by a human trafficking organization within the government. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Psychological, Horror, Coming-of-Age, Dark, International Female repped

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

< Back Catherine Vouvray cathvouvray@gmail.com http://commelevin.com Coverfly Catherine Vouvray grew up gay in God’s country – the bible belt South – fearing for her life at home with mentally ill parents and out in the rural world, where those in the LGBTQIA+ community were killed for sport. Education saved her life, but writing saved her soul. Her work is focused on empathy, relationships, mental health, and finding the funny in dark times. A published short story writer and produced writer/director, Vouvray’s mission is to add to queer cinema while often placing older (gasp!) women at the epicenter of stories ranging from comedy to drama, to rom-com, to family, and finally, to animation. Oh, and yes, she also writes straight stuff for the youth. Vouvray is in post-production on her first independent feature film, All Wounds , which apparently needs a new title because it isn't a horror. Her influences include Waller-Bridges, Sciamma, Gaudagnino, and Manuel-Miranda. When not indulging in filmmaking, Vouvray writes novels, including The Months of Payne. Catherine is currently a proud fellow of the Michener Center for Writers. Honors & Awards Universal Global Talent Development & Inclusion - Semifinalist - LES GO! - 2021 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+, 40+ LES GO! Lesbian rom-com After using a lesbian-dating app to research a new role and accidentally meeting Ms. Right, a lonely, middle-aged movie star must redefine what love and career mean to her before she loses both. AUTHOR OF THE EPILOGUE romantic dramedy An elderly woman journeys home to England with her husband's ghost to reconnect with the love she left behind--a woman--before her son puts her in a nursing home. CODENAME: MAME 1/2 hour TV spy comedy An insular, sexy, sixty-year-old spy forced into retirement secretly continues targeting an international crime syndicate who then comes after her and her first-ever friends in the retirement community where she's gone undercover. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Romantic, Historical/Alternative History, International Female, LGBTQ+, 40+ unrepped

< Back William T. Sutphin Agent: Sharon Fraizer, Crystal Ship Artists - sharon@crystalshipartists.com 310-962-1151 Coverfly William Sutphin is a former 2008 DGA winner for his short film, UNCLE KILLA, which he later licensed to HBO/Cinemax. He is a graduate of Columbia University's Film MFA program and has gone on to place as a quarterfinalist in the Nicholl Fellowship. Most recently, William was one of sixteen finalists for the 2020 Universal Writer's Program. WGA Post-current Member Male, BIPOC, Black, Over 40 HOODWINKED (Feature Dramedy - GET OUT meets FRIDAY) A woke vegan neighborhood activist and a Soul Food Matriarch must put aside their differences to save their beloved Wakefield from greedy corporate house flippers. Will they save their neighbors from eviction, or a fate worse than death..raisins in their potato salad. BOOKER & OLIVIA (Period, THE GREAT DEBATERS meets HARRIET) Two idealistic education missionaries journey to the Deep South to build a school for ex-slaves but when the local cartel cottons loses their workers to a classroom, they threaten to burn the school and everything in it down. Will Booker & Olivia protect their school and build a legacy? LATE IN THE GAME (Half hour comedy pilot) Late-middle-aged pharmacist Jermaine must decide on accepting secure contracted employment or taking a quick buyout and journeying to LA to pursue his writing dreams amid a room of Gen Z influencers. Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Western, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, Limited Series, Snarky, Magical Realism Male, BIPOC, Black, Over 40 Repped

< Back Karol Ruth Silverstein karol@karolruthsilverstein.com https://www.karolruthsilverstein.com/ Karol is an award-winning children’s book author and screenwriter. Her debut young adult novel, Cursed , was loosely drawn from her experience of being diagnosed with juvenile arthritis at thirteen. A funny, frank, and unsentimental take on the “sick kid” genre, Cursed won the prestigious Schneider Family Book Award in 2020. Karol’s feature dramedy screenplay YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND was developed in the Film Independent Screenwriter’s Lab and was a Writer’s Guild of American West Feature Writer’s Access Project honoree. She lives in West Hollywood with two excessively fluffy cats. Honors & Awards Schneider Family Book Awards - CURSED - 2020 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection - CURSED - 2019 Writers Guide of America West/Feature Writers Access Project - YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND - 2016 non-WGA Female, Disabled, Over 40, Over 55 YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND (Dramedy Feature) Pie (9), an overly dramatic crybaby and Beck (10), her budding lesbian sister, nearly break apart along with their divorcing parents in the summer of ‘75. RACE TO ROMANCE (Romantic Comedy Feature in the vein of THE PROPOSAL) Former lovers – and co-hosts of a fading reality show – must work together for the first time since a messy breakup during hiatus and try to save their show. CURSED (YA Novel, Charlesbridge Teen, 2019) Funny, frank and full of F-bombs, young teen Erica navigates being newly diagnosed with a painful chronic illness amid the normal tragedies of 9th grade. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, YA, Children's, Slapstick, Snarky Female, Disabled, Over 40, Over 55 unrepped

< Back Daniel Gámez dannygamez@me.com 917-626-0031 Originally from Central America, Daniel writes dysfunctional tales of the Salvadorian-American experience, both as a former immigrant (who didn’t become naturalized until the age of seventeen) and now as a guilt-stricken American Citizen with far too many rights. Having fled from the Salvadorian War at the age of three, Daniel’s take on the Latinx point-of-view is rooted in trauma yet explored through humor. At the core of his writing—whether it be as an overly judgmental spectator of his ancestors or as an ethnically put-upon participant—is Daniel’s cautionary experiences in the never-ending assimilation process, a discipline that Daniel refers to as “A Rights of ‘Otherness’ Passage.” Daniel is also a proudly maladjusted homosexual, which comes with its own otherness stories. As a film instructor, Daniel has taught at AMVA, a vocational film school for teenagers and adults on the Autistic Spectrum. Currently, he runs the Cinema Arts Focus Program at Providence High School in Burbank. non-WGA Male, Latinx, LGBTQ+ LITTLE EL SALVADOR (One-hour dramedy pilot) A thirty-something Salvadorian-American Latino who, after getting dumped by his boyfriend for being too white-washed, attempts to win him back by moving into an ethnically populated apartment complex, all in an attempt to find the Latin roots he suppressed whilst over-assimilating in America. INJUSTICE FOR ALL (One-hour dramedy pilot) Set within the cutthroat world of high school mock-trials at a Law and Government Magnet program, underachieving MANNY (16) has just transferred in, determined to overcome immigrant invisibility by learning the justice system as he navigates coming-of-age as a pansexual, Latinx, illegal teen. “MOST LIKELY TO BE MURDERED” (Feature traumedy) Death-obsessed SANTIAGO (17) befriends a retiring serial-killer to help him commit suicide. However, Devon’s ‘murder-me’ plan takes an unexpected turn when the two outcasts set-out on a victim-prey love-affair that has the power to heal both their wounds. Character-driven, Queer, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, Dark, Bittersweet Male, Latinx, LGBTQ+ unrepped

< Back Victoria Renee Manager: Jermaine Johnson of Zero Gravity Management http://www.VictoriaRenee.net Victoria Renee is a writer, director, and producer. She is a Georgia native from College Park and Southwest Atlanta, GA. She is also a George Lucas Scholar and 2021 Master of Fine Arts graduate from the University of Southern California (USC)'s School of Cinematic Arts (SCA). Prior to becoming a filmmaker, she was an award-winning researcher, who earned her Master of Arts from Columbia University and her Bachelor of Science from Barry University, both concentrated in clinical and forensic psychology. She often code-switched on and off parts of her authentic self. It sucked. Thankfully, her code-switch broke when she embraced her artistry. Likewise, Victoria writes about characters who navigate different worlds and wrestle with self-acceptance. She pens dramas and dramedies about people within the African Diaspora living ordinary to extraordinary experiences. She aims for underrepresented people to feel seen and empowered by her work. non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Black BY THE CODE (Hourlong Drama) Amirah avoided the family drug business and focused on software coding instead. But as she enters her freshman year at Columbia University, she reluctantly assumes control of the empire that killed her uncle in order to prevent a Bronx war. HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE (Coming-of-Age Black Family Dramedy) After her best friend passes away, psychologist and fun "Auntie," Candice, is now responsible for her godchildren, Diamond (14) and Onyx (11). Candice must help them heal as they all act out in highly inappropriate sexual ways. PURITY (Drama/Sci-Fi Feature) Iyanna strives to become a scientist as the Crispr corporation where she works expands into designer DNA. After conceding to her best friend's desire to join a trial for a treatment that replaces one's appearance with more eurocentric features, Iyanna must find a cure to save her and millions of others. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Crime, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Horror, Coming-of-Age Female, BIPOC, Black repped

< Back Eugene Ramos Agent: Brant Rose/Toochis Rose, Brant Rose Agency - brose@brantroseagency.com / trose@brantroseagency.com 323-460-6464 Coverfly Eugene Ramos was born and raised in the Chicago area by immigrants from the Philippines who wanted him to follow their footsteps into the medical field. After devouring countless Shakespeare plays, he instead earned a degree in 16th-century British Literature from Northwestern University to the dismay of his parents. Still wanting to win his parents’ affections, he chose to go to an Ivy League institution for film school and graduated with an MFA in Film from Columbia University. Since then, Eugene has participated in several prestigious programs, including the Humanitas New Voices program, the CAPE New Writers Fellowship, Film Independent’s Project Involve, and the Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop. His Isaac Newton romantic-comedy script, NEWTON’S LAWS OF EMOTION, won the Sloan Filmmaker Prize at the Tribeca Film Fest and a Gold Prize in the PAGE Awards. He also co-wrote a number of award-winning shorts, including DANDELION FALL (dir. Lauren Wolkstein) and THEY CHARGE FOR THE SUN (dir. Terence Nance), which was nominated for a Humanitas Prize and garnered a “That’s nice” from his mom. Eugene is currently a staff writer on the Netflix animated series, THE DRAGON PRINCE. Because of his love for the Bard and science fiction, Eugene hopes to one day get a tattoo that says, “The Sci-Fi Shakespeare Guy.” (He won’t say where, but it won’t be anywhere his parents can see.) Honors & Awards Published Short Story - THE CHEEZHEAD (aka THE FANTASY FOOTBALL FAN'S TALE) - 2022 Nomination for Best Writing (Podcasts), The Webby Awards - THE ONLY PODCAST LEFT - 2020 The CAPE List - I’M NOT PHIL - 2019 non-WGA Male, BIPOC, Asian, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander, Multi-Ethnic, 40+ NEWTON’S LAWS OF EMOTION (Romantic comedy - SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE meets THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING) When a young Isaac Newton falls for a headstrong princess, he seeks to understand the principles of love using a new kind of mathematics. After many trials and errors, however, Newton realizes that falling in love isn't a matter of calculus, it's chemistry. SONS OF WITCHES (One-hour urban fantasy drama - SUPERNATURAL meets KUNG FU) A trio of Asian-American men – all sons of witches – must take over the family business of fighting supernatural evil after their mothers are murdered. Unfortunately, they have no powers … except for Cal, a schizophrenic who may be the first male witch in centuries. A COVEN OF THIEVES ( One-hour urban fantasy drama - CHARMED meets POINT BREAK) A rock band of witches recruits a new singer to help them steal supernatural artifacts from those who would use them for nefarious purposes. BIPOC-centric, Science, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, Animation, Magical Realism Male, BIPOC, Asian, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander, Multi-Ethnic, 40+ repped

< Back Gina DeAngelis deangelis.gina.m@gmail.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2391671/ The Black List Gina DeAngelis is the youngest of ten kids who all talked at once. She started writing a book at age 8 just to get a word in, little expecting that one day, she’d have published 32 others. After a year of high school in Australia -- as far from home as she could physically get -- she studied acting, playwriting, and directing alongside history for her B.A. A professional writer for 20+ years, she holds Master’s degrees in both history and screenwriting, and won an Emmy Award (two nominations) for historical drama. In Gina’s spec features, her unlikely heroes suffer from estrangement and isolation before building diverse found families. Even her darkest stories are ultimately life-affirming. Recent releases include STORIES OF WAR, a collection of 13 commissioned documentary shorts; the indie feature EVERYTHING FUN YOU COULD POSSIBLY DO IN ALEDO, ILLINOIS, which premiered in Los Angeles in 2024, and the horror short ASK FOR HELP, which DeAngelis also directed. Her short film adaptation of the Pamela Painter story DOORS recently completed post-production and will be in festivals in 2025. DeAngelis’s work has been consistently honored by the Academy Nicholl Fellowships, CineStory, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, the Austin Film Festival, Stowe Story Labs, and others. Her work has also appeared on PBS and was performed live for Queen Elizabeth II. Honors & Awards Semifinalist, Nicholl Fellowships - THE KNOCKING AT THE MARSH - 2024 Winner, Virginia Screenwriting Competition - THE KNOCKING AT THE MARSH - 2024 Finalist, Film Pipeline Short Script Competition - DOORS - 2023 non-WGA Female, 40+ THE KNOCKING AT THE MARSH (Horror/supernatural thriller - think THE WITCH, MAMÁ, THE WIND) When her widowed mother vanishes during a blizzard in 1850s Virginia, a biracial teenager must defend herself, her vulnerable little sister, and their isolated farm against their slaveholding uncle and the torments of an angry spirit. THE LITANY OF THE SAINTS (Murder mystery/thriller - THE NAME OF THE ROSE, DOUBT) When a devout young nun suspects that the death of her mother-superior was no accident, she must identify which of her sisters is the murderer before she becomes the next victim -- while suppressing her attraction to the violent young man assigned to protect her. IF THESE WALLS COULD SHUT UP (Horror-comedy - think NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, THE HAUNTED MANSION) When a reluctant inheritor decides to sell a tourist-trap re-enactment village, the site's ghosts mount a dangerous campaign of resistance, unless she can solve a 200-year-old mystery in one night. Female-centric, Thriller, Horror, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age Female, 40+ unrepped

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

< Back Marina Quintero marinaqwrites@gmail.com IMDB Marina is a Mexican-American comedy writer, born and raised in Pasadena. She was staffed on the Disney Channel's JUST ROLL WITH IT. She is a graduate of the 2019/2020 ABC Writers Program and has a background in stand up and theatre. She began her career as an actress and quickly realized she didn’t want to adhere to the stereotypical roles the industry set for her. Wanting to change the narrative for other underrepresented women, she decided she'd write for them. When Marina’s not in the writers room, she keeps busy raising her two year old daughter and telling jokes on stage about raising her two year old daughter. Her friends call her Mari and her mom calls her everyday. She answers to both. Honors & Awards Semifinalist, UCLA Extension Television Pilot Writing Competition- INSIDE OUT - 2016 WGA Female, BIPOC, Latinx, Multi-Ethnic, 40+ PARTY GIRL Half hour comedy - SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE meets THE MINDY PROJECT Giana, a party-loving beer sales rep in her 30s, must face her chaotic lifestyle when she becomes a godmother and confronts the possibility of never having children. THE CENTER Half hour comedy - ABBOTT ELEMENTARY meets COMMUNITY When 28 year old aspiring actress Lils gets served for unpaid school loans, she decides to participate in a loan forgiveness program at the community center that, for better or worse, raised her. SOAP MONEY Half hour dramedy - THIS FOOL meets ATYPICAL When a smooth-talking ex-con is released from prison after a seven year stint, he must play the role of “nanny” to his autistic nephew in order to appease his no-nonsense sister, as he begins his road to redemption. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, Dark, Silly, Snarky Female, BIPOC, Latinx, Multi-Ethnic, 40+ unrepped

< Back Edward Coffey edwardcoffey.writer@gmail.com https://www.edwardjcoffey.com Edward was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area to a schizophrenic, cancer-surviving single mother from the Philippines. An award-winning writer and producer, he’s also an Army combat veteran who has helped produce numerous Emmy- and Telly-winning commercials for the Department of Defense. After serving 8 ½ years in the Army, Edward returned to California and attained his master’s degree in writing for film, television & digital media. His work blends his experiences growing up poor with an immigrant single mother, using empathy to build rich and defined characters. Edward continues to serve as a jack-of-all-trades strategic communicator and content creator. non-WGA Male, Asian, Multi-Ethnic TISOY (Half-hour dramedy - THE BEAR x CHEF) A Filipino NYC chef finds himself in the rural Midwest to help his wife care for her ailing mother and her estate but finds himself unemployable and unable to integrate. INDEFENSIBLE (Feature drama - MASS x RABBIT HOLE) A single father navigates grief in the aftermath of a mass shooting when a conspiracy theorist gaslights his small town demanding proof the tragedy occurred. RISE (Sci-Fi historical one-hour drama - BACK TO THE FUTURE x GLORY) A disgraced Special Forces officer and his diverse squad of modern soldiers travel back in time to the Civil War and become entangled in the clandestine effort to defeat the Confederacy. Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Science, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Historical/Alternative History, Anthology, Limited Series Male, Asian, Multi-Ethnic unrepped