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< Back Mark DeCarlo markdecarlotv@gmail.com https://www.markdecarlo.com/ IMDb The Black List Mark is a Founding member of The Second City Hollywood. Mark has written, performed and produced Emmy Award winning current event comedy for ABC’s Windy City LIVE since 2012. On the big screen, Mark produced, co-wrote (with Ryan Rowe) and stars in the animated 2025 Asymmetric Studios feature: Pinocchio & the Water of Life. Mark partnered with VES award winning VFX futurist Julian Sarmiento to found Creative Disruption Partners, www.creating3d.com, to perform recurring livestream, 4K animation sketches on the Main Stage of LA ComicCon. His 2024 animated spec pilot, Meet the Walkerz, that chronicles the adventures of funny, vegetarian Zombies, sold to Pathbender Media. Currently, Mark is seeking new comedy/animation centric management to market future work, including his spec pilot: Processing: URTH. The show leverages CDP’s below-market VFX cost and unrivaled real time MoCap animation for TV. Mark is also the voice of pie-loving Hugh Neutron in “Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius.” Honors & Awards Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Performer - Windy City Live 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Associate Member Male, Latinx, 55+ PROMISE Rom-Com - Sinners/Cadillac Records In the neon-lit heart of the Chicago blues scene, a soulful singer & a former musical prodigy who abandoned his promise must navigate family secrets, and the hidden greed of a trusted mentor’s mysterious rivalry, to rescue a musical icon’s legacy and prove that some promises… are worth keeping. PROCESSING: URTH Workplace hard comedy - Parks & Rec , What We Do in the Shadows To survive, an alien spaceship crew of disgruntled, inept failures, who for centuries have bungled human abductions, must immediately transform Planet Earth to enable an Alien Invasion. SUCKERZ (Sci-Fi, Comedy, Thriller - think DON'T LOOK UP) A NASA intern and conspiracy podcast host infiltrate a New Age guru's cabal to thwart an alien/world government alliance to enslave 5% of humanity, by raising Earth's temperature while devouring the rest. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Naturalistic Male, Latinx, 55+ unrepped

< Back Denise A. Agnew One Moorer Media & Management James Moorer, james@onemoorer.com Denise A. Agnew is the author of over 70 novels and several optioned and produced screenplays and TV pilots and two non-fiction books. Her film House of Lies (also titled Secrets Beneath The Floorboards) premiered on Lifetime Movie Network October 2023 and is currently on Amazon. She has placed in numerous contests including the ISA (International Screenwriters Association) Story Farm Fellowship as a top 5 in the contest. Denise loves writing horror, thrillers and sci-fi but has also written romantic comedy, historical, and romantic suspense. Denise is also a paranormal investigator (SOS Paranormal Investigations), Reiki Master, Certified Creativity Coach and Evidential Medium. As a Creativity Coach, Denise assists anyone in the creative arts to maintain lifelong creativity. She is represented by One Moorer Media and Management, fiction/screenwriting agent Jo-Ann Cubello, and nonfiction agent Lisa Hagan. Honors & Awards Creative Screenwriting Top Ten Finalist - CRASH - 2025 ISA Top 5 The Story Farm Fellowship - CRASH - 2025 ISA Second Round Fast Track Fellowship - FALLOUT - 2025 non-WGA Female, 55+ CRASH Sci-Fi/Thriller Comps: Close Encounters of The Third Kind, The X-Files, Arrival An airline forensics expert teams with a park ranger to find out the true cause of a mysterious commercial plane crash with no bodies recovered and reports of a possible UFO in the sky at the time of impact." THE ANDERSONVILLE HORROR Historical Horror Comp: Crimson Peak An idealistic young nurse is sent from the North to the nation's most notorious Civil War prison camp where she must overcome sexism and bigotry to save her fiancé and her brother during a life-or-death battle against a supernatural enemy. DEEP Creature Feature Horror/Sci-Fi Comps: Mimic, The Descent, Quarantine. An emotionally broken British ex-soldier leads a group of mismatched survivors into battle against monsters released into the New York subway after a series of freak earthquakes. Female-centric, Crime, Thriller, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Horror, Historical/Alternative History, Dark Female, 55+ repped

< Back Kelly Jo Brick kellyjobrick@gmail.com https://kellyjobrick.com Kelly Jo Brick is a TV crime, mystery and procedural writer who digs into the layers and complexities of humanity, underdogs and justice, an exploration which is fueled by her specialized training in criminal behavior and intelligence. A Sundance fellow and alum of the Women In Film Writer/Showrunner Mentoring Program, Kelly Jo writes Bricks By Brick, an interview series for Cocktails and Movies that highlights the art and craft of making TV and film and spotlights the hard-working creatives bringing these projects to life. Originally from a small town in the heart of Wisconsin’s dairy country, Kelly Jo is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin with degrees in creative writing and English. While at the UW, she played trombone in the highly acclaimed University of Wisconsin Marching Band. After winning the Scriptapalooza TV competition and writing the Telly Award-winning film, PAUSE, she relocated to Los Angeles where she is the Vice Chair of the WGAW Genre Committee. WGA Associate Member Female THE RIDGE (TV Crime Drama) A Las Vegas FBI agent exposes corruption in the police department of her suburban Pittsburgh hometown, resulting in her being appointed interim chief, set with the task of chasing down a powerful drug ring while also having to survive her wildly dysfunctional family. Character-driven, Crime, Thriller, Procedural Female unrepped

< Back Dani Hanks danihanks@danihanks.com https://www.danihanks.com Dani Hanks (they/she) is a disabled writer/director based in NYC. Their workplace comedy pilot, THE G.Y.M., won the 2024 Austin Film Festival and will be featured on Table Read at the official podcast stage of SXSW 2026. Dani grew up elbow-deep in human organs at their mom’s pathology lab in Porterville, California. A direct result of inhaling too much formaldehyde in their formative years, they dove headfirst into the entertainment industry and received a BFA in Drama at NYU Tisch. Drawing from their experience as the only purple-haired snowflake in a deeply conservative family, they promote empathy for underrepresented identities through offbeat stories centered around diverse found families. Dani approaches the taboo with both levity and nuance and loves finding humor in the mundane. Dani has worked on projects in development at FilmRise and RKO, and is a fellow of Stowe, Disability Belongs, and the WGAE SSTP. They are a full-time meme connoisseur, part-time AD, former member of Mensa, and have 10 years of experience cutting animal tissue for medical research (much to the dismay of their pet rats). Honors & Awards Winner, Roadmap Coletta Preacely-Garcia Diversity Fellowship - KNOTTY - 2025 ISA's Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2025 - 2025 Winner, Austin Film Festival - THE G.Y.M. - 2024 Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member Female, Non-binary, LGBTQ+, Disabled THE G.Y.M. 1/2 Hour Workplace Comedy – ABBOTT ELEMENTARY in a Planet Fitness When a neurotic woman spends her life savings to rescue her hometown’s infamous gym, she and her ragtag employees must turn their shithole into shinola to compete with the fancy fitness chain across the street. KNOTTY 1-Hour Dramedy Determined to discover what caused her taboo fantasies, a sexually-repressed PhD student infiltrates the BDSM scene under the guise of “research,” but unexpectedly falls in love with this wholesome world of lustful LARPers, Pokémon perverts… and one of her professors. MYSTERY SISTERS 1-Hour Female-led Crime Procedural A reclusive techie with a mysterious past and a crime-junkie wannabe actress hit the road in a ramshackle Winnebago, racing to solve abandoned cases before the trail goes cold. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Medical, Crime, Procedural, Dark, Snarky Female, Non-binary, LGBTQ+, Disabled 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 Jason Ryan jasonryanfilms@gmail.com IMDb LinkedIn Jason Ryan is a 40+ screenwriter and filmmaker from Seattle, WA. His work in both the feature and TV space tends to skew towards the surreal, high-concept lane that owes its existence to filmmakers like Charlie Kaufman and David Lynch (but, you know, funny!). His scripts have placed as an Austin Film Festival semifinalist, Big Break finalist, PAGE semifinalist & more. He is also the creator of the mildly beloved, award-winning "Real Adult Feelings” web series. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking while listening to 90s alt rock, copiously quoting “30 Rock” and writing short bios in the third person. Honors & Awards Finalist in Action/Adventure Feature, Final Draft's Big Break Competition - CHEKHOV'S GUN - 2025 Semifinalist in Comedy Feature, Final Draft's Big Break Competition - THE METHOD - 2025 Semifinalist in Comedy Feature, Austin Film Festival's Screenplay Competition - BEING CHARLIE KAUFMAN - 2024 Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member Male, 40+ THE METHOD Comedy Feature - The Substance meets Everything Everywhere All At Once A Hollywood film star disinterested in his real life discovers the ultimate shortcut for "going Method" and escaping reality: a mysterious underground network of magical portals that allow him to travel anywhere across space-time to research any role imaginable. CHEKHOV'S GUN Action Feature - John Wick meets The Seagull meets Chekhov biopic Anton Chekhov has just put the finishing touches on a new play called “The Seagull," when it’s suddenly stolen by a mysterious foe. Armed with his weapon and his wits, Chekhov embarks on a hell-bent mission to get his manuscript back - or die trying. BEING CHARLIE KAUFMAN Comedy Feature - Being John Malkovich meets American Fiction In 1997, 2 years before "Being John Malkovich," an aspiring screenwriter struggling for inspiration stumbles upon a secret door in the back of the porn room at his local video store in Brooklyn, which transports him into the mind of writer Charlie Kaufman. Historical/Alternative History, Satire, Dark, Silly, Magical Realism Male, 40+ unrepped

< Back Edward G. Excaliber edwardexcaliber@yahoo.com LinkedIn The Black List Edward G. Excaliber is a Los Angeles-based, Miami-born Puerto Rican writer, a sci-fi/fantasy videogaming nerd who blends his darkly comedic, self-deprecating voice with emotionally sincere characters, focusing on grounded, personal stories in elevated genre worlds. The youngest of three, his passion for writing began at an early age, writing comic books, poems and lyrics, shifting to narrative storytelling in college, where he wrote and directed numerous stage plays. He transitioned to writing for film and television while attending the AFI Conservatory, earning an MFA in Screenwriting. Edward is an alum of the NBC Writers on the Verge and National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) writing programs. In 2024, Edward won the Hollywood Fringe Festival Theatre Theater Playwright Award. In 2026, he was selected for a reading at the Coconut Grove Theatre Festival in Miami. He’s written episodes of Parcast’s lost treasure podcast series, Gone. He’s worked as a story analyst for Sony Pictures, Amblin Partners, Focus Features, Austin Film Festival and Coverfly. Edward has twice been selected for the Read Latinx Initiative. Currently, Edward’s learning to play guitar, practicing amateur archery and developing new projects. Honors & Awards Winner - Theatre Theater Playwright Award, Hollywood Fringe Festival - 2024 Fellow - NBC Writers on the Verge - 2018-19 Fellow - NHMC Writing Program - 2017 Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member Male, Latinx, 40+ GEMINI One-hour Sci-Fi Action/Adventure pilot - Dr. Who/Hitchhiker's Guide ... When her MIT-genius twin-turned-mailman is found dead, a gamer girl discovers his secreted mail truck, which morphs into a spaceship, leading her on an interstellar mission to rescue him, led by the galaxy’s foremost espionage program: The United States Postal Service. HOUND Historical Comedy feature - The Death of Stalin/Jojo Rabbit (tone) 14th Century Paris. Seeking revenge for the murder of his guardian, a hound repeatedly attacks the alleged culprit, prompting the king to decree an unlikely duel between man and dog. Based on a true story… if you believe the legend. SPELLBOUND Half-hour Supernatural Comedy pilot - Baskets A down-on-his-luck street magician who’s actually a real wizard spends his days trying to stay powerful enough to pay the rent. But when his estranged daughter shows up, more powerful than any other wizard he’s ever met, he sees a path to reclaiming his identity. Character-driven, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Satire, Bittersweet, Silly, Snarky, Magical Realism Male, Latinx, 40+ unrepped

< Back J Florence Jones jflorencejones@gmail.com Jaye is a queer and non-binary writer living in Los Angeles. They grew up in Minnesota and attended NYU. In 2014 they hiked all 2185 miles of the Appalachian Trail because they were too stubborn to quit. Jaye writes romantic comedies and coming-of-age stories about characters exploring the slipperiness of queer identity. Their work has been recognized by the Academy Nicholl Fellowship, placing as a Semi-Finalist in both 2021 and 2023. Honors & Awards The Best Of The IWC - Kiss Me Like That - 2026 Semifinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - KISS ME LIKE THAT - 2021 Semifinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - KISS ME LIKE THAT - 2023 non-WGA/Caucus Only Non-binary, LGBTQ+ KISS ME LIKE THAT Feature, Romantic Comedy After finally working up the courage to come out of the closet, a gay teenager is determined to own his sexuality and slay his senior year, but he’s thrown off his axis when he falls in love with his best friend, who is – gasp! – a woman. SHAKE ME FREE FROM MY NAME Feature, Comedy-Drama Desperate to escape her crumbling life in Brooklyn, a struggling artist sets out to hike all 2185 miles of the Appalachian Trail, where the wilderness and her fellow hikers force her to confront her gender, identity, and fear of being truly seen. BOY’S LIFE Feature, Coming-of-Age A boy's plans to beat the merit badge record at summer camp are thrown for a loop when the unimaginable happens: he makes a friend. Queer, Romantic, Coming-of-Age Non-binary, LGBTQ+ unrepped

< Back Kathy Holzapfel ikatzap@gmail.com https://ikatzap.com LinkedIn Kathy Holzapfel is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter known for heartfelt, commercially appealing stories that blend humor, romance, and emotional depth. Her work spans romantic comedy, holiday films, and family drama for both page and screen. She has published multiple novels with major publishers under the pen names Lauren Bach, Cate Noble, and N. K. Holt, earning recognition including the VRW Holt Award, a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award nomination, and the NIEA Best of Religious Fiction Award. Her screenwriting credits include the holiday romance Holly, Mistletoe, and Frost, with additional scripts gaining industry attention and landing on The Naughty List. A former accountant, Kathy is also certified as a Life Strategy Coach and Infinite Possibilities Trainer. Known for her optimistic spirit and genuine love of life, she brings both structure and emotional insight to her storytelling, creating characters and worlds grounded in resilience, hope, and second chances. Based in southwest Georgia, Kathy enjoys hiking, treasure hunting in secondhand shops, and spending time with friends and family. Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member Female, 40+ CHRISTMAS MATCH Holiday Romance - LIGHTS, CAMERAS, CHRISTMAS! x BROADCASTING CHRISTMAS A cynical reporter’s take-down story of a town’s mythical matchmaking bells takes an unexpected twist when she becomes “matched” to a rival reporter. THE PIRATE'S CURSE Destination Rom-com - FOOL'S GOLD x PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN A modern myth-buster returns to her family’s struggling Caribbean resort only to release an 18th century pirate from an old bottle. With a rival treasure hunter on their heels and time running out, they must race to find a lost gemstone that could break the curse. DRIVEN HEARTS Rom-com - CINDERELLA (Amazon) x EVER AFTER A grease-stained mechanic fighting to save her late father’s legendary hot rod shop clashes with a wounded former race car driver tied to a rival family. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Magical Realism Female, 40+ unrepped

< Back Sabrina Mansfield sabrina_mansfield@yahoo.com http://www.SabrinaMansfield.net Sabrina, aka “The New Normal Lear,” whips up 2-3 laughs a page for a greater purpose - to focus on the working class, people of color, and issues of equity. After trouncing metastatic cancer three times and surviving a lot of truly crazy medical trauma, you can believe a tame goal like becoming a professional TV writer isn’t going to scare her off. This grit and tenacity helped when she became a mother-of-five overnight as a foster parent in LA, a role she has held for over 14 years - and because of those experiences, she knows why her writing in children’s television needs to be done thoughtfully. Multi-cam is Sabrina’s super-passion. She was the first grad student at USC to shoot an original multi-cam pilot (and an episode 1) in front of a live studio audience. Because of her passion for television, she was given the opportunity to do observerships with some of TV’s most accomplished directors, like James Burrows, Pam Fryman, Gail Mancuso and Warren Hutcherson (and over a dozen others). Sabrina was recently selected for the 2024 Disability Belongs Fellowship for Writing Children’s Animation, she was a finalist for the Fred Rogers Productions Writing Fellowship and the ABC/Disney Directing Fellowship (for two years in a row!), and she is currently the Director of Events for the LA Children’s Media Association. Honors & Awards Semifinalist, Page International Screenwriting Awards - FINDING HOME - 2020 Top 15% of over 8100 Entries, Nicholl Fellowships - FINDING HOME - 2021 Finalist, Fred Rogers Productions Writing Fellowship - THE WILDWOOD SPRITES - 2024 Awarded Fellowship, Disability Belongs "Writing Children's Animation" - THE WILDWOOD SPRITES - 2024 " non-WGA Female, Disabled, 40+ MOM GENES Multi-cam a la Roseanne A no-nonsense, single Black mom, juggles raising her mischievous kids, taking care of her cantankerous, old-school father, and in her backyard cottage, guiding her tween nephew and his well-meaning but naïve, white, gay adoptive dad - who will need more help raising a Black son than he realizes. EASTSIDE PRIDE! Tween Multi-cam Sitcom Disney's A.N.T. Farm or Bunk'd When their beloved (but severely underfunded) inner-city afterschool program is at risk of shutting down, director Dee-Dee must pull together her rag-tag crew of tweens in order to win the grant that will save their special club. THE WILDWOOD SPRITES Preschool Animated Netflix's Spirit Rangers or Disney's Doc McStuffins Larch and his friends face special challenges every day at Sprite School and in the process, learn about friendship, cooperation, and how to protect and care for the forest ecosystem. BIPOC-centric, Children's, Animation Female, Disabled, 40+ unrepped

< Back Sabine El Gemayel sabine.el.gemayel@gmail.com http://www.sabineelgemayel.com SABINE EL GEMAYEL is a writer, director, and editor known for exploring socio-political dynamics across Canada, France, Iran, the Levant, and the US. Born in Tehran to a Lebanese father and French mother, her artistic journey reflects the diverse cultural influences and the intense civilian war experiences that have shaped her. Her feature narrative NILOOFAR and feature documentary GENERATION ZAPPED have garnered international acclaim, along with nominations and awards at prestigious festivals like Berlinale, Cannes Junior, AFI FF, Sedona IFF, Dubai IFF, and many more. Her screenwriting skills have earned her fellowships from Hedgebrook and DreamAgo. Her screenplay, BRINGING IT HOME, was nominated at the Breaking Through The Lens 2022 screenplay competition and became a semi-finalist for The Abortion Pipeline Grant of the Athena FF in 2024. As a film editor, she edited Lebanon’s official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2020 Oscars, 1982, as well as Palestine's submission in 2004, THE OLIVE HARVEST. Fluent in French and English and proficient in Arabic and Persian, El Gemayel's multilingual and multicultural background adds a unique perspective to her storytelling. Currently, El Gemayel has several projects in the pipeline and is actively engaged in the industry, mentoring for the Royal Film Commission of Jordan's MOSAIC Post Lab 2025, serving on their Film Fund 2024 jury, and evaluating for Film Independent’s Global Media Makers program. Honors & Awards Fellowships from Hedgebrook (2019) and DreamAgo (2010 & 2012). Nominated at the Breaking Through The Lens 2022 screenplay competition - BRINGING IT HOME - 2022 Semi-finalist for The Abortion Pipeline Grant of the Athena FF - BRINGING IT HOME - 2024 non-WGA Female BRINGING IT HOME (Drama) When Kay, a war veteran with a high-risk pregnancy due to depleted uranium exposure, meets Hadiya, a refugee and former Iraqi midwife, they’re forced to find common ground over the fate of Kay’s unborn child. BE MY BABY (Trilingual drama) Colette, a French working professional and single mother living in LA, hires Tracy, an American surrogate, and Luna, a Hispanic wet nurse and caregiver, only to be confronted with the complexities of motherhood as Tracy carries the baby, Luna cares for him, and Colette only has the time to raise him part-time. Character-driven, Female-centric, Coming-of-Age, Limited Series, Satire, Naturalistic, International Female repped

< Back Staton Rabin IMDB Staton Rabin is an optioned screenwriter who adapts IP— including stories based on real people and true events— on assignment for film and TV producers. She has a chameleon-like ability to write convincing characters and scripts set in any century or country that attract top talent as attachments. Her feature script based on one of her three YA novels from Simon & Schuster, BETSY AND THE EMPEROR, had Al Pacino attached to star as Napoleon Bonaparte and won the Montreal Independent Film Festival and Festival Napoleon in Paris. Her spec feature script SAVING MARK TWAIN (drama-comedy inspired by a true story) won the PAGE Awards Bronze Prize, Vail Film Festival, and is an ISA Fast Track Genre Winner and is ready for packaging. Known for heartfelt, poignant, and funny scripts with A-list actor-bait roles, Staton has adapted Louis Sachar’s THE CARDTURNER (Sachar also wrote HOLES), Alex Rosenberg’s World War II Adventure/LGBTQ Romance THE GIRL FROM KRAKOW (Austin Film Festival Semifinalist script), Tim Ashby’s historical adventure novel with a Black hero, RANGER, into a TV pilot (BLACK RANGER), and two psychological thrillers, INSTRUMENTS OF NIGHT and RED LEAVES, based on books by Edgar Award-winning novelist Thomas H. Cook. After earning her BFA in film at NYU, Staton became a freelance story analyst for Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, and the former William Morris Agency, taught screenwriting, and has evaluated thousands of scripts for producers and screenwriters. Honors & Awards Winner, Bronze Prize Historical Film, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards - SAVING MARK TWAIN - 2023 Semifinalist, Austin Film Festival - THE GIRL FROM KRAKOW (Drama Feature script based on the book by Alex Rosenberg) - 2023 Winner, Best Feature Script, Montreal Independent Film Festival - BETSY AND THE EMPEROR (Staton Rabin's script based on her YA novel from Simon & Schuster) - 2021 Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member Female, 40+ SAVING MARK TWAIN Dramedy Broke and blocked, Mark Twain thinks things can’t get worse—until an insufferable reporter from India, Kipling (23), lands on his doorstep desperate to interview his idol, steals Twain’s daughter’s heart, and throws his life into chaos. Might this maddening fanboy be the only one who can save him? Based on true story. BETSY AND THE EMPEROR Drama A rebellious teen English girl befriends the most feared man on earth-- Napoleon-- while he's held prisoner by the British on St. Helena, grows to love him, and risks her life on her dangerous schemes to help him escape. Based on true story and Staton Rabin's YA novel (Simon & Schuster); book sold in 15 languages. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, Bittersweet, International Female, 40+ unrepped