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

< Back Wade Wofford wade@happywasteland.com IMDB Writer/Director/Producer Wade Wofford tells stories that start fights—good ones. His grounded sci-fi and socially charged dramas push audiences into debating the ideas at their core, inviting viewers to look into corners of life they may never have considered. His third feature, Urban Ed, a searing drama drawn from his years teaching in an inner-city classroom, is now finalizing distribution. The film earned a Stowe Fellowship, reached the Nicholl semifinals, won Audience Choice at the Boston International Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Picture at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival. Wofford’s previous feature won the Rising Star Award at the Canada International Film Festival, and his sci-fi script about a school for logic won Best Sci-Fi Screenplay at the Nashville Film Festival. His production company, Happy Wasteland, is in post on three shorts he co-wrote, produced, and directed—proof-of-concepts for a grounded sci-fi series. A vagabond of both the world and the industry, Wofford has lived and trained across the country: drama at the University of Georgia, directing at the LA Film School, and screenwriting in New York via Roadmap Writers. He’s also worked as a DP, gaffer, and scenic artist, believing deeply in understanding the medium from every angle—and in building a creative family along the way. Honors & Awards Stowe Story Labs Fellowship - URBAN ED - 2018 Semi-Finalist - Nicholl Fellowship - URBAN ED - 2022 SemiFinalist, Feature Drama - Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition - DEATH OF A NATION - 2023 non-WGA Male, 40+ FEST Feature Dramedy - AMERICAN HONEY meets LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE Months after a fight that fractured their family, a 22-year-old MIT robotics student invites his estranged and complicated twin sister to Fuck the Vote — a jamband festival colliding with a presidential election — bringing a reckoning with politics, gen Z purpose, and each other. THE COMMON MAN Feature - Limited Location Crime Drama - RESERVOIR DOGS meets MICHAEL CLAYTON When a down-on-his-luck engineer stops to use the bathroom at a roadside rest by the freeway, he stumbles into a high-profile kidnapping involving a controversial corporate lawsuit…and a bizarre social experiment. PLUS 50 Limited Series - Grounded Sci-Fi Drama - DOPESICK meets AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH An intertwined environmental drama about what life will look like 50 years into a realistic future: as the world runs out of water, a Chinese businessman, African immigrant and American survivalist struggle to find ways for their families to adapt and survive. Character-driven, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Coming-of-Age, Limited Series, Dark, Naturalistic, International Male, 40+ unrepped

< Back Michael J. Dougherty miked930@hotmail.com 323-804-0606 Blessed with Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus, Michael J. Dougherty is a film person living and working in Hollywood. He is the co-founder of the ReelAbilities Film Festival: Los Angeles, entering its 4th year, and was an active member of the WGA's Disabled Writers Committee, which helped produce a PSA he wrote and directed called LOOK AROUND, meant to encourage disability inclusion in the entertainment industry. His screenplay, NO ONE IS LOOKING, about homicidal special education kids, was included on the 2020 Disability List as one of the best unproduced disability-related scripts. The son of a former Catholic priest and nun, Michael's earliest memory was his mother taking him to see E.T. while he was recovering from brain surgery, which led him to draw a clear line between the experience of art and the relief of pain. He's learned everything about love from Charlie Brown's pining for the Little Red-Haired Girl, everything about courage from Frida Kahlo, and everything else from Samuel Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT, which confirms Michael's great belief: "If we're all going over the edge - and we are - shouldn't we laugh on the way down?" non-WGA Male, Disabled, Over 40 NO ONE IS LOOKING (Dark Comedy/Thriller) Sam, a physically-challenged high-schooler, who kills a bully and thinks he got away with it because no one would believe a kid in a wheelchair would be capable of that, must find the bully’s missing head before anyone finds out about the murder. I MIGHT BE WRONG (Dark Comedy/Melodrama) Frankie, a lonely artist born with a degenerative disability, falls in love for the first time, but it's with a substitute teacher at her school who may or may not be a child molester. YOUR PET & YOU (Sci-Fi) Victor, a propaganda filmmaker who works for a medical facility that turns the disabled into house pets, must fight his way out of the system and rescue his autistic sister after he has become a "pet" himself. Character-driven, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Horror, Coming-of-Age, Dark Male, Disabled, Over 40 unrepped