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< Back Shaene M. Siders writer@DragonUnderGlass.com http://www.DragonUnderGlass.com Shaene Siders is an IBM-certified computer geek and an award-winning action, science fiction, and fantasy writer. Never read her scripts without a helmet! Her work has reached from the deepest seas (THE OCTONAUTS) to the farthest stars (NASA). A Humanitas Prize nominee, Shaene is a writer of fine explosions who geeks out over swords, sorcery, and superheroes. She recently finished as a staff writer on Cartoon Network’s Young Adult anime series INVINCIBLE FIGHT GIRL and she wrapped 5 seasons as Co-Creator, Head Writer, and Executive Producer for HELLO KITTY AND FRIENDS SUPERCUTE ADVENTURES. (Her show had more explosions than you might think!) You’ll also see her work on MARVEL'S AVENGERS ASSEMBLE, DC SUPER HERO GIRLS, the Emmy-Award-winning NIKO AND THE SWORD OF LIGHT, and LEGO MONKIE KID. Shaene is open to projects with impact. Heartwarming, heart-pounding, or fists-in-face impact. Honors & Awards Finalist Nominee for The Humanitas Prize, Humanitas - NIKO AND THE SWORD OF LIGHT, "The Automatron" - 2020 non-WGA Female, Disabled INNER DEMONS (Supernatural action thriller - Similar to CONSTANTINE or BLADE) In a mental hospital for the possessed, demons torment Dr. Brinkman's patients. Her cure? Invade Hell. With the help of a mysterious, battle-scarred angel, she fights the unrelenting archdemon Belthadar to stop him from unleashing his wrath on Earth. Character-driven, Science, Thriller, Procedural, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Animation, Magical Realism Female, Disabled Unrepped

< Back Heather Ragsdale Heatherragsdale@outlook.com Heather Ragsdale is the product of two hippies who moved to the wilderness of Northern California with a dream of living off the land. A childhood spent without electronics fueled her imagination. Not only did she read everything she could get her hands on, but the stage became her second home. Following high school, she was hired to teach foster teens improvisational skills as a way to recognize cycles of abuse. It gave her insight into the generations of women in her own family who had found a way to rise above their circumstances. As such, her scripts tend to revolve around survivors who choose to re-frame and re-write their stories. Inspired by the transformative power of storytelling, Heather moved to LA where she received her undergraduate degree from Occidental College in theater. Heather worked her way up from stage managing to producing new plays to directing. She returned to USC to get her Master’s degree in film production where she won a D.G.A. Award and a Student Emmy. Heather went on to work as a writer’s assistant for Toni Graphia and Ronald D. Moore. Her scripts have won and placed in CineStory, The Writers Lab, Final Draft Big Break, PAGE, Nicholl Fellowships, Austin Film Festival, and the Sundance labs. Although her “wild” days are behind her, Heather carries a little bit of that off-the-beaten path attitude that celebrates what it means to be human no matter who you are or where your journey takes you. non-WGA Female PRESERVATION (hour long drama - Yellowstone, Friday Night Lights ) The daughter of a tree-hugging activist, and the son of a blue-collar logger, unexpectedly fall in love behind enemy lines just as corporate betrayal reignites tensions between their warring families in the small town of Preservation, California. LIES WE TELL (feature - Gone Girl, Orphan ) After her own life is disrupted by the arrival of a foster child, a woman discovers that the boy’s entire family was brutally murdered while he lie sleeping. Now, she must solve the crime in order to unravel the truth: Is the boy she has taken in an innocent child or a cold-hearted killer? THE LIONESS (hour long historical drama - The Tutors, Vikings ) Noblewoman. Devoted mother. Loyal wife. Pirate. Jeanne de Clisson gave up everything to become one of the most ruthless pirates to ever set sail on the English Channel in order to avenge her husband’s death after he was executed by the French crown. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Romantic, Psychological, Historical/Alternative History Female unrepped

< Back Julie Dare julieannedare@gmail.com Rep: Jacob Snyder, Manager - Sugar23 Coverfly At 13, Julie Dare was knocked out of The National Spelling Bee by a tichorrhine, an extinct woolly mammoth. This established her lifelong missions: to conquer the written word and exact vengeance on tichorrhines. In the years since, she’s worked as a radio copywriter and voice talent, served as a staff writer on two seasons of the streaming drama series 5TH WARD, taught Writing for Film and Television in the MFA program at Full Sail University, wrote audio description writer for hundreds of hours of film and television (including THE SUBSTANCE, MARIA, YOUR MONSTER, RESERVATION DOGS, BLACK LIGHTNING, RIVERDALE, and GREY'S ANATOMY), and has authored over 40 illustrated children’s books. She's been mentored by acclaimed writer/director Nancy Meyers and assisted director Corin Hardy on the horror feature THE NUN for New Line Cinema. In addition to developing her Film & TV projects, Julie's currently completing her first novel. And while no one's yet resurrected a tichorrhine for her to slay in real life, Julie's bard gnome is prepared with a killer vicious mockery spell should one appear within her D&D campaign. non-WGA Female BIG WORDS (1/2-Hour TV Comedy) Big Words follows the Gordon family - an orthodontist, an author, and a former National Spelling Bee champ - all of whom have complicated relationships with words and with one another. A DEAD GIRL'S GUIDE TO LIFE (1/2-Hour TV Drama) With the help of a book of life advice from her older sister, a spirited but disillusioned teen finds the best advice on life from someone who chose to die. TESTERS (Hour-Long TV Drama) A group of down-on-their-luck individuals are selected as game testers for a cutting-edge new VR game that leaves them questioning if what they're experiencing is truly a game or possibly a nefarious plot in which they're the unwitting guinea pigs in an experiment to test life on another planet. Character-driven, Female-centric, Sci-Fi, Coming-of-Age, Dark Female repped

< Back Elise Salomon elise.salomon@gmail.com Rep: Brian Goldberg | WPA https://againstthewindproductions.com/ Coverfly The Black List Elise Salomon is an award-winning writer, director and producer based in Los Angeles whose projects have been featured at international festivals and markets including Sundance, SXSW, IDFA, FrightFest, Stowe Story Labs, Galway Film Fleadh, Frontières and Cannes. A proud graduate of Pitzer College with a BA in Media Studies, she produced PAPER HEART, co-produced SMASHED and directed and produced LOS WILD ONES. Drawn to mythology and folklore as stories that viscerally and artistically encompass the unlimited potential of genre films, her writing embodies themes of trauma, trust, truth and transformation. She believes in storytelling as a universal tool to foster engagement, compassion, and meaningful discourse. Elise strives to be a fierce advocate for diversity and pursues projects with iconic characters and an all-encompassing aesthetic. non-WGA Female, 40+ INSIDE (Haunting of Hill House meets MOTHMAN PROPHECIES) On Ireland’s mystical Aran Islands, an American therapist arrives to treat a recently widowed composer imprisoned in his remote cottage by agoraphobia - and learns the terrifying possibility that the true source of his suffering may be a dark force rooted in the land itself. CAOINEADH (A supernatural Romeo & Juliet) In the West of Ireland, Brona and Cormac are two lost souls brought together by a terrible accident. Their fated union bonds them with the kind of love only written about, but a series of eerie events plague them...and propel them toward fulfilling their dark destiny. URD | SKULD (THE SHINING meets THE WICKER MAN) A young American couple attempts to mend their strained relationship as they travel on a tight budget to the Austrian Alps for Christmas — as their troubles are laid bare, something much more sinister and powerful than they have ever known awakens. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Psychological, Horror, Limited Series, International Female, 40+ Repped

< Back R. Scott Shields rscottshields5303@gmail.com IMDB Profile Scott had a career in visual effects before writing his first script. Working as the coordinator on features like HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS, SCOOBY DOO and THE X FILES gave him insight to the collaborative process of studio film making. Combining that experience with his love of great sports films like ROCKY and HOOSIERS, Scott took a break from visual effects projects and wrote a heartwarming sports drama about horse racing that won a series of contests and became his calling card. Paid writing assignments soon followed, so Scott left his visual effects career and begin work as a professional screenwriter. Since then he's written screenplays across many genres but sports dramas and underdog stories are what he's best known for. During the extensive research for his biopics on sports legends John Force (drag racing) and Oscar Schmidt (basketball), Scott had to not only gather facts but also build trust with the principle characters in order to faithfully tell their compelling but sometimes unflattering stories. Scott lives in Santa Clarita, CA with his wife and two children. Honors & Awards Semifinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - THE LAST HORSEMEN OF STRAWBERRY MANSION - 2009 Grand Prize, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards - SUPERCAT! - 2010 non-WGA Male, 40+, 55+ THE LAST HORSEMEN OF STRAWBERRY MANSION (Sports drama ) A teen develops a love of horses as he fights to save his neighborhood from gangsters and an unscrupulous businessman. Inspired by true events UNDERGROUND (Drama, Sci Fi, Thriller) When a straight arrow law student develops supernatural abilities that help him solve crimes, he transforms into a vigilante living in the underground of America while on the run from a deadly government agency, SUPERCAT! (Family comedy, animated) Set in the groovy 1970s, a small cat with big dreams goes on an epic journey to find the girl of his dreams...before he's locked up forever as an indoor cat. Character-driven, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, Animation, Limited Series, Satire, Bittersweet Male, 40+, 55+ unrepped

< Back Shana Holmes shanarhymeswithdana@gmail.com http://www.shanarhymeswithdana.com Coverfly Shana Holmes (no relationship to Sherlock) is a queer, neurodivergent writer working in VFX at Netflix. She was a Disney Writers Program Semifinalist and is a participant in Ryan Reynold’s Group Effort Initiative. Shana got her start in improv and sketch comedy and now writes half-hour comedies featuring unconventional women, intergenerational relationships, and queer identity. After fleeing the icy tundra of Minnesota and living all over the world–Turkey, Taiwan, Mexico, and New York, to name a few–Shana is now happily settled in Los Angeles. She spends her free time gazing adoringly at her two cats, accidentally killing succulents, and getting scraped up at the climbing gym. Honors & Awards Disney Writers Program , Semifinalist - THE RENTED FRIEND - 2022 Austin Film Festival, Second Rounder,- SMUT AND MOTHBALLS - 2024 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+ SMUT AND MOTHBALLS (1/2 hour comedy) Jane the Virgin meets Sex Lives of College Girls A prudish woman reluctantly reinvents herself as a steamy romance writer with the help of her grandmother and other retirees in Guanajuato, Mexico. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Coming-of-Age, Bittersweet, Silly, Snarky, Magical Realism Female, LGBTQ+

< Back Ben Rosen benjamin.rosen@gmail.com Coverfly Ever since Ben was forced to write the scripts for his middle school’s public access cable TV show, he's dreamed of disappointing his parents and becoming a professional comedy writer. He’s pitched jokes and story ideas to various TV shows and has been a semi-finalist or higher in the DISNEY WRITING PROGRAM, AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL, SCRIPTAPALOOZA, and FINAL DRAFT BIG BREAK. When he’s not performing stand-up comedy or writing about himself in the third person, Ben enjoys playing indie video games, hanging out with his family (the one he created, not the one he escaped from), and telling everyone about the rabbi from his hometown who murdered his wife. Honors & Awards Semi-finalist, Disney Writing Program – “The Office – The Bathroom” – 2007 Semi-finalist, Austin Film Festival – “Pen15 – Hot Date” – 2022 Quarter-finalist, Final Draft Big Break – “The Fruit Store” – 2013 non-WGA Male, Over 40 THE FRUIT STORE Half-hour TV comedy pilot After his startup fails, a humbled millennial is forced to swallow his pride and work at America’s favorite tech store/cult: The Apple Store. PEN15 – HOT DATE Half-hour TV comedy spec When her mom forbids her from dating the only guy in school who likes her, Maya tries to secretly go out with him without getting caught. Meanwhile, Anna tries to get a boyfriend of her own by becoming a guys’ girl. Character-driven, Female-centric, Coming-of-Age, Animation, Dark, Silly, Snarky, Naturalistic Male, Over 40 unrepped

< Back Katherine Ruppe katherine.ruppe@gmail.com Katherine is drawn to inspiring real life stories and twisty mysteries revolving around themes of resilience, courage, and redemption. Her Humanitas New Voices-winning TV drama, LIFTOFF, was awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Grant and selected for the Netflix-sponsored Film Independent Episodic Lab. Her thriller feature, TRUE NORTH, is an Athena List Winner, Nicholl Fellowship Top 30, and set to be produced by Resonate Entertainment. Katherine’s passion for story-telling was sparked while hitchhiking the Australian Outback, shooting Super 8 film, and absorbing tales of the Aboriginal Dreamtime. She has developed an original crime drama pilot with WBTV and won fellowships in the PGA Power of Diversity Workshop and Film Independent Screenwriter Lab. A former camera operator in the International Cinematographer’s Guild, Katherine worked with renown DPs on movies, docs, and TV. She’s originally from Michigan’s rugged Upper Peninsula, where she raced in rodeos and campaigned for her Congressman father in way too many parades. Honors & Awards Winner, Humanitas New Voices Fellowship – LIFTOFF – 2021 Fellow, Film Independent Episodic Lab – LIFTOFF – 2020 Winner, Alfred P. Sloan Development Grant – LIFTOFF – 2020 non-WGA Female LIFTOFF (TV Drama – HIDDEN FIGURES / THE RIGHT STUFF) LIFTOFF intercuts the true story of America’s first six female astronauts – who blast through the brotherhood of spaceflight in 1978 – with the heartrending Challenger disaster, which claims the life of one of our first women and spurs Sally Ride to uncover NASA secrets while keeping her own. TIME BOMB (TV Drama Thriller – à la HOMELAND) An impulsive female Undercover Agent teams with a discerning FBI Psychologist to infiltrate and take down a network of lone wolf extremists. Conflict flares when the first “time bomb” they must defuse is the Undercover’s own brother, forcing her into the heart of darkness that is domestic terrorism. IN/JUSTICE (TV Crime Drama – YELLOWSTONE / JUSTIFIED) A fearless half-Blackfeet detective returns to her rugged Montana hometown to untangle the conspiracy of her activist mother’s murder – battling the FBI, greedy oil interests, and Blackfeet militants – forever upending her delicate balance between the Native and white worlds. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Science, Crime, Thriller, Procedural Female repped

< Back Jennifer Vandever jrvandever@gmail.com http://www.jennifervandever.com Jennifer Vandever is an author, screenwriter, and educator born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She's the author of the novel THE RONTE PROJECT, published by Random House (US) and Simon & Schuster (UK) and translated into Spanish, Italian, and Polish. The Bronte Project was also optioned for film by director Nisha Ganatra (LATE NIGHT, THE HIGH NOTE). A second novel, American Tango was published in 2016. She has optioned numerous screenplays to both independent and studio-based producers. She's a graduate of Columbia University's MFA program, has written film criticism for The Village Voice and was the co-screenwriter of the film JUST ONE TIME. Vandever is an adjunct professor teaching courses in Screenwriting, Screwball & Romantic Comedy, and Women in Film for Emerson College's Los Angeles program as well as its MFA program in Dramatic Writing. non-WGA Female, Over 40 OCTOBER SURPRISE (Romantic Comedy Feature - THE LONG SHOT meets CRAZY, STUPID LOVE) A governor's wife runs against him after she discovers an affair. SPEARFISH (Comedy Feature - comps: ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE, SWEET HOME ALABAMA) A disgraced Washington political aide returns to her rural hometown of Spearfish as its mayor, rekindling an old romance while confronting an international incident with Finland. EDENDALE (TV Drama - think BABYLON or MAD MEN) A young woman in 1922 Hollywood discovers the darker, less glamorous side of Hollywood's early beginnings as an aspiring director who becomes involved with a closeted male movie star. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Bittersweet Female, Over 40 unrepped

< 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 Marty Lang Jason Bellitto and Mark Myers, Citizen Skull Management JasonB@citizenskull.com Coverfly Marty Lang is Director of the MFA in Film, Television & Digital Media at the University of Georgia. He has written and directed two feature films, STAY WITH ME, to be released internationally by Allen Media in 2025, and RISING STAR, released internationally by Content Film/FilmRISE. His web series writing credits include MAX AND FRIENDS!, Best Comedy and Best Ensemble Cast nominee at the 2022 International Academy of Web Television Awards, and THE DAILY, a SeriesFest 2020 world premiere. He is also a prolific indie producer, whose credits include the 2020 Sundance world premiere web series THE RIDE, the 2016 Indie Spirit Award nominee OUT OF MY HAND, and CHOMPY & THE GIRLS, featuring Udo Kier, released internationally in 2021 by Freestyle Digital Media. His book THE SELF-SUSTAINING FILMMAKER, about crowdfunding and community filmmaking, was the #1 Film/TV book on Amazon the week of its release in 2024. Honors & Awards Best Feature Film, South Georgia Film Festival - STAY WITH ME - 2023 Best Comedy Writing, International Academy of Web Television Awards - MAX AND FRIENDS - 2022 Jury Prize, Best Arkansas Film, Arkansas Shorts Film Festival - THE DAILY - 2022 non-WGA Male, Disabled, Over 40 TECHNOCRACY (One hour sci-fi drama) A skittish social media director uses deepfake audio and video to help her mother become Missouri's governor, which brings tragic results - and a new mission that will utilize her unique technology skills. THE DAILY (Half hour drama) An intrepid college journalist discovers a conspiracy at her university, but must navigate the politics of journalism to get the story out into the world. Based on Lang's award-winning webseries. Character-driven, Coming-of-Age, Satire, Bittersweet, Naturalistic Male, Disabled, Over 40 repped

< Back Jorge Molina jorge.molinara@gmail.com 213 -700 -6581 http://writtenbyjorge.com Jorge Molina was born and raised in a suburb of Mexico City, and graduated with a BFA in Writing for Film and Television from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He has worked extensively inside the film festival circuit as a programmer in places like Outfest, the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), Frameline, NewFest, Sundance and Tribeca. He wrote and executive produced the short film “Muy Gay Too Mexicano”, which was acquired by HBO Max and premiered on the platform in the fall of 2021, and is the creator and showrunner of the award season murder mystery scripted podcast "Just to Be Nominated". As a critic, his work has been published in outlets like The AV Club, the Advocate, Vulture and The Cut, and he currently has a weekly film retrospective column in Queerty called "A Gay Old Time. non-WGA Male, Latinx, LGBTQ+ DETECTIVE JAMES MORTENSEN AND THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN CANDELABRA (Feature film - Drama/ Fantasy) A young boy devours a series of detective novels as a way to escape his lonely reality. When his older brother dies unexpectedly, he envisions the funeral as a whodunnit, with his family and friends as colorful suspects, led by a flamboyant detective. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ROSA ELENA? (Feature film - Dark comedy/ horror) A gay Mexican twink moves into the Palm Springs home of a legendary telenovela actress he once worked with. However, he soon realizes that the cost and demands of living alongside a gay icon are much darker than he expected. Maybe even deadly… RAMÓN (Limited series - Historical/ Drama) A quasi-biographical, surrealist miniseries about the life, death, and many identities of Mexican silent film idol Ramón Novarro: the rise and fall of his career from global sensation to forgotten star, the struggles in concealing his homosexuality, and his brutal murder at the hands of two hustlers. Character-driven, Queer, Crime, Fantasy, Psychological, Satire, Bittersweet, Magical Realism Male, Latinx, LGBTQ+ unrepped