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< Back Gabe Berry gabe.m.berry@gmail.com 574-527-8095 Coverfly From unshowered rock bands to traveling the country training surgeons with cadavers, Gabe’s writing is inspired by real life and death. His character-driven stories entertain and normalize mental illness and LGBTQIA+ relationships. Honors & Awards Six Scripts in top 1%, Coverfly - 2024 PAGE Awards - Finalist - DEAD MELODY - 2024 Atlanta Film Festival - Finalist - THE PURPOSE OF A LIGHTHOUSE - 2023 non-WGA Male, 40+ DEAD MELODY DONNIE DARKO meets SING STREET Formaldehyde and ancient mummification techniques are not enough to keep a grieving teen from decomposing before he can leave his mark on the world. THE PURPOSE OF A LIGHTHOUSE LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE meets NEBRASKA with all female characters A dying, anxiety-ridden woman uses cartoon action figures and a cardboard box to survive a road trip to the country’s smallest lighthouse. NEXT SEMESTER THE SKELETON TWINS meets THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN A down-on-his-luck dad struggles to find purpose when left with no choice but to move into a college dorm room with his undelighted daughter. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Psychological, Coming-of-Age, Bittersweet Male, 40+ unrepped

< Back Philippe Bowgen philippe.bowgen@gmail.com Tigran Babadjanian at Principal Entertainment LA http://www.philippebowgen.com PHILIPPE BOWGEN is a queer, Latinx writer and comedian who brings a bold, irreverent voice to stories exploring culture clash, family dynamics, and drawing outside society’s lines. Pulling from his multi-racial, multi-national, and multi-lingual background, Philippe’s work is deeply informed by his lived experiences. Most recently, Philippe finished co-writing the first season of THE SETUP, a scripted narrative romantic comedy podcast produced by SONORO Global Media, set to debut on iHeartRadio on Valentine’s Day 2025. It stars Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) and Christian Navarro (13 Reasons Why) as part of Wilmer Valderrama’s My Cultura Network. Philippe has been recognized as a 2022 Willamette Writers Lab Fellow, a 2023 #ReadLatinxWriters mentee, a 2024 Pre-Rainbow Pages mentee, and a 2025 Mentorship Matters Fellow – mentored by Hilly Hicks, Jr (The Big C, Jessica Jones). He was also one of the Nickelodeon Writing Program’s top five finalists for 2025. Over the last five years, his scripts have placed or been recognized by the AFF, Sundance, Nashville Film Festival, WeScreenplay, Humanitas, Outfest, and myriad other competitions. MFA Brown; BSFS Georgetown Honors & Awards Mentorship Matters Fellow - KETALUMA - 2025 PreRainbow Pages Fellow - BROWN AND OUT - 2024 #ReadLatinxWriters Mentee - BROWN AND OUT - 2023 non-WGA Male, BIPOC, Latinx, Multi-Ethnic, LGBTQ+ KETALUMA Half Hour Comedy - WILFRED meets OZARK When a failed novelist returns home to his estranged cat-loving parents, he embroils them in a ketamine drug ring on the cat show circuit and races to pay back a vicious kingpin, redeem his dignity, and save his family’s lives - all while vying to win the Cat Fancy Association’s National Championship. BROWN AND OUT Half Hour Comedy - ENTOURAGE meets VIDA When he’s exposed wearing brown-face while promoting his new movie, a white-passing Latin heartthrob agrees to re-learn how to be Latino in the public eye to win back his ex, save his career, and reclaim his heritage THE FAMILY SWINE One Hour Drama - SIX FEET UNDER meets WHITE LOTUS When a grieving mother and son travel to sultry Barcelona in search of their second acts, they discover a corpse and pose as the dead man’s family to run his butcher shop with dangerous criminal ties. Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Queer, Science, Bittersweet, Slapstick, International, Magical Realism Male, BIPOC, Latinx, Multi-Ethnic, LGBTQ+ Repped

< Back Kelly and Megan Anelons kanelons@me.com Kelly writes with her daughter, Megan, as one of Hollywood’s only mother/daughter writing teams. Together, they tell multi-generational, female-driven stories for TV and features and are producing a sitcom about their partnership. They also read and review YA and romance novels on their social media platforms, which have garnered over 40,000 followers. Kelly is a TV and feature writer with a knack for finding the funny, especially in life’s worst situations. She’s been lost in Mongolia, served as the youngest member of a Congressional campaign (back when that was fun), and talked her way into running a small marketing firm. She’s the only child of workaholic parents, and spent hours watching Mel Brooks, Laurel and Hardy, and Carol Burnett doing the thing she loved: making people laugh. Her hobbies include thinking of getting some hobbies, mentoring young writers, and obsessing over YA novels. Her goals are to write a sex comedy for Helen Mirren, learn to walk in high heels… and of course, world peace. Honors & Awards Imagine Impact x Netflix - Finalist - A.K.A. - 2021 StoryPros - Winner/Best Comedy Script - BEST LAID PLANS - 2020 Nashville Film Festival - Winner/Best Comedy Script - LIFE'S A BEAUT - 2019 non-WGA Female, 40+ A.K.A. Action comedy - GROSS POINTE BLANK meets SPY When her cover is blown, the CIA’s top operative trades in her high-stakes lifestyle to hide out in the one place she swore she’d never return…the antiquated New England island where she was born. Can she protect her eccentric, combative family or will she kill them herself? BEST LAID PLANS Dramedy - HACKS meets HOPE SPRINGS When her husband of 40 years dies, a repressed widow resolves to find out what she’s been missing. She risks her reputation and relationships with her co-dependent daughter and meddling BFF to help an irreverent young lesbian who’s trying to save Boston’s oldest sex shop. LIFE'S A BEAUT Dramedy - WE'RE THE MILLERS meets THE WAY WAY BACK A straitlaced young woman explores a crooked branch of her family tree when she teams up with a grifting grandma to track down a kidney donor for her rebellious younger sister. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Coming-of-Age, Satire, Bittersweet, Silly, Snarky Female, 40+ unrepped

< Back Matt Rollins mattrollins13@yahoo.com Born and raised in the Washington DC area, Matthew decided to go after his dream of becoming a professional storyteller. He packed up what he could carry in his little car and set forth towards the Mecca of entertainment, Southern California. Matthew takes with him a lifetime of experience in Medical, as a professional and a patient, Governmental processes and a rich imagination of a world that could be. non-WGA Male, Disabled, 55+ THE ADVENTURES OF GG Coming of Age, Thriller When GG started at her new school, her new found friend was kicked out for nefarious reasons. GG, along with other classmates, go after the corrupt principal to take her entire operation down." Medical, Thriller, Procedural, Sci-Fi, Coming-of-Age Male, Disabled, 55+ unrepped

< Back Tracy Held tracyheldconsulting@gmail.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6326686/ Tracy Held (she/they) is an award-winning, multi-racial Chinese/Eastern European American writer for stage and screen. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Tracy has a background in nonprofit fundraising and conservation science. She is a do-gooder with a heart of puns who writes like Rachel Bloom on PBS. Tracy uses her writing to defeat pessimism and to inspire collaboration and connection. Winner of an Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Award, she is a co-founder of Erosion films, founder of All Terrain Theater, and served as a former Executive Director of the nonprofit Play Cafe. She is the Vice-Chair of the Writers Guild of America West Asian American Writers Committee. Tracy has a BS in Conservation and Resource Studies from UC, Berkeley and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon. non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Asian, Multi-Ethnic SCIENCE FAIR (Coming of Age Musical Feature) All Katie wants to do is save the world, and she has a step-by-step plan to do it, but first she needs to win her high school science fair which means accepting the hard-to-believe truth that she may not always be right. NATURE ORGANIZATION (Comedy, Pilot) Theresa Chin's first act as the new Executive Director of the struggling nonprofit Friends of the Local Parks is to eliminate the office hierarchy, but the human and animal staff fall apart without their beloved structure, and the newly-hired horse just wants to stop being stuck in the door. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Queer, Science, Coming-of-Age, YA Female, BIPOC, Asian, Multi-Ethnic unrepped

< Back Kelly Cochran-Yzquierdo https://www.fromthefringeentertainment.com/ LinkedIn Kelly Cochran-Yzquierdo, an award-winning screenwriter, story consultant, and founder of From the Fringe Entertainment, lives in Oklahoma City. She brings a unique and often underrepresented perspective to her work, particularly, focusing on LGBTQI+ experiences. Her journey as a storyteller is underscored by a strong academic foundation, holding an MFA in Writing for Film and Television from the prestigious Emerson College. This rigorous training has honed her ability to develop nuanced characters and engaging plots that resonate with audiences. Through her company, From the Fringe Entertainment, Kelly actively champions diverse voices and aims to bring stories from the margins to the forefront. Her commitment to inclusivity extends beyond her writing, shaping her approach as a story consultant where she helps other creatives refine their narratives with authenticity and impact. Beyond her screenwriting endeavors, Kelly is deeply invested in nurturing the next generation of storytellers. She served seventeen years as an Associate Professor of English and Screenwriting at Northern Virginia Community College, and she currently serves as a Professor of English at Oklahoma City Community College, where she shares her expertise and passion with aspiring writers. Honors & Awards Best Original Drama Screenplay, Richmond International Film Festival - LOVE LOSS - 2025 Winner, Best TV Pilot, New York Script Awards - RED DIRT RAINBOW - 2022 Selected Project, Stowe Story Lab's Connemara Writers' Retreat - LOVE LOSS - 2024 Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member Female, LGBTQ+, 55+ LOVE LOSS Psychological Romantic Drama Feature - Ordinary People meets The Miseducation of Cameron Post When a devastating car crash reveals a newlywed's secret life to her unknowing mother, her grieving wife must navigate a labyrinth of hidden truths, family prejudice, and profound loss to protect their shared love and find peace. RED DIRT RAINBOW 90s LGBTQI+ Drama Pilot - Tales of the City meets Pose In 1994 Oklahoma City, a disgraced country music star must defend her LGBTQ+ nightclub and found family from a politically powerful crusader, all while navigating personal demons and a simmering culture war that is about to explode into an act of domestic terrorism. SUMMER AT THE NORTH POLE Holiday Dramedy / LGBTQ+ Romance - Groundhog Day meets Happiest Season A cynical traveling nurse takes a job at an immersive, 24/7 Christmas-themed memory care facility to pay off her debts, only to discover her assigned patient is the estranged mother who disowned her over a decade ago. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Thriller, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Historical/Alternative History Female, LGBTQ+, 55+ unrepped

< Back Craig T. Williams redwallproductions@gmail.com http://www.redwallproductions.com/ A native New Yorker, Craig is a writer and producer at Red Wall Productions, a film production company he founded over twenty years ago with his wife and partner of 22 years, Rosalyn Coleman Williams. Together, they have created over 50 film projects, including features, documentaries, and narrative short films. His journey landed him his first staff writing job on the hit TV show "TERROR LAKE DRIVE" on ALLBLK, an AMC Streamer. Craig was part of the prestigious Warner Brothers Discovery TV Writer’s Program. His feature film “Black Boys Don't Sew” has Academy Award Winner Viola Davis and her husband Julius Tennon attached as Executive Producers. Craig has many scripts in various stages of development including the award winning one-hour TV pilot “How Ya Like Me Now,” about the ‘80s rap rivalry between Kool Moe Dee and LL Cool J. A one hour mystery procedural “The Connectors,” set in the Bronx, 2 women who discover they were born on the same day to the same father, create an agency that reconnects lost family. Honors & Awards Warner Brothers Discovery All Access TV Writers Program (2021) Gotham Film and Media - “Series Creator to Watch” IFP Episodic Lab non-WGA Male, Black, 55+ CALL ME DADDY (half hour comedy) Tired of waiting for Mrs. Right, an emotionally stunted 30 year old man decides to have a baby on his own to be the father he never had. BLACK BOYS DON'T SEW (feature drama) An untreated bipolar artist discovers his 11 year-old nephew has been diagnosed with the same illness, he kidnaps him to show him a life free of pills Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Procedural Male, Black, 55+ Repped

< Back Candace Egan prof.candace.egan@gmail.com https://candaceegan.com/ Candace Egan is a Professor of Film and Media Arts at Fresno State and a screenwriter with a journalism and corporate media background. She’s had a long career as a non-fiction visual storyteller, exploring stories about a breadth of people, such as the first Hmong women to go to college, Portuguese-Americans in California, the first man to trek and photograph the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and competitive wheelchair tennis players. She began her career by falling in love with the camera and the power of visual storytelling and now enjoys bringing her vision to life in the screenplays she writes. Tapping into her own adventurous life, she is inspired to write female-driven stories about mature, authentic women who seek to reinvent themselves no matter how old they are. Her feature and TV pilot scripts have received numerous accolades, including a Stowe Story Labs Fellowship, finalist in Stage 32’s Grown Up Movies Contest, semifinalist in the Page International Screenwriting Awards, twice selected for the CineStory Feature Lab and an alumni of the first CineStory Residency. Honors & Awards Semi-finalist, Page International Screenwriting Awards - DESERT BELLES - 2024 Winner , Action Adventure Feature Hollywood Storytellers Festival & Genre Script Competition - DESERT BELLES - 2024 Winner , Stowe Story Labs 2023 Law Firm of Stacy A Davis Fellowship - SECOND SET pilot - 2023" non-WGA Female, 55+ DESERT BELLES Action-Adventure Feature NYAD meets F1 A veteran off-road racer facing financial ruin competes in a grueling 8-day 4-wheel drive desert auto rally for the prize money, only to battle deadly conditions, sabotage, and a shady former racing partner to claw her way to the win." SECOND SET Drama Feature In the tone of TED LASSO After her husband retires and upends her complacent life, a newly rebellious middle-aged woman jumps at the chance to play for the short-handed local community college tennis team, only to face resistance from her family, coach and the University President who wants her and the team to fail. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Horror, Naturalistic, International Female, 55+ unrepped

< Back Elan M. Carson elancarson85@yahoo.com https://elanmcarson.com/ Elan grew up in Detroit as one of the “Whitest Black” kids you’d ever meet, thanks in part to her grandmother, an English teacher who insisted she speak properly, and Elan’s love of The Brady Bunch. What did this make her to her classmates? The kid on the bleachers… During her tween and teen years to cope with her outsider status, Elan found catharsis in two things: rebelling against the status quo and writing angsty poetry. Was she going to conform? No. She was going to stand out as a shining example of what it meant to be unique, listening to commercial pop-rock bands like Evanescence and Fall Out Boy. These weren’t radio hits in her neck of the hoods. Penning goth poetry (yes, she had a poem called Dreams of Dreary) carried her through high school until she left for college in California. At her liberal arts college, she discovered new challenges, however. Some of her peers had never seen a Black person before (this was pre-Obama era) and she was placed on a pedestal of tokenism upheld by microaggressions. Again, she turned to writing to cope. Today, Elan now finds humor and heart exploring themes of racial identity through sketch comedy and larger-than-life characters in her T.V. pilots. She also produces TikToks with her mom, letting others peek into the wholesome and unfiltered life of Black mother-daughter relationships, filling a niche in the content space that’s needed. Through comedy, Elan has moved proudly from the bleachers to center stage. Honors & Awards Emerging Screenwriters - Quarterfinalist - DIRTY DONNA - 2025 Final Draft Big Break - Quarterfinalist - INFLUENCER - 2024 Shore Scripts - Quarterfinalist - PINK SLIPPED - 2020 Fresh Voices - Semifinalist - THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - 2020 non-WGA Female, Black INFLUENCER Half-Hour Single-Cam, Comedy As a self-absorbed micro-influencer chases online fame in Los Angeles, her over-the-top antics wreak havoc in the lives of her single mom best friend and her friend's impressionable young daughter. JUST A SPRITZ Half-Hour Single-Cam, Comedy When a disgraced CEO takes a humbling job selling perfume at a department store, she must navigate the world of petty coworker rivalries, commission wars, and keeping her ego in check, all while her co-worker coaches her on being a basic saleswomen. THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL "Take a Stand" One-Hour Single-Cam, Drama Midge gets new neighbors in her building. They’re black, bourgeois, and lack any knowledge of Jewish culture. When she invites them to one of their acts and they’re not allowed inside, she has to decide in the moment what she truly stands for. Character-driven, Female-centric, Satire, Silly, Late Night, Sketch Female, Black unrepped

< Back Heather Huntington Sheree Guitar, Sheree Guitar Entertainment IMDB Danielle Evenson & Heather Huntington are a set of mittens you left at Sundance (you can figure out which one is which). As the child of a narcissist and mother of two neurodiverse kids (Heather) and a would-be beauty queen who grew up driving the bull semen route (Danielle), obviously they write comedy. Specifically, they write edgy and sometimes nerdy feminist comedy with a pop culture bent. After studying writing at USC and Emerson, After studying writing at USC and the University of Chicago, Danielle & Heather have staffed on CBS’s "The New Adventures of Old Christine," created podcasts for Meet Cute and Aural Stories, and won audio fellowships with the Orchard Project and Gotham Film & Media Institute. Their romantic comedy feature, "The Proposal Spot," is available on Amazon and Peacock. When not writing, they teach storytelling and narrative podcasting at the New York Film Academy, and host their monthly table read series, "CoPilots," at the Elysian Theater in Los Angeles. Honors & Awards Jeff Sagansky Harvardwood Writers Program - ATHERTON - 2021 Fellow, The Orchard Project's Episodic Writer's Lab - PILGRIMAGE - 2019 Quarterfinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - THE BOOTY EMBARGO - 2009 Current member Female, 40+ TWICE EXCEPTIONAL Single cam comedy pilot - The Goldbergs meets Atypical When a couple who finds out their quirky son is actually gifted AND on the spectrum, they learn that absolutely everything they thought they knew about parenting no longer applies. PILGRIMAGE Single cam comedy pilot - Broad City meets The Crucible What happens when the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of 1620s England gets stuck with the OGs of white privilege--the pilgrims? RACHEL III Single camera comedy pilot - Richard III via Ten Things I Hate About You When back-brace-wearing loser Rachel Gloucester can't win over the popular kids at her high school by buying her way onto the student council, she decides to kill them instead. Because if you can't beat 'em, hire a hitman to make it look like an accident. Character-driven, Female-centric, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, Satire, Silly, Slapstick, Snarky Female, 40+ repped

< Back Joey Clift joeyclift@gmail.com Chris Coggins - Heroes And Villains Entertainment http://www.joeyclift.com IMDB Joey Clift is a Los Angeles-based comedian, TV writer, director, Emmy-nominated producer, and enrolled member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. Joey attended college to become a local TV weather person because as a kid he didn’t see any Native American comedians on television, and that made him believe he wasn’t allowed to work in comedy. Since then he has learned that this is not true – and his comedy style reflects that. Joey’s work has been featured in The Washington Post, CNN, Pitchfork, NPR, Dead Meat, and Comedy Central. As a television writer Joey has written for shows such as the 7x Emmy-nominated Spirit Rangers on Netflix, Molly of Denali and Alma’s Way on PBS, New Looney Tunes and Lego Ninjago: Decoded on Cartoon Network, and Paw Patrol on Nickelodeon. Joey Clift created, directed, and wrote Gone Native, a Webby Award-winning Comedy Central Digital series featuring many of today’s top Native American comedians, and his short films have screened everywhere from Just For Laughs to the Smithsonian Museum. Joey is also the creator of the LA Underground Cat Network, a 40,000-member strong online community for Los Angeles comedians to share cute pictures of their cats. He’s kind of a cat guy. Honors & Awards Yes And Laughter Lab | Winner | Gone Native - 2019 The Black List’s Indigenous List | Listed | Bunker Boss - 2020 WGA Pow! Animated Comedy Short Film A Native American kid scrambles to charge his dying video game console at a bustling intertribal powwow. Repped

< Back Tiffany Warren t.warren.tx@gmail.com Tiffany Warren is a filmmaker and screenwriter based in Los Angeles, building her creative brand under Theophania Visuals. Her work draws on horror, fantasy, sci-fi, and dark comedy to tell emotionally charged stories with complex characters navigating resilience, identity, and transformation. Alongside her writing, Tiffany brings a versatile background as a video editor, colorist, and 3D generalist, skills that sharpen her storytelling with both visual and technical insight. Her past projects include To and From (web series), the award-winning web series L.I.F.E. Anthologies, and collaborations such as Amber’s Closet. She is currently developing Goodnight Text, a proof-of-concept short that explores betrayal, possession, and empowerment through a cursed mirror. Passionate about collaboration and innovation, Tiffany is dedicated to creating original works that push genre boundaries while fostering community and meaningful connection. non-WGA Female, Latinx, LGBTQ+, Disabled, 40+ GOODNIGHT TEXT Horror The Black Phone meets Evil Dead (2013) After a painful betrayal, a timid young woman becomes bound to a cursed mirror and the vengeful spirit within, forcing her to confront her fears or be consumed by violent transformation. GOATMAN'S BRIDGE Horror Candyman meets Hereditary A troubled mother enters rehab to win back custody of her daughter, only to uncover her family’s connection to a Jim Crow–era murder on the land — awakening the vengeful Goatman and forcing her into a deadly battle that could end her bloodline. KIDS THESE DAYS Dark Comedy/Thriller Heathers meets Jawbreaker When a former nerd joins her school’s mean-girl clique, a botched attempt to silence a predatory coach leaves him dead — and the girls’ twisted cover-up spirals into a savage lesson in popularity, power, and survival. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Queer, Psychological, Horror, Satire, Dark Female, Latinx, LGBTQ+, Disabled, 40+ unrepped