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< Back Brooke Muschott brookemuschott@gmail.com http://brookemuschott.com Brooke Muschott is a writer, artist and roller skater. She’s been losing sleep to good books since she discovered the Boxcar Children, and watching too much television since the premiere of Pretty Little Liars. She’s fairly certain there is no greater high than a story that gets so deep into your heart it keeps you up at night, dreaming about it. At sixteen, she walked into her favorite author’s book signing with a list of the inconsistencies in his books and walked out with a job as a continuity editor. She’s gained more tact since then, but is still the writer who will remember that Kara said she hated cats twenty-eight episodes ago. She pivoted from publishing to television during the pandemic, and most recently has worked as a production coordinator on an Apple show. Her favorite genre to write is older kids to older young adult contemporary fantasy, and her second favorite is anything anyone will pay her for. She has a bachelor’s in creative writing with double minors in studio art and multimedia design from Pepperdine University. She writes stories with enough detail to swim in, about characters in extraordinary situations dealing with ordinary problems. Her superpower is organization, her Achilles heel is cooking, and her vice is sweet tea. She can almost land an axel on roller skates, but don’t throw something at her and yell ‘catch’. It won’t be caught. Honors & Awards Quarterfinalist, The Script Lab - TSL Free Screenplay Contest - INK AND ASHES - 2024 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+ INK AND ASHES (Hour TV - Contemporary Fantasy - Sharp Objects meets Spiderwick Chronicles ) Eight years ago, Ava fled her hometown after her best friend went missing and the town blamed her for the crime. When her old boss goes missing on the night she returns, she’s swiftly dragged back into a world of danger - and magic. CULTDOM (Hour TV - Contemporary - The Eras Tour meets Waco ) Marie, whose life revolves around being a superfan of international pop star Elli Augusta, starts a fan blog that accidentally turns into a cult. HOW TO ROLLERSKATE THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE (Half Hour TV - Kids Contemporary Fantasy - Kipo meets Gravity Falls ) When magic appeared overnight and turned Steph and Jess’s suburban middle-school lives upside down, they rolled with it. But with the world this unstable, even skating to the store can be more of a quest than they bargained for. Female-centric, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, YA, Children's, Animation, Magical Realism Female, LGBTQ+ unrepped

< Back Merridith Allen merridith.allen26@gmail.com http://www.merridithallen.com Coverfly The Black List Merridith Allen proudly comes from a big, loud, Jewish family in New York City with deep roots in the theater and performing arts. A writer/director/producer, Merridith tells stories about women in the martial arts, drama and action spaces. She has won several writing scholarships and fellowships from such prestigious organizations as the Sewanee Writer's Conference, the San Miguel de Allende Writer's Conference, Stowe Story Labs, and VCCA. Notably, she was a finalist for the Austin Film Festival's writing competition, The Blacklist/WIF TV fellowship, and the Juilliard Fellowship. Merridith's plays have been produced and published nationally and abroad, and her first short film, BLACK ROSE, based on the award-winning feature screenplay, is set to come out in 2025. Further, Merridith enjoys creative non-fiction, and she has been published by The Sun Magazine, Burlesque Press, and The Edinburgh University Review. Merridith's day jobs have included screenwriting/creative writing instructor, martial arts instructor, audio description writer, true-crime podcast writer, and yoga instructor. When Merridith is not diving into a story on her lap top or throwing people across the room on the mats, she can be found searching for the perfect cup of coffee and a decent bagel in her adopted city, Los Angeles. All suggestions are welcome. Merridith is absolutely thrilled to join IWC and looks forward to creating and collaborating with the wonderful writers in the organization. Honors & Awards Finalist, Austin Film Festival - SENSEI - 2023, Finalist, Stowe Story Labs FINALIST, Stowe Story Labs - THE LAST DAYS OF ROCK AND ROLL - 2024 FINALIST/LONG-LIST, The Blacklist/WIF TV Lab - STUNTWOMAN - 2024 non-WGA Female, Multi-Ethnic, 40+ SENSEI supernatural horror - BLACK SWAN meets KILL BILL In order to inherit her lover's dojo, a troubled martial artist travels to Japan for one final test, where she must face all of her demons...and may just become one herself. STUNTWOMAN half-hour dramedy, single cam TV Jordan Lee attempts to curb her alcohol dependency and take care of her ailing mother by pursuing her latent dream of becoming a stunt performer…at age 40. Character-driven, Female-centric, Psychological, Horror, Coming-of-Age, Dark, International, Magical Realism Female, Multi-Ethnic, 40+ unrepped

< Back Kenneth Hicks kenny.hicks81@gmail.com James Moorer, One Moorer Media & Management https://www.obeliskmediasite.com/ As an optioned and repped writer Kenneth Hicks writes stories about heroes dealing with tremendous external pressures. Based in Los Angeles and half of a writing duo, they focus on protagonists who must stay grounded to fulfill their inherent responsibilities usually involving family and relationships. As a devoted single dad, Kenneth writes stories reflecting the struggle of fathers who will do whatever it takes to protect their loved ones. Kenneth is a world traveler from Cleveland, Ohio which allows his stories to speak not just to the multifaceted black experience, but the greater humanity that resonates in us all. While Kenneth is not a veteran he worked for years on a NATO Base in Kandahar Afghanistan in support of US troops as a civilian contractor. non-WGA Male, BIPOC, Black, 40+ FAMILY OVER EVERYTHING One-Hour TV | Crime / Family Drama - POWER meets THE SOPRANOS After his rap star little brother is murdered due to his involvement with a criminally run record label, a single dad takes his daughter into witness protection as he faces his demons to unravel what led to his brother’s death and get justice for his family. THE HARD WAY One-Hour TV | Sports / Period Drama - HEELS meets ENTOURAGE It’s 1985 and a small-town wrestling prodigy must fight his way to the top of the biggest league in America while dodging the pitfalls of stardom in order to care for his sick mother and pregnant girlfriend at home. THE PRYOR ENGAGEMENTS Feature | Romance / Comedy - HITCH meets THINK LIKE A MAN At a Crossroads between living his dream and facing his reality, a struggling actor finds himself engaged to three women simultaneously. Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Crime, Thriller, Dark Male, BIPOC, Black, 40+ repped

< Back Jay Fingers jayfingers@icloud.com Jay Fingers is a Los Angeles-based screenwriter, novelist, editor, and journalist. He writes genre-blending stories that center Black characters in sharp, emotionally layered, and often darkly funny ways. Whether a romantic comedy with a biting edge or a satirical thriller with a body count, Jay's stories crackle with wit, charm, menace, and cultural specificity. Jay attended the University of Miami, where he majored in motion pictures with a concentration in screenwriting. He is a native of Memphis, Tennessee, and also lived in Brooklyn for many years before trekking out west. He's still undecided about whether to stay. 😅 non-WGA Male, Black, 40+ AZALEA Drama When a rising journalist returns to his hometown for what should be a routine visit, he discovers that a manipulative family friend has taken control of his aging mother’s finances and life. Forced into a legal and emotional war to protect her, he risks losing not only his career but the fragile relationship that defines him. FLEWED OUT RomCom During the madness of NBA All-Star Weekend in L.A., a young woman flies cross-country to finally meet the rapper she's been DMing — only to catch feelings for a smooth-talking local instead. Now, between shopping sprees, celebrity cameos, great sex, and questionable life choices, she’s got to decide: clout or chemistry? POTTER'S FIELD Comedy Horror Sent to a remote island to bury the recently deceased, a wisecracking young inmate finds his life in danger when the island is overrun by a horde of the undead — who had been murdered by the prison's guards. BIPOC-centric, Bittersweet, Silly, Slapstick, Snarky Male, Black, 40+ unrepped

< Back Michael January Manager: Paul Addis, Ambitious Entertainment - ambitiouspma@gmail.com 818-990-8993 Born in Central California, Michael January studied drama at West Virginia University and Theater Royal in London and began his entertainment career as an actor and director in professional theater. After starting as a story analyst for studios and development executive, he wrote four action-thrillers: TO BE THE BEST, FIREPOWER, CIA II: TARGET ALEXA, and DEADLY TARGET for premiere on HBO and Showtime, the female action thriller THE HEIST for HBO and Germany’s Pro7, the romantic cop drama-thriller DER TOD IN DEINEN AUGEN (SILIENCED) starring Thomas Kretchsmann for SAT1, the Native-American themed thriller-drama WARPATH for SKY TV, a family action-comedy crime caper HOW TO CHANGE YOUR PARENTS for Beta Film, and the genre-bending rock’n’roll werewolf/teen horror film NEOWOLF for Lionsgate. He is one of the screenwriters profiled in the screenwriting documentary and companion Harper-Collins book Tales from the Script: 50 Hollywood Screenwriters Tell Their Stories and is currently developing television series and limited series. Michael has two published novels, the speculative fiction autobiography Secret Memoirs of Mary Shelley and the WWII action adventure story Aces and has written six non-fiction travel books in his best-seller Favorite Castles of Europe series. His Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist script THE BOY KING'S TALE is soon to be published as a medieval YA action adventure novel. non-WGA Male, 40+, 55+ GOLDEN GATE (Period Drama Series ) An ambitious young boxer rises on his fists and wits from iron worker on the Golden Gate Bridge to "King of Nob Hill" in 1930’s San Francisco. FLASHBACK (Crime Procedural Series) A murder detective claims he solves crimes by jumping back in time, by 48 hours, 32 minutes to revisit the crime and suspects. Is he real, or a homicidal maniac? GRANDMA'S HOUSE (Horror Feature) A biracial family goes to visit grandma for the holidays, but grandma has been going through some changes since grandpa died, and just how much she’s changed will be make this their last holiday, ever. Character-driven, Thriller, Procedural, Western, Romantic, Horror, Historical/Alternative History, YA Male, 40+, 55+ repped

< Back N.C. Jones ncjones01@gmail IMDB N.C. Jones is a Raleigh-based screenwriter whose work interrogates historical and cultural narratives through the lens of outsiders and marginalized voices. Drawing on an eclectic background that includes stints as a birthday party clown, pirate DJ, call center supervisor, and tech ghostwriter, her storytelling champions tales of unlikely heroes and complex characters navigating challenging landscapes. Jones has written and produced four short films, including "Lungs," which won Best Sci-Fi at the 2023 Longleaf Film Festival and was picked up for distribution by DUST, a science fiction streaming service available on YouTube, Pluto TV, and Tubi. She also wrote, produced, and directed the comedic short film "Merit Badges." Her films have screened at festivals like Cucalorus and Longleaf. Her work has earned recognition in the Austin Film Festival Screenwriting competition and as both a Semifinalist and Quarterfinalist in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. Her work explores the complexities of heritage and characters who find power outside traditional roles. With over a decade of experience in production, design, and marketing, Jones brings practical grounding to her authentic storytelling that grapples with the weight of history and the search for belonging. non-WGA Female, 40+ THE EDUCATION OF EBBE GRAVES Western TRUE GRIT meets SLOW WEST Disguised as a man and aided by a cynical gunsmith, a young Quechan woman infiltrates the gang of the sadistic outlaw who murdered her parents. LEAD BURNS RED Drama series BOARDWALK EMPIRE meets OZARK Set in 1950s North Carolina, LEAD BURNS RED depicts the triumphs and agonies of tight-knit community trapped in the grasp of a capricious and volatile moonshine baron." RODS OUT Comedy TALLADEGA NIGHTS meets THE LEGACY OF THE WHITETAIL DEER HUNTER To pay off a dangerous debt to Kiwi gangsters, a washed-up, egomaniacal bass fishing legend must win the 'World Series of Fishing,' forcing him to confront his fiercest rivals and the estranged daughter he alienated in his pursuit of glory. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Crime, Western, Sci-Fi, Historical/Alternative History Female, 40+ unrepped

< Back Christina Hulen chulen27@gmail.com Lawyer: Sarah Lerner - Katz, Golden, Lerner: 310-264-2163 https://christinahulen.weebly.com/ Coverfly Christina Hulen is an award-winning Writer / Director / Producer. Her female-centered work has won the Meryl Streep-funded Writers Lab and was a Top 10 female-written script in the Nicholl Fellowship. Her script, A GENTLEMAN OF GOOD HOPE was announced as a winner of the IWC “Best Of” screenwriting competition in its inaugural year. The script is currently in pre-production at New North Pictures with producers Charlotte Rothwell and Nicola Pearcey attached. Chrisina has been a selected participant to the CineStory Feature Lab as well as the Stowe Story Lab. She was the recipient of the Arch and Bruce Brown literary Fellowship and received a $25,000 grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation to help fund her latest directorial project EVERYTHING'S FINE. which premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Los Angeles International Short Film Festival. EVERYTHING'S FINE has garnered 14 Jury prizes to date. As a producer, she was part of the award-winning independent features A MARINE STORY and SHELTER, which won the GLAAD award for best Narrative feature limited release. For television, she was a producer on the final season of BRUNCH WITH BRIDGET for the LOGO channel. Christina writes and directs across genres, but holds a special place in her heart for historical dramas featuring LGBTQ+ storylines. Honors & Awards Semifinalist, Academy Nicholl Fellowship - LA MAUPIN- 2024 Finalist, Cannes Screenwriters List - LA MAUPIN - 2024 The Women's List - WARBIRDS - 2024 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+, 40+ A GENTLEMAN OF GOOD HOPE (BOYS DON'T CRY meets THE IMITATION GAME) At the turn of the 19th Century, a controversial yet brilliant British military surgeon must battle detractors who would subvert his pioneering reforms while maintaining a secret that could end his career. He is a woman. LA MAUPIN (LA VIE EN ROSE meets AMADEUS) Born the daughter of a servant in the court of Louis the XIV, a brilliant young woman uses sex and the sword on her journey to escape a death sentence and become the most celebrated opera singer in France: La Maupin. WARBIRDS (HIDDEN FIGURES meets A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN) This high-flying WWII adventure follows a naive farm girl leaving the only life she's ever known to chase her dream of joining the elite Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), only to discover that dream threatened when she falls for a fellow female recruit. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Historical/Alternative History, Naturalistic, International Female, LGBTQ+, 40+ unrepped

< Back Scott Sanford Tobis blankcanvas@gmail.com Attorney: David Harris - 925.858.6876 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864975/ Scott Sanford Tobis is a screenwriter, journalist and award nominated playwright (an honor he proudly lost to the late Ray Bradbury). In addition to writing for film and television (Twice Upon A Christmas, Desperate Housewives, Muggers, The Roast of Paul Hogan, and more), he crafts articles for numerous magazines and websites, co-wrote The Desperate Housewives Cookbook. Frivolous, his "deeply silly" half-hour comedy about the legal system, is in development and he's currently crafting a vaguely-autobiographical (a term he just invented) TV series, Unmoored. He is endlessly fascinated by the human condition and remains cautiously optimistic in a world that doesn't exactly engender optimism at the moment. That said, he is fully optimistic that he can be reached at blankcanvas@gmail.com. Honors & Awards Page International Quarterfinalist - THE NEW BLOOD - 2019 LA Weekly Theatre Awards - THE STAR OF MONEY - BEST ONE ACT PLAY non-WGA Male, Over 40 FRIVOLOUS Half-hour comedy - Arrested Development, New Girl, Newsradio A deeply silly tale of a sweet boy - who accidentally discovers that he can make a living suing people for frivolous reasons and the impact it has on his life. CHEMISTRY Romantic Comedy After discovering proof of the genetic code for love, a female mathematician/researcher begins a search for her own soul mate and finds herself caught up in a romantic triangle; forcing her to choose between the logic that has dictated every aspect of her life and the longings of her heart. THE NEW BLOOD Thriller/Horror A brilliant grad student uses his not-fully-tested nanotechnology to save his dying fiancée. The nano-blood changes her from a caring social worker to a dangerous and seemingly indestructible creature. In the end, the man realizes that the woman he loves is the woman he will have to kill to stop the terror. Character-driven, Female-centric, Medical, Thriller, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Satire Male, Over 40 unrepped

< Back Linda Dillon Moya (Sweigart) Manager: Sandra Avila, Inclusion Management - www.inclusionmgmt.com https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm2130265/credits Raised on the border of El Paso, Texas, and Juárez, Mexico, Linda studied at an all-girl Catholic school. She was a tomboy until she was sent to modeling school to become a beauty queen. Linda spent her childhood perfecting her English and Spanish skills to please her mother, who taught ESL. She learned to shoot guns from her father, a Green Beret, who had severe PTSD. In high school, Linda discovered that her father was actually her stepfather. This precipitated Linda’s rebellious period. She dated the son of a notorious drug lord until her mother packed her off to study in Spain. Linda has worked in diverse fields: an archeological field-tech, a financial planner, and an instructor at Homeland Security, where she taught TSA Agents to find bombs. These experiences led to a passion for storytelling that landed her an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA. When her mother died unexpectedly, her mom’s so-called best friend seduced her stepfather, dumped him at a retirement home, and pillaged the family estate. Heartbroken, Linda took a two-year pilgrimage around the world where she was courted by an Indian Prince, consulted Cambodian fortune tellers, and was hospitalized in Myanmar for a spider bite. Luckily, she lives to tell the tale. WGA Associate Member Female, BIPOC, Latinx, Indigenous/Native American, Multi-Ethnic BORDER SAINTS (Supernatural Crime Drama - SUPERNATURAL meets BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER) An ambitious FBI agent must embrace her ancestral powers to take down the men who murdered her father, but as family secrets unravel, she learns nothing is as it appears. BURNOUTS (Drama - WHITE LOTUS meets THE RESORT) An aggrieved woman stranded in a foreign country finds love and a sense of purpose in the most unexpected place -- Siem Reap, Cambodia. We follow her life and struggles as she works to reinvent herself. WHITE SANDS (Sci-fi/Drama - in the vein of X-FILES) FBI agents Dr. David Carmichael and Lexie Stone investigate a murder found on sacred Native American land. Stumped, they enlist a crew of archeological misfits and a Hopi Shaman to investigate the crime and other strange occurrences across the United States. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Crime, Procedural, Fantasy, International, Magical Realism Female, BIPOC, Latinx, Indigenous/Native American, Multi-Ethnic repped

< Back Garret Williams garretwilliams@hotmail.com 323-854-1893 https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0930621 Born and raised in Minneapolis, Garret began making short films in college before attending the American Film Institute's Master's program. His feature SPARK (writer/director), starring Terrence Howard and Nicole Ari Parker, was a Sundance Filmmakers Lab project. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to Berlin (Berlinale) and many others around the world. Garret won Best Director at the Urbanworld Film Festival. Multiple film organizations have supported Garret’s screenplays. HYENAS was a Sundance Screenwriters Lab project. MUDPUPPY was a Film Independent Screenwriters Lab Project, was selected for Tribeca All Access, and was optioned by Sly Dog films. His screenplay LOST DOG was chosen for the Film Independent Screenwriters and Directors Labs, was a Fast Track project at the LA Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Screenplay and the Gordon Parks Award at the IFP Film Market. LOST DOG was also selected for the WGA Feature Writer's Access Project. Garret’s work as a Writer/Director/Producer of shorts screened at SXSW (THE RISE), New Directors/New Films at the MOMA & Sundance(Short SPARK), and a long list of festivals, domestic and international, earning multiple awards. His shorts (SPARK and BB GUN) aired on Showtime Networks. He is a member of the DGA and is a Sundance Institute Fellow, Film Independent Fellow, and Tribeca Film Institute Fellow. Garret serves as an Adjunct Professor at Occidental College, teaching Advanced Screenwriting. non-WGA Male, BIPOC, Black, Multi-Ethnic LOST DOG (Dramatic Thriller) Lost Dog is a character-driven thriller, set in 90s Minneapolis, about a black, jaded, Animal Control Officer and his young trainee, as they follow the twisted trail of a racist serial dog abuser and killer. MUDPUPPY (Dark Comedy) A brown comedy about a lost and lonely man who finds love in the toilet. Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Crime, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Limited Series, Dark, Naturalistic Male, BIPOC, Black, Multi-Ethnic unrepped

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

< Back Timothy Mallon timothy.mallon87@gmail.com https://timothy-mallon.com/ Coverfly The Black List Timothy's work examines the intersection of mental health and relationships. Drawing from personal experience, he's passionate about using authentic storytelling to explore how mental health struggles affect the human condition. Honors & Awards Austin Film Festival Drama Teleplay Pilot - Semifinalist -TIME ZONE - 2024 non-WGA Male, Disabled TIME ZONE International Police Procedural, Recurring Drama - The Bridge , Southland , Line of Duty Three different cities and three seemingly unrelated crimes propels the detectives investigating them into a multinational conspiracy. HELLWATER British Neo-Western, Recurring Drama - Tin Star , Longmire , Dark Winds A mixed-race ex-soldier returning to exact vengeance on his father's killer and save his family's rural British farm from financial ruin. Crime, Thriller, Psychological, Horror, Anthology, Dark, Naturalistic, International Male, Disabled unrepped