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< Back Anne Toole thewritetoole@gmail.com https://writingiswriting.wordpress.com/ Writers Guild Award-winning writer Anne Toole has written for live-action series, games, animation, comics, and more. Her work currently appears in Netflix's DANIEL SPELLBOUND and the action-comedy series CANNON BUSTERS. Previously, she wrote for GHOST OF TSUSHIMA: DIRECTOR'S CUT and for WOMEN OF MARVEL #1 . She also wrote for DAYS OF OUR LIVES, contributed to the Emmy-winning short-form dramedy THE LIZZIE BENNET DIARIES, and created the hundred-episode dramedy ALLES LIEBE, ANNETTE for the German market. Anne's credits include THE WITCHER game, the HORIZON ZERO DAWN games and comics, and ASSASSIN'S CREED ORIGINS. She has spoken extensively on storytelling across platforms at South by Southwest and Comic-con International as well as in presentations at MIT, Harvard, and Cannes. A citizen of Ireland as well as the US, Anne holds a degree in Archaeology from Harvard. Honors & Awards Golden Joystick Award, Narrative - DAYS GONE - 2022 Writers Guild Award Winner - HORIZON ZERO DAWN - 2018 non-WGA Female UNMOVED MOVER (Period sci-fi short story) Professor Challenger enlists an old friend to find the source of a mysterious sound, while still reeling from the loss of his son in the Great War. WITNESSES (Legal procedural pilot) A disbarred attorney seeks redemption by assembling a team of expert witnesses, but his integrity immediately comes into question on their very first case. Queer, Crime, Procedural, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, Animation Female unrepped

< Back Catherine Vouvray cathvouvray@gmail.com http://commelevin.com Coverfly Catherine Vouvray grew up gay in God’s country – the bible belt South – fearing for her life at home with mentally ill parents and out in the rural world, where those in the LGBTQIA+ community were killed for sport. Education saved her life, but writing saved her soul. Her work is focused on empathy, relationships, mental health, and finding the funny in dark times. A published short story writer and produced writer/director, Vouvray’s mission is to add to queer cinema while often placing older (gasp!) women at the epicenter of stories ranging from comedy to drama, to rom-com, to family, and finally, to animation. Oh, and yes, she also writes straight stuff for the youth. Vouvray is in post-production on her first independent feature film, All Wounds , which apparently needs a new title because it isn't a horror. Her influences include Waller-Bridges, Sciamma, Gaudagnino, and Manuel-Miranda. When not indulging in filmmaking, Vouvray writes novels, including The Months of Payne. Catherine is currently a proud fellow of the Michener Center for Writers. Honors & Awards Universal Global Talent Development & Inclusion - Semifinalist - LES GO! - 2021 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+, 40+ LES GO! Lesbian rom-com After using a lesbian-dating app to research a new role and accidentally meeting Ms. Right, a lonely, middle-aged movie star must redefine what love and career mean to her before she loses both. AUTHOR OF THE EPILOGUE romantic dramedy An elderly woman journeys home to England with her husband's ghost to reconnect with the love she left behind--a woman--before her son puts her in a nursing home. CODENAME: MAME 1/2 hour TV spy comedy An insular, sexy, sixty-year-old spy forced into retirement secretly continues targeting an international crime syndicate who then comes after her and her first-ever friends in the retirement community where she's gone undercover. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Romantic, Historical/Alternative History, International Female, LGBTQ+, 40+ unrepped

< Back Anthony Sclafani, Jr. anthony.sclafani.jr@gmail.com Anthony discovered the craft of screenwriting from a coworker while working at HBO Studio Productions in NYC. Going off the recommendation of his screenwriting professor at NYU’s Continuing Education program, he moved to LA where he earned his MFA in Screenwriting from the AFI Conservatory and became a Disney Feature Fellowship recipient for his feature screenplay, PRICELESS. The fellowship award helped him land his first agent and manger. Soon after, Anthony wrote and directed an award-winning, independent, comedy, pilot, ROOMIES. He credits its success to when he had the privilege to shadow-direct James Burrows on an episode of WILL AND GRACE . Anthony has returned to his hometown where he continues to write on spec and hone his craft while he raises his two sons. non-WGA Male SUPER BOWL WEEKEND Feature Comedy Three life-long friends, who’ve waited a lifetime to see their hometown team make the Super Bowl, head to Miami for the big game, but things spiral out of control when they lose their tickets to the game. CRICKETS IN MANHATTAN (Feature Romantic Comedy) The day before an interview for a big promotion, Chris Donovan calls in sick to spend the day with his college sweetheart while his rival chases after him, hoping to expose his lies and win the job himself UNTIL DEBT DUE US PART (Half-hour TV, Comedy Pilot) In order to inherit a family trust fund, which comes when getting married, a financially desperate schoolteacher comes up with a plan to marry her gambling ex boyfriend, who’s also in debt. Romantic Male unrepped

< Back James Moorer jkdxentertainment@gmail.com https://jamesmoorer.com/ Cleveland native and best-selling author, producer, and screenwriter, James Moorer, is an unflinching storyteller who writes dark character-driven horror and thrillers. His novel, TWO FOR THE PAIN: An Eddie Gideon Mystery, is an Amazon Best-Seller. He co-produced the award-winning short, IN THE DEATHROOM based on a Stephen King story, and produced and directed an episode of the series THE EMERGENT LENS, now being shopped. Recently, James was hired to pen an indie horror film while working on his next novel. He is a member of the Organization of Black Screenwriters and just accepted membership into the Independent Writers Caucus (IWC). James also serves as Director of Outreach and Diversity Initiatives at Roadmap Writers, helping writers gain representation. He also owns Dark Anthem Press , a division of One Moorer, an independent multimedia company. non-WGA Male, BIPOC, Over 55 IN DARKEST CLEVELAND One-Hour Episodic Fantasy/Thriller A mission of mercy to help a mentally unstable child brings a troubled Paranormal Doctor and his colleagues back to the city of his birth and the demons that await his return. BLACK BONES JONES Feature/Horror An ex-slave, ex-soldier turned exorcist is called to save a border town from a marauding spirit, but when he learns the town’s dark secret, not even his skills may save them. FURY One-hour Crime Drama Accused of her lover’s murder, a detective’s undercover odyssey to clear her name reveals she’s the illegitimate child of the very crime family she’s vowed to destroy. Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Crime, Thriller, Procedural, Western, Fantasy, Horror Male, BIPOC, Over 55 Repped

< Back Megan Anelons megananelons@gmail.com Megan is a writer and producer with a Major in Film and a Minor in Creative Writing from Emerson College. She has worked at Atlas Entertainment and as a creative executive with Lynda Obst (INTERSTELLAR, HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS) at Sony. She writes with her mom, Kelly, as one of Hollywood’s only mother/daughter writing team. 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. When she's not reading, writing, or crying over animation (Arcane), she spends an inordinate amount of time on Duolingo trying to impress that damn owl. 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, LGBTQ+ 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, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, Bittersweet, Slapstick, Snarky Female, LGBTQ+ unrepped

< Back Thomas R. Schrack thomas.r.schrack@gmail.com Jason Bellitto, Citizen Skill Management https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12549162/ Coverfly Thomas Schrack grew up on Long Island, where he and his brothers were always up to some kind of shenanigans—whether at school, on the job, or out on the water—sparking his lifelong love for crafting comedic adventures. Later in life, after exploring the world's most corrupt corners as a fraud investigator for a mega consulting firm, Thomas finally broke free from corporate life, reclaiming his soul to tell optimistic and nostalgic stories for the screen. Trained by Roadmap Writers and recognized in top contests like Nicholl, PAGE, and AFF, Thomas is now channeling his energy into developing a TV show with a production company, writing for a seasoned Hollywood director, and creating short-form comedy and a podcast for a small studio. He's proudly represented by Citizen Skull Management. non-WGA Male NATTY LIGHT ( Feature | Coming-of-Age Teen Comedy ) In a desperate attempt to impress his standoffish brother before he leaves for college, an impulsive high school freshman goes to epic lengths to secure a case of beer for the final senior party of summer. THE KINGS OF SUMMER meets SUPERBAD. THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND ( Feature | Prohibition Comedy ) To revive his hungover grandson, an aged Prohibition hero spins a drunken fairytale of rescuing their town from destruction after a shipwrecked rum-runner set off a whirlwind of trouble in 1927. THE PRINCESS BRIDE meets THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER. Inspired by real events. SKITCHING (Feature | Drama/Comedy) When his ride to a skateboard competition bails on him, a penniless teen has 60 minutes to scratch together $300 for another ride or get stuck in the city he desperately wants to leave, forever. MID90s meets DOPE. Character-driven, Coming-of-Age, YA, Satire, Silly, Slapstick, Snarky Male

< Back Tonia Kempler http://www.bellementertainment.com Coverfly Tonia Kempler is a multi-hyphenate, genre-agnostic filmmaker who lives in New York. Her focus is on projects with IP/multi-revenue stream potential. She specializes in world-building and character development. She develops comics, podcasts, unscripted & scripted TV, and features. She is currently in development with Radar Pictures on a horror feature . Her approach to storytelling and understanding audience engagement is fortified by a career in the Music Industry, including concert production and managing Grammy-Award-Winning producers, engineers, and songwriters. “No Scrubs” for TLC and “Survivor” for Destiny’s Child are among over 100 Billboard Chart Topping songs created by her previous clients. Tonia is a serial entrepreneur. She is the founder of Bellem Entertainment, Entangled Exposure Entertainment, The 9 Armadillos (Writer's Room), and The Old Orchard Film Festival. Tonia is a connector by nature. She is a member of The Vine Impact Global, Orchestrated Connecting, and The Renaissance Weekend. Over the course of her career, she has amassed an expansive network in both entertainment and finance. In 2024, Tonia began to altruistically connect impact-driven producers with financiers. She is actively helping A-List projects (only). Honors & Awards The Academy Nicholl Fellowship - Top 10% - THE OUTPOST - 2021 Emerging Screenwriters - Horror/Thriller Genre Winner, - THE OUTPOST - 2022 Oregon Short Film Festival - Best Drama - NOT YOUR FAMILY - 2022 non-WGA Female THE OUTPOST LGBTQ Coming-of-Age Thriller - STAND BY ME meets SUPER DARK TIMES Life quickly turns into chaos as two teen boys, struggling with their sexual identities, attempt to cover up an accidental murder, leading one to unravel a disturbing truth about the other. THE LEATHERFACE LADY Horror Feature - CREEP and T HE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT with a touch of PSYCHO . A young woman and her friends encounter the fabled Leatherface Lady, believed to slay hikers on the Appalachian Trail, only to discover the killer may, in fact, be the local urban legend’s grandson. GURCAN Action Feature inspired by true events - THE MARKSMAN and MAN ON FIRE meets the world of THE BRIDGE A federal agent pushed beyond his limits is forced to awaken his military past when his son gets kidnapped by a human trafficking organization within the government. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Psychological, Horror, Coming-of-Age, Dark, International Female repped

< Back Helena Zhen helenazhen1@gmail.com 917-270-5806 Coverfly Helena Zhen an actor/writer/director whose short films have played worldwide. She's been nominated for a DGA student filmmaking award, won one of the top writer/director awards given at NYU, and garnered a chance to work with the late, great Wes Craven as an up-and-coming director. Her scripts have won the Disney Writing Fellowship and the NexTV Grand Prize while other screenplays have been finalists at top-tier contests, such as Sundance, Tracking Board Launchpad, and Austin. She has just completed an Acting program at UCLA. Her brand of writing tends towards high-concept, commercial fare with an edge of indie. While her writing is fairly diverse, she is drawn to grounded sci-fi and elevated genre material. non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Asian, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander EX HUMANA (Sci-Fi TV Drama - WESTWORLD meets ALTERED CARBON) In the near future, a government health agent learns that the nanobots that everyone now uses to monitor their health has become self-aware and is editing out human traits to create the next stage of human evolution. COLONY 14 (TV Crime Drama – YELLOWSTONE meets SONS OF ANARCHY) An undercover FBI agent infiltrates a secretive group of off-the-grid survivalists intent on overthrowing the government and starting the next Civil War. THE STORY OF YOU (Feature Drama – PACHINKO meets BACK TO THE FUTURE) After the death of her father, a woman gets spirited back in time and must make the right choices in a choose-your-own-adventure style quest in order to return to her life as well as those of her parents. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror Female, BIPOC, Asian, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander 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 Joseph Mwamba JoeMightLikeTV@gmail.com http://www.Telemazing.com Coverfly Joseph Mwamba is a first-generation African-American Y.A. writer from Indiana. He's recently a 2024 Disney Fellowship Finalist, named ISA's Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch, and wrote an episode as a Writers' Assistant for Season 2 of Netflix’s upcoming action anime TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL. Prior, he was the Writers’ Assistant for Audible's A STRANGE CASE and Writers' PA for Netflix's YOU & Apple TV's THE AFTERPARTY. Previously an assistant for two TV Lit agents at UTA, Joe was selected into Rideback Rise Fellowship as a Circle Member, Coverfly's Endorsed Writer Program, and Roadmap Writer's Support Staff Initiative. His Y.A. action dramedy THE KNIGHT'S PHOENIX won the Grand Prize in the Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Pilot Competition. Honors & Awards Disney Writing Fellowship Finalist - 2024 Top 25 Screenwriters to Know, ISA - 2023 Grand Prize Winner, Emerging Screenwriter Action & Adventure Pilot Competition - THE KNIGHT'S PHOENIX - 2022 non-WGA Male, BIPOC, Black THE KNIGHT'S PHOENIX (Y.A. Action Drama - HARRY POTTER meets KINGSMEN) The unsettling arrival of a new teen helps a principal launch the CIA’s secret prep academy into disorder as faculty and students find their secrets are no longer safe. FINDING A LOST PEN (Y.A. Mystery Dramedy - VERONICA MARS meets SEX EDUCATION with a dash of WANDAVISION) A teen with crippling social anxiety starts a high school detective agency, secretly using its intel on students to find his missing twin sister. Coming-of-Age, YA Male, BIPOC, Black unrepped

< Back Jude Roth 1juderoth@gmail.com 310.621.1697 http://www.juderoth.com After spending time at the Berkshire County jail where her mother was Deputy Sheriff, tween Jude started a diary with this entry: “Last night I had my first dance (to Jingle Bell Rock) with a boy, an inmate at the jail’s Christmas party. His name is Smitty, he starts fires, and mom says he escaped.” Instead of joining the hunt for him (or hiding), Jude began exorcising her bemusement and bewilderment at life by writing personal, character-driven stories often set against big-world backdrops. Jude's a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is an award-winning TV/feature drama writer. As an indie filmmaker, she wrote and EP’d a scripted drama about an undocumented day laborer that PBS and Latino Public Broadcasting acquired (twice). She's also won “Best Screenplay” at La Femme Int'l Film Festival and has had TV pilots featured on The Black List, The Black List Disability List, and WeForShe WriteHer List, the latter annually featuring 20 unproduced pilots selected from hundreds of nominations from industry executives and creatives. She's one of only 6 writers chosen for the 2019 Black List-Women in Film Episodic Lab, was a finalist for the HUMANITAS New Voices in TV award, and is a two-time semifinalist for the Sundance Episodic Lab. Her scripts have advanced in contests such as Austin Film Festival (semifinalist), Writers Lab supported by Meryl Streep (semifinalist), PAGE (top 10), Writers Network/Fade In (8 quarterfinalist projects in one year), Slamdance (top 25), and Cinestory (semifinalist). Fate also once thrust her into working in TV development at Skydance Media where she got to partake in how the proverbial sausage is made - and it was amazing (thanks, Fate!): The team there loves writers and it rocked. To relax, Jude eats pizza all over LA, practices her baseball pitching skills (just in case she gets called up by the Red Sox or Dodgers one day), pets every dog she can, and worships at the altar of "Niles" in FRASIER reruns. Honors & Awards Black List-Women in Film Episodic Lab - HOMEFRONT - 2019 WeForShe WriteHer List - SINS OF THE FATHER - 2018 Audible Development - Finalist - THE STING - 2021 non-WGA Female THE ASSETS (Spy thriller) After China executes dozens of CIA assets on Chinese soil, a reinstated CIA officer puts a dangerous revenge plan into action as her colleague's crisis of conscience threatens to bring her, the plan, and the Agency down. HOMEFRONT (Drama) Struggling to salvage their post-military lives in America’s south, four very different women combat veterans turn to each other for support they can’t find elsewhere. But when the most vulnerable among them gets into serious trouble, the new friends close ranks to help her – risking their public and private lives. SINS OF THE FATHER (Geopolitical thriller) A U.N. human rights worker discovers the truth about her beloved father's deadly identity and sets out to right the crimes he committed. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller Female unrepped

< Back Caitlin Reed cnreed27@gmail.com Caitlin Reed is an LA-based writer, producer, filmmaker, and self-proclaimed sweater aficionado of mixed-Asian heritage who enjoys creating stories about funny people going through existential crises. Last year, she co-wrote, directed, and produced her short film Blue Skies — a character study of someone living with chronic social anxiety — which she is sending through the festival circuit. She also wrote and starred in a proof of concept based on one of her original comedy pilots, co-written with her producing partner, Tia Sippel. She is currently a board member of the Junior Hollywood Radio and Television Society. When Caitlin’s not navigating the industry, she can be found touring nuclear facilities, identifying local flora & fauna, or daydreaming about going to the beach. Honors & Awards Emerging Screenwriters Sci-fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition - Quarter-Finalist - SPACELESS - 2022 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition - Quarter-Finalist - SPACELESS - 2021 Shoot Your Short - Semi-Finalist - SQUIDE - 2021 non-WGA Female, Asian, Multi-Ethnic UNADULTERATED 1/2 Hour TV - New Girl, Insecure, Odd Couple In a caffeine-fueled quest for a fresh start, a perpetually anxious librarian invades the world of her sardonic childhood best friend as they dive into the fray of life and uncover the simple joys hidden within the chaos of modern existence. SPACELESS 1Hour TV - Firefly, Red Dwarf A former space ranger, content with living an aimless existence transporting useless merchandise across the galaxy, is forced to wear her big girl pants and face past offenses as an old friend enters her life. AS YOU WISH IT 1 Hour TV - The Magicians, Stranger Than Fiction, The 10th Kingdom Years after vowing never to write again since her father's death, a former child prodigy is kidnapped by the very characters in the book she wrote at sixteen and must find a way to save their world before it destroys hers. Character-driven, Female-centric, Coming-of-Age, Snarky Female, Asian, Multi-Ethnic unrepped