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< Back Ambra Chavira ambra.chavira@gmail.com https://ambrachavira.wixsite.com/website Coverfly A Latina and California native, Ambra writes about kick-ass women. Her great grandfather rode with Pancho Villa during the Mexican revolution, what else would you expect? Naturally curious and a bit of a wiseass, Ambra loves to play with the typical story structure of TV and Film while also staying true to the genre. Her first female centered story was published in third grade. After that, she was hooked. Growing up, she didn't see many films with a strong female protagonist, certainly not any who looked like her, so it's important she create stories that inspire women of all ages to step into their power. Like her great-grandfather, Ambra packed up her life on the back of a horse-well, her car- and moved to L.A. with a leap of faith and a dream. She’s since worked on several independent projects in various roles, from 1st AD to Director to Floor Manager on a local Health Show, including the award-winning Fragile Storm and Killer Friends. Her set experience influences her writing, allowing her to understand what works, what doesn’t and how to adjust story for production. An architect of emotion, her storytelling digs down to your soul, leaving a lasting impact long after you've finished watching. Building worlds where women shine is what brings her the most joy in her writing. No stranger to smashing barriers and kicking ass herself, you can usually find Ambra out-lifting most guys at the gym, doting on her nieces and nephews or arguing with her seven pound Yorkie. non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Latinx, Indigenous/Native American VENGEANCE When a former cartel hitwoman turned finance manager undergoes hypnosis to forget how to kill, she must later confront her past life in order to avenge the people who tried to kill her fiancé. MARRY, FUCK, KILL A skeptical romantic must confront three childhood friends who show up decades later to honor the promise she made to marry them if she was still single by her thirtieth birthday. ON THE RUN Bonnie and Clyde, Thelma and Louise ... (but a mother and daughter) When another abusive encounter with her husband goes terribly wrong, a timid nurse flees the scene with her 10-year-old daughter and the two go on a nationwide crime spree to survive their journey out of the country and away from the authorities hunting them down. Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Thriller, Fantasy, Psychological, Satire, Dark, Sketch Female, BIPOC, Latinx, Indigenous/Native American unrepped

< Back Terri C. Viani Rep: James Moorer, james@onemoorer.com IMDB Terri Coduri Viani started her screenwriting career on Disney/ABC's hit show, Brand Spanking New Doug. After Disney, she freelanced in New York City before moving to New England to write for The Westerly (RI) Sun and The Stonebridge Press rural newspaper group while also turning her attention back to screenwriting. She recently sold a romcom to Crown Media and a feature film dramedy to Wilkidoos Productions. Terri lived and traveled around the world as a teen, including Saudi Arabia and the Soviet Union. She spent her high school years at an all-girls boarding school in the English countryside and now resides in Connecticut with one husband and three cats. Terri writes comedies, romcoms, and feel-good dramedies about offbeat characters searching for their misplaced piece of the American dream and a place to call home. WGA Associate Female, 55+ THE LAST VIDEO STORE IN ALASKA Rom-com You've Got Mail meets Always Be My Maybe Childhood sweethearts turned adult enemies find themselves falling for each other again under an intoxicating mix of nostalgia and the Northern Lights when they discover they co-own the last (and failing) video store in Alaska. HANGRY Comedy-Horror The Golden Girls meets The Exorcist Four gutsy seniors vow to battle their small-town mayor and his rapacious plans to develop their tiny bucolic town, unaware the timid mayor has sold his soul to a charming but insatiable demon who promises the mayor the power he craves - in exchange for the flesh of the mayor's enemies." Character-driven, Female-centric, Bittersweet, Silly, Snarky Female, 55+

< 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 Minki Kim minki.k@gmail.com Minki Kim is a horror and comedy television writer and art director with over 20 years of experience in the creative field. He earned his BFA in Communication Arts and Design, with a minor in Filmmaking, from VCU Arts. He later studied sketch and pilot writing at Upright Citizens Brigade in New York, trained in screenwriting under Alan Kingsberg, and participated in workshops led by horror writer Jeff Howard and Oscar-winning writer Alex Dinelaris. Minki has written five half-hour TV pilots and several horror short scripts. His half-hour comedy pilot Software Plus, set in a 1990s retail store, was a Second Rounder at the Austin Film Festival. His horror script Ostium advanced as a Second Rounder at AFF, a Quarterfinalist at the Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards, and a Quarterfinalist at the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards. Honors & Awards Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival - SOFTWARE PLUS - 2021. Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards - OSTIUM - 2024 Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival - OSTIUM - 2023 Winner, Best Short Script, Santa Barbara Screenplay Awards - 6 Seconds - 2026 non-WGA Male, Asian, 40+ 6 SECONDS Horror - Talk to Me To escape the crushing uncertainty of her life, a desperate woman must decide whether to embrace the ultimate certainty: a six-second glimpse into her own death. SOFTWARE PLUS Half-hour Comedy High Fidelity meets Superstore While selling the latest CD-ROMs and explaining dial-up internet, the dysfunctional staff of a '90s software chain struggles to keep their own chaotic lives from completely unplugging. THE CRUNCH Half-hour Comedy Modern Family meets Mythic Quest Unemployed, living in his ex-wife's backyard, a middle-aged dad finds purpose beyond his kids and rediscovers his youthful dreams by rallying his online gaming friends to build the video game company he always wanted. Character-driven, Horror, Silly, Sketch Male, Asian, 40+ 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

< 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 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 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 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 Steven Goldman sgoldmannn@aol.com Matthew Wallerstein; The Wallerstein Group: mbw@walersteingroup.com Steven Goldman is an internationally syndicated film journalist based in Los Angeles. His UK credits include: Time Out, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, BBC Children's Television, The Evening Standard and British Esquire. In the US, his work has appeared in The New York Times, Premiere, Interview and Artsmeme. He is the writer of two animated TV specials for Film Roman/HandMade Films - based on the Eloise books by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight, featuring the voices of Tim Curry and Lynn Redgrave. He has provided promotional materials for NBCUni, Sony, MGM, Paramount, Amblin, Disney, STX, Warner Bros, Imax, Lionsgate, and Apple TV. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America’s Animation Caucus, The IWC, and The Critics Choice Association. non-WGA Male, 55+ STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT (TV Comedy; Live Action/Animated) Two grapes sitting on a fruit plate wrestle with the petty dramas of daily life, the limitations of their dreams & aspirations, and their own mortality - living in the shadow of an unpredictable and lethal entity, The Hand. HOWDY DOODY TIME (Feature; Caper Comedy) A well-meaning minion's life goes to hell when he gets his best friend a job as his assistant. But as he struggles to get rid of him, neither is aware that the workplace itself is a front for an international forgery ring. TRANSITIONAL BOB (Animated; Limited Series) An eccentric drifter on the run from the law sets off to find his long lost brother, only to discover the man he’s looking for is the same man who’s pursuing him and the hitchhiker he’s picked up along the way may be planning to eat him. IWC BEST OF 2024 Character-driven, Children's, Animation, Limited Series, Dark Male, 55+ 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 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