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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 Alexander Adell zander@magnesiumfilm.com Alex Creasia, Navigation Media Group https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011809/ Coverfly Alexander Adell, represented by Alex Creasia at Navigation Media Group, writes Sci-Fi and Drama features and TV filled with tangled and passionate characters who need as much therapy as he does, who claw their way through deeply researched, unforgiving worlds. He won at the 2022 Austin Film Festival with his fiction podcast pilot script CELERITAS, which he produced into a global top ten sci-fi podcast that was nominated for a Webby and received seven Signal Awards including Best Writing and Best Scripted Fiction Podcast. A former Pixar Technical Director now based in Austin, TX, he was regularly pulled out of grade school to hitchhike through developing countries, get hypothermia on Mt. Everest, drink cow blood, and witness the occasional public cremation. From a young age he was drawn to science fiction, which felt more familiar than the Americans around him. Now a father of two, his writing attempts to channel the fear and awe of his childhood, and the broken decision-making of adults who are raised in chaos. Honors & Awards Austin Film Festival Fiction Podcast Award - Winner - CELERITAS - 2022 Signal Award for Best Scripted Fiction Podcast- Gold - CELERITAS - 2023 non-WGA Male, 40+ ANTLION (Drama Feature, Phantom Thread meets Saltburn) When a furniture maker is ruined by his wealthy clients, he lures them in with a mysterious luxury mattress and turns their methods of indoctrination against them. CELERITAS (Dark Sci-fi Scripted Podcast Series, The Revenant meets Interstellar) The first test of light speed flight hurls an astronaut deep into the future where he searches the planets for remnants of the human race, and the memory of his daughter. Character-driven, Science, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Dark, Magical Realism Male, 40+ Repped

< Back Lisa Jeanne Rosenberg thewholestory@comcast.net 415-407-2573 Lisa Rosenberg is an AFI Screenwriting graduate and a narrative screenwriter focused on dramas, coming-of-age, and political thrillers. CURE, a thriller, was a Semifinalist for the 2023 New York Women in Film & Television Writers’ Lab and Second Round in the 2022, 2021, and 2020 Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competitions. A PLACE CALLED HOME, a political drama, was a 2024 Quarterfinalist in the ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Competition and previously an Independent Film Week selection. GRAFT, a period coming-of-age, won a 2023 Puffin Foundation grant for development as a stage play and was Second Round in the 2022 Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. CRAWL SPACE, a psychological drama adapted from the novel by Edie Meidav, was a 2015 Finalist for the New York Women in Film & Television Writers' Lab. Recent contracts include script consulting and editing on THE CALLBACK short by writer/director Kara Herold; writing CLIPPED WINGS (working title), a dramatic feature for Front Row Productions; co-writing the treatment for THE MAYA MOVIE, a documentary feature for Redhouse Productions; and writing A PRAYER, a script for a short for actor Anthony Aguilar Gallagher. Earlier projects she has written for have earned an Emmy, a Codie, an Action for Children's Television Award, and a nomination for a Peabody Award. Honors & Awards Semifinalist, NYWIFT Writers’ Lab – CURE – 2023 Second Round, Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition – CURE – 2022 Second Round, Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition – GRAFT – 2022 non-WGA Female, Middle Eastern, Multi-Ethnic, 55+ CURE (Political Thriller) When a gifted Nigerian medical student invents a malaria vaccine derived from sea life, he must challenge a powerful drug company bent on co-opting his work and patenting the creatures from which the vaccine would be made. GRAFT (Coming-of-Age) In 1903, a nineteen-year-old street girl, impersonator, and thief gains an unexpected chance to recreate herself on the stage, which may enable her to transform who she can be in real life. CRAWL SPACE (Psychological Thriller) When an unrepentant war criminal secretly returns home, desperate to clear his name, he meets a troubled drifter whose story mirrors his own, forcing him to run again to finally face what he has become. Character-driven, Medical, Crime, Thriller, Psychological, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, International Female, Middle Eastern, Multi-Ethnic, 55+ unrepped

< Back Sofia Drummond-Moore sofiadrummondmoore@gmail.com Coverfly The Black List Sofia has a Bachelors Degree in Creative Writing from Knox College and a Masters Degree in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute, where she was an Academy Nicholl Fellowship Quarterfinalist and won the Writers Room Ready Award. Sofia primarily gets excited about drama, horror and thriller stories with a specific interest in strange historical curiosities, LGBTQ+ stories and those focused on female protagonists. She believes ghost stories can be some of the most important stories. Her prose writing has been published in New Delta Review, Pithead Chapel, Door Is A Jar Magazine, Cleaver Magazine and many others. She has recently been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Sofia has worked as an intern at Conner Literary and Ghost House Pictures, as a writers assistant to a prominent author, and as an executive producer on a teen mystery series for streaming. She is currently a freelance writer for prose and film. Her short film THE LAST BIRTHDAY, about the Romanov family, was the Winner of Berlinale European Film Market Premier, nominee for the European Independent Film Awards, selection for The Still Voices International Film Festival, The Southside Film Festival and Mammoth Film Festival . When she's not writing Sofia has been a figure skater, a museum curator, fever specialist, tree devotee, nostalgia expert and gravestone attendee. Honors & Awards Winner, Big Break Final Draft Competition - ADA - 2024 Semi-Finalist, Austin Film Festival - RIKO'S CIRCLE - 2024 Finalist, ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Award - QUIET BODIES - 2023 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+ QUIET BODIES (Historical Drama) Based on the true stories of ballerinas who burned to death on stage in the 1860s. Paris 1861, a young dancer joins the famous ballet only to be surrounded by persecution and danger, yet through the love of another dancer she finds hope and rebellion. CLY (Psychological thriller) A woman still grieving the sudden loss of her daughter lands the lead role of Clytemnestra in a retelling of the Greek tragedy Agamemnon only to be set on a path of violence she must escape from as the lines between reality and play blur. REGRESSION (Horror) A young student travels to Copenhagen to study the conservation of bog bodies but after trying past life regression therapy becomes convinced her body and her life are being taken over by a dangerous man from 280 BCE. Female-centric, Queer, Thriller, Psychological, Horror, Dark, International, Magical Realism Female, LGBTQ+ unrepped

< Back Nicholas Pangilinan nicholaspangilinan2@gmail.com 636-288-2289 Coverfly Nick is the nerdiest jock you'll ever meet. When he's not writing, he can be usually be found reading a comic book while wearing a hockey jersey. As a writer, he's devoted to creating fun and diverse stories that also contain an impactful theme. Nick excels in writing horror, action, and comedy. He loves hearing the physical reaction that his words bring out whether it's a gasp, a scream, or a laugh. Even more importantly, his audiences emotionally connect to his scripts. Nick always likes to "hide the vegetables" by highlighting relatable and insightful themes inside entertaining stories. He stamps his fingerprint into every script regardless of the genre, and he classifies his voice as "larger than life." His unique super power is to create stories that pop off the page and feature layered characters with distinct and sharp dialogue. Nick's stories always have strong sense of adventure no matter the size of the actual scale. Nick has been a writer for hire, a finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition, and a winner in multiple competitions: the Unique Voices Screenplay Competition, the 13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest, and the WeScreenplay Feature Contest. Additionally, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan from Netflix's NEVER HAVE I EVER is attached to one of his pilots, and he has two other pilots with a producer attached who was a showrunner on a Peacock series. non-WGA Male, BIPOC, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST (Horror Comedy Feature - SCREAM meets CABIN IN THE WOODS meets CLUE) Locked inside Horror-Con after a table reading, Brandy must survive a real murder mystery once a killer starts offing her castmates. But when the suspects are all minorities, that's one horror trope she can't rely on when guessing who’s going to die next. GALAHAD (Action Adventure Pilot - UMBRELLA ACADEMY meets SMALLVILLE meets A KNIGHT'S TALE) Legend says that Galahad will eventually be the last knight of the infamous Round Table -- But today, he's just a teenage scalawag who wants to win a squire tournament... and maybe squeeze in the time to unmask the Red Knight and save the kingdom. TALES OF ANAHEIM (Comedy Sitcom Pilot - COMMUNITY meets MYTHIC QUEST meets BARRY) In an effort to win an acting role, Bryan must lead his team through a mystical (and bonkers) battle of magic and knights to obtain a hidden amulet and impress the "Sofa King." No, this isn't Mordor, Hogwarts, or Westeros. This is... LARP? Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, YA, Silly, Snarky Male, BIPOC, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander unrepped

< Back Alexa Oona Schulz alexaschulz@mac.com http://alexa-schulz.com Alexa Oona grew up in Hamburg, Germany, with the handed-down responsibility for the Holocaust, but more specifically with a Nazi grandfather who after the war worked for the church as a deacon in youth exchange programs with teenagers from Africa and the Arab world – her mother calls him a hypocrite; Alexa Oona calls him a complex character. A Los Angeles resident since 2007, Alexa Oona writes in English and German and is fluent in Spanish. She is passionate about crime (writing crime that is) – but has also been paid for dramedy writing - which proves that even Germans can be funny! Alexa Oona's produced writing credits include TV court show episodes and a prime-time feature for ZDF (Germany) as well as numerous documentaries (e.g. for ARTE) that she directed. In 2006, her award-winning documentary début WEEKEND WARRIORS, a humorous film that follows the lives of four German players of American-style football in Berlin, was theatrically released in Germany by one of the largest multiplex chains. non-WGA Female, Over 40 ANDIE FROM GERMANY (Short-form Serialized Series - Dark Comedy) A failing but success-obsessed German actress gets more than she expected after stealing a dead Hollywood starlet’s identity; now she has to successfully nail her lines and a criminal scheme. AMERICAN CRIME: MEXICO CITY (Hourlong Procedural Series Pilot - Police Drama ) When a PTSD-afflicted Special Agent is paired with a carefree FBI linguist to solve American crimes in Mexico City, she is thrust into solving the mysterious case of a deadly sound attack while struggling to navigate cultural differences. Character-driven, Female-centric, Crime, Historical/Alternative History, International Female, Over 40 unrepped

< Back William T. Sutphin Agent: Sharon Fraizer, Crystal Ship Artists - sharon@crystalshipartists.com 310-962-1151 Coverfly William Sutphin is a former 2008 DGA winner for his short film, UNCLE KILLA, which he later licensed to HBO/Cinemax. He is a graduate of Columbia University's Film MFA program and has gone on to place as a quarterfinalist in the Nicholl Fellowship. Most recently, William was one of sixteen finalists for the 2020 Universal Writer's Program. WGA Post-current Member Male, BIPOC, Black, Over 40 HOODWINKED (Feature Dramedy - GET OUT meets FRIDAY) A woke vegan neighborhood activist and a Soul Food Matriarch must put aside their differences to save their beloved Wakefield from greedy corporate house flippers. Will they save their neighbors from eviction, or a fate worse than death..raisins in their potato salad. BOOKER & OLIVIA (Period, THE GREAT DEBATERS meets HARRIET) Two idealistic education missionaries journey to the Deep South to build a school for ex-slaves but when the local cartel cottons loses their workers to a classroom, they threaten to burn the school and everything in it down. Will Booker & Olivia protect their school and build a legacy? LATE IN THE GAME (Half hour comedy pilot) Late-middle-aged pharmacist Jermaine must decide on accepting secure contracted employment or taking a quick buyout and journeying to LA to pursue his writing dreams amid a room of Gen Z influencers. Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Western, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, Limited Series, Snarky, Magical Realism Male, BIPOC, Black, Over 40 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