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< Back Philip Pierce Agent: David Saunders, APA - dsaunders@apa-agency.com Philip Pierce is a writer/producer as well as a clinical psychologist and UCLA Lecturer. He wrote and produced the feature film BOY CULTURE based on the novel by Matthew Rettenmund. It premiered at The Tribeca Film Festival, won 21 international awards, and was distributed theatrically. He produced the sequel BOY CULTURE: THE SERIES, which premiered at OutfestLA and the British Film Institute in London. It has won 4 Best Film Fest prizes. A number of Philip's scripts have won awards and been optioned. In addition, FREUD AND JUNG IN AMERICA was a finalist for a Sloan Grant and was selected by the WGA for a showcase performance and LOST LEGEND was selected by the WGA Latinx Committee for a scene reading and was a Nicholl Fellowship Semi-Finalist. MOVE by Academy Award Nominee Matthew Diamond (DANCEMAKER) to which Philip contributed a rewrite was optioned by United Artists. non-WGA Male, LGBTQ+, Over 40 BIO RUN (Sci-fi Thriller - THE FUGITIVE meets CONTAGION) A doctor, suspected of starting an epidemic of a rare disease, goes on the run to clear his name and find the real perpetrator while a relentless FBI bioterrorism agent pursues him. LOST LEGEND (Action/Adventure, Latinx) Set in 1790's California, a privileged young woman, struggling to avenge the death of her father, takes on a dual identity as Zarra. Ultimately, she becomes the unlikely defender of the oppressed Indigenous people: the legend before the legend. Insprired by the public domain novel, The Curse of Capistrano . BLOOD SECRETS (Psychological Thriller) A young FBI behavioral analyst struggles with inner demons as he tracks down an escaped serial killer -- his own father. Character-driven, Science, Medical, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Historical/Alternative History, International Male, LGBTQ+, Over 40 repped

< Back Amy Haeussler amy.haeussler@gmail.com https://www.amyhaeussler.com/ Coverfly Amy is an actor, writer and model...citizen! She's based in LA, but grew up in a large dysfunctional family from the Chicago suburbs (it’s pop, not soda.) As a performer, Amy has 10+ years experience writing and performing sketch and improv at theaters like The Second City-Chicago, iO-Chicago, The Annoyance and Groundlings (among all the other bars & random apartments.) Currently she can be found performing around LA and is on deck to start Sunday Company at The Groundlings Theater later this year. As a writer, Amy has written a number of pilots and screenplays that have placed in notable competitions like The Academy Nicholl Fellowship, PAGE International, Final Draft Big Break, Austin Film Fest, Finish Line Competition and more. As a person, Amy has gotten herself into a lot of sh*t, gotten herself out of a lot of sh*t and can currently be found adapting to sh*t (aren’t we all?) Honors & Awards Nicholl Fellowship - Quarterfinalist - CRAZY GIRL - 2023/2024 Page International Competition - Semifinalist - MID-30's - 2023 Semifinalist, Finish Line Competition - CRAZY GIRL - 2023 non-WGA Female CRAZY GIRL (Drama/Dark Comedy, TRAINWRECK meets GIRL, INTERRUPTED) A comedienne with bulimia and substance abuse issues struggles her way through rehab while her mother battles cancer. MID-30's (Comedy/Dark Comedy, FLEABAG meets BETTER THINGS) An alcoholic entering her “mid-30’s” awkwardly navigates love, life, sex and aging for the first time sober...while trying to pursue comedy. Character-driven, Female-centric, Dark, Naturalistic, Sketch Female unrepped

< Back Trudi Witzand Kennedy tjkennedy@live.com.au IMDB Breaking free from a doomsday sect as a teen, Trudi advanced in media and architectural careers in Australia, Hong Kong and the United States. Surviving cancer, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her passion for story telling. Her experience of resilience and transformation fuels her feature and series writing. Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member Female, 55+ POLAR Action Thriller - The Revenant/Thelma and Louise An adventure trip becomes a new fight for survival for a pair of cancer thrivers stranded in an Arctic storm, stalked by a polar bear, mutated by toxins. THE GHOSTS IN THE VILLA Sixth Sense/The Shining When the psychic daughter of a Villa caretaker befriends the ghost of a silent film starlet, she unwittingly enrages a possessive maternal spirit and must develop her gifts to save the ones she loves. DESTINATION WEDDING Horror - GetOut/Midsommar A troubled couple travel to a remote village for a destination wedding, but discover the villagers are actually a cannibal cult enticing newlyweds for ritual sacrifice. Character-driven, Thriller, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Psychological, Horror, Dark Female, 55+ unrepped

< Back J Florence Jones jflorencejones@gmail.com Jaye is a queer and non-binary writer living in Los Angeles. They grew up in Minnesota and attended NYU. In 2014 they hiked all 2185 miles of the Appalachian Trail because they were too stubborn to quit. Jaye writes romantic comedies and coming-of-age stories about characters exploring the slipperiness of queer identity. Their work has been recognized by the Academy Nicholl Fellowship, placing as a Semi-Finalist in both 2021 and 2023. Honors & Awards The Best Of The IWC - Kiss Me Like That - 2026 Semifinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - KISS ME LIKE THAT - 2021 Semifinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - KISS ME LIKE THAT - 2023 non-WGA/Caucus Only Non-binary, LGBTQ+ KISS ME LIKE THAT Feature, Romantic Comedy After finally working up the courage to come out of the closet, a gay teenager is determined to own his sexuality and slay his senior year, but he’s thrown off his axis when he falls in love with his best friend, who is – gasp! – a woman. SHAKE ME FREE FROM MY NAME Feature, Comedy-Drama Desperate to escape her crumbling life in Brooklyn, a struggling artist sets out to hike all 2185 miles of the Appalachian Trail, where the wilderness and her fellow hikers force her to confront her gender, identity, and fear of being truly seen. BOY’S LIFE Feature, Coming-of-Age A boy's plans to beat the merit badge record at summer camp are thrown for a loop when the unimaginable happens: he makes a friend. Queer, Romantic, Coming-of-Age Non-binary, LGBTQ+ unrepped

< Back Sabrina Mansfield sabrina_mansfield@yahoo.com http://www.SabrinaMansfield.net Sabrina, aka “The New Normal Lear,” whips up 2-3 laughs a page for a greater purpose - to focus on the working class, people of color, and issues of equity. After trouncing metastatic cancer three times and surviving a lot of truly crazy medical trauma, you can believe a tame goal like becoming a professional TV writer isn’t going to scare her off. This grit and tenacity helped when she became a mother-of-five overnight as a foster parent in LA, a role she has held for over 14 years - and because of those experiences, she knows why her writing in children’s television needs to be done thoughtfully. Multi-cam is Sabrina’s super-passion. She was the first grad student at USC to shoot an original multi-cam pilot (and an episode 1) in front of a live studio audience. Because of her passion for television, she was given the opportunity to do observerships with some of TV’s most accomplished directors, like James Burrows, Pam Fryman, Gail Mancuso and Warren Hutcherson (and over a dozen others). Sabrina was recently selected for the 2024 Disability Belongs Fellowship for Writing Children’s Animation, she was a finalist for the Fred Rogers Productions Writing Fellowship and the ABC/Disney Directing Fellowship (for two years in a row!), and she is currently the Director of Events for the LA Children’s Media Association. Honors & Awards Semifinalist, Page International Screenwriting Awards - FINDING HOME - 2020 Top 15% of over 8100 Entries, Nicholl Fellowships - FINDING HOME - 2021 Finalist, Fred Rogers Productions Writing Fellowship - THE WILDWOOD SPRITES - 2024 Awarded Fellowship, Disability Belongs "Writing Children's Animation" - THE WILDWOOD SPRITES - 2024 " non-WGA Female, Disabled, 40+ MOM GENES Multi-cam a la Roseanne A no-nonsense, single Black mom, juggles raising her mischievous kids, taking care of her cantankerous, old-school father, and in her backyard cottage, guiding her tween nephew and his well-meaning but naïve, white, gay adoptive dad - who will need more help raising a Black son than he realizes. EASTSIDE PRIDE! Tween Multi-cam Sitcom Disney's A.N.T. Farm or Bunk'd When their beloved (but severely underfunded) inner-city afterschool program is at risk of shutting down, director Dee-Dee must pull together her rag-tag crew of tweens in order to win the grant that will save their special club. THE WILDWOOD SPRITES Preschool Animated Netflix's Spirit Rangers or Disney's Doc McStuffins Larch and his friends face special challenges every day at Sprite School and in the process, learn about friendship, cooperation, and how to protect and care for the forest ecosystem. BIPOC-centric, Children's, Animation Female, Disabled, 40+ unrepped

< Back Steve Holbert Steveisholbert@gmail.com Coverfly Steve comes from a long line of carneys and sex workers. He grew up in the trailer parks of Georgia’s poorest town. He paid the bills by selling food stamps and tombstones. After becoming a first-generation college student, he paid the bills hosting drag shows and doing wedding makeup. Steve moved back to the trailer park when his dad became terminally ill. He was his caregiver until his father died. Then, the state dropped two kids on his porch, and he became a foster parent to his teenage and four-year-old cousins. Now, he is a thirty-year-old grandpa. Growing up, the media always portrayed Appalachian Americans as victims, so Steve makes sure the next generation sees themselves as heroes. Then, life can finally imitate art. He writes hour TV and features that explore bi-ness, using queer teens, horror, and the South. He's had generals with Glen Mazzara, Berlanti Productions, Paramount, and others, and was a writer’s assistant for Heidi Schreck, Evette Vargas, Katie Tabaldi, and AT HOME WITH AMY SEDARIS. When not writing, Steve is an amateur ghost hunter. He volunteers at nursing homes, so has attended over 300 funerals. He was a classical pianist for ten years. If Pokémon were real, he'd be an ice-type gym leader. MFA in Dramatic Writing, NYU, Tisch School Of The Arts. non-WGA Male, LGBTQ+ EM & TOBY VS. THE GULCHES (Feature - WRONG TURN meets SHAMELESS) In this horror remix of The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz , a waitress saves her runaway brother from a family of killers and learns the meaning of “home.” SLAY (Hour Drama - MEAN GIRLS meets THE LOST BOYS) A trailer park virgin sneaks off to his first Pride seeking community. But he finds a herd of killer unicorns. SCRAPS (Hour Drama - SWEENEY TODD meets SHAMELESS) A broke foster parent is losing his family’s barbecue shack – until he finds a killer, free meat supply. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Fantasy, Horror, Coming-of-Age, YA, Dark Male, LGBTQ+ unrepped

< Back Paul Zeidman Angelo Rocha - Hazard Talent http://maximumz.blog Paul Zeidman is an award-winning screenwriter who loves to create tales of thrilling adventure that take the audience on a rollercoaster ride of high-octane fun and excitement they can’t wait to get back in line for as soon as it’s over. Paul is open to collaborating, original pitches, script polishing and doctoring. He also hosts The Creative Writing Life podcast, published the GO AHEAD & ASK screenwriting books, and has been running the screenwriting blog Maximum Z since 2009. When not working on scripts, Paul also enjoys reading comic books, running long-ish distances, and making what could possibly be the best pecan pie west of the Mississippi. Paul’s day job is doing traffic reports on the radio, and no - he doesn’t fly in the helicopter. non-WGA/Caucus Only Male, 55+ THE IRON HORSE OF LUCY STEELE Western-adventure After a gang of ruthless outlaws steals her locomotive, a fiery engineer relentlessly pursues them across the frontier to prevent the biggest heist of the 19th century. FAZOOM! Fantasy-comedy On the run from a tyrannical wizard, a novice witch from a fantastical realm ends up stranded without her powers in the least magical place of all - New Jersey. Western, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Animation, Silly, Slapstick Male, 55+ repped

< Back Shaene M. Siders writer@DragonUnderGlass.com http://www.DragonUnderGlass.com Shaene Siders is an IBM-certified computer geek and an award-winning action, science fiction, and fantasy writer. Never read her scripts without a helmet! Her work has reached from the deepest seas (THE OCTONAUTS) to the farthest stars (NASA). A Humanitas Prize nominee, Shaene is a writer of fine explosions who geeks out over swords, sorcery, and superheroes. She recently finished as a staff writer on Cartoon Network’s Young Adult anime series INVINCIBLE FIGHT GIRL and she wrapped 5 seasons as Co-Creator, Head Writer, and Executive Producer for HELLO KITTY AND FRIENDS SUPERCUTE ADVENTURES. (Her show had more explosions than you might think!) You’ll also see her work on MARVEL'S AVENGERS ASSEMBLE, DC SUPER HERO GIRLS, the Emmy-Award-winning NIKO AND THE SWORD OF LIGHT, and LEGO MONKIE KID. Shaene is open to projects with impact. Heartwarming, heart-pounding, or fists-in-face impact. Honors & Awards Finalist Nominee for The Humanitas Prize, Humanitas - NIKO AND THE SWORD OF LIGHT, "The Automatron" - 2020 non-WGA Female, Disabled INNER DEMONS (Supernatural action thriller - Similar to CONSTANTINE or BLADE) In a mental hospital for the possessed, demons torment Dr. Brinkman's patients. Her cure? Invade Hell. With the help of a mysterious, battle-scarred angel, she fights the unrelenting archdemon Belthadar to stop him from unleashing his wrath on Earth. Character-driven, Science, Thriller, Procedural, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Animation, Magical Realism Female, Disabled Unrepped

< Back Matt Harry Manager: Dash Aiken, Romark Films - dash@romarkfilms.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1243167 Growing up in suburban Ohio, Matt quickly realized he was unlike other kids. While they were trading baseball cards, he was reading Naked Lunch. When they gossiped at football games, he snuck off to the library to write funny plays. In college, he found his fellow weirdos (filmmakers). Since then he has published four novels, sold a TV pilot, and created an interactive play. He also worked as an editor for 15 years. He's still weird. Honors & Awards Top 100, Launchpad Manuscript Contest - GHOST DICK - 2022 Finalist, Stowe Story Labs - VANISHING POINT - 2021 Semifinalist, Screencraft Comedy Competition - MONSTER COPS - 2022 WGA Associate Member Male, Over 40 MONSTER COPS (Half-hour Comedy) In a world where monsters are real and (somewhat) accepted by society, a tough ex-monster hunter and a vegan werewolf team up to catch those who break the law. EARWORM Feature Horror Unable to sleep, a young psychiatry student listens to a mysterious sleep podcast, and falls victim to increasingly dangerous hallucinations. SIX FIGURES (Feature Thriller) Four co-workers discover a chest filled with $6 million buried in the Mojave desert and decide to carry it out on foot, beginning a grueling two-day trek that culminates in paranoia, lies, and murder. Thriller, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Coming-of-Age, YA, Children's, Animation Male, Over 40 repped

< Back Christopher J. Valin christophervalin@gmail.com 951-529-1596 http://www.christophervalin.com Coverfly Christopher J. Valin is a writer, artist, and historian living in the Los Angeles area. In addition to his novels, he’s written and inked for independent comic book companies, written scripts for production companies, and has had numerous short stories published in anthologies such as The Future Chronicles, Beyond the Stars , and Peter David's The Fans Are Buried Tales . His screenplays, teleplays, and stories have won numerous awards and contests, including the BIBA for the first book in the Raptors superhero series, written (as CJ Valin) with Jaime Castle. Christopher received his master's degree with honors in military history, and his first book, Fortune's Favorite: Sir Charles and the Breaking of the Line , is the expansion of his master's thesis on his 5x-great-grandfather, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Douglas. Honors & Awards Winner, Golden Age of Television Pilot Competition - THE NEMESIS - 2010 Winner, Scriptwriters Network Producers Outreach Program - SECRET DISCIPLE - 2000 Second Place, TVWriter.com People's Pilot contest - STAR ACADEMY 3013 - 2016 non-WGA Male, 55+ SIDEKICK: THE RED RAPTOR FILES (Superhero TV Drama Pilot - TITANS meets THE BOYS: GEN V ) The city's greatest hero has disappeared and it's up to his teenage sidekick to find him. But Red Raptor isn't prepared for the challenges he must face when he has to go up against their most dangerous foe without his partner. STAR ACADEMY 3013 (Sci-Fi Half-Hour Comedy Pilot - THE ORVILLE meets LOWER DECKS) The galaxy's best and brightest attend the Star Academy...and so do these guys. They may just experience great adventures some day, if they can survive until graduation. THE NEMESIS (Superhero Half-Hour Comedy Pilot - THE BOYS meets DESPICABLE ME) Alex's day was bad enough when his nemesis, Eaglestar, revealed to his girlfriend that he was a super-villain. But things go from bad to catastrophic when the other members of his evil league of villains decide to kill him for revealing their plan for world domination. Character-driven, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, YA, Animation, Dark Male, 55+ unrepped

< Back Nerris Nassiri nerrisnassiri@gmail.com Nerris is a first-generation writer/director committed to crafting bold, original musical films that celebrate his Latino and Asian heritage. Beyond writing, Nerris was the director and host of the Aputure YouTube channel, which, after surpassing 200,000 subscribers, earned the YouTube Creator Award for education in filmmaking. His short films have screened at numerous festivals, and his commercial collaborations with Disney, Cirque du Soleil, The Hype House, and The Mighty have amassed over 750 million views. A UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television graduate, Nerris was the founding president of the university's chapter of Delta Kappa Alpha, the nation’s premiere cinematic arts fraternity. He has been awarded fellowships with The Disruptors, the Minorities in Film Branded Lab, a bespoke fellowship with The Black List, and is a Theatre Now Musical Writing Lab Fellow. Beyond filmmaking, Nerris has lived many lives—piloting airplanes, serving as the photographer for the Mayor of L.A., and performing stand-up at The Comedy Store (where he once opened for John Mayer). Driven by a vision to push the boundaries of musical storytelling, Nerris is redefining the coming-of-age genre with films that spotlight women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ protagonists overcoming adversity. See more of his work at www.nerrisnassiri.com. Honors & Awards IWC Best Of Selection - 47 Hafez Street - 2026 Winner, Black List Musical Film Fellowship - NO TE OLVIDES Finalist, Austin Film Festival - THE TEACHER Semifinalist, 1497 Lab - KEY CHANGE non-WGA BIPOC, Latinx, Indigenous/Native American, Middle Eastern, Asian, Multi-Ethnic, Disabled NO TE OLVIDES (Latinx Family Musical — MAMMA MIA! meets THE FAREWELL ) When a timid closeted Chicana takes her rambunctious dying grandmother back to their ancestral Mexican village, they both get more than they bargained for when they each start unusual romances that will reveal long-held secrets. KEY CHANGE (Family Dramedy — TICK TICK BOOM meets INSTRUCTIONS NOT INCLUDED ) While preparing for the biggest moment of his career, an overly ambitious and immature music manager is forced to choose between his dreams and his family, when the sudden death of his estranged father leads to the adoption of a sister he never knew he had. THE TEACHER (Coming-of-age Family Drama — THE BREADWINNER meets THE FAREWELL ) To escape her impending arranged marriage, a brilliant Muslim teenager assumes a false identity as a teacher to obtain an American visa and escape the morning of her wedding. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Queer, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, YA BIPOC, Latinx, Indigenous/Native American, Middle Eastern, Asian, Multi-Ethnic, Disabled unrepped

< Back Adam McCulloch adam@adammcculloch.info http://adammcculloch.info As a former travel journalist, with three passports, Adam McCulloch has visited close to 100 countries. He worked on the first Matrix, designed a house featured in the New York Times and (as a nine-year-old) was on the news for solving the Rubik's Cube in record time. He has won industry awards throughout his careers in advertising, journalism and fiction. The stories he’s drawn to involve characters with weird passions such as coin collecting, entomology and old cars. He loves a good heist, especially if the caper crew genuinely struggle to stay together. non-WGA Male, 40+, 55+ SUGAR Feature dark comedy Anora meets The Wolf of Wall Street Raised by a famous porn star, schooled by Hollywood madam, and longtime resident of New York's notorious Chelsea Hotel, this is the amazing true story of Sugar, a broke teenager on a quest to earn more than the biggest swinging dick on Wall Street. " AMERICAN EATER Feature comedy Drive-Away Dolls meets Little Miss Sunshine After being stripped of his U.S. residency, the only way this fussy eater can get it back is to team up with a bombastic competitive eating coach to win the Nathan’s Hotdog Competition. " LONGER Limited series dark comedy Succession meets Severance After inventing a drug that doubles human life expectancy — but only works on men — an ailing patriarch struggles to reconnect with his family, all of whom would prefer him dead." Character-driven, Science, Medical, Sci-Fi, Limited Series, Dark, Bittersweet, Slapstick Male, 40+, 55+ unrepped