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< Back Rudi O'Meara rudi@rudiwithaneye.com https://www.rudiwithaneye.com The Black List Rudi O’Meara is a Black List Recommended action/adventure screenwriter based in Marin County, California. He got his start in the industry working as a junior development exec for Oscar-winning indie producer David Weisman. In his 20s, he pivoted careers and worked as an award-winning Creative Director for some of the world’s best brands. But after three back-to-back near-death experiences (blood clot, ski crash, blood clot) nearly took him out, he decided to finally listen to that voice in his head that kept asking why he wasn’t writing. Since then, he’s won or made the finals of numerous screenwriting competitions including: Roadmap Writers, ScriptPipeline, Page, Big Break, ScreenCraft, Shore Scripts, ISA, WritersXWrtiers, Filmmatic, and Outstanding Screenplays. His work tends to focus on misfits and outsiders struggling to face their mortality, fight their fears, and redefine themselves (and their tribe) in order to survive. And he sees genre as a tool for exploring taboo subjects in unexpected and arresting ways. Honors & Awards WritersXWriters Screenplay Competition - Winner - THE ESCAPIST - 2024 Filmmatic Pitch Now Competition - Winner - AMENDS - 2023 Script Pipeline Pitch Competition - Runner-Up - REJUVENATION - 2023" non-WGA Male, 55+ THE ESCAPIST WWII Drama Feature ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT meets THE ARTIST In a bid to survive WWII without firing a shot, a naive young jazz-obsessed musician joins the Musikkorps Leibstandarte-SS (Hitler’s elite personal orchestra) and soon finds himself thrust into some of the fiercest fighting of the war." THE 10th WWII Action Feature SAVING PRIVATE RYAN meets MERU Two headstrong mountaineers (one American, one Austrian) find themselves playing an unexpectedly pivotal role in the first high-stakes WWII mission of the US 10th Mountain Division—America’s first alpine infantry unit. REJUVENATION Horror/Thriller Feature STEPFORD WIVES meets EX MACHINA After discovering her husband is cheating on her, a middle-aged woman follows her BFF to a remote spa promising a genetically rejuvenated self. Soon though, both women find themselves being hunted down by their younger, hotter, optimized selves." Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Psychological, Horror, Historical/Alternative History, Limited Series, Dark Male, 55+ unrepped

< Back Saiya Floyd saiya.floyd@gmail.com https://saiyafloyd.com Saiya Floyd is a Japanese-American screenwriter. As a kid, she was too shy to talk to people, so she made up stories in her head. She had so much fun that she decided to make this her career and went to study at Boston University. She graduated with a degree in Film and Television with a focus on screenwriting. (She learned to how to talk to people somewhere along the way). In her work, Saiya explores new perspectives in historical, fantasy, and sci-fi stories. Her scripts are dramas, and often female-led. Through heightened worlds, she uncovers traits that make us the most human. She has been a finalist at the Austin Film Festival, a winner at WeScreenplay, and placed in the Launch Pad Top 50. Her short play Five Star First Date was part of Pan Asian Repertory Theatre’s NuWorks Festival. When not writing, Saiya practices martial arts, cooks, and dreams of traveling to new places. She is interested in history, folklore, and mythology. non-WGA Female, Asian, Multi-Ethnic THE DEVIL'S BROOD (Historical pilot - VIKINGS meets THE WHITE QUEEN) The ambitious daughter of Henry I must navigate court politics, fight sexist nobles, and defy her own family in order to secure her rightful position as England’s first Queen. A THOUSAND BUTTERFLIES (Historical Action Pilot – LEVERAGE meets WARRIOR) San Francisco, 1925: A headstrong Japanese woman runs afoul of politicians, captains of industry, and gangsters in her quest to pay her father bloody retribution for betraying and abandoning her mother decades earlier. Anthology series inspired by Puccini’s Madame Butterfly . THE TRIDENT EXTRACTION (Sci-fi Feature – ROGUE ONE meets OCEAN'S 11) After her mission to rescue two scientists and their water producing machine goes horribly wrong, a war-weary colonel teams up with the scientists’ grieving daughter to assemble a band of rebels, steal the machine back from an oppressive regime, and save their parched planet. Character-driven, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History Female, Asian, Multi-Ethnic 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 Matt Rollins mattrollins13@yahoo.com Born and raised in the Washington DC area, Matthew decided to go after his dream of becoming a professional storyteller. He packed up what he could carry in his little car and set forth towards the Mecca of entertainment, Southern California. Matthew takes with him a lifetime of experience in Medical, as a professional and a patient, Governmental processes and a rich imagination of a world that could be. non-WGA Male, Disabled, 55+ THE ADVENTURES OF GG Coming of Age, Thriller When GG started at her new school, her new found friend was kicked out for nefarious reasons. GG, along with other classmates, go after the corrupt principal to take her entire operation down." Medical, Thriller, Procedural, Sci-Fi, Coming-of-Age Male, Disabled, 55+ unrepped

< Back Cynthia Crofoot Cynthia.crofoot@gmail.com 416.826.0608 http://www.cynthiacrofoot.com IMDB Profile Cynthia’s female-driven drama and genre screenplays combine robust story arcs with well-defined characters in complex, nuanced worlds where moral and ethical tenets are challenged. Her completed screenplays have consistently received positive recognition from industry peers and professionals and to date has penned over 20 screenplays, with several of those in the hands of producers, managers and directors in Los Angeles and Toronto. Her produced films have been well received on the festival circuit, garnering national and international praise for her talents. With over 25 years in the industry, Cynthia continues to excel in her creative pursuits and currently has several projects in various stages of development. She is a dual Canadian/American citizen. Honors and Awards Big Apple Screenplay Competition , Semi-Finalist - BRACEWATER - 2020 Hamilton Screenplay Competition , Top Ten Finalist BRACEWATER - 2021 Hollywood Just 4 Shorts , Winner- SAVIOR - 2021 Toronto Independent FF , Winner - SAVIOR - 2021 Global Shorts , Top 10 Finalist - SAVIOR - 2021 non-WGA Female, 55+ ONE DATE... Romantic Dramedy A widowed mother and her single daughter find new love with the help of friends and on-line dating platforms, but their happiness is jeopardized when they discover the troublesome past that links the new men in their lives. PAUSE Horror/Thriller A menopausal FBI agent hunting a group of vicious women who maintain their youth through cannibalistic rituals, must embrace the strength and beauty of her older self in order to defeat the murderous sect. BRACEWATER Cop Thriller/Drama A highly decorated small town detective is put on leave after her sister commits suicide, but when a close family friend disappears, she convinces her captain to reinstate her, unaware that the DA involved is withholding pertinent information about a murderous criminal they believe is responsible for the kidnapping. Character-driven, Female-centric, Crime, Thriller, Western, Romantic, Horror Female, 55+ unrepped

< Back Tracy Held tracyheldconsulting@gmail.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6326686/ Tracy Held (she/they) is an award-winning, multi-racial Chinese/Eastern European American writer for stage and screen. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Tracy has a background in nonprofit fundraising and conservation science. She is a do-gooder with a heart of puns who writes like Rachel Bloom on PBS. Tracy uses her writing to defeat pessimism and to inspire collaboration and connection. Winner of an Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Award, she is a co-founder of Erosion films, founder of All Terrain Theater, and served as a former Executive Director of the nonprofit Play Cafe. She is the Vice-Chair of the Writers Guild of America West Asian American Writers Committee. Tracy has a BS in Conservation and Resource Studies from UC, Berkeley and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon. non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Asian, Multi-Ethnic SCIENCE FAIR (Coming of Age Musical Feature) All Katie wants to do is save the world, and she has a step-by-step plan to do it, but first she needs to win her high school science fair which means accepting the hard-to-believe truth that she may not always be right. NATURE ORGANIZATION (Comedy, Pilot) Theresa Chin's first act as the new Executive Director of the struggling nonprofit Friends of the Local Parks is to eliminate the office hierarchy, but the human and animal staff fall apart without their beloved structure, and the newly-hired horse just wants to stop being stuck in the door. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Queer, Science, Coming-of-Age, YA Female, BIPOC, Asian, Multi-Ethnic unrepped

< Back Matija Šraj matijasraj@gmail.com Coverfly Matija Šraj is an Australian/Slovenian screenwriter from Melbourne, Australia. With a lifelong obsession for storytelling, Matija has had a circuitous pathway to screenwriting – from working in an Aboriginal school in the outback, to working as a refugee and conservatorship lawyer, to working as a fitness instructor. Immediately prior to screenwriting, Matija worked for the Australian Greens political party, including as an adviser to senators and a lead adviser during Australia’s marriage equality campaign. As an LGBTQIA+ person and the child of an immigrant, Matija writes mostly queer multicultural stories. Matija works in the Australian screen industry as a production assistant and writers’ assistant, including on Amazon's global hit, DEADLOCH. Honors & Awards CineStory Foundation TV Competition - Fellowship Winner QUEENMAKER - 2024 CineStory Foundation Feature Competition - Semifinalist/scholarship winner - THE RIP - 2023 Page International Screenwriting Awards - Honorable Mention QUEENMAKER - 2025 non-WGA Non-binary, Multi-Ethnic, LGBTQ+ ANONYMOUS Action thriller - THE BOURNE IDENTITY meets RED SPARROW After being double-crossed in a black ops mission gone wrong in Europe, a queer American spy must uncover an international conspiracy to clear his name and save the anonymous hookup who’s inadvertently caught in the crossfire. QUEENMAKER Comedy - VEEP meets RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE After a cash-strapped, publicity-seeking drag queen who impulsively decides to run for Australian parliament is unexpectedly elected, he has to overcome childhood trauma, inept housemates-turned-staffers and constant battles with the Prime Minister to try and change politics for the better. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror, Dark, Snarky Non-binary, Multi-Ethnic, LGBTQ+ unrepped

< Back Ellen Ancui Attorney: Tom Rubin (310) 279-5190 | tom@trubinlaw.com https://ellenancui.blogspot.com/2024/01/hello-2024-here-i-am-looking-like-ive.html Coverfly The Black List Ellen is a middlescent, bi-sexual, neuro-diverse, writer for TV, film, theater and podcasts. Her special sauce, “traumadies,” is a mix of Catskills schtick blended with a feminist edge, featuring strong female protagonists who dig their own graves, but rebel as they climb their way out. Raised on Long Island, Ellen’s Sicilian mom converted for her Jewish dad, but would sneak ham sandwiches in the garage, so it’s no wonder Ellen loves storytelling and food. Ellen was a private chef in NYC for Oscar-winning writer Horton Foote and other luminaries. Ellen founded SOLO ARTS GROUP, a theater in NYC, and gave the original Upright Citizens Brigade (Amy Poehler, Matt Walsh, Matt Besser & Ian Roberts) their first home. Ellen moved to LA after the success of 2, one-woman shows, ZEL REBELS! (Public Fringe) and JUMPING OFF THE FRIDGE (HBO Workspace). She was a staffed on the sitcom, MALCOLM & EDDIE and her play GLORY PIE was sold-out at the Coronet Theater. Ellen inadvertently fulfilled her parents’ dream by working in legal after she adopted her Chinese daughter and after eighteen years running downtown law firms she returned to writing full time. Other professional credits: BROWN & FRIENDS (Netflix), BONNIE SCREWS UP (podcast), SIZZLER (Next Stage Press) THE STORY OF DAVID (Braid Theater, LA.) Ellen’s directorial debut and short film, SAVERIO (winner-Hollywood Just 4 Shorts Festival, official selection THE PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL) Honors & Awards OFFICIAL SELECTION PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL , 2025 - SAVERIO SEDONA FILM FESTIVAL SEMI-FINALIST, 2025 - THE SOLICITOR FOX INCUBATOR (TOP 10 OF 1400), 2024 - THE SOLICITOR WGA Post-current Member Female, LGBTQ+, Disabled, 55+ THE SOLICITOR (TV hour-long legal procedural dramedy; ALLY MCBEAL meets CALIFORNICATION ) When a powerful, headstrong criminal defense attorney gets disbarred for sleeping with a client, she takes a job managing a rival firm’s struggling staff to prove her remorse and get her license reinstated. 8s & 9s on The Blacklist SILICON SALLY (Comedy / Rom Com - BOOKSMART meets BRIDESMAIDS) Struggling to withstand Silicon Valley's tech-bro culture, Sally, a talented coder, and her bawdy BFF, fraudulently infiltrate a Narcotics Anonymous meeting in hopes of securing a powerful investor. FIREBREAK (Feature Action/Mystery; DIE HARD meets REBEL RIDGE ) When an older female journalist chases a story on male convict firefighters, she finds herself at the center of a catastrophic wildfire… and violent prison break. (co-written w/Nathan Fleetwood) Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Queer, Procedural, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, Slapstick Female, LGBTQ+, Disabled, 55+ unrepped

< 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 Philippe Bowgen philippe.bowgen@gmail.com Tigran Babadjanian at Principal Entertainment LA http://www.philippebowgen.com PHILIPPE BOWGEN is a queer, Latinx writer and comedian who brings a bold, irreverent voice to stories exploring culture clash, family dynamics, and drawing outside society’s lines. Pulling from his multi-racial, multi-national, and multi-lingual background, Philippe’s work is deeply informed by his lived experiences. Most recently, Philippe finished co-writing the first season of THE SETUP, a scripted narrative romantic comedy podcast produced by SONORO Global Media, set to debut on iHeartRadio on Valentine’s Day 2025. It stars Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) and Christian Navarro (13 Reasons Why) as part of Wilmer Valderrama’s My Cultura Network. Philippe has been recognized as a 2022 Willamette Writers Lab Fellow, a 2023 #ReadLatinxWriters mentee, a 2024 Pre-Rainbow Pages mentee, and a 2025 Mentorship Matters Fellow – mentored by Hilly Hicks, Jr (The Big C, Jessica Jones). He was also one of the Nickelodeon Writing Program’s top five finalists for 2025. Over the last five years, his scripts have placed or been recognized by the AFF, Sundance, Nashville Film Festival, WeScreenplay, Humanitas, Outfest, and myriad other competitions. MFA Brown; BSFS Georgetown Honors & Awards Mentorship Matters Fellow - KETALUMA - 2025 PreRainbow Pages Fellow - BROWN AND OUT - 2024 #ReadLatinxWriters Mentee - BROWN AND OUT - 2023 non-WGA Male, BIPOC, Latinx, Multi-Ethnic, LGBTQ+ KETALUMA Half Hour Comedy - WILFRED meets OZARK When a failed novelist returns home to his estranged cat-loving parents, he embroils them in a ketamine drug ring on the cat show circuit and races to pay back a vicious kingpin, redeem his dignity, and save his family’s lives - all while vying to win the Cat Fancy Association’s National Championship. BROWN AND OUT Half Hour Comedy - ENTOURAGE meets VIDA When he’s exposed wearing brown-face while promoting his new movie, a white-passing Latin heartthrob agrees to re-learn how to be Latino in the public eye to win back his ex, save his career, and reclaim his heritage THE FAMILY SWINE One Hour Drama - SIX FEET UNDER meets WHITE LOTUS When a grieving mother and son travel to sultry Barcelona in search of their second acts, they discover a corpse and pose as the dead man’s family to run his butcher shop with dangerous criminal ties. Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Queer, Science, Bittersweet, Slapstick, International, Magical Realism Male, BIPOC, Latinx, Multi-Ethnic, LGBTQ+ Repped

< Back Megan and Kelly Anelons megananelons@gmail.com Megan Anelons writes with her mom, Kelly, as one of Hollywood’s only mother/daughter writing teams. 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. 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. 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 Kimberley Ann Sparks kim@kimsparks.com http://www.kimsparks.com Kimberley Ann Sparks is an award-winning writer who works in film, television, video games, and podcasts. She’s written episodes of preschool series which have been broadcast on Treehouse, TVO, and BBC Kids. Kim’s scripts have placed in a number of screenwriting contests, including the The Writers’ Lab NYC, Page Awards, and she was selected to be a participant in the 2024 Stowe Story Labs Connemara Writers’ Retreat. Kim also writes scripts and dialogue for AAA video games, and she has worked on games such as Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Kim has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. She is also a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Prime Time Television Program and UCLA’s Professional Screenwriting Program. She teaches screenwriting at Toronto Metropolitan University. Honors & Awards Quarter-finalist, Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices - PILGRIMS: STORIES FROM THE MOUNTAIN - 2025 Quarter-finalist, Emerging Screenwriters Competition - PILGRIMS: STORIES FROM THE MOUNTAIN - 2025 Quarter-finalist, The Writers Lab NYC - PILGRIMS: STORIES FROM THE MOUNTAIN - 2024 non-WGA Female, 55+ PILGRIMS: STORIES FROM THE MOUNTAIN (Feature Drama) A 22-year-old physics major is called to join a pilgrimage that she doesn’t believe in and which no one has ever returned from. We follow her journey as she encounters others affected by the Pilgrims while this mysterious calling compels her up the mountain. THE BONUS DAY (Feature drama) An elderly man and woman meet at a euthanasia clinic. When their deaths are unexpectedly postponed, they spend the day together, fall in love, then must decide if they should go through with their procedures. Character-driven, Female-centric, Medical, YA, Children's, Animation, Bittersweet Female, 55+ I am not currently repped.