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< Back Kim Turner redharecreatives@gmail.com 850-543-7559 http://www.themightykim.com Coverfly The Black List Kim Turner is a professional screenwriter and has performed in improvisational and sketch comedy for over 25 years. She was in the nation's first all-female improv team, "Big Purse", in 1992. She complemented this work with an Associates Degree in Theater from Palm Beach State College. Kim attended the Second City Training Program in Chicago - completing both the writing and improvisation programs and being accepted (on the first attempt) to its exclusive Conservatory Program. Additionally, she completed the writing program at iO (formerly Improv Olympic) and worked with the Annoyance Theater (Chicago). Following her experience in Chicago, Kim was selected as one of twelve screenwriters for the inaugural Meryl Streep Writers Lab in 2015 (and only comedy!). Kim has quartered, semifinaled or finaled at the Austin Film Festival, the Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship, Stowe Story Labs (Tangerine Fellowship), Final Draft/Big Break and many others. Kim makes tremendous chocolate chip cookies and reads stories aloud in unique voices. She has a comprehensive knowledge of 80s trivia, Star Trek lore and can recite much of the dialogue from the animated Hobbit and Raising Arizona. Honors & Awards Austin Film Festival (Comedy Feature) - Winner YMH Comedy Fellowship - Chasing Shadows (with Tony Ferrendelli) - 2024 The Writers Lab supported by Meryl Streep - (Comedy Feature) - Winner - Christy's Got Cancer! - 2015 (Inaugural year) Austin Film Festival (Comedy Feature) - Semifinalist - Christy's Got Cancer! - 2020 non-WGA Female, Over 50 CHASING SHADOWS (with Tony Ferrendelli) A coming-of-middle-age story about a couple who separates just shy of their 25th anniversary and must figure out if being alone is better than feeling alone in a relationship. Marriage is not for the faint of heart. MEDICINE SHOW (Half-hour Western Comedy - 30 Rock meets Blazing Saddles) A glorified confidence man finds himself in desperate need of help when he is discovered half-dead in the desert by a First Nations woman and a traveler looking to settle in the Old West. CHRISTY'S GOT CANCER! (Comedy Feature - Think Little Miss Sunshine meets The Big Sick) When Kate’s hypochondriac, maelstrom of a self-involved mother gets the kind of news no one (but she) wants, Kate must marshal her family’s collective dysfunctional superpowers to come up with a care plan and resolve their relationship in time. Character-driven, Sketch, Satire, Late Night, Magical Realism, Bittersweet, Dark, Fantasy Female, Over 50 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

Member News DEADLINE EXCLUSIVE : The Independent Writers’ Caucus has added seven new members to its board of directors. Meg LeFauve, Howard A. Rodman, Lorien Mckenna, Garrick Dion, Nitza Wilon, Elizabeth Kaiden and AJ Feuerman will all join long-standing organization chairs James Moorer, Kimberly Sparks, Kim Turner and Rich Orstad. Read the full article here . Rebekah Mueller was chosen as one of five writers, out of 2000 applicants, for the Paramount Writers Mentoring program . The program offers emerging TV writers mentorship and career development with showrunners and EPs. Each writer is paired with two executives from CBS network and CBS Studios. Stephen Nolly and Philippe Boygen were both selected to the Mentorship Matters program (sponsored by Screencraft and Coverfly). Mentorship Matters is a year-long mentorship program created by showrunners to help boost opportunities for emerging diverse writers, has selected 19 scribes for 2024-2025. Tony Ferrendelli and Kim Turner 's feature comedy script, CHASING SHADOWS, won the inaugural YMH Comedy Fellowship at the 2024 Austin Film Festival . Danielle Weinberg ’s directorial debut, INVASION ’53, had its world premiere at the Oscar-qualifying Cinequest Film Festival. Well-known sci-fi actor Jeffrey Combs stars in this sendup of 1950s sci-fi movies. The short film also screened at the Annapolis Film Festival and is on its festival run now. Alec Moore 's film, Advanced Chemistry - which Collider calls "a charming romantic comedy" stars Our Flag Means Death's Samba Schutte. Calling it "A Midsummer Night's Dream fueled by science." Read the Collider article here . Timothy Mallon , has just completed his first feature film! - "RUN," is a compelling UK drama, and tackles the intricacies of mental health with a raw and emotional narrative centered on a young man confronting his inner turmoil while navigating life’s challenges. Watch the trailer here . The film is set to screen at the Winter Film Awards in New York City on February 21, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at Cinema Village (22 E 12th St, New York, NY 10003). Get tickets to the Festival here . Kim Sparks has been selected to attend the 2024 Stowe Story Labs Connemara, Ireland retreat for her drama feature, BONUS DAY. "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." Steve Holbert's hour pilot, Slay, was featured in The Dead List. He's also officially a Black List Recommended Writer, which means his work ranks among the top 1% of scripts. Matt Harry's third installment in his successful Codex Arcanum series, titled 'Time Travel for Beginners' is set to launch on Kickstarter. Be notified of the book launch and support the book here . Merridith Allen was accepted into the Stowe Story Labs Feature Campus program with her new feature script, MY KARATE BAT MITZVAH.

The Independent Writers' Caucus (IWC) is a diverse association of emerging, industry-vetted writers. Whatever your professional or narrative need, find your next film, pilot, staffer, or client within... Your Next Great Project Begins with an IWC Writer Welcome to the home of the Independent Writers' Caucus. We are a diverse association of emerging, industry-vetted writers - many with produced credits; optioned properties; experience in writers' rooms; advanced degrees in screenwriting and filmmaking - and all with a love for bringing story to life in a thousand different new and evolving ways. Whatever your professional or narrative need, find your next film, pilot, staffer, or client within... The IWC Welcomes You

The Top 20 screenplays & TV pilots written by IWC members within the last year. The IWC Best Of List, 2025 A list of the Top 20 screenplays and pilots written by IWC Members within the last year. Scroll through the list below, or download it here .

The Independent Writers' Caucus is a collaborative group of emerging, professional screenwriters - working together to create an infrastructure of opportunity for each other. Your Next Great Project Begins with an IWC Writer About Us The Independent Writers' Caucus was founded in January of 2022 following the dissolution of the Writers Guild of America (West) Caucuses. The program was a way to integrate writers into the Guild and help prepare them for full membership. Over 150 vetted, professional writers found each other and fashioned its own powerful infrastructure to create opportunities for their collective membership. From those passionate beginnings, the Independent Writers' Caucus was born. Our membership is notably diverse - with over half of the Caucus identifying as female, a quarter as LGBTQ+, some as veterans, neurodiverse, disabled, First People, Middle Eastern, Latinx, AAPI, African-American, immigrant, multi-ethnic and more. Our diversity serves the mandates of ever-expanding, modern writers' rooms. We are professional, motivated, inspired storytellers with a cache of materials - ready to help bring story to life in the world. Contact Us First Name Last Name Email Address Message Submit Thanks for your message! The 2024 window for New Member Applications has closed. Application for membership will reopen in Fall 2025. Thank you for your interest. Members Only Access

The Independent Writers' Caucus is guided in its efforts to lead its membership into eligibility with the Writers Guild of America by its leadership - which includes the guidance of the Board. The Board is comprised of Howard A. Rodman, Meg LeFauve, Lorien McKenna, Nitza Wilon, Elizabeth Kaiden (of The Writers Lab), Garrick Dion and AJ Feuerman. Independent Writers' Caucus Chairs and Board Members IWC Chairs - 2025 Our Chairs are members of the IWC whose leadership helps elevate all of our members and bring opportunity to the organization James Moorer James, one of the newest co-chairs to serve with the IWC brings the same passion for helping he created while working for Roadmap Writers. James proudly serves on several committes including Diversity and New Membership. James is also a champion for writers with disabilities and helping writers understand the business of screenwriting. Kimberley Sparks Kim has been a member of the IWC since the organization’s inception, and she became a Chair in 2023. She is happy to serve on the Script Challenge, Meet and Greet, and New Members committees. She is dedicated to helping writers of film, television, and video games develop and further their careers Kim Turner Kim has been a Chair since the IWC's inception in 2021. She is proud to serve in Leadership as well as a member of the Marketing/PR/Merchandise; Finance; Best of the IWC; and New Membership committees. She is an engaged advocate for emerging writers and enjoys building relationships that help to bring opportunity to the group. Rich Orstad Rich joined IWC in 2024, volunteered for Finance Committee, and became Treasurer later that year as IWC pursues 501c7 non-profit status. Passionate about storytelling and helping others to do so, Rich brings this same passion to the future of IWC’s growth, outreach, and stability as Chair. IWC Board of Directors - 2025 Carolyn Kras is a Co-founding Member of the IWC and former Co-chair. She has developed projects for 20th TV Studio, Escape Artists, Welle, and more. Her awards include the Alfred P. Sloan First Place Screenwriting Award, Hamptons International Film Festival Screenwriters Lab, Visionary Playwright Award, New York Television Festival Official Selection, Plume & Pellicule Screenwriting Award, Middlebury Script Lab Selection, Hearst Creative Artist Fellowship, and a Fulbright to the United Kingdom. Carolyn Kras AJ Feuerman AJ FEUERMAN is a PR and social media executive representing a diverse client roster across the entertainment industry. AJ founded @ajfeuerman Communications in January 2018; clients have included agencies (i.e., Rogers & Cowan PMK), indie studios and distributors (Gravitas, Freestyle, VMI), podcasts and individual talent, among others. As Valhalla Entertainment’s VP of Publicity and Marketing, she directed all publicity, social media and marketing efforts for the industry stalwart, best known for titles like The Terminator, The Abyss and “The Walking Dead.” AJ was previously VP of Communications at influencer marketing agency QYOU and was the Director of PR and Social Media for global film distributor, Gravitas Ventures. Elizabeth co-founded The Writers Lab with Nitza Wilon in 2015, and they co-produce the flagship international lab based in New York, plus labs in the UK, Europe, Canada, in addition to global virtual programming for audiences in Africa, Australia and more. Elizabeth is also a founding Partner, with Nitza, of Women in the Script Trade (WIST), where she works individually with exceptional women screenwriters. WIST developed and ran the Athena Screenwriting Labs alongside the Athena FIlm Festival from 2016 to 2019. Elizabeth previously served as Head of Development at Tangerine Entertainment, an independent production company that produces films directed by women, and has mentored at Stowe Story Labs. A former theater and film critic and graduate of Princeton and the Yale School of Drama, she lives in New York with her family. Elizabeth Kaiden Nitza Wilon Nitza co-founded The Writers Lab with Elizabeth Kaiden in 2015, and they co-produce the flagship international lab based in New York, plus labs in the UK, Europe, Canada, in addition to global virtual programming for audiences in Africa, Australia and more. Nitza is also a founding Partner, with Elizabeth, of Women in the Script Trade (WIST), where she works individually with exceptional women screenwriters. WIST developed and ran the Athena Screenwriting Labs alongside the Athena FIlm Festival from 2016 to 2019. Prior to committing to script development for women, Nitza was an actor, journalist, and magazine and book editor. She earned her BA from the Annenberg School of Communications at UPenn. In addition to her work advocating for women in film, Nitza is a writer and voice actor. She lives in New York City with her family. Lorien McKenna Lorien McKenna is an Emmy-nominated and NAACP Image Award-winning writer. As a Story Manager at Pixar Animation Studios, Lorien worked on UP, BRAVE, INSIDE OUT, and THE GOOD DINOSAUR . She was the Development Producer on several animated features at Paramount Animation and was the Co-Executive Producer for CURIOUS GEORGE for the TV series and animated feature films. She has written and developed for platforms including NBC, Hulu, Comedy Central, and Netflix. Lorien has also worked on multiple projects for the CGI media based attraction studio Red Raion, and as a script editor for Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, and Screen Ireland. Recently, she was the Showrunner for the Emmy-winning YouTube/Kids at Play preschool show TAB TIME . A mentor for the Cinestory Foundation and the Nostos Screenwriting Retreats, Lorien also served as an adjunct professor for St. Mary’s College of California, where she received her BA and MFA. Meg LeFauve An Oscar Nominated writer, Meg LeFauve won an Annie Award for writing Pixar’s blockbuster Inside Out and its sequel, Inside Out 2 . She also wrote Pixar’s Golden Globe nominated film “The Good Dinosaur” and was a writer on Marvel’s “Captain Marvel.” She adapted the classic book “My Father’s Dragon” for Netflix and Cartoon Saloon in 2022. She began her career running Jodie Foster’s Egg Pictures , developing and producing films nominated for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, a Spirit Award and she won a Peabody Award. A world wide consultant, she has taught at AFI and UCLA Graduate Film School, and is a returning mentor at The Writer’s Lab (sponsored by Meryl Streep), the Sundance Creative Labs and is a mentor and Board Member of the CineStory Script Sessions . Garrick Dion is a former VP of Development at Brön, following an 8-year run in a similar role with Bold Films. At Bold, Garrick was involved with such acclaimed projects as Damien Chazelle's Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning drama Whiplash; Nicholas Winding Refn's Drive; the coming-of-age drama Middle of Nowhere starring Anton Yelchin and Susan Sarandon; Sony Pictures' sci-fi sequel Starship Troopers: Marauder , and Lost River , the forthcoming directorial debut of actor Ryan Gosling. He has overseen a slate of projects that includes Robert Rodriguez's live-action remake of Ralph Bakshi & Frank Frazetta's Fire and Ice; and screenwriter Dan Gilroy's directorial debut Nightcrawler starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Prior to joining Bold, he worked in feature development for producers Joel Silver (The Matrix ) and Denise DiNovi (Batman). Garrick Dion Howard A. Rodman Howard A. Rodman is a screenwriter, author and educator. He is the former President of the Writers Guild of America, West; professor and former chair of the writing division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts; and an artistic director of the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Labs. Rodman is a Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the National Film Preservation Board, which advises Librarian of Congress on the annual selection of films to the National Film Registry, and on national film preservation planning policy. He also serves on the Brown University President’s Advisory Council on the Arts. AJ Feuerman Elizabeth Kaiden Nitza Wilon