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< Back Veronica Chavira v.chavira@gmail.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2737758/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Veronica is a Los Angeles-based queer Latinx feature and TV dramedy writer whose family hails from East Los Angeles. She writes character driven coming-of-age stories about people who challenge the status quo and forge new paths with humor and gusto to create a better world. She attained her MFA in Screenwriting from Stephens College and is a proud active volunteer at the LGBT Center in Los Angeles. Honors & Awards Semifinalist - Austin Film Festival - NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL - 2022 2nd Rounder - Austin Film Festival - ON HER TURF - 2022 2nd Rounder - Austin Film Festival - THE WIN - 2022 non-WGA Female, Latinx, LGBTQ+ NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL (One hour Drama - think SELF MADE, MAID) In 1915, Asian American film pioneer Marion Wong decides to become a silent filmmaker after watching a racist Hollywood film of actors in yellow face to tell authentic Asian stories in the face of her family and society’s opposition. ON HER TURF (Half-hour Dramedy - think FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, GLOW) Identical twins Summ and Sarah were raised by their father, an NFL legend, to be athletic and driven. Together they dreamed of playing on the university football team until Sarah finds a newfound calling: to join a sorority. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Coming-of-Age, Limited Series Female, Latinx, LGBTQ+ 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 was 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 Steven Goldman sgoldmannn@aol.com Matthew Wallerstein; The Wallerstein Group: mbw@walersteingroup.com Steven Goldman is an internationally syndicated film journalist based in Los Angeles. His UK credits include: Time Out, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, BBC Children's Television, The Evening Standard and British Esquire. In the US, his work has appeared in The New York Times, Premiere, Interview and Artsmeme. He is the writer of two animated TV specials for Film Roman/HandMade Films - based on the Eloise books by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight, featuring the voices of Tim Curry and Lynn Redgrave. He has provided promotional materials for NBCUni, Sony, MGM, Paramount, Amblin, Disney, STX, Warner Bros, Imax, Lionsgate, and Apple TV. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America’s Animation Caucus, The IWC, and The Critics Choice Association. non-WGA Male, 55+ STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT (TV Comedy; Live Action/Animated) Two grapes sitting on a fruit plate wrestle with the petty dramas of daily life, the limitations of their dreams & aspirations, and their own mortality - living in the shadow of an unpredictable and lethal entity, The Hand. HOWDY DOODY TIME (Feature; Caper Comedy) A well-meaning minion's life goes to hell when he gets his best friend a job as his assistant. But as he struggles to get rid of him, neither is aware that the workplace itself is a front for an international forgery ring. TRANSITIONAL BOB (Animated; Limited Series) An eccentric drifter on the run from the law sets off to find his long lost brother, only to discover the man he’s looking for is the same man who’s pursuing him and the hitchhiker he’s picked up along the way may be planning to eat him. IWC BEST OF 2024 Character-driven, Children's, Animation, Limited Series, Dark Male, 55+ unrepped

< Back 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 H. S. Fishbrook fishbrookscripts@gmail.com From boutique production companies to premium streaming platforms, H. S. Fishbrook serves her clients as a highly educated screenwriter and story analyst. She studied at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon and The Globe Theater in London before earning an MFA in Writing for Screen and TV at Pepperdine University. Fishbrook is now actively developing features on spec and has her first screenplay under option. Her work has landed in the top 10% at several film festivals, including the Beverly Hills Film Festival, LA Femme International Film Festival, and the Ivy Film Festival. She's also spent time mentoring military veterans on the art of screenwriting at the Writers Guild Foundation. On the rare occasion when she isn’t scribbling down ideas in her plethora of color-coded journals, she immerses herself in DIY projects at home with her husband. Honors & Awards Official Selection, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival - PERICLES - 2021 Official Selection, Beverly Hills Film Festival - PERICLES - 2021 Official Selection, LA Femme International Film Festival - PERICLES - 2020 non-WGA Female PERICLES (Feature Drama, Romance - comps: A UNITED KINGDOM, CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY) A runaway prince and his kidnapped daughter seek to prove that true love can overcome the tragedies of accident, betrayal, and even death. An adaptation of Shakespeare’s exotic, lesser-known play. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, Magical Realism Female unrepped

< Back Arun K. Vir arunvirproductions@gmail.com Award-winning writer/director Arun K. Vir tells stories that capture hearts. Her honest approach to explorations of gender, race, and identity in America are her gifts as a storyteller in spaces and settings both local and completely unknown. A single mom living in New York and working multiple jobs, she collaborated with the Nuyorican Poets Café-Fifth Night series. Arun found her voice and wrote THE LAST WEEKEND earning her the prestigious "Directing Workshop for Women Award." She then moved to Los Angeles with her daughter to develop her project. THE LAST WEEKEND, starring the late Suzanne Douglas (PARENTHOOD) won Best Short at the Pan African Film Festival. Continuing to sharpen her skills as a director, Arun wrote and directed more shorts including RESET, nominated by The Africa Movie Academy Awards & Winner of Programmers-Pan African FF. Arun’s feature script, SUBURBAN TURBAN was voted Finalist by The Academy Nicholl Fellowship in 2016. She was a Pitch Finalist for the 2018 Humanitas New Voices Award and Semifinalist for Writers on the Verge in 2019. Her most scripts include pilots WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, THE GIVER, I LOVE YOU, and MONA SINGH and feature screenplay THE PERFECT CANDIDATE – a Final Draft/Rocaberti Winner. Honors & Awards Finalist, Nicholl Fellowship - SUBURBAN TURBAN - 2016 Semifinalist, NBC Universal Writers on the Verge - SUBURBAN TURBAN - 2019 Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Competition - RIVER MAMMA - 2022 non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Asian THE PERFECT CANDIDATE (Think HIDDEN FIGURES meets BROOKLYN) 1955. Harlem. The true story of Patricia Banks, a Harlem girl who had her heart set on achieving her dream job: Flight Attendant for Capital Airlines. But, at age 19, when Banks filed a lawsuit, not a single U.S. Airline had ever hired a black stewardess. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Queer, Thriller, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, Dark Female, BIPOC, Asian 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 Marina Quintero marinaqwrites@gmail.com IMDB Marina is a Mexican-American comedy writer, born and raised in Pasadena. She was staffed on the Disney Channel's JUST ROLL WITH IT. She is a graduate of the 2019/2020 ABC Writers Program and has a background in stand up and theatre. She began her career as an actress and quickly realized she didn’t want to adhere to the stereotypical roles the industry set for her. Wanting to change the narrative for other underrepresented women, she decided she'd write for them. When Marina’s not in the writers room, she keeps busy raising her two year old daughter and telling jokes on stage about raising her two year old daughter. Her friends call her Mari and her mom calls her everyday. She answers to both. Honors & Awards Semifinalist, UCLA Extension Television Pilot Writing Competition- INSIDE OUT - 2016 WGA Female, BIPOC, Latinx, Multi-Ethnic, 40+ PARTY GIRL Half hour comedy - SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE meets THE MINDY PROJECT Giana, a party-loving beer sales rep in her 30s, must face her chaotic lifestyle when she becomes a godmother and confronts the possibility of never having children. THE CENTER Half hour comedy - ABBOTT ELEMENTARY meets COMMUNITY When 28 year old aspiring actress Lils gets served for unpaid school loans, she decides to participate in a loan forgiveness program at the community center that, for better or worse, raised her. SOAP MONEY Half hour dramedy - THIS FOOL meets ATYPICAL When a smooth-talking ex-con is released from prison after a seven year stint, he must play the role of “nanny” to his autistic nephew in order to appease his no-nonsense sister, as he begins his road to redemption. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, Dark, Silly, Snarky Female, BIPOC, Latinx, Multi-Ethnic, 40+ unrepped

< Back Jorge Molina jorge.molinara@gmail.com 213 -700 -6581 http://writtenbyjorge.com Jorge Molina was born and raised in a suburb of Mexico City, and graduated with a BFA in Writing for Film and Television from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He has worked extensively inside the film festival circuit as a programmer in places like Outfest, the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), Frameline, NewFest, Sundance and Tribeca. He wrote and executive produced the short film “Muy Gay Too Mexicano”, which was acquired by HBO Max and premiered on the platform in the fall of 2021, and is the creator and showrunner of the award season murder mystery scripted podcast "Just to Be Nominated". As a critic, his work has been published in outlets like The AV Club, the Advocate, Vulture and The Cut, and he currently has a weekly film retrospective column in Queerty called "A Gay Old Time. non-WGA Male, Latinx, LGBTQ+ DETECTIVE JAMES MORTENSEN AND THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN CANDELABRA (Feature film - Drama/ Fantasy) A young boy devours a series of detective novels as a way to escape his lonely reality. When his older brother dies unexpectedly, he envisions the funeral as a whodunnit, with his family and friends as colorful suspects, led by a flamboyant detective. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ROSA ELENA? (Feature film - Dark comedy/ horror) A gay Mexican twink moves into the Palm Springs home of a legendary telenovela actress he once worked with. However, he soon realizes that the cost and demands of living alongside a gay icon are much darker than he expected. Maybe even deadly… RAMÓN (Limited series - Historical/ Drama) A quasi-biographical, surrealist miniseries about the life, death, and many identities of Mexican silent film idol Ramón Novarro: the rise and fall of his career from global sensation to forgotten star, the struggles in concealing his homosexuality, and his brutal murder at the hands of two hustlers. Character-driven, Queer, Crime, Fantasy, Psychological, Satire, Bittersweet, Magical Realism Male, Latinx, LGBTQ+ unrepped

< Back Rich Orstad richorstad@laughingo.com http://www.laughingo.com Coverfly The Black List Rich started writing his first story, the sci-fi thriller Lightmares, in his High School Creative Writing class, where his teacher commented he had a difficult choice to make; do the practical thing and become an Engineer or heed Robert Frost’s advice, take the road less travelled and become a writer. Well, after graduating college as a Mechanical Engineer and starting his career, the monkeys never stopped scratching at that story until it finally poured out of him nearly twenty years later, and he's been writing ever since. Since then, he has become a two-time winner and twelve-time finalist with two features in various stages of development. He won the Screencraft True Story Competition with his inspirational bio-pic ENDURANCE, currently in development with Noble Story Co, placed Silver in PAGE with his family feature RESCUE DOG, and is working with Redwoods Studios with his Austin After Dark Finalist horror-comedy NAMASTE ALIVE! Growing up, Rich consumed every Stephen King novel he wrote, was lucky enough to watch Star Wars when it first came out in theaters and had a dad that loved to tell stories about growing up on a farm in depression-era North Dakota. Which is why Rich loves telling stories across all genres because like a well-lived life, every story should pack an emotional punch. Rich is looking for the right representation, is open to OWA’s, and resides in Los Gatos, CA with his wife, Kim. non-WGA Male, 55+, Middle Eastern ENDURANCE (Feature, Family Drama) After losing his legs to an IED in 2012, an Afghanistan War veteran commits his life to completing the Boston Marathon one year after the 2013 bombings and to finish the most important race of his life…his commitment to faith and bringing hope to wounded veterans. Based on a true story. KEEPSAKES CHRISTMAS (Feature, Family Drama) When a social worker discovers that an elderly woman’s Christmas keepsakes have the power to magically transport them both back in time to the memory each holiday memento represents, she takes on the fight to save the senior’s home and her lifetime of precious holiday memories. NAMASTE ALIVE! (Feature, Horror Comedy) When a shy Cali girl says her mantra wrong during Hot Mindfulness Yoga Class and becomes possessed by the Hindu God of Destruction, her best friend must assemble a rag-tag team of friends, family, and mystics to save her life and prevent the end of humankind. Character-driven, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror, Magical Realism Male, 55+, Middle Eastern 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 Teresa Sullivan teresasullivan307@gmail.com 703-980-1941 https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm5557614/?ref_=m_recent_view The Black List Born in Scotland and raised in New Jersey, Teresa, along with her four children, moved eighteen times as the military spouse of a two-star Admiral. Finally settling in the Santa Monica mountains they found themselves fleeing for their lives one hour ahead of the Woolsey Wildfire that turned their home and their every material possession into ash. But, starting over is baked into the military lifestyle and so Teresa is rebuilding her home and forging ahead with her screenwriting ambitions. Teresa’s got a secret weapon – a great sense of humor - has to - (did she mention four kids?). She’s got a black belt in Taekwondo, an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA, and a Samuel Goldwyn Award for her drama pilot, DOUBLEBLIND. Teresa is a (jolly good) Telluride Fellow with an optioned comedy feature, STEWARDESS. She penned two adaptations, TEN HOURS UNTIL DAWN, based on the harrowing rescue at sea during the blizzard of ’78; and THE DODGER, the true story of the only person to earn both a Purple Heart in Vietnam and an MLB World Series Championship ring, Roy Gleason. She wrote on James Franco's anthology HEYDAY OF THE INSENSITIVE BASTARDS (Netflix) and has two produced shorts. Teresa’s nostalgic stage play, THE BEATLE CLUB, recently completed a successful three-week run in the D.C. area. She is currently creating and developing a character-driven, prestige-y, limited series, FAYE, about the surprisingly famous first host of Late-Night TV that you’ve never heard of – Faye Emerson. Honors & Awards Theatrical Production, Providence Players - THE BEATLE CLUB - 2021 Short Produced - LUCKY DAY - 2020 Best of the IWC award - "Faye" (pilot) 2024 non-WGA Female, Over 40, Over 55 STEWARDESS (Comedy Feature) 78-year-old DODIE is about to lose her family’s ranch when she wins her long-dormant lawsuit against Global Airlines for wrongful firing, allowing her to return to her beloved job as airline stewardess, now flight attendant, to complete her career, collect her pension and save her ranch - if she can pass the test! THE DODGER (Feature, Adaptation) The true story of Roy Gleason, a gifted athlete who achieves his dream of playing for the Dodgers. But it’s the turbulent ‘60s, and fate and the U.S. Army have other plans for him. FAYE (Limited Drama Series) 1940’s Hollywood actress Faye Emerson battles the restrictive norms corseting mid-century women to become the first host of Late Night TV. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Historical/Alternative History, Limited Series, Slapstick, Late Night Female, Over 40, Over 55 unrepped