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< Back Megan J. Wilson megan@dirttotem.com Megan lives in Los Angeles but considers the Pacific Northwest home. She’s worked at a publishing house in Seattle, a law firm in North Carolina, the NFL in New York, and a cannery in Alaska – and yes, there were bears. She was a writers assistant for CBS for 3 years, and she wrote and produced a 6-episode webseries (The Sanctum, 2009). She writes action/drama, action/sci-fi, and action/comedy, and her stories often feature families dealing with mental illness. She’s been finalist for the PAGE Award, quarterfinalist for the Nicholl, Script Pipeline and Austin Film Festival and she's been featured on the Red List and the Next List. Megan currently has two features and a short in development. Megan is active in the LA-writing community, as co-founder of the League of Women Writers and co-founder of the Writer X Director Mixer. She loves quilting, snowboarding, writing graphic novels, and has a complicated relationship with her crockpot. Honors & Awards Finalist, PAGE Awards - AVALANCHE EXPRESS - 2023 Quarterfinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - AVALANCHE EXPRESS - 2022 Official Selection, The Next List - 2024 - https://www.tracking-board.com/the-next-list-2024/ non-WGA Female, 40+ AVALANCHE EXPRESS (Action Feature) When a passenger train traveling through the Alps is caught in an avalanche, the Syrian-Swiss conductor must surmount her own fear of being buried alive to lead the remaining passengers in a struggle for survival. DROP ZONE (Hourlong Procedural) When the prodigal daughter of a firefighting family returns home to Montana as a forest service firefighter (a “smokejumper”), she clashes with the father who disowned her and confronts the sister who married her high school sweetheart. DUSTRISE (Horror Feature) When two sisters take a back road to Burning Man to avoid the fees, their dream trip becomes a nightmare, as a 100-year flood wakes terrifying monsters from a dry riverbed to feed on festivalgoers. Character-driven, Female-centric, Crime, Thriller, Procedural, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror Female, 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 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 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 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 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 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

< Back Pepper Reed Pepperreed@me.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4213808/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Coverfly Pepper Reed grew up devouring books sitting atop one of the turrets of the playhouse her dad built for her. She uses genre tropes as metaphors, inviting the audience to connect with people marked as “the other” who are trying to find their place in the unexpected worlds. Originally from Oklahoma, Pepper received her BFA from New York University & has directed short films, plays, & music videos. She also regularly wears historically inspired fashion that she sews herself. Honors & Awards Finalist, NBC Writers on the Verge - INNOCENT BLOOD - 2019 Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship - INNOCENT BLOOD - 2020 Quarterfinalist, Final Draft Big Break - GIRL ANACHRONISM - 2023 Non-WGA Female, 40+, LGBTQ INNOCENT BLOOD (Supernatural YA TV Drama - Riverdale meets The Vampire Diaries) A young vampire struggles with her opposing desires to find the biological family she was kidnapped from as an infant and her adoptive family’s mission to rescue other vampires like themselves. THE CURIOUS HAUNTING OF GEORGIE PRICE Family TV Drama with Ghosts - Gilmore Girls meets Ghost Whisperer After the death of her younger brother a woman gets the opportunity to go after her dreams; however, his ghost decides to go after his own aspirations and to help her to learn how to live. FIRST TO DIE Queer Zombie Roadtrip Feature - Bottoms meets Zombieland When a zombie outbreak descends on Los Angeles on Christmas Day, a former survivalist does whatever is necessary to get herself and her friends out of the city. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, YA, Magical Realism Female, 40+, LGBTQ 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 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 Anne Toole thewritetoole@gmail.com https://writingiswriting.wordpress.com/ Writers Guild Award-winning writer Anne Toole has written for live-action series, games, animation, comics, and more. Her work currently appears in Netflix's DANIEL SPELLBOUND and the action-comedy series CANNON BUSTERS. Previously, she wrote for GHOST OF TSUSHIMA: DIRECTOR'S CUT and for WOMEN OF MARVEL #1 . She also wrote for DAYS OF OUR LIVES, contributed to the Emmy-winning short-form dramedy THE LIZZIE BENNET DIARIES, and created the hundred-episode dramedy ALLES LIEBE, ANNETTE for the German market. Anne's credits include THE WITCHER game, the HORIZON ZERO DAWN games and comics, and ASSASSIN'S CREED ORIGINS. She has spoken extensively on storytelling across platforms at South by Southwest and Comic-con International as well as in presentations at MIT, Harvard, and Cannes. A citizen of Ireland as well as the US, Anne holds a degree in Archaeology from Harvard. Honors & Awards Golden Joystick Award, Narrative - DAYS GONE - 2022 Writers Guild Award Winner - HORIZON ZERO DAWN - 2018 non-WGA Female UNMOVED MOVER (Period sci-fi short story) Professor Challenger enlists an old friend to find the source of a mysterious sound, while still reeling from the loss of his son in the Great War. WITNESSES (Legal procedural pilot) A disbarred attorney seeks redemption by assembling a team of expert witnesses, but his integrity immediately comes into question on their very first case. Queer, Crime, Procedural, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, Animation Female unrepped

< Back Billie Jo Mason lapdawg3@gmail.com 805-907-1500 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7620465/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 As a lifelong reader of science fiction and fantasy, Billie Jo wanted to be an astronaut so she studied electrical engineering in college until she realized that an inner ear problem was going to keep her from actually going to space, so she became... a writer! Billie has worked in the story departments and as a union story analyst at most of the major studios and William Morris, though her claim to fame is smuggling a rescued baby chicken into the story department at MGM and keeping it in the script library (long story). Billie recently wrapped the room on the Apple+ show SUGAR (starring Colin Farrell) and working with showrunner Mark Protosevich as his writer's room assistant. A native of Los Angeles, Billie rarely resorts to chicken smuggling. Honors & Awards Participant, Meryl Streep/Writer’s Lab – The Cargo - 2015 Semifinalist, Nicholl Fellowship – The Cargo - 2018 Quarterfinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - SPEEDWAY - 2022 non-WGA Female, 40+ THE CARGO Sci-Fi/Thriller Feature Comp: No Way Out As mankind loses the war against ruthless alien invaders, a traumatized military pilot sent to retrieve a top-secret cargo is stranded with her crew on a crippled transport orbiting Saturn and hunted by the aliens – with one onboard posing as human. SPEEDWAY Sci-fi (futuristic)/Heist Feature Comps: Oceans 11 meets The Italian Job In the near future, all driving is outlawed and automatic cars rule the Speedway at 250 m.p.h., until one driver and her team outwit the system to pull off a seemingly-impossible bank heist and daring escape, for profit, thrills and ultimately revenge. FALLEN ANGEL (AT WORLD’S END) TV PILOT Comps: Altered Carbon/The Expanse 300 years in the future, the teenage granddaughter of Earth’s most powerful and immoral despot flees Earth pursued by agents of her grandfather only to be trapped on the most dangerous planet in the galaxy. Character-driven, Female-centric, Science, Crime, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, YA Female, 40+ repped

< Back Yousif Nash yousif.nash.1@gmail.com https://yousifnash.wordpress.com Coverfly Growing up in the wonderful land of Las Vegas, I always felt like the only Arab Muslim that ever existed. So I drowned myself in stories about other worlds, people going out on adventures, and learning about strange cultures from different parts of life. My parents would also tell me stories about Iraq, how it's like this magical oasis. That is until Saddam Hussein came and ruined everything. They told me how lucky I was her compared to how they had it in Iraq. So I felt like I owed a debt to the country and joined the United States Air Force and got the one job I never wanted: nuclear missile operator. But when you look like the enemy, some people treat you like the enemy. I got an early discharge, went through a depression, then climbed out of it through writing. I discovered that many people that look like me are always portrayed like the bad guy, so I write about Arab characters doing cool things in fantastical worlds, much like the characters I grew up with. Honors & Awards Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Animation and Family 2024 - KILGORE AND THE ADVENTURES OF THE BARBARIAN ACADEMY WGA Associate Member Male, Middle Eastern LEGEND OF THE DRAGON KNIGHT (One hour drama fantasy) A scruffy veteran helps an innocent girl to master her newfound powers before she becomes a ticking time bomb and destroy an entire continent. Meanwhile, evil forces wants to capture her to use her powers for their own nefarious deeds. LIKE MAGIC (One hour YA drama fantasy) A freshman starts his first year in the world's greatest magical university, but the problem is that he can't use magic. So, he participates in the school's first computer science program. However, he has to gather 14 students by the end of the semester or else the program gets cancelled. SECOND CHANCERS (One hour action procedural) A Las Vegas security guard is wrongly accused of murdering a casino CEO, so he gathers his team of misfits to clear his name while making money at the same time. BIPOC-centric, Procedural, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, YA, Animation, Snarky, Magical Realism Male, Middle Eastern unrepped