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  • Jami Brandli | IWC List 2026

    < Back Jami Brandli jamibrandli@gmail.com http://www.jamibrandli.com Coverfly Jami Brandli has developed TV projects for Fish Ladder and Jonathan Steinberg and Dan Shotz, and was a finalist for the Disney/ABC Writing Program. She’s an award-winning playwright whose storytelling is inspired by the chaos of growing up in her family’s Italian restaurant in Jersey, her love of myths, mysteries and magical realism, her background in education and her desire to bring to light the lives of extraordinary people who you most likely never heard of. She is the winner of the 2023 Jane Chambers Award and the Stanley Drama Award for her play The Magician’s Sister. Her play BLISS (or Emily Post is Dead!) was named on The Kilroys List and was a LA Times Critics’ Choice. Her work has been produced/developed at New Dramatists, NY Theatre Workshop, Women’s Voices Theater Festival, Center Theatre Group, among other venues. Additional accolades: 2022 Center Theatre Group Writer’s Workshop. Nominated for Best Playwriting for an Original Play; Los Angeles Ovation Awards. Humanitas Prize PLAY LA playwright fellow. Finalist for the PEN Literary Award for Drama. Upcoming play productions/presentations for 2025: The Magician’s Sister at Center for the Arts at Kayenta, St. George, UT. O: A Rhapsody in Divorce at Outside In Theatre, LA. The Romeo and Juliet Senior Citizens Project at Coachella Valley Rep. She has her MFA from Emerson College and teaches dramatic writing at Lesley University's low-residency MFA program. Visit her website for more info about upcoming projects. Honors & Awards The Jane Chambers Playwriting Award - Winner - The Magician's Sister - 2023 The Writers Lab supported by Meryl Streep - Quarterfinalist - MADAM - 2022 non-WGA Female, 40+ THE GUARDIANSHIP Feature - Buffy meets The Karate Kid with a side of Beowulf Outsider teen Ellie is shocked to discover her family are Guardians, secret warriors who protect their town from evil creatures hell-bent on killing humans. As she's mentored by her stern grandmother, Ellie struggles to be a “normal” teen while training to save humanity. HOPE Hour YA sci-fi thriller Set in the near future, HOPE is LOST in a sanatorium with an unlikely female teen hero who goes from party girl to one badass fighter tasked with gathering a motley crew to save the world from a superbug and a corporate government conspiracy. MADAM Hour drama Based on the extraordinary life of Norma Wallace. New Orleans, 1934. When Alvin Karpis, FBI’s “most wanted”, overstays his welcome at Norma’s brothel, she makes a secret deal with the FBI to help capture Karpis. With one false move, Norma could not only lose everything she has fought for…but also her life. Character-driven, Female-centric, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, YA, Magical Realism Female, 40+ unrepped

  • Robin Fusco | IWC List 2026

    < Back Robin Fusco robin@robinfusco.com 323-645-0133 http://www.robinfusco.com Coverfly The Black List Robin Fusco creates layered psychological thrillers that take the women you love to hate, put them in fucked-up situations, and make you root for them. She previously coached physicians from around the world on empathy and medical ethics, and she draws on this expertise to bring emotional truth to complex, morally ambiguous narratives. Robin was a recent WIF Writing Circle Mentee as well as a NYSCA/NYFA Screenwriting Fellow, and her scripts have placed in numerous competitions, including WeScreenplay, ScreenCraft, and Cinequest. She’s also a commissioned and published playwright whose work has been produced internationally. A native New Yorker, Robin was awarded an MFA in screenwriting from Point Park University, and she is a member of both The Dramatists Guild and Mensa. She tells stories that immerse us in lives unlike our own, and when she’s not writing, you can often find her out in nature hiking and conquering mountains — another way in which she expands her perspective. Robin is based in Los Angeles. Honors & Awards Writing Circle Mentee , Women in Film - 2022 Screenwriting Fellow , NYSCA/NYFA - 2019 Winner, WeScreenplay Television Contest - COLLATERAL DAMAGE - 2018 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+ CAPITAL (Hourlong Drama) After her best friend is murdered, a high-end sex worker’s quest for justice unravels a dangerous conspiracy involving her longtime john and his covert political group that’s intent on dismantling the U.S. from within. THE AYON HIVE (Hourlong Premium Drama) A lost and desperate woman gives up everything to join a happiness commune only to discover that the leader of this supposed utopia is using psychological and physical torture to mold select devotees into perfect, made-to-order wives for wealthy, powerful men. BIOGENESIS (Hourlong Crime/Medical Drama) An ambitious biochemist must outmaneuver her narcissistic husband, protect her children, and avoid capture by the FBI as she infiltrates the ranks of the hacktivists who have turned her revolutionary, widely distributed heart implants into murder weapons. Science, Medical, Crime, Procedural, character-driven, female-centric, psychological, dark Female, LGBTQ+ unrepped

  • Scott Sanford Tobis | IWC List 2026

    < Back Scott Sanford Tobis blankcanvas@gmail.com Attorney: David Harris - 925.858.6876 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864975/ Scott Sanford Tobis is a screenwriter, journalist and award nominated playwright (an honor he proudly lost to the late Ray Bradbury). In addition to writing for film and television (Twice Upon A Christmas, Desperate Housewives, Muggers, The Roast of Paul Hogan, and more), he crafts articles for numerous magazines and websites, co-wrote The Desperate Housewives Cookbook. Frivolous, his "deeply silly" half-hour comedy about the legal system, is in development and he's currently crafting a vaguely-autobiographical (a term he just invented) TV series, Unmoored. He is endlessly fascinated by the human condition and remains cautiously optimistic in a world that doesn't exactly engender optimism at the moment. That said, he is fully optimistic that he can be reached at blankcanvas@gmail.com. Honors & Awards Page International Quarterfinalist - THE NEW BLOOD - 2019 LA Weekly Theatre Awards - THE STAR OF MONEY - BEST ONE ACT PLAY non-WGA Male, Over 40 FRIVOLOUS Half-hour comedy - Arrested Development, New Girl, Newsradio A deeply silly tale of a sweet boy - who accidentally discovers that he can make a living suing people for frivolous reasons and the impact it has on his life. CHEMISTRY Romantic Comedy After discovering proof of the genetic code for love, a female mathematician/researcher begins a search for her own soul mate and finds herself caught up in a romantic triangle; forcing her to choose between the logic that has dictated every aspect of her life and the longings of her heart. THE NEW BLOOD Thriller/Horror A brilliant grad student uses his not-fully-tested nanotechnology to save his dying fiancée. The nano-blood changes her from a caring social worker to a dangerous and seemingly indestructible creature. In the end, the man realizes that the woman he loves is the woman he will have to kill to stop the terror. Character-driven, Female-centric, Medical, Thriller, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Satire Male, Over 40 unrepped

  • Tim Kontje | IWC List 2026

    < Back Tim Kontje trkontje@gmail.com The Black List Tim is an LA-based screenwriter who has won numerous contests including Stage 32, Emerging Screenwriters, and Creative Screenwriting. He is also a Nicholl Fellowship semifinalist and recently became a board member of the Junior Hollywood Radio and Television Society. Originally from California, Tim also grew up in Germany and has an MFA in screenwriting from Loyola Marymount University. Despite having a twin, he sadly isn’t telepathic. Honors & Awards Winner, Stage 32 Action/Thriller Screenwriting Contest - KITBASH - 2024 Semifinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - ZERO LINE - 2024 Winner, Emerging Screenwriters Action/Adventure Competition - ZERO LINE - 2023 non-WGA Male KITBASH Action Feature LUCY meets THE RAID After a slacker maid accidentally gains advanced combat abilities from an experimental serum, she has two hours before it kills her to find a cure and rescue her sister from a psycho billionaire and his private army. ZERO LINE Action/Adventure Feature TOMB RAIDER meets BLOOD DIAMOND A hard-charging journalist teams up with a cynical thief and a timid archaeologist to find her missing mentor in a race through the blood antiquities underworld. Inspired by true events. BLACK BUTTERFLY Action/Adventure Pilot ROGUE HEROES meets PONIES Berlin, 1941: After her identical twin is killed, a shy young woman must take her sister's place as a spy in the heart of the Nazi Reich. Character-driven, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Historical/Alternative History Male unrepped

  • Jibreel Turner | IWC List 2026

    < Back Jibreel Turner jibreel.turner@gmail.com James Moorer, One Moorer Media & Management As an optioned and repped writer Jibreel Turner writes stories about heroes dealing with tremendous external pressures. Based in Los Angeles and half of a writing duo, they focus on protagonists who must stay grounded to fulfill their inherent responsibilities usually involving family and relationships. As a devoted single dad, he writes gritty TV and Features about strong-willed intelligent fathers with a moral compass, taking drastic measures and creative steps to achieve their goals. Jibreel's experience as a disabled combat veteran from Philly allows his stories to speak not just to the multifaceted black experience, but the greater humanity that resonates in us all. Honors & Awards GREEN OR GO: CHASING THE HOLLYWOOD DREAM Docuseries (Writer, Director, Producer) - In Post Production. THE PRYOR ENGAGEMENTS Feature Optioned by Tecknology Enterprises - 1/2024 Stage 32 - THE HARD WAY - TV Pilot Top 1% included in the “Best of Stage 32” Lookbook (2022). non-WGA Male, Black, Disabled, 40+ FAMILY OVER EVERYTHING TV Drama - POWER meets THE SOPRANOS \After his rap phenom little brother is murdered due to his involvement with a criminally financed record label, a streetwise single dad from the Bronx and his daughter are forced into witness protection in Cleveland, to unravel what led to his brother’s death. THE HARD WAY One-Hour [Serialized] TV | Sports / Period Drama | Basic Cable - HEELS meets ENTOURAGE It’s 1985 and a small-town wrestling prodigy must fight his way to the top of the biggest league in America while dodging the pitfalls of stardom in order to care for his sick mother and pregnant girlfriend at home. THE KANDAHAR PROJECT (Working Title) Feature Sci-Fi, Horror, Military Drama - LONE SURVIVOR meets TRAIN TO BUSAN When a highly skilled Recon team becomes trapped in a labyrinth of Afghanistan caves they must confront a mythical tribe of giants in order to make it out alive. Character-driven, Crime, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Horror, Dark, International Male, Black, Disabled, 40+ repped

  • Yeni Alvarez | IWC List 2026

    < Back Yeni Alvarez Manager: Will Swift, Arsenal Media - swifty@arsenalmediallc.com (323) 424-7647 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0023337/ Google "Multi-Cultural" and you get Yeni Alvarez. Yeni was born in Cuba and escaped with her parents to Panama when she was 10. She was smuggled via Rio Grande into the US and grew up in the most Cuban of neighborhoods, Hialeah, where stores display signs that read “We speak English.” She studied theater in NY and Miami and paid for college by working weekends as a children’s party princess, all while learning makeup techniques from a transgender best friend. Yeni later moved to LA to be an actress, booking her first audition for the highest-rated sitcom in Spanish Television, and later her voiceover career bloomed when she booked the Spanish Female voice of Disney Theme Parks. (She's the Spanish voice that tells you to "keep your arms inside the vehicle at all times.") Yeni is fluent in three languages, writes in two, and dabbles in Klingon. Her worldview informs her screenwriting, creating stories and characters that span the entirety of the human experience. Plenty of people can imagine fish-out-of-water stories, but few have lived one as fearlessly – and humorously – as Yeni. She is currently developing multicultural comedy, sci-fi, and animation properties that celebrate human diversity and the most powerful force on Earth: Laughter. non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Latinx AQUA TOFANA (Period feature) 17th Century Italy was plagued by the deaths of hundredths of abusive husbands. They all had one thing in common. Very well scented wives. Enter Julia Tofana, the profumiera saint and savior of would be widows. TESLA AND THE TINY TITANS (Animated TV Series - similar to JIMMY NEUTRON but with Einstein and Tesla) Mostly true tales of steampunk inventions by the kids who would grow up to be titans. DIVERSITY HIRE (Half Hour Comedy Sitcom) Afraid of losing his job in Hollywood, a washed up Jewish writer hires his Latina dog walker to play the role of his writing partner. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Sci-Fi, Children's, Animation, Limited Series, International Female, BIPOC, Latinx unrepped

  • Christopher J. Valin | IWC List 2026

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

  • Nelson Downend | IWC List 2026

    < Back Nelson Downend ndownend@gmail.com http://www.nelsondownend.com Coverfly Nelson Downend is an award-winning screenwriter, director and lighting designer based in New York City. His work explores emotional and psychological trauma and the power of the human connection in the aftermath. Informed by his experience as a lighting designer, Nelson’s work often employs a grounded surrealism that enhances the visual storytelling. Nelson's character driven projects include dark dramas, psychological thrillers, mysteries, and dramatic comedies which have won or advanced to the later rounds in various screenwriting programs and contests including Table Read My Screenplay, the Austin Film Festival, the Page International Screenwriting Awards, ISA, Stowe Story Labs, Roadmap Writers, ScreenCraft and Final Draft’s Big Break. He currently has several projects on Coverfly’s Red List. Most recently, Nelson worked as a screenwriter on multiple TV projects being developed by Little River Entertainment. Nelson's films have screened at various film festivals, including The New York Shorts International Film Festival, New York CineFest, the Garden State Film Festival, the Lighthouse International Film Festival and the Richmond International Film Festival. Nelson received his MFA in TV Writing from Stony Brook University and holds a BFA in Lighting Design from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Honors & Awards Table Read My Screenplay (Hollywood) - Grand Prize Winner – Rock Bottom – 2024 Austin Film Festival - Finalist – Rock Bottom – 2024 Cinequest – Finalist - The Divinity Cycle - 2023 non-WGA Male, 40+ THE DIVINITY CYCLE One-Hour Drama - Psychological Thriller A disillusioned Catholic Priest is drawn into a grisly homicide investigation after one of his parishioners confesses to multiple murders. VITALS One-Hour Drama - Mystery Recovering addict Nieve is obsessed with a new museum installation by seminal light artist Henry Saint-James. But when Saint-James’ assistant is found dead, and he shows up on Nieve's doorstep asking for help, Nieve soon begins to worry she may be harboring a murderer. ROCK BOTTOM Feature - Dark Dramatic Comedy Following a chance encounter while throwing up in the same public bathroom, a fifty-five year old alcoholic and a twenty-four year old bulimic form an unlikely bond as they attempt to address their unresolved trauma, mend fences with estranged family and slowly head down the path toward recovery. Character-driven, Crime, Thriller, Psychological, Limited Series, Dark Male, 40+ unrepped

  • Jorge Molina | IWC List 2026

    < 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

  • Sofia Drummond-Moore | IWC List 2026

    < Back Sofia Drummond-Moore sofiadrummondmoore@gmail.com Coverfly The Black List Sofia has a Bachelors Degree in Creative Writing from Knox College and a Masters Degree in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute, where she was an Academy Nicholl Fellowship Quarterfinalist and won the Writers Room Ready Award. Sofia primarily gets excited about drama, horror and thriller stories with a specific interest in strange historical curiosities, LGBTQ+ stories and those focused on female protagonists. She believes ghost stories can be some of the most important stories. Her prose writing has been published in New Delta Review, Pithead Chapel, Door Is A Jar Magazine, Cleaver Magazine and many others. She has recently been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Sofia has worked as an intern at Conner Literary and Ghost House Pictures, as a writers assistant to a prominent author, and as an executive producer on a teen mystery series for streaming. She is currently a freelance writer for prose and film. Her short film THE LAST BIRTHDAY, about the Romanov family, was the Winner of Berlinale European Film Market Premier, nominee for the European Independent Film Awards, selection for The Still Voices International Film Festival, The Southside Film Festival and Mammoth Film Festival . When she's not writing Sofia has been a figure skater, a museum curator, fever specialist, tree devotee, nostalgia expert and gravestone attendee. Honors & Awards Winner, Big Break Final Draft Competition - ADA - 2024 Semi-Finalist, Austin Film Festival - RIKO'S CIRCLE - 2024 Finalist, ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Award - QUIET BODIES - 2023 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+ QUIET BODIES (Historical Drama) Based on the true stories of ballerinas who burned to death on stage in the 1860s. Paris 1861, a young dancer joins the famous ballet only to be surrounded by persecution and danger, yet through the love of another dancer she finds hope and rebellion. CLY (Psychological thriller) A woman still grieving the sudden loss of her daughter lands the lead role of Clytemnestra in a retelling of the Greek tragedy Agamemnon only to be set on a path of violence she must escape from as the lines between reality and play blur. REGRESSION (Horror) A young student travels to Copenhagen to study the conservation of bog bodies but after trying past life regression therapy becomes convinced her body and her life are being taken over by a dangerous man from 280 BCE. Female-centric, Queer, Thriller, Psychological, Horror, Dark, International, Magical Realism Female, LGBTQ+ unrepped

  • Michael Felker | IWC List 2026

    < Back Michael Felker michael.felker.film@gmail.com IMDB Michael Felker is a writer, director, producer, and editor from Huntsville, Alabama. Michael is most well known for writing and directing the award winning feature film, THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT, which premiered at SXSW and was released in theaters by Magnolia Pictures. Michael has also written and directed several dozen short films over the last 20 years including most recently WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY AGAIN and SAVE AND CONTINUE. Michael is also know for editing feature films THE ENDLESS, SYNCHRONIC, SPRING, SUNSET ON THE RIVER STYX, GET THE GIRL, and, most recently SOMETHING IN THE DIRT. He’s also known for editing work in TV (THE COOP, JUNK DRAWER MAGICAL ADVENTURES), content for Netflix, Universal, and Red Bull, and even in video games (Annapurna Interactive games THE LAST STOP, MAQUETTE, and TWELVE MINUTES). He's a published author (HAUNTED REELS VOL. II), a graduate of Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts, an avid gamer, hiker, and lover of all things science fiction and horror. Honors & Awards Certified Fresh, Rotten Tomatoes - THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT - 2024 Critics Award, Trieste Science + Fiction - 2024 Top 50, Launch Pad - WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY AGAIN - 2018 non-WGA Male WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY AGAIN? Magical Realism Drama It's A Wonderful Life meets Tron Legacy In order to receive her estranged father’s inheritance, a young woman must beat a mysterious arcade game that replays her biggest past regrets as levels to overcome." FOMO Contained Thriller Disturbia meets The Leftovers When a new phenomenon allows people to take a pill and ascend to a new and better dimension, two teenage girls must escape a dying mall to catch the trend before the whole world disappears without them. CAT MOM Absurd Horror The Thing meets Stepmom A recently divorced mom loses her grip on her own humanity and everything she loves after a malevolent stray cat begins to replace her as the mother of her children." Character-driven, Crime, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror, Magical Realism Male

  • Lise Pyles | IWC List 2026

    < Back Lise Pyles lisepyles@gmail.com Lise Pyles earned SEMIFINALIST at NICHOLL and AFF (among other awards) and in 2018 was one of six writers chosen for a Black List/Women in Film Features Lab. There, she workshopped one-on-one with Oscar-winner Graham Moore (THE IMITATION GAME) and Amy Baer (MARY SHELLEY, BRIAN BANKS), and ended the week with a general at NETFLIX. Lise writes character-driven drama, historical and true event stories (original or adapted), and also enjoys lightening the mood by writing family features, YA and holiday rom-coms. In previous life chapters, Lise worked as a Department of Defense analyst, which led to world travel and nine years abroad, in Australia's Outback and Yorkshire, England. Around the edges of this career, she has held odd jobs (waitress, hotel desk clerk, substitute teacher, concierge), all of which make great grist for this writer's mill. Past publications include two books, as well as articles, short stories and essays for venues such as Denver Post, Writers Digest and Air&Space/Smithsonian Magazine. She worked as Story Editor for LIKE CLOCKWORK ENTERTAINMENT, has crewed on local (Texas) film projects and co-chaired the San Antonio Screenwriters Guild from 2014-2025. Honors & Awards Finalist, ISA Family & Holiday - A BODYGUARD FOR CHRISTMAS - 2021 Semifinalist, Stage32 Holiday Contest - THE LIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS - 2023 Quarterfinalist, Final Draft's Big Break - SONG OF THE DOLPHIN - 2025 " non-WGA Female, 40+, 55+ INDEPENDENT LIVING Feature Drama A shy desk clerk must break through a crippling public speaking phobia in order to help an elderly genius create his legacy and to find a voice in her own life. JUMPER AND THE BONES Feature Dramedy (Adapted from novel IP) A naive oddball custodian accidentally sparks a feud with a street gang (The Bones) and must use his quirky homemade tactics to protect the nurse lady he adores and the sick little girl who depends on them both. MY HEART LIES HERE Historical Limited Series (Adapted from novel IP) In 1914 Colorado, a Scottish teen loses her father due to dangerous conditions in one of J.D. Rockefeller's mines, and to save her brother from a similar fate, she joins union mineworkers in what becomes the nation's bloodiest fight for worker rights -- the Ludlow Massacre. Character-driven, Female-centric, Western, Romantic, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, YA, Limited Series Female, 40+, 55+ unrepped

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