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< Back Megan Rees meganlrees@gmail.com Coverfly IMDB Profile Megan once drove 3 murderers to a museum in a Honda Accord. Another time she helped a passenger snap back from a catatonic state on the subway floor. She writes female-led TV projects about wounded healers who are reluctantly pulled into saving society from destruction by the status quo. Her multi-accoladed pilot, Hot Town, is based on her grassroots work in community emergency care. So is Hot Flash, but the protagonist therapists also happen to be menopause-onset witches. With an interest in changing the industry from the outside in, Megan founded a community of women and nonbinary emerging screenwriters 40+ which now has over 500 members in 6 continents. She has collected data on accomplishments, arranged several industry speakers, and received donations from all the major screenwriting companies. Honors & Awards Finalist, Athena Film Festival Writers' Lab - Hot Town - 2023 Semifinalist, The Writers Lab - Hot Town - 2023 Semifinalist ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship - Hot Town - 2022 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+, 40+ HOT TOWN drama pilot When a charged video of her altercation with a cop goes viral, the captain of Oakland's only all-female fire crew must fight a corrupt city government that threatens to disband them. HOT FLASH fantasy comedy pilot When her first hot flash causes her to inadvertently bewitch her students and colleagues, a righteous school psychologist must join forces with a coven of fellow menopause-onset witches to learn to control her powers in exchange for helping them pull off a series of heists centuries in the making. Character-driven, Female-centric, Snarky Female, LGBTQ+, 40+ unrepped

< 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

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 501c6 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

< Back Ari Donnelly arisdonnelly@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/aridonnelly LinkedIn Ari is a versatile comedy writer, a salty east coast expat, and a saltier chef. Originally hailing from Boston, he cheated it by schooling at NYU, then made amends by moving to Los Angeles. He can still speak in a Boston accent if you ask nicely. After climbing the ranks in the studio world, working for the likes of Starz and Disney, Ari was on his way to being a creative executive. But something was missing. He was supporting great films and series, but none of them offered the raw emotion, high-flying thrills, and shameless puns that the medium is truly capable of. So he made the brave decision to return to writing. He makes far less money now, but he has won a spree of screenplay awards at HollyShorts, Filmmatic and more. Ari is a 2025 Mentee in the Shore Scripts Writer Development Program. His scripts recently advanced in Austin Film Festival, FilmQuest, and the WGA Support Staff Training Program. His work has been featured on industry lists such as Get Repped Now and The Originals Bureau. When he isn’t practicing yoga, curating movie marathons or walking dogs, Ari loves to write intersectional stories with punchy act breaks, relatable characters and ridiculous worlds. Honors & Awards Mentee, Shore Scripts Writer Development Program - POWER COUPLE - 2025 https://www.shorescripts.com/2025-tv-mentorship-program-results/ Semifinalist, Austin Film Festival - KRAPOPOLIS: TYSISTRATA - 2025 https://austinfilmfestival.com/blog/screenplay/2025-semifinalists-second-rounders/ Top 3 Pilot, FilmQuest Film Festival - POWER COUPLE - 2025 https://www.filmquestfest.com/2025-award-winners/ Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member Male POWER COUPLE Half-hour Rom-Com Pilot - You’re The Worst meets Harley Quinn A supervillain and superhero have been happily fighting since high school. But when their devotion starts damaging their careers, they are forced to start fighting other people. THE NON-PROPHET Half-hour Horror-Comedy Pilot - Severance meets Treehouse of Horror At a “nonprofit” data collection agency, a new hire is tasked with collecting visions of the future, each more hilariously horrifying than the last. WITCH SLAP Half-hour Fantasy Comedy Pilot - Abbott Elementary meets Harry Potter After missing a student loan payment, a powerful sorceress must take a teaching gig at her dubious alma mater. Character-driven, Sci-Fi, Animation, Satire, Bittersweet, Silly, Magical Realism, Sketch Male unrepped

< Back Aminah Hughes sheherself@aminah.com.au http://www.aminah.com.au/film Aminah grew up in Western Australia and spent eight years as a travelling creative in Europe before immigrating to the US. Her father was a journalist and conman who once interviewed Muhammad Ali. Her mother was a theatre actress, who chose not to raise her in the theatre, much to Aminah’s disappointment. She spent her youth as a classical flautist, poet, DJ, theatre actor and film reviewer before becoming a roots musician, music journalist, photographer and filmmaker. Her day jobs have included stints serving Justices at the Supreme Court library, as the Attorney General's research assistant at the Department of Justice, and as a covert writer of witness statements, working alongside state and federal police. The theme at the heart of her writing, from poetry to screenplays, is trauma recovery. In 2020, Aminah was accepted as a member of the Australian Directors Guild and in 2021, she moved to Los Angeles, where she has worked on features for Warner Bros, Universal, Disney, MGM, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures and Netflix, as a Scripting Editor in dubbing. Hailed by Musical Notes Global (New York) as “a true Renaissance woman” she has won local and international awards as a screenwriter, director, songwriter and musician. Aminah appears on fourteen albums and has recorded vocals on various productions, including highly anticipated game, Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock, based on the popular NBCUniversal Television Series. Honors and Awards Cinequest Screenwriting Competition , Current Semifinalist - WE CAN NEVER GO BACK - 2023-2024 (co-write with Dylan Kussman) Austin Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition , Semifinalist - THE RUBICON - 2019 ScreenCraft Short Screenplay Contest, Winner - THE RUBICON - 2018 non-WGA Female, 40+ THE INSIDE OF A SHELL Feature drama/magic realism After a troubling death, an aspiring artist must grapple with intrusive dissociative experiences in order to confront the trauma of her abusive past. WE CAN NEVER GO BACK Short drama In a cabin on the high desert, two desperate men seek refuge from a viral mass-extinction event. Forced to navigate their diametrically opposed plans for survival, they must overcome a lurking threat of violence if they are to emerge from the crisis with their humanity intact. THE RUBICON Short drama/magic realism An independent woman comes to the realization that she is in an abusive relationship, betokened by a ballerina in a painting. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Bittersweet, Magical Realism Female, 40+ unrepped

< Back Elise Salomon https://againstthewindproductions.com/ Coverfly The Black List Elise Salomon is an award-winning storyteller based in Los Angeles whose projects have been featured at international festivals and markets including Sundance, SXSW, IDFA, FrightFest, Stowe Story Labs, Austin Film Festival, Galway Film Fleadh, Frontières and Cannes. A proud graduate of Pitzer College with a BA in Media Studies, she produced PAPER HEART, co-produced SMASHED and directed and produced LOS WILD ONES. Her writing embodies themes of trauma, trust, truth and transformation. She believes in storytelling as a universal tool to foster engagement, compassion and meaningful discourse. Elise continues to be a fierce advocate for diversity and pursues projects with iconic characters and an all-encompassing aesthetic. Recently invited as a new member into the Independent Writers’ Caucus, she has also been selected for the Austin Film Festival's "Screenwriters to Watch” List 2025. Honors & Awards Austin Film Festival Screenwriters to Watch 2025 Finalist - CAOINEADH - Austin Film Festival 2023 Selection - INSIDE - Cannes Marche du Film Frontières Genre Proof of Concept Platform 2019 non-WGA Female, 40+ INSIDE (Haunting of Hill House meets MOTHMAN PROPHECIES) On Ireland’s mystical Aran Islands, an American therapist arrives to treat a recently widowed composer imprisoned in his remote cottage by agoraphobia - and learns the terrifying possibility that the true source of his suffering may be a dark force rooted in the land itself. CAOINEADH (A supernatural Romeo & Juliet) In the West of Ireland, Brona and Cormac are two lost souls brought together by a terrible accident. Their fated union bonds them with the kind of love only written about, but a series of eerie events plague them...and propel them toward fulfilling their dark destiny. URD | SKULD (THE SHINING meets THE WICKER MAN) A young American couple attempts to mend their strained relationship as they travel on a tight budget to the Austrian Alps for Christmas — as their troubles are laid bare, something much more sinister and powerful than they have ever known awakens. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Psychological, Horror, Limited Series, International Female, 40+ Repped

< Back Brad M. Johnson bmj@diydprods.com IMDB Brad is a Pacific Northwest-based writer-producer-director who returned from a 15-year detour into the world of corporate marketing to focus on a more personal form of storytelling. His work has been recognized by Final Draft, The Black List, the Walt Disney Company, and MGM among others. In 2022, Brad launched The Grey List, an initiative to push back against ageism in the entertainment industry by curating a selection of production-ready feature and pilot scripts from writers over the age of 40. Brad is also a filmmaker through his company, Daisy If You Do Productions. His directorial debut, CHAT, won the Audience Favorite award at the Poulsbo Film Festival (2023), and his most recent production, SENSE OF EMERGENCY, debuted at the 2025 HollyShorts Film Festival. He will be directing his next film, DEEP FAKE, in 2026. Brad is currently looking for the right representation and is open to OWA’s. When he isn’t working on his next script or film, Brad spends his time watching curling (hoping to one day join a team) and making bad puns that make his family’s eyes roll. non-WGA Male, 40+ WELCOME TO LAZARUS Feature | Crime-Drama Desperate for a new start, a corrupt cop in a dying Midwestern town accepts a job to kill a mob informant, but his world unravels when his target turns out to be the father who abandoned him as a child. BLOOD MOON Feature | Western-Horror As the sun sets on the American Old West, a young priest and a grizzled bounty hunter must work together to save a small frontier town under siege by vampires HOLY HELL Feature | Action A former government assassin who walked away from his old life and is atoning for his violent past as a small-town priest sets aside his collar and picks back up his guns when the organization he worked for discovers his whereabouts and comes looking for vengeance. Character-driven, Crime, Thriller, Western, Romantic, Horror, Dark Male, 40+ unrepped

< Back R. Scott Shields rscottshields5303@gmail.com IMDB Profile Scott had a career in visual effects before writing his first script. Working as the coordinator on features like HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS, SCOOBY DOO and THE X FILES gave him insight to the collaborative process of studio film making. Combining that experience with his love of great sports films like ROCKY and HOOSIERS, Scott took a break from visual effects projects and wrote a heartwarming sports drama about horse racing that won a series of contests and became his calling card. Paid writing assignments soon followed, so Scott left his visual effects career and begin work as a professional screenwriter. Since then he's written screenplays across many genres but sports dramas and underdog stories are what he's best known for. During the extensive research for his biopics on sports legends John Force (drag racing) and Oscar Schmidt (basketball), Scott had to not only gather facts but also build trust with the principle characters in order to faithfully tell their compelling but sometimes unflattering stories. Scott lives in Santa Clarita, CA with his wife and two children. Honors & Awards Semifinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - THE LAST HORSEMEN OF STRAWBERRY MANSION - 2009 Grand Prize, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards - SUPERCAT! - 2010 non-WGA Male, 40+, 55+ THE LAST HORSEMEN OF STRAWBERRY MANSION (Sports drama ) A teen develops a love of horses as he fights to save his neighborhood from gangsters and an unscrupulous businessman. Inspired by true events UNDERGROUND (Drama, Sci Fi, Thriller) When a straight arrow law student develops supernatural abilities that help him solve crimes, he transforms into a vigilante living in the underground of America while on the run from a deadly government agency, SUPERCAT! (Family comedy, animated) Set in the groovy 1970s, a small cat with big dreams goes on an epic journey to find the girl of his dreams...before he's locked up forever as an indoor cat. Character-driven, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, Animation, Limited Series, Satire, Bittersweet Male, 40+, 55+ unrepped

< Back Dani Hanks danihanks@danihanks.com https://www.danihanks.com Dani Hanks (they/she) is a disabled writer/director based in NYC. Their workplace comedy pilot, THE G.Y.M., won the 2024 Austin Film Festival and will be featured on Table Read at the official podcast stage of SXSW 2026. Dani grew up elbow-deep in human organs at their mom’s pathology lab in Porterville, California. A direct result of inhaling too much formaldehyde in their formative years, they dove headfirst into the entertainment industry and received a BFA in Drama at NYU Tisch. Drawing from their experience as the only purple-haired snowflake in a deeply conservative family, they promote empathy for underrepresented identities through offbeat stories centered around diverse found families. Dani approaches the taboo with both levity and nuance and loves finding humor in the mundane. Dani has worked on projects in development at FilmRise and RKO, and is a fellow of Stowe, Disability Belongs, and the WGAE SSTP. They are a full-time meme connoisseur, part-time AD, former member of Mensa, and have 10 years of experience cutting animal tissue for medical research (much to the dismay of their pet rats). Honors & Awards Winner, Roadmap Coletta Preacely-Garcia Diversity Fellowship - KNOTTY - 2025 ISA's Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2025 - 2025 Winner, Austin Film Festival - THE G.Y.M. - 2024 Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member Female, Non-binary, LGBTQ+, Disabled THE G.Y.M. 1/2 Hour Workplace Comedy – ABBOTT ELEMENTARY in a Planet Fitness When a neurotic woman spends her life savings to rescue her hometown’s infamous gym, she and her ragtag employees must turn their shithole into shinola to compete with the fancy fitness chain across the street. KNOTTY 1-Hour Dramedy Determined to discover what caused her taboo fantasies, a sexually-repressed PhD student infiltrates the BDSM scene under the guise of “research,” but unexpectedly falls in love with this wholesome world of lustful LARPers, Pokémon perverts… and one of her professors. MYSTERY SISTERS 1-Hour Female-led Crime Procedural A reclusive techie with a mysterious past and a crime-junkie wannabe actress hit the road in a ramshackle Winnebago, racing to solve abandoned cases before the trail goes cold. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Medical, Crime, Procedural, Dark, Snarky Female, Non-binary, LGBTQ+, Disabled unrepped

< Back Denise A. Agnew One Moorer Media & Management James Moorer, james@onemoorer.com Denise A. Agnew is the author of over 70 novels and several optioned and produced screenplays and TV pilots and two non-fiction books. Her film House of Lies (also titled Secrets Beneath The Floorboards) premiered on Lifetime Movie Network October 2023 and is currently on Amazon. She has placed in numerous contests including the ISA (International Screenwriters Association) Story Farm Fellowship as a top 5 in the contest. Denise loves writing horror, thrillers and sci-fi but has also written romantic comedy, historical, and romantic suspense. Denise is also a paranormal investigator (SOS Paranormal Investigations), Reiki Master, Certified Creativity Coach and Evidential Medium. As a Creativity Coach, Denise assists anyone in the creative arts to maintain lifelong creativity. She is represented by One Moorer Media and Management, fiction/screenwriting agent Jo-Ann Cubello, and nonfiction agent Lisa Hagan. Honors & Awards Creative Screenwriting Top Ten Finalist - CRASH - 2025 ISA Top 5 The Story Farm Fellowship - CRASH - 2025 ISA Second Round Fast Track Fellowship - FALLOUT - 2025 non-WGA Female, 55+ CRASH Sci-Fi/Thriller Comps: Close Encounters of The Third Kind, The X-Files, Arrival An airline forensics expert teams with a park ranger to find out the true cause of a mysterious commercial plane crash with no bodies recovered and reports of a possible UFO in the sky at the time of impact." THE ANDERSONVILLE HORROR Historical Horror Comp: Crimson Peak An idealistic young nurse is sent from the North to the nation's most notorious Civil War prison camp where she must overcome sexism and bigotry to save her fiancé and her brother during a life-or-death battle against a supernatural enemy. DEEP Creature Feature Horror/Sci-Fi Comps: Mimic, The Descent, Quarantine. An emotionally broken British ex-soldier leads a group of mismatched survivors into battle against monsters released into the New York subway after a series of freak earthquakes. Female-centric, Crime, Thriller, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Horror, Historical/Alternative History, Dark Female, 55+ repped

< Back Mark Brown markabrown1965@gmail.com Mark's mother, a master storyteller in her own right, claims that he taught himself to read and write. Whatever the truth may be, he began a lifelong obsession by writing episodes of "Star Trek" and issues of "Spider-man" for himself as a young boy. After earning a master's degree in creative writing, he spent 25 years in political communication before returning to his true loves, screenwriting and playwrighting. He currently has two TV series, REDNECK ARMY and CHNL X, in development. Honors & Awards Recommended by The Black List - REDNECK ARMY - 2022 Recommended by The Black List - FEELING GRAVITY'S PULL - 2023 Quarterfinalist, The Academy Nicholl Fellowship - FEELING GRAVITY'S PULL - 2021 non-WGA/Caucus only Male, 55+ FEELING GRAVITY'S PULL Thriller NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, PATHS OF GLORY When she's ordered to take on a racially charged murder case, an idealistic U.S. Army attorney confronts a dark underworld that reaches further than she ever feared. REDNECK ARMY Historical PEAKY BLINDERS, MATEWAN After leading a bloody battle for workers' rights that erupted into the largest armed insurrection in U.S. history, a hot-headed coal miner fights charges of treason against the State of West Virginia. AMBER Action/Horror - STRANGE DARLING, THE GREEN ROOM When a risk-averse former college athlete follows a car named in an Amber Alert, she drives into the crosshairs of a relentless killer having the worst day of his life. Character-driven, Thriller, Western, Psychological, Historical/Alternative History, Limited Series, Dark, Bittersweet Male, 55+ unrepped

< Back Suzanne Griffin suzannetgriffin@prodigy.net Management: Jonathan Taub, CT Media https://suzanne-griffin.squarespace.com The Black List Black List Recommended screenwriter Suzanne Griffin creates darkly romantic dramas, driven by female ambition and desire, whose fierce, witty protagonists risk everything to reinvent themselves and their worlds.

 A queer mom who's advocated for her learning-disabled and now university-enrolled son, Suzanne has a passion for narratives that empower outsider voices. Self-determination, alliances among women, and the healing power of empathy are her frequent themes. 

 Suzanne’s a Stowe Story Labs/PAGE Awards Fellowship Winner, and a 2x Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist. She was mentored by showrunners JaNeika and JaSheika James (Gossip Girl), through the WIF Writers Circle Program, and by TV genre writer Jane Espenson (Foundation) through the Pre-WGA Mentoring Program. This past year, Suzanne was selected for the HerArts Film Lab, and named a Finalist for both the Bellem Entertainment Fellowship and the Josephson Entertainment Short Story Award. Suzanne was chosen for the Stowe Story Labs Writers Room to create her new Romantic Horror pilot BROOKLYN GOTHIC. 
 Suzanne's been a CineStory TV Drama Fellowship Finalist, a Sundance Episodic Lab Second Rounder, and an Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition Finalist. Suzanne won the IFP Beigel Screenwriting Award, juried by screenwriters Mary Harron (American Psycho) and Jay Cocks (Gangs of New York). Suzanne received her MFA from NYU Grad Film, and is repped by Manager Jonathan Taub at CT Media. Honors & Awards Winner, the Stowe Story Labs PAGE Awards Fellowship - Stowe Story Labs - TV pilot THE SENSUALIST - 2020 Black List Recommended Writer - with BL Recommended Features THE ITALIAN LOVER and THE SLEEPING HOUSE - The Black List - 2023 Finalist - CineStory TV Drama Fellowship - CineStory - TV pilot ALLIANCE - 2023 " non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+, 55+ BROOKLYN GOTHIC 1-hr Romantic Horror/Fantasy PENNY DREADFUL x THE NEVERS In 1880s Brooklyn, a brilliant vampiress renowned as a slayer of murderous vampires must destroy the corrupt vampire politician who's disabled her activist husband, and do that before he kills her daughter - a fierce mortal slayer now hell-bent on avenging her father. THE AGE OF DESIRE 1-hr Romantic Drama PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE x PEAKY BLINDERS In decadent Gilded Age New York, a fierce, witty young opera singer locked in a destructive relationship with her controlling impresario must risk her life to be with the ballerina she truly loves - while tearing down the corrupt men who hold both women hostage. ALLIANCE 1-hr Adventure/Historical Drama GAME OF THRONES x THE CROWN When a brilliant Frankish queen sees her husband's ruthless holy war against the Muslims of Spain spiral into madness, she risks her life and kingdom by secretly joining forces with a Muslim queen to end the bloodshed. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Romantic, Fantasy, Horror, Historical/Alternative History, International Female, LGBTQ+, 55+ repped