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

< Back Stephen Krespel stephenkrespel@gmail.com IMDB Stephen Krespel is a screenwriter and producer who fled the doldrums of suburbia to play in various rock bands in San Francisco. Ultimately, he ended up bartending in the city for way, way, way too long. But, as it turns out, hanging out with a bunch of real-life raconteurs is a pathway to writing about great characters for the screen. Stephen specializes in light-hearted comedies and heart-pumping action features. Typically, he writes his characters as if they're fireflies in a jar. They emit joyous, life-affirming light while simultaneously experiencing an existential crisis... because they are trapped in a f#cking jar. Stephen learned about filmmaking working on EAST BAY (2022) starring Constance Wu. Since then he’s been a Finalist for the Paramount Writers Mentorship Program, Cinequest, and the Roadmap Writers Top Tier contest. Honors & Awards Paramount Writers Mentorship Program Finalis t - 2023 Austin Film Festival - Semifinalist - 2023 non-WGA Male REKT - A CRYPTOCURRENCY TALE Hour long TV Mystery Drama. It's MR. ROBOT meets BLINDSPOT After a near fatal accident, a San Francisco Tech Bro loses his job, his fiancée, and the password to a cryptocurrency fortune, leaving him only 10 chances to recover the Bitcoins and reboot his life." THE SUBSTITUTES Half hour TV Pilot It's WE ARE LADY PARTS meets SCHOOL OF ROCK When former rock and roll bandmates wind up substitute teaching at the same school, the singer (who everyone hates) tries to get the band back together in an attempt to win NPR's Tiny Desk Contest. " SKATE, SPY, OR DIE Comedy Action Feature BLADES OF GLORY meets THE NAKED GUN When Olympic Gold Medalist Brian Boitano retires from the CIA he sets out to find a soul mate but discovers it might be too late. Luckily, the world faces an evil threat only he can battle, so, he salchows back to the spy game and triple axels his way to true love." Thriller, Western, Historical/Alternative History, Satire, Silly Male unrepped

< Back Tony Ferrendelli ajferrendelli@gmail.com 720.988.7203 https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm14584960 Coverfly The Black List Tony Ferrendelli is a Colorado native who sporadically relocates to Southern California because it doesn’t snow. There are more reasons but this is the short version. His background is comedy and there’s a strong humorous element that leans toward sarcastic or observational present in his writing. His stories are largely character-driven and include people uncomfortable with themselves who must change to move forward. Tony is equally versed in developing and delivering a strong dramatic story. Much to the dismay of his 4th grade English teacher, and Mom, he can’t conjugate a verb to save his life. Luckily for him, screenwriting allows a little leeway in that area as confirmed by his Top 50 placement with Academy Nicholl Fellowships and recent win at the Austin Film Festival. Current project: Exploring the dark comedic depths of medically-assisted suicide with his writing partner, and the significantly funnier, Kim Turner. non-WGA Male, 55+, Over 40 SAIGON DOLL (Feature/Drama, Historical Fiction) In the final chaotic hours of the US exodus from Saigon, a grieving Marine struggles against enemy soldiers — some of whom share his uniform — in order to shepherd an orphaned 8-year-old Vietnamese girl to the American embassy. 2ND RATE FAIRY (Pilot/Comedy; Hybrid live action and animation) An irresponsible fairy in danger of being expelled from the fairy union and reduced to mere human status, forces her godmothering services on a comedian who has trouble saying no. OUTSOURCED (Feature/Supernatural Comedy) A down-on-his-luck 20-something accidentally sells his girlfriend’s soul to Satan and must go to Hell to retrieve it. Character-driven, Dark, Snarky Male, 55+, Over 40 unrepped

< Back Karol Ruth Silverstein karol@karolruthsilverstein.com https://www.karolruthsilverstein.com/ Karol is an award-winning children’s book author and screenwriter. Her debut young adult novel, Cursed , was loosely drawn from her experience of being diagnosed with juvenile arthritis at thirteen. A funny, frank, and unsentimental take on the “sick kid” genre, Cursed won the prestigious Schneider Family Book Award in 2020. Karol’s feature dramedy screenplay YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND was developed in the Film Independent Screenwriter’s Lab and was a Writer’s Guild of American West Feature Writer’s Access Project honoree. She lives in West Hollywood with two excessively fluffy cats. Honors & Awards Schneider Family Book Awards - CURSED - 2020 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection - CURSED - 2019 Writers Guide of America West/Feature Writers Access Project - YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND - 2016 non-WGA Female, Disabled, Over 40, Over 55 YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND (Dramedy Feature) Pie (9), an overly dramatic crybaby and Beck (10), her budding lesbian sister, nearly break apart along with their divorcing parents in the summer of ‘75. RACE TO ROMANCE (Romantic Comedy Feature in the vein of THE PROPOSAL) Former lovers – and co-hosts of a fading reality show – must work together for the first time since a messy breakup during hiatus and try to save their show. CURSED (YA Novel, Charlesbridge Teen, 2019) Funny, frank and full of F-bombs, young teen Erica navigates being newly diagnosed with a painful chronic illness amid the normal tragedies of 9th grade. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, YA, Children's, Slapstick, Snarky Female, Disabled, Over 40, Over 55 unrepped

< Back Alexander Adell zander@magnesiumfilm.com Alex Creasia, Navigation Media Group https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011809/ Coverfly Alexander Adell, represented by Alex Creasia at Navigation Media Group, writes Sci-Fi and Drama features and TV filled with tangled and passionate characters who need as much therapy as he does, who claw their way through deeply researched, unforgiving worlds. He won at the 2022 Austin Film Festival with his fiction podcast pilot script CELERITAS, which he produced into a global top ten sci-fi podcast that was nominated for a Webby and received seven Signal Awards including Best Writing and Best Scripted Fiction Podcast. A former Pixar Technical Director now based in Austin, TX, he was regularly pulled out of grade school to hitchhike through developing countries, get hypothermia on Mt. Everest, drink cow blood, and witness the occasional public cremation. From a young age he was drawn to science fiction, which felt more familiar than the Americans around him. Now a father of two, his writing attempts to channel the fear and awe of his childhood, and the broken decision-making of adults who are raised in chaos. Honors & Awards Austin Film Festival Fiction Podcast Award - Winner - CELERITAS - 2022 Signal Award for Best Scripted Fiction Podcast- Gold - CELERITAS - 2023 non-WGA Male, 40+ ANTLION (Drama Feature, Phantom Thread meets Saltburn) When a furniture maker is ruined by his wealthy clients, he lures them in with a mysterious luxury mattress and turns their methods of indoctrination against them. CELERITAS (Dark Sci-fi Scripted Podcast Series, The Revenant meets Interstellar) The first test of light speed flight hurls an astronaut deep into the future where he searches the planets for remnants of the human race, and the memory of his daughter. Character-driven, Science, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Dark, Magical Realism Male, 40+ Repped

< Back Thomas R. Schrack thomas.r.schrack@gmail.com Jason Bellitto, Citizen Skill Management https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12549162/ Coverfly Thomas Schrack grew up on Long Island, where he and his brothers were always up to some kind of shenanigans—whether at school, on the job, or out on the water—sparking his lifelong love for crafting comedic adventures. Later in life, after exploring the world's most corrupt corners as a fraud investigator for a mega consulting firm, Thomas finally broke free from corporate life, reclaiming his soul to tell optimistic and nostalgic stories for the screen. Trained by Roadmap Writers and recognized in top contests like Nicholl, PAGE, and AFF, Thomas is now channeling his energy into developing a TV show with a production company, writing for a seasoned Hollywood director, and creating short-form comedy and a podcast for a small studio. He's proudly represented by Citizen Skull Management. non-WGA Male NATTY LIGHT ( Feature | Coming-of-Age Teen Comedy ) In a desperate attempt to impress his standoffish brother before he leaves for college, an impulsive high school freshman goes to epic lengths to secure a case of beer for the final senior party of summer. THE KINGS OF SUMMER meets SUPERBAD. THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND ( Feature | Prohibition Comedy ) To revive his hungover grandson, an aged Prohibition hero spins a drunken fairytale of rescuing their town from destruction after a shipwrecked rum-runner set off a whirlwind of trouble in 1927. THE PRINCESS BRIDE meets THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER. Inspired by real events. SKITCHING (Feature | Drama/Comedy) When his ride to a skateboard competition bails on him, a penniless teen has 60 minutes to scratch together $300 for another ride or get stuck in the city he desperately wants to leave, forever. MID90s meets DOPE. Character-driven, Coming-of-Age, YA, Satire, Silly, Slapstick, Snarky Male

< Back Rudi O'Meara rudi@rudiwithaneye.com https://www.rudiwithaneye.com The Black List Rudi O’Meara is a Black List Recommended action/adventure screenwriter based in Marin County, California. He got his start in the industry working as a junior development exec for Oscar-winning indie producer David Weisman. In his 20s, he pivoted careers and worked as an award-winning Creative Director for some of the world’s best brands. But after three back-to-back near-death experiences (blood clot, ski crash, blood clot) nearly took him out, he decided to finally listen to that voice in his head that kept asking why he wasn’t writing. Since then, he’s won or made the finals of numerous screenwriting competitions including: Roadmap Writers, ScriptPipeline, Page, Big Break, ScreenCraft, Shore Scripts, ISA, WritersXWrtiers, Filmmatic, and Outstanding Screenplays. His work tends to focus on misfits and outsiders struggling to face their mortality, fight their fears, and redefine themselves (and their tribe) in order to survive. And he sees genre as a tool for exploring taboo subjects in unexpected and arresting ways. Honors & Awards WritersXWriters Screenplay Competition - Winner - THE ESCAPIST - 2024 Filmmatic Pitch Now Competition - Winner - AMENDS - 2023 Script Pipeline Pitch Competition - Runner-Up - REJUVENATION - 2023" non-WGA Male, 55+ THE ESCAPIST WWII Drama Feature ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT meets THE ARTIST In a bid to survive WWII without firing a shot, a naive young jazz-obsessed musician joins the Musikkorps Leibstandarte-SS (Hitler’s elite personal orchestra) and soon finds himself thrust into some of the fiercest fighting of the war." THE 10th WWII Action Feature SAVING PRIVATE RYAN meets MERU Two headstrong mountaineers (one American, one Austrian) find themselves playing an unexpectedly pivotal role in the first high-stakes WWII mission of the US 10th Mountain Division—America’s first alpine infantry unit. REJUVENATION Horror/Thriller Feature STEPFORD WIVES meets EX MACHINA After discovering her husband is cheating on her, a middle-aged woman follows her BFF to a remote spa promising a genetically rejuvenated self. Soon though, both women find themselves being hunted down by their younger, hotter, optimized selves." Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Psychological, Horror, Historical/Alternative History, Limited Series, Dark Male, 55+ unrepped

< Back Brooke Muschott brookemuschott@gmail.com http://brookemuschott.com Brooke Muschott is a writer, artist and roller skater. She’s been losing sleep to good books since she discovered the Boxcar Children, and watching too much television since the premiere of Pretty Little Liars. She’s fairly certain there is no greater high than a story that gets so deep into your heart it keeps you up at night, dreaming about it. At sixteen, she walked into her favorite author’s book signing with a list of the inconsistencies in his books and walked out with a job as a continuity editor. She’s gained more tact since then, but is still the writer who will remember that Kara said she hated cats twenty-eight episodes ago. She pivoted from publishing to television during the pandemic, and most recently has worked as a production coordinator on an Apple show. Her favorite genre to write is older kids to older young adult contemporary fantasy, and her second favorite is anything anyone will pay her for. She has a bachelor’s in creative writing with double minors in studio art and multimedia design from Pepperdine University. She writes stories with enough detail to swim in, about characters in extraordinary situations dealing with ordinary problems. Her superpower is organization, her Achilles heel is cooking, and her vice is sweet tea. She can almost land an axel on roller skates, but don’t throw something at her and yell ‘catch’. It won’t be caught. Honors & Awards Quarterfinalist, The Script Lab - TSL Free Screenplay Contest - INK AND ASHES - 2024 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+ INK AND ASHES (Hour TV - Contemporary Fantasy - Sharp Objects meets Spiderwick Chronicles ) Eight years ago, Ava fled her hometown after her best friend went missing and the town blamed her for the crime. When her old boss goes missing on the night she returns, she’s swiftly dragged back into a world of danger - and magic. CULTDOM (Hour TV - Contemporary - The Eras Tour meets Waco ) Marie, whose life revolves around being a superfan of international pop star Elli Augusta, starts a fan blog that accidentally turns into a cult. HOW TO ROLLERSKATE THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE (Half Hour TV - Kids Contemporary Fantasy - Kipo meets Gravity Falls ) When magic appeared overnight and turned Steph and Jess’s suburban middle-school lives upside down, they rolled with it. But with the world this unstable, even skating to the store can be more of a quest than they bargained for. Female-centric, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, YA, Children's, Animation, Magical Realism Female, LGBTQ+ unrepped

< Back Sarah de Leon sarahdeleon1616@gmail.com Sarah de Leon is a San Diego based writer, producer, and performer with a passion for character-driven storytelling that shines a light on marginalized voices. Her original TV pilot, ""Another High School Sitcom"" ,earned Best Teleplay at the Oregon Short Film Festival and placed as a quarterfinalist at the Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards. Sarah has also written three award-winning short films, produced two independent feature films, and developed three limited web series. Each reflects her talent and passion for crafting sharp narratives that highlight diverse stories. With the goal of becoming a showrunner, Sarah is driven by a love for stories that blend humor with humanity by celebrating resilience, challenging stereotypes, and giving underrepresented perspectives the space to thrive. When she isn't behind the scenes as a writer or producer, Sarah brings her storytelling to the stage as the burlesque performer Sweet Serendipity. Through everything she does, she hopes to bring more joy to the entertainment industry. Honors & Awards Best Teleplay Comedy, Oregon Short Film Festival - ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL SITCOM - 2021 Quarterfinalist, Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards - ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL SITCOM - 2021 Best Dramedy, Mindfield Film Festival - BRUTAL AFFAIRS - 2017 non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL SITCOM Musical - Comedy - Coming of Age - TV Pilot An aspiring pop star with extreme stage fright joins her high school choir run by the queen-bee president. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Romantic, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, Silly Female, BIPOC, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander unrepped

< 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

< Back Steven Vivell smvivell@gmail.com Coverfly Steven Vivell is a writer, actor, and teacher living in Los Angeles. As a child he was often isolated, so he turned to fantasy novels, which fueled his overactive imagination. As a teenager, drama class made him fall in love with acting, which developed his identity and ability to empathize with others. In college, he was finally ready to start writing his own stories. As an adult, he’s learned to balance his introversion and a social life with wonderful friends (3:2 ratio). Steven’s writing combines epic stories and fantastic worlds with empathetic characters and grounded social issues. He loves the writers’ room, utilizing feedback, and reading his peers’ work to help them boost it. He is proud and overjoyed to belong to a community of talented artists. By challenging and supporting each other, we grow together. Steven received an M.F.A. in Screenwriting from UCLA. He received a B.A. in Theatre Arts and English from Loyola Marymount University. He has taken private classes from numerous industry professionals, including Corey Mandell and Wendall Thomas. And he continues to do so, artists can always learn and grow. He loves school so much, one day he might pursue a PhD. non-WGA Male NORMAN BRODY AND THE MAGIC PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE Fantasy Comedy half-hour TV - BOJACK HORSEMAN meets FRASIER A nerdy psychologist helps fantasy creatures adjust to life in Los Angeles. But he must overcome his crippling social anxiety to get a life of his own. BEASTY AND THE BEAU Fantasy Comedy feature - MALEFICENT meets SHREK Bea loves being cursed into a beast, for the power to rebel against her perfectly oppressive fairytale kingdom. But after she blackmails kind Prince Beau to be her accomplice, she fears true love’s kiss will take away her power. SILLY GOOSE Animated Comedy half-hour TV - REGULAR SHOW meets STEVEN UNIVERSE Silly Goose loves his job as town fool, so he can make people happy with laughter. But he worries if anyone finds out he gets very sad, they won’t laugh at his fun antics ever again. Character-driven, Fantasy, Silly Male unrepped

< Back Danielle Weinberg Attorney: Mark S. Temple, (310) 888-0044, mst@entatty.com http://WrittenByDanielleWeinberg.com IMDb Writer, producer, and director Danielle Weinberg won The Script Lab's 2024 Free Screenplay Contest with her feature screenplay COASTAL WATCH, which placed first out of more than 15,000 scripts. She recently sold an original romcom feature script, and her play MURDER, PARTY OF TEN was featured in the 2023 New Works Festival of the Long Beach Shakespeare Company. Danielle’s directorial debut is the sci-fi short film INVASION ’53, starring Jeffrey Combs. On its festival run now, the movie had its world premiere at the Oscar-qualifying Cinequest Film Festival and has been selected by more than thirty-five film festivals, including the 2025 Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival in San Diego. To date, INVASION '53 has won fifteen awards, including the top juried award at three festivals and two audience awards. A graduate of the Writing Seminars at the Johns Hopkins University, Danielle earned an M.F.A. in Feature Film Screenwriting from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She worked in development for Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (STAR TREK, SLEEPY HOLLOW), Orlando Jones and Legion of Creatives. Danielle is currently developing several independent features as a multi-hyphenate at Catoctin Pictures. Her projects are highly commercial, with modest budgets, in genres that have worldwide appeal. Danielle's influences include Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, and Steven Spielberg. Honors & Awards Winner of The Script Lab's 2024 TSL Free Screenplay Contest - COASTAL WATCH - 2024 The Best of the IWC - COASTAL WATCH - 2025 The Best of the IWC - IRL - 2024 non-WGA Female, 40+ COASTAL WATCH (Feature) In the vein of Hitchcock’s REAR WINDOW: A recently traumatized teen witnesses a murder in the beach house across the street, but when no one believes her, she seeks out the answers herself and becomes locked in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a man who will stop at nothing to protect his secret. CRIMINAL CARE (Feature) To pay for his mother's nursing care, a cash-strapped medical resident moonlights as a doctor for criminals but finds himself trapped in a ruthless world he may never escape. CURIOSITY (Pilot – comps: CASTLE, VERONICA MARS) Sherlock Holmes with a sci-fi twist: An outgoing young undergrad teams with a brilliant but socially inept A.I. researcher to solve baffling murder cases — and gradually comes to realize that her genius partner is the world's first android. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Procedural, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Coming-of-Age, YA Female, 40+ unrepped