Independent Writers' Caucus
Megan Anelons
Megan is a writer and producer with a Major in Film and a Minor in Creative Writing from Emerson College. She has worked at Atlas Entertainment and as a creative executive with Lynda Obst (INTERSTELLAR, HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS) at Sony.
She writes with her mom, Kelly, as one of Hollywood’s only mother/daughter writing team. Together, they tell multi-generational, female-driven stories for TV and features and are producing a sitcom about their partnership. They also read and review YA and romance novels on their social media platforms, which have garnered over 40,000 followers.
When she's not reading, writing, or crying over animation (Arcane), she spends an inordinate amount of time on Duolingo trying to impress that damn owl.
Honors & Awards
Imagine Impact x Netflix - Finalist - A.K.A. - 2021
StoryPros - Winner/Best Comedy Script - BEST LAID PLANS - 2020
Nashville Film Festival - Winner/Best Comedy Script - LIFE'S A BEAUT - 2019
non-WGA
Female, LGBTQ+
A.K.A.
Action comedy - GROSS POINTE BLANK meets SPY
When her cover is blown, the CIA’s top operative trades in her high-stakes lifestyle to hide out in the one place she swore she’d never return…the antiquated New England island where she was born. Can she protect her eccentric, combative family or will she kill them herself?
BEST LAID PLANS
Dramedy - HACKS meets HOPE SPRINGS
When her husband of 40 years dies, a repressed widow resolves to find out what she’s been missing. She risks her reputation and relationships with her co-dependent daughter and meddling BFF to help an irreverent young lesbian who’s trying to save Boston’s oldest sex shop.
LIFE'S A BEAUT
Dramedy - WE'RE THE MILLERS meets THE WAY WAY BACK
A straitlaced young woman explores a crooked branch of her family tree when she teams up with a grifting grandma to track down a kidney donor for her rebellious younger sister.
Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, Bittersweet, Slapstick, Snarky
Female, LGBTQ+
unrepped