| Agent Panel |
 THE GERSH AGENCY (TGA) was established in 1949 by Founder Phil Gersh. Over the past 55 years, TGA has grown to be one of the most successful and influential talent and literary agencies in the entertainment industry. With 125 employees, 60 agents and offices in Beverly Hills and New York, TGA maintains six full-service departments: Talent, Feature Literary, TV Literary, Theater, Comedy and Below-the-Line. The Agency's clients include some of the most recognized entertainment talent in the world, as well as those poised to become the next generation of stars. Today, TGA is not only a deeply established institution, it is a powerful engine of growth and innovation rivaling the largest of Agencies. |
More Information...| Manager Panel: Archetype, Code Entertainment, Madhouse Entertainment, Rain Management |
 ARCHETYPE, CO ENTERTAINMENT, MADHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT, RAIN MANAGEMENT GROUP. JOHN TOMKO of Rain Management Group has been active in media and entertainment since 1988. A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School, John found early success in the film business when he discovered and produced the movie ‘Falling Down’ for Warner Bros. He has been a production executive at a number of feature film companies including Jerry Weintraub Productions at Warner Bros. where he supervised three movies for the company including ‘Ocean's 11’. As a producer, John currently has projects in active development at Warner Bros., Sony and Constantin Pictures. In 2008, John joined RMG as a producer and manager. He represents writers, directors and personalities working in feature films and television as well as content creators and brands active in the digital realm. Among his clients are: TV directors John Coles (Thief, Unforgettable, Pan Am), Jan Eliasberg (Parenthood, NCIS: LA, In Plain Sight), Jerry Levine (Everyone Hates Chris, Monk, Ringer), and Rosemary Rodriguez (The Good Wife, Hawthorne, Rescue Me); Feature writers Bill and Scott Bindley (Madison), Steve Bloom (Jack Frost, James and the Giant Peach), Duncan Kennedy (Deep Blue Sea), and Peter Himmelstein (Peep World); and, Food Network personality Simon Majumdar (Next Iron Chef, Extreme Chef, The Best Thing I Ever Ate). John also works closely with clients in the digital realm including Ana White, the founder of the premiere on-line DIY website Ana-White.com. ARCHETYPE is a management/production company located in Los Angeles,CA representing writers, actors and directors. We represents clients forfeatures, television and new media. Our clients have worked for Sony, WarnerBros., Fox Television, ABC Studios, ABC Family, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeonamong others. We also represent comic book and graphic novel propertiesincluding “Hiding in Time” set up at Warner Bros. features, “Freakshow” withMark Protosevitch (I am Legend, Thor) attached to write and direct and “LostSquad” with Michael Davis (Shoot ‘em Up) attached to direct. RICH FREEMAN of Code Entertainment moved to Los Angeles in 1996 after working for four years in physical production. Later that year, he began working at Writers And Artists Agency and was promoted to full agent in January1998. In 2003, he was made head of the literary department. In September 2004, Writers And Artists was sold to the Paradigm Agency at which time he worked as a literary agent until November 2008. In January 2009, he began working at Code Entertainment as a partner and manager/producer. The company manages writers and directors for film and television as well as finances independent films between $10 and $30 million dollars. CODE ENTERTAINMENT finances, develops and produces theatrical feature films and through its CODE MANAGEMENT DIVISION manages writers, directors, novelists, and entertainment related estates. Founded in 1994, Code has produced 12 feature films, working with both emerging and established talent, including Academy Award winning actors, directors, composers and cinematographers. The company operates with a revolving equity fund and produces and finances 2 – 3 films per year. Code Management since its inception in 2004 has established an important list of clients that write and direct for both independent and major studios. RYAN CUNNINGHAM of Madhouse Entertainment began his career in physical production, working as a PA on films and television projects in Louisiana. After two years he left the production world to immerse himself in feature film development, working in the story department at New Regency (MR. & MRS. SMITH, MAN ON FIRE) and Stratus Films (CRASH). In 2005 Ryan went to the Metropolitan Talent Agency; he started in the talent department and then moved into feature and TV literary, where he rose to departmental coordinator. Ryan joined Madhouse Entertainment in late 2006, and has played an integral role in developing projects and shepherding the careers of Madhouse clients ever since. |
| Producer Panel: Financing |
SUNIL PERKASH (Producer) is an independent producer whose credits include Disney's smash hit Enchanted (executive producer), which grossed 340 million worldwide; the supernatural thriller Premonition (producer), starring Sandra Bullock and Julian McMahon, for Tri-Star Pictures; and the New Line Cinema romantic comedy Blast From The Past (executive producer), starring Brendan Fraser and Alicia Silverstone. He most recently produced the worldwide blockbuster SALT starring Angelina Jolie. He is currently developing a sequel to Salt at Columbia pictures, as well as Timeless at Relativity Media with Phillip Noyce set to Direct. Perkash grew up in Palo Alto, California. The son of two doctors (his brother is also a doctor) he followed his passion for film and moved to Los Angeles in 1991, the day after he graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Economics and Communications. After briefly working as the US production coordinator on Guillermo del Toro’s Cronos he set off on his own to develop and produce his own material. |
| Bradley Gallo of Troika and a Gotham Group producer |
 THE GOTHAM GROUP: Boasting a roster of over 500 top directors, writers, producers, illustrators and artists, as well as book and comic publishers and animation studios, The Gotham Group has built a reputation for creative excellence in all areas of the entertainment industry. The Gotham Group produces a host of live-action and animation projects that continually break barriers and defy convention. Producers on the feature film The Spiderwick Chronicles for Paramount/Nickelodeon based on the best-selling series of fantasy books written by clients Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. Under a unique first look deal with Sony Pictures Animation, Gotham is in pre-production on Futuropolis, to be directed by client Stephan Franck. Other upcoming feature film producing credits include Abduction, starring Taylor Lautner and directed by John Singleton which is schedule for release this September. Dark Life for Disney with Bob Zemeckis attached to direct; Maze Runner by Noah Oppenheim and based on the best selling YA novel series of the same name written by James Dashner for Fox; Wake to be written by Chris Landon and starring Miley Cyrus for Paramount; The Devil You Know, to be directed by Shawn Levy for 20th Century Fox; and Ghostopolis, based on client Doug TenNapel’s graphic novel and starring Hugh Jackman for Disney. In addition, Gotham is producing Let the Great World Spin based on the National Book Award winning novel by Colum McCann to be directed by JJ Abrams for Paramount. Gotham’s television producing credits include the American version of Aardman Animations’ acclaimed UK series, Creature Comforts American, which was awarded a 2008 Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production, and nominated for a 2008 Primetime Emmy. BRADLEY GALLO is currently Head of Production and Development for Troika Pictures. He is overseeing fourteen projects including: THE HIVE starring Halle Berry and directed by Joel Schumacher, CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR starring Isabel Lucas and directed by Elizabeth Allen, PARADISE COVE directed by Kenny Ortega, TEN directed by Peter Cornwell and ONE FELL SWOOP directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld. Prior to taking this position he was a freelance producer/writer/on-air personality. In 2010 he finished up a fellowship at CNN in New York City. He holds a master’s from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, specializing in broadcast. Prior to journalism school, Gallo was an independent television producer. His producing credits include; Ultimate Fighter on Spike, Bobby G Adventure Capitalist on Mojo, and Under Fire on Court TV. He also produced two national commercials for 1-800-Flowers. In 2007, Gallo was a top 10 contestant on the reality show America’s Next Producer. Before television, Bradley wrote Attractive Danger, a feature film script that was optioned by Regent Entertainment. His big break came at the start of his career when he wrote, directed and produced Magic Rock, a feature film on DVD. Gallo graduated from Penn State University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. |
| Alfred Gough and Miles Millar |
 ALFRED GOUGH and MILES MILLAR are a prolific writer/producer team with a string of successful hits on both the large and small screens. They are currently writing and developing an edgy remake of the 1970s classic series “Charlie’s Angels” for ABC. The one hour drama will be set in Miami. As creators and executive producers of the critically acclaimed action-adventure series “Smallville,” Gough and Millar played a key role in making it the number one show in the history of the WB Television Network. The series, currently shooting its tenth and final season, is the longest-running comic book-based series of all time. On the feature side, Gough and Millar are responsible for writing hits such as “Spiderman 2” starring Toby Maguire, “Lethal Weapon 4” starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover and “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” for director Rob Cohen. They wrote the screenplay for the hit action-comedy “Shanghai Noon,” starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson and Lucy Liu as well as the sequel “Shanghai Knights,” directed by David Dobkin. The duo is currently writing and executive producing the feature “Upgrade” for Paramount with Michael Bay producing and the musical “Monster High” for Universal Pictures. |
| David Bartlett |
 DAVID BARTLETT is an award-winning filmmaker who has worked in Hollywood over 26 years on films like Pulp Fiction Total Recall and Speed. David wrote the campy feature Death Row Diner his script Whiteout is a Houston Film Festival award winner and his films have played at festivals around the world including Sundance and Cannes. |
| Erik Bork |
 ERIK BORK is best known for his Emmy and Golden Globe-winning work as a writer-producer on the HBO Miniseries Band of Brothers and From The Earth to the Moon. He has also sold multiple pitches for original series – and written pilots – for NBC and Fox, worked as a writer-producer on staff of drama series for Warner Bros. TV and Twentieth TV, and written features on assignment for Playtone, Steven Spielberg, Universal Pictures, HBO and TNT. Other production companies he’s worked with as a writer include Sony Pictures Television, Imagine Entertainment, Jerry Bruckheimer TV, Jersey Films, Original Film (Neil Moritz) and Dutch Oven (Doug Liman). He’s represented by Creative Artists Agency. Since presenting three popular workshops at the 2009 Screenwriting Expo, Erik has also been in demand as a speaker and consultant to writers, and was recently rated “Cream of the Crop” in Creative Screenwriting’s survey “The Best Script Analysts and Consultants.” He can be reached through his website at www.flyingwrestler.com. |
| Kevin McGahey Brian Avery and Bradley Miles |
Chicago native KEVIN MCGAHEY of Whitewater Fillms graduated Spring of '09 from Columbia College with a BFA in Film. During his time in Chicago, he worked on-set on numerous independent productions as well as THE DARK KNIGHT. Kevin was accepted into the Semester in LA program at Raleigh Studios, did internships around Los Angeles including Broken Lizard, Radical Comics, and di Bonaventura Pictures. He worked as an assistant on six productions at MarVista Entertainment where he gained valuable experience on over six productions before moving to Whitewater as an Associate. Over the last year, Kevin has worked with young writers and producers to develop their stories under the frugal restraints of the Indie Film world. BRIAN AVERY OF Yari Film Group received his BA from Loyola University. As an actor he was offered a movie contract by Universal. He starred in The Graduate and since has been active as both and actor and producer. Since then, he has served a member of the Board of Governors at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He has been very active in The Academy's activities and has been invited to participate on its many committees. Brian brought ‘Crash’ The Yari Film Group and is actively producing Cowboys and Hindus, Venice Pier and The Circle Game. BRADLEY MILES of Pantheon Entertainment was born in Brooklyn, NY and educated at Drexel University in Philadelphia with a concentration in film production. He moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and quickly made his way working on various productions and eventually producing and directing a few shows himself. He joined Yari in 2009 and became a creative executive under Andrew Sugerman. He has advised on the Pantheon film ‘Conviction’, directed by Tony Goldwyn and starring Hilary Swank. |
| Jim Cirile |
 WGA member JIM CIRILE is the founder and owner of Coverage, Ink. Since 2001, Jim has covered the biz with his Agent’s Hot Sheet column for Creative Screenwriting magazine. He is the producer of 'The Liberator,' a feature film in production with Lou Ferrigno in the title role. He is a regular contributor to Script magazine. With almost two decades experience in screenwriting, development and production, Jim has sold, optioned, rewritten or written for hire a plethora of scripts and enjoyed a multipicture studio deal (Lionsgate.) Jim has a certificate in screenwriting from the UCLA Professional Program and may be the only person in history ever to rewrite the Coen Bros. (the unproduced 'Guido.) A former writer for 'Weekly World News,' Jim is mostly focusing on consulting, mentoring and script doctoring lately while continuing to develop short and feature film projects. |
| Jane Conners |
 JANE CONNERS has over 20 years experience developing and managing filmed entertainment projects from idea to distribution. She is a former executive with Orion Pictures, independent development executive, and attorney, currently working with independent production entities on cross-platform projects. |
| Christine Conradt |
 With 40 produced credits, t.v. and screenwriter CHRISTINE CONRADT isn’t a newcomer to Hollywood. After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Screenwriting from the esteemed University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, Christine worked briefly in development and as a reader before launching herself as a successful writer. Her independent films include horror/thriller Summer’s Blood starring Ashley Greene (Twilight, Skateland) and Stephen McHattie (300, A History of Violence), gang drama Hotel California with Tyson Beckford (Zoolander) and Simon Rex (Felicity, Scary Movie 3), as well as others. Christine has written more than 30 made-fortelevision movies that have aired on networks like Lifetime, LMN, Fox, and USA. She’s worked with David Charvet (Baywatch), Alexandra Paul (Melrose Place), and Haylie Duff (Napolean Dynamite) to name a few. In addition to writing, Christine also produces and directs. She recently wrote, co-produced, and directed second unit on No One to Blame, a t.v. movie about a teenager who dies after being cyber-bullied. In 2007, Christine started consulting on scripts and actively mentors novice writers as they pursue their dreams of becoming a screenwriter. She also contributes to several film-related websites, gives seminars throughout the U.S. and Canada, judges screenplay competitions, and was the creator of Film Camp! for youth at a YMCA in Los Angeles. Christine Conradt was also featured in Now Write! Screenwriting – a comprehensive book of screenwriting exercises released in 2011. Christine Conradt is originally from Lincoln, Nebraska but currently resides in Los Angeles. |
| Dara Marks and Deb Norton |
 DARA MARKS, PHD. is a leading international script consultant, seminar leader, and author of one of the top selling books on screenwriting, 'Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc.' She has specialized in the analysis of the modern screenplay for the past two decades, and Creative Screenwriting Magazine has consistently rated her one of the top script consultants in Hollywood. Dara has worked for most major Hollywood studios and her advice has been sought on a variety of films and television programs. Dara has a doctorate degree in Mythological Studies and her groundbreaking work in this field continues to help writers engage more deeply and effectively in the creative writing process. DEB NORTON is a writer, actress, teacher and the Artistic Director of the award-winning Theater 150 in Ojai, California. Critics lauded both her writing and performance in her play, 'The Whole Banana,' which also garnered a movie option after its West Coast premiere in Los Angeles. Deb's formal training as an actor and her 25 years working in theater have led her to the development of a unique and holistic approach to writing and teaching. Her workshops have provided authors a place to find their true voice, finish their project and fulfill their dream of living a creative life. |
| Barry DeVorzon |
 BARRY DE VORZON created MasterWriter, which he describes as the most powerful suite of writing tools ever assembled in one program. |
| Neo Edmund |
 NEO EDMUND is a full-time working screen and comic book writer. He's currently the Executive Producer and Screenwriter for the feature film adaptation of the Fox Reality Channel series Solitary. He's also writing multiple graphic novels for Silver Dragon Books, including titles for Discovery Channel, Jump Start Interactive, and Spike TV. |
| Mark Fergus |
 MARK FERGUS and HAWK OSTBY co-wrote the blockbuster “Iron Man” and were nominated for an Academy Award for their work on the film “Children of Men”. In addition to their work on “Cowboys and Aliens”, they’ve most recently completed a live action version of the iconic animated masterpiece “Akira”, being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way; an adaptation of James Patterson’s “Maximum Ride” for Arad Productions and Universal Pictures; and they’ve just commenced work on the reboot of “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” for producer Graham King. MARK FERGUS directed Guy Pearce, Piper Perabo, William Fichtner and J.K. Simmons in the thriller “First Snow”, from an original script by Fergus & Ostby. Fergus grew up steeped in the movies of John Ford and Steven Spielberg -- and to meld those two sensibilities in “Cowboys & Aliens” was not only the creative challenge of a lifetime, but also an immense honor. HAWK OSTBY hails from the dangerous, fish-infested harpoon-happy slums of Oslo, Norway. Deprived of the most basic filmed entertainment, he fled to the United States by way of India, Malaysia and Singapore, in the late eighties. After ‘studying’ in Boston, Mr. Ostby was extradited to New York, where he met co-writer and fellow conspirator, Mark Fergus. In 2010, Mr. Ostby did not win the Pulitzer Prize, and was not recognized by the Nobel Committee. He currently ekes out a Kaczynski-like existence deep in the Green Mountains of Vermont, and only communicates with the outside world through a complex network of bull frogs. |
| Michael Ferris |
 MICHAEL FERRIS, a former Hollywood literary manager, started ScriptAWish.com as a way to help other writers get their foot in the door and has helped several students from his alma mater sell their scripts and set up projects (including with Academy Award Winning Producer Arnold Kopelson). The mission of ScriptAWish.com is to help aspiring writers get their scripts into shape and then get their foot in the door. |
| Robert Flaxman |
 ROBERT FLAXMAN is quite simply the Rolls Royce of screenplay analysts ' declared Creative Screenwriting in its 'Analyzing the Script Analysts' review (Vol. 6 No. 5). Mr. Flaxman rated #1. His totally interactive method sets a new standard for thoroughness and specifically prepares screenplays for studios producers and competitions. |
| Stephen Foreman |
STEPHEN FOREMAN has written theatre, film and teleplays, one of which was nominated for a WGA award for best adaptation. His last two novels, 'Toehold' and'Wtching Gideon' were published by Simon & Schuster |
| Chad Gervich |
 CHAD GERVICH has written, produced, and developed shows—scripted and reality—for many of Hollywood’s top companies, including ABC, CBS, Warner Brothers, Endemol, and FOX. He’s the best-selling author of Small Screen, Big Picture: A Writers Guide to the TV Business, and currently has a comedy development deal with 20th Century Fox. |
| Dan Goldberg |
 DAN GOLDBERG marks his sixth ?lm collaboration with Todd Phillips on the Hangover Part Ii. Previously, he served as producer on Phillips’ Due Date, Old School, Road Trip, School for Scoundrels and the Hangover, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Goldberg also produced Howard Stern’s Private Parts, and the animated comedy adventure Space Jam starring Michael Jordan, and was an executive producer on Ivan Reitman’s romantic adventure Six Days, Seven Nights starring Harrison Ford. His screenwriting credits include the comedies Stripes and Meatballs, both of which he also produced; Feds which he also directed; and the enduring cult Favorite Heavy Metal. |
| Jen Grisanti |
 JEN GRISANTI is a Story/Career Consultant at Jen Grisanti Consultancy Inc., Writing Instructor for Writers on the Verge at NBC, former VP of Current Programming at CBS/Paramount, Blogger for The Huffington Post and author of the new books, Story Line: Finding Gold In Your Life Story and TV Writing Tool Kit: How To Write a Script That Sells. Since launching JGCI, Jen has worked with over 350 writers working in television, features and novels. Twenty-Two of her clients have staffed as writers on television shows and seven have sold pilots and two went to series. |
| Zack Gutin |
 ZACK GUTIN is the Director of Studio Relations at Final Draft, Inc., where he assists many shows in managing the way they use Final Draft scriptwriting software. On behalf of Final Draft, Inc., Mr. Gutin served as a script consultant on Saturday Night Live in April 2010, and has also been a longtime Staff Writer for Script Magazine. In addition to his duties at Final Draft, Inc., Zack is a multi-faceted writer who has been featured in numerous publications, such as Emmy Magazine and Variety and has also been a panelist at film festivals and events. Mr. Gutin also contributes television reviews to TheScriptLab.com. As a screenwriter, Zack has written numerous screenplays, TV specs and original pilots. He trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, graduated from the Writing Program at The Second City and is Co-Head Writer of Drug Puppy, an award-winning sketch comedy troupe that has been featured on the homepage of FunnyOrDie.com and which has resident performances at the famed iO West Theater in Hollywood. Mr. Gutin is represented by Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment. |
| Exhibit Hall Friday |
 EXHIBIT HALL:DISCOUNTS ON PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Commercial exhibitors at the 2009 Screenwriting Expo offer discounts on all products and services as a condition of exhibiting. You'llf ind especially great bargains at the Writer's Store booth, where hundreds of products are discounted, and there is a special price offer for the new Final Draft upgrade.. |
| Exhibit Hall Saturday |
EXHIBIT HALL:DISCOUNTS ON PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Commercial exhibitors at the 2009 Screenwriting Expo offer discounts on all products and services as a condition of exhibiting. You'llf ind especially great bargains at the Writer's Store booth, where hundreds of products are discounted, and there is a special price offer for the new Final Draft upgrade.. |
| Exhibit Hall Sunday |
EXHIBIT HALL:DISCOUNTS ON PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Commercial exhibitors at the 2009 Screenwriting Expo offer discounts on all products and services as a condition of exhibiting. You'llf ind especially great bargains at the Writer's Store booth, where hundreds of products are discounted, and there is a special price offer for the new Final Draft upgrade.. |
| Chris Hammond |
 EXPO MANAGEMENT NOTE: it’s not in his bio, but Chris Hammond was one of the most popular speakers at last year’s Expo. Writers were following him down the hallway after his session. Don’t miss it! CHRIS HAMMOND is a 25 year entertainment industry veteran, a former Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group executive, an internationally recognized authority on film distribution and finance, a film producer (‘Shade’), a television series creator/exec producer (truTV’s ‘The Takedown’) and a DVD series exec producer (‘The Merv Griffin Show’). Up next for Mr. Hammond this year are three theatrical releases, including the riot inducing film ‘The Electric Daisy Carnival’ plus readying two features for an early spring start. |
| Marilyn Horowitz |
 MARILYN HOROWITZ is the founder of the Horowitz Center for Screenwriting and creator of The Horowitz System®, a revolutionary visual writing system. She is an award-winning New York University professor, producer, screenwriter, and New York City-based writing coach who works with bestselling novelists, produced screenwriters, and award-winning filmmakers. Marilyn is the author of five books, including How to Write a Screenplay in 10 Weeks and The Four Magic Questions of Screenwriting. Marilyn presents more than 100 classes, seminars and workshops every year for groups across the country. She has presented The Creative Business of Screenwriting, Story Development, Writing The Treatment and Overcoming The Writer’s Fears for the Writer’s Guild of America, East (WGAE), New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT), New York Script Club (NYSC), Women in Film and Video (WIFV) in Washington DC and Women in Film (WIF) in Los Angeles. In 2008, Marilyn was a speaker at the Sant! a Fe Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 2010, she appeared at The Great American PitchFest and theScreenwriting Expo in Los Angeles, CA. Marilyn is also a senior writer for Script Magazine and contributor to Hollywood Scriptwriter. |
| Kim Hudson |
 KIM HUDSON grew up in the Yukon, a Hero’s daughter with a Cinderella Complex. The first half of her career she explored her masculine side as a field geologist and a land claims negotiator. Later, exploring her feminine side led to Writing for Film and Television at Vancouver Film School, and studying mythology, anthropology, and psychology including a Jungian Odyssey in Switzerland. The Virgin's Promise is her first book. |
| Nat Mundel and Jesse Israel |
JESSE ISRAEL is a feature film producer living in Los Angeles. His upcoming projects include AARON & SARA, starring Emma Roberts and Josh Hutcherson and directed by Neil Patrick Harris. Jesse also spent many years as an executive and Vice President at Alcon Entertainment, where he worked on movies such as THE BLIND SIDE, THE BOOK OF ELI, LOTTERY TICKET, and THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2. He has also worked at Warner Brothers Pictures, Silver Pictures, Village Roadshow and Circle of Confusion. Before moving to Los Angeles, Jesse was a producer for Dateline NBC. Jesse has an MFA from The Peter Stark Producing Program at The University of Southern California and a BA in History from Dartmouth College. NAT MUNDEL , founder and CEO of Voyage Media is a consummate adventurer and storyteller. After a successful career as a professional mountain climber, Nat formed Voyage in 2002 to help filmmakers develop, market and sell their projects. Notable clients the company has served include Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Universal Music Group, Jerry Bruckheimer TV, Anonymous Content, HBO, Paul McCartney, Jim Sheridan, Chris Levinson, Jason Blum, the Hughes Brothers, and many others. In addition to entrepreneurialism Nat enjoys surfing, flying, and personal growth. He lives with his wife in Topanga, California. |
| Aaron Pope and Jim Cirile |
 AARON POPE is a Writer/Director/Producer with 12 produced feature scripts to his name, along with two directing credits and five producing credits. He made a name as a go-to genre writer with high-octane actioner BORDER TOWN, fan-favorite horror flicks DARK REEL and VAMPIRE CLAN, family friendly kids adventure movie THE GOLD RETRIEVERS, and edge-of-your-seat thrillers PANDEMIC and SPREADING DARKNESS. His current venture, superhero action flick LIBERATOR, which he co-wrote with Jim Cirile and directed in June of 2011, is currently in post-production. Producer and co-writer and WGA member JIM CIRILE is the founder and owner of Coverage, Ink. Since 2001, Jim has covered the biz with his Agent’s Hot Sheet column for Creative Screenwriting magazine.. He is a regular contributor to Script magazine. With almost two decades experience in screenwriting, development and production, Jim has sold, optioned, rewritten or written for hire a plethora of scripts and enjoyed a multipicture studio deal (Lionsgate.) Jim has a certificate in screenwriting from the UCLA Professional Program and may be the only person in history ever to rewrite the Coen Bros. (the unproduced 'Guido.) A former writer for 'Weekly World News,' Jim is mostly focusing on consulting, mentoring and script doctoring lately while continuing to develop short and feature film projects. |
| Timothy Dowling and Joe Nussbaum |
 TIMOTHY DOWLING is the writer of the $100M+ grossing Adam Sandler/Jennifer Anniston hit ‘Just Go With It’, ‘Role Models’ and the upcoming ‘This Means War’ starring Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine. His work includes ‘She's Outta My League’ (writer, uncredited;’ ‘What Happens in Vegas’ (writer, uncredited); ‘Knight and Day’ (writer, uncredited); ‘Role Models’ (writer); ‘This Means War’ (writer); ‘Just Go with It’ (writer); ‘Another Midnight Run’ (writer); ‘Outsourced (writer); ‘This Pet’ (writer); ‘Born to Rock (writer); ‘Coxblocker (writer); and ‘The Treehouse Gang (writer). After graduating USC film school in 1996, JOE NUSSBAUM began his career by writing and producing movie trailers. in 1999, he directed and co-wrote the acclaimed short film ‘George Lucas in Love’. Off the success of the short, he began a career directing television commercials, and in 2004, made his feature film directorial debut with the tween comedy ‘Sleepover’ for MGM. Nussbaum followed that film up with ‘American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile’ in 2006 and the Amanda Bynes comedy ‘Sydney White’ in 2007, both for Universal. His latest directorial effort was ‘Prom, released by Disney in the spring of 2011. Also an accomplished screenwriter, Joe has written or rewritten screenplays for Warner Bros., Fox, Alcon, Walden, and New Regency, and is attached to direct his latest script, ‘Man Up,’ for GK Films. DANIEL MANUS is an in-demand script consultant and founder of No BullScript Consulting. He has been a development executive in Hollywood for several years for companies such as Clifford Werber Productions and Sandstorm Films. He is a columnist for The Business of Show Institute and author of ‘No BS for Screenwriters: Advice from the Executive Perspective.’ He also teaches seminars to writers across the country. |
| Steve Kaplan |
 STEVE KAPLAN has been the industry's most sought-after expert on comedy for almost 15 years. In addition to having taught at UCLA NYU Yale and other top universities Steve Kaplan created the HBO Workspace the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan's Punch Line Theatre. |
| Nat Mundel and Katy McCaffrey |
KATY MCCAFFREY has spent more than a decade working in many facets of the entertainment industry; from the agency desk to the producer's chair, from feature film to reality TV. As the Vice President of Watson Pond Productions, she successfully developed and brought to air shows for both network and cable including UnhitcheD with the Farrelly Brothers for Fox, the Untitled Susie Essman Show pilot for CBS, and Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire for Comedy Central. Some of the talent she had the pleasure to work with included Emmy award winner Jimmy Vallely, internationally popular comedian Patton Oswalt, & country album breakout star, Kellie Pickler. Before joining Watson Pond Productions, Katy was an Agent with the prestigious William Morris Agency. During her tenure, Katy was responsible for the sale of Coach Carter to Paramount Features, Fly Boys to Steven Speilberg for HBO Miniseries, and Inviting Disaster to History Channel, which still runs on their air today. A few of her many esteemed clients included Stephen Colbert, Fannie Flagg, Texas Monthly, Judy Blume, and the Robert Penn Warren estate. Katy also services marketing and branded entertainment company, Phenomenon, and their first look deal with Fox Television Studios, growing the firm's presence in the television marketplace, which includes developing with an eye toward incorporating the firm's brand clients. NAT MUNDEL , founder and CEO of Voyage Media is a consummate adventurer and storyteller. After a successful career as a professional mountain climber, Nat formed Voyage in 2002 to help filmmakers develop, market and sell their projects. Notable clients the company has served include Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Universal Music Group, Jerry Bruckheimer TV, Anonymous Content, HBO, Paul McCartney, Jim Sheridan, Chris Levinson, Jason Blum, the Hughes Brothers, and many others. In addition to entrepreneurialism Nat enjoys surfing, flying, and personal growth. He lives with his wife in Topanga, California. |
| Barbara Randall Kesel |
 BARBARA RANDALL KESEL is a comics creator (Meridian, Solus), writer (Hawk&Dove, Batgirl) and editor (Watchmen, Hellboy, New Teen Titans) who has worked as an editor for DC and Dark Horse Comics helped create CrossGen Comics, and has freelanced for just about all of the major comics companies. |
| Marty Lang |
 Marty Lang is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Film, Video and Interactive Media at Quinnipiac University, in Hamden, Connecticut. His feature writing/directing debut, RISING STAR, is currently in post-production, and he raised $15,211 for it through crowdfunding on the web site Kickstarter. He is also the Assistant Director of the Connecticut Film Industry Training Program, a nationally-recognized state workforce development program. He has covered film for the New York Times, Filmmaker Magazine, and Film Courage. Follow him on Twitter: @marty_lang. He will be on a panel with VICTORIA WETCOTT and LUCAS MCNELLY. |
| Joe LeFavi |
 JOE LEFAVI is a transmedia consultant and publishing packager with a first-look deal at Archaia, the award-winning graphic novel publisher. Recent publishing partnerships include the upcoming film IMMORTALS with Relativity Media and the entire Jim Henson library. LeFavi previously served as the Director of Publishing & Development for Henson. |
| Bill Lundy |
 BILL LUNDY is a working screenwriter and Chairman Emeritus of the Scriptwriters Network. Has written two movies for SyFy and currently has several projects in development. Star Speaker at Screenwriting Expo 2 and 3. |
| Corey Mandell |
 COREY MANDELL is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter who has written projects for Ridley Scott, Wolfgang Petersen, Harrison Ford, John Travolta, Warner Brothers, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000, Fox Family, Working Title, Paramount, Live Planet, Beacon Films, Touchstone, Trilogy, Radiant and Walt Disney Pictures. Corey teaches screenwriting at UCLA, where he earned my MFA. His students have gone on to sell or option scripts to Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Disney, Fox, Fox 2000, MGM, Universal, USA Network and Lifetime. |
| Daniel Manus |
 DANIEL MANUS is an in-demand script consultant and founder of No BullScript Consulting. He has been a development executive in Hollywood for several years for companies such as Clifford Werber Productions and Sandstorm Films. He is a columnist for The Business of Show Institute and author of “No BS for Screenwriters: Advice from the Executive Perspective.” He also teaches seminars to writers across the country. |
| Dara Marks |
 DARA MARKS, PHD. is a leading international script consultant, seminar leader, and author of one of the top selling books on screenwriting, 'Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc.' She has specialized in the analysis of the modern screenplay for the past two decades, and Creative Screenwriting Magazine has consistently rated her one of the top script consultants in Hollywood. Dara has worked for most major Hollywood studios and her advice has been sought on a variety of films and television programs. Dara has a doctorate degree in Mythological Studies and her groundbreaking work in this field continues to help writers engage more deeply and effectively in the creative writing process. |
| Amin Matalqa |
 AMIN MATALQA is the director of the first Arab-language Disney feature film, ‘The United’ (due in theaters early 2012) and writer/director of the 2008 Jordanian feature film, ‘Captain Abu Raed,’ which won the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for World Cinema (Dramatic). With 28 international awards, Captain was Jordan’s first-ever entry into the Oscars (and won 76% critic and 80% audience approval at Rotten Tomatoes). Amin has an MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute. Originally from Jordan, little Amin immigrated to the US with his family in 1989, went on to study business at Ohio State University, and worked in the technology field for six years. Then, one day in 2003, he decided to start over and pursue his childhood dream of filmmaking. He moved to Los Angeles with his dogs Cello and Oboe, and made 17 short films before getting into AFI. Today he lives in LA with his wife Claire and their dogs. Having completed two feature films, he continues to write screenplays and is in development to direct 'Red Valentine.' You can see the Captain Abu Raed trailer at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6vO6P37LxE |
| Lucas McNelly |
LUCAS MCNELLY is the award-winning filmmaker behind A YEAR WITHOUT RENT, UP COUNTRY, and BLANC DE BLANC. He writes for Filmmaker Magazine, Film Courage, and numerous other outlets. He wil be on a panel with VICTORIA WESTCOTT and MARTY LANG. |
| Billy Mernit |
 BILLY MERNIT author of Writing the Romantic Comedy (Harper/Collins) novelist (Imagine Me and You published by Shaye Areheart/Random House) and popular blogger (Living the Romantic Comedy) serves as both a private script consultant and a story analyst at Universal Studios while teaching at the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. |
| Ashley Meyers |
 ASHLEY MEYERS runs SellingYourScreenplay.com where he teaches writers how to market their screenplays. Meyers has several produced credits including Dish Dogs (Sean Astin, Mattew Lillard, Brian Dennehy, Shannon Elizabeth), Man Overboard (Matt Kaminsky, Mel Fair), and Rush Lights (Josh Henderson, Beau Bridges, Aidan Quinn). |
| Nat Mundel and Nance Rosen |
NANCE ROSEN is a media commentator on CNBC. She has been named “America’s Top Job Coach”. Over 420 media outlets cover Nance on Personal Branding, Social Media, Business Communication and Success. She’s a former marketing executive with The Coca-Cola Company, the number one most recognized brand in the world. She founded a division for Bozell Advertising and Public Relations, now Omnicom. She delivers keynotes and training, and coaches clients on marketing themselves to media and other high visibility positions. Her latest book is The Ugly Truth About Your Reputation: How to Create and Manage Your Personal Brand. Her last book is Speak Up! & Succeed: How to get everything you want in meetings, presentations and conversations. NAT MUNDEL , founder and CEO of Voyage Media is a consummate adventurer and storyteller. After a successful career as a professional mountain climber, Nat formed Voyage in 2002 to help filmmakers develop, market and sell their projects. Notable clients the company has served include Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Universal Music Group, Jerry Bruckheimer TV, Anonymous Content, HBO, Paul McCartney, Jim Sheridan, Chris Levinson, Jason Blum, the Hughes Brothers, and many others. In addition to entrepreneurialism Nat enjoys surfing, flying, and personal growth. He lives with his wife in Topanga, California. |
| Joaquin F Palma |
 JOAQUIN F. PALMA Is the writer/director/producer of two DIY independent feature films. The first, Followed Home, is currently available on DVD through Vanguard Cinema. The second, According to Plan, is in the final stages of post-production. He is currently in development on a third feature film while also working in a writers room. |
| Joe Parker |
 JOE PARKER is a screenwriter and web developer. He is the creator of Logline, the secure online screenwriting, outlining and collaboration software. |
| Vlas and Charley Parlapanides |
 VLAS and CHARLEY PARLAPANIDES are a writing team with projects set up at Universal Pictures, Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Mandate Pictures. They have been working professionally as writers for nearly half a decade. ‘Immortals’ is their first produced studio credit. They previously wrote, directed and produced the indie comedy ‘Everything For a Reason,’ which premiered at the AFI international film festival and was acquired for distribution by The Shooting Gallery, producer of ‘Sling Blade” and ‘You Can Count on Me’ Before entering the entertainment industry Vlas worked on Oppenheimer's Foreign Equity Desk while Charley attended Loyola Law School, where he graduated in the top 15% of his class. The brothers are a part of a large Greek-American family and originally hail from Seaside Park, NJ. Growing up, they often spent summers in Patras, Greece and took part in both Greek School and Greek Folk Dancing. (interestingly enough they took part in these activities with comedian Demetri Martin, whose father was the priest of their local Greek Orthodox Church) Both brothers went on to study Economics and Theatre in College. Vlas attended Villanova University while Charley attended Swarthmore College. |
| Jim Pasternak |
 JIM PASTERNAK was a writer on 'Cousins' (Ted Danson) and the director of 'Certifiably Jonathan' (Jonathan Winters Robin Williams). Hired by studios, producers, and directors to prepare directors to direct their first features and shorts Pasternak prepared Wesley Strick Peter Iillif Barry Blaustein and Catherine Hardwicke to transition into directing. Two of the directors he prepared have won Oscars: Christine Lahti for 'Lieberman in Love' and Ray McKinnon for 'The Accountant'. He is head of the directing program at the Los Angeles Film School. |
| The Golden Pitch Fest Friday |
 THE GOLDEN PITCH is two and a half days of sessions in which you, the screenwriter, can pitch your screenplay or teleplay or story idea in a five-minute session with a motion picture or television production company or agency representative. NOTE: ignore the message in some program pages that you do not need to buy tickets for this session with a Gold Pass. An offshore programmer wrote that into the PHP program code, and we don't have time before the Expo to get it out. You DO need to buy a ticket for each pitch. |
| The Golden Pitch Fest Sat AM |
THE GOLDEN PITCH is two and a half days of sessions in which you, the screenwriter, can pitch your screenplay or teleplay or story idea in a five-minute session with a motion picture or television production company or agency representative. NOTE: ignore the message in some program pages that you do not need to buy tickets for this session with a Gold Pass. An offshore programmer wrote that into the PHP program code, and we don't have time before the Expo to get it out. You DO need to buy a ticket for each pitch. |
| The Golden Pitch Fest Sat PM |
THE GOLDEN PITCH is two and a half days of sessions in which you, the screenwriter, can pitch your screenplay or teleplay or story idea in a five-minute session with a motion picture or television production company or agency representative. NOTE: ignore the message in some program pages that you do not need to buy tickets for this session with a Gold Pass. An offshore programmer wrote that into the PHP program code, and we don't have time before the Expo to get it out. You DO need to buy a ticket for each pitch. |
| The Golden Pitch Fest Sun AM |
THE GOLDEN PITCH is two and a half days of sessions in which you, the screenwriter, can pitch your screenplay or teleplay or story idea in a five-minute session with a motion picture or television production company or agency representative. NOTE: ignore the message in some program pages that you do not need to buy tickets for this session with a Gold Pass. An offshoren programmer wrote that into the PHP program code, and we don't have time before the Expo to get it out. You DO need to buy a ticket for each pitch. |
| The Golden Pitch Fest Sun PM |
THE GOLDEN PITCH is two and a half days of sessions in which you, the screenwriter, can pitch your screenplay or teleplay or story idea in a five-minute session with a motion picture or television production company or agency representative. NOTE: ignore the message in some program pages that you do not need to buy tickets for this session with a Gold Pass. An offshore programmer wrote that into the PHP program code, adn we don't have time before the Expo to get it out. You DO need to buy a ticket for each pitch. |
| Le'John and Lemuel Plummer |
 LE’JOHN AND LEMUEL PLUMMER, screenwriters and independent producers, are two of the three members of the company team 3 Sons Productions. Their latest accomplishment is that they pitched and sold a reality TV show, ‘Vindicated,’ to BET Networks, which is currently expected to run in the fourth quarter of 2011. Their experience includes producing viral webisodes for Paramount Pictures’ “Tropic Thunder”, a half hour documentary for cable, and multiple show series’, pilots and promos through their first look deal at BET Networks. At BET they have beein involved in productions including Family Crews, the Mo’Nique Show, and My Black is Beautiful before developing their ‘Vindicated reality series. They have worked with a number of stars, including, Mo’Nique, Djimon Hounsou, Terry Crews, and Brandon T. Jackson. They are also developing a feature screenplay based on a historical event. 3 Sons Productions’ third partner is Jason L. Tolbert. |
| Producer Panel: Reality TV |
 CAT SANTAROSA has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Catalist Productions, an independent production company. In October 2008, Santarosa teamed up with Entertainment Studios, the largest independent distributor of first-run syndicated television programming for broadcast television stations, mobile devices, multimedia platforms, and the World Wide Web. Since founding Catalist Productions in 2008, Santarosa has overseen multiple television series simultaneously, as Executive Producer including: MyDestination.TV, Beautiful Homes & Great Estates and Recipe.TV. Since launching Catalist Productions, Santarosa has been credited on 300 episodes of programming for Entertainment Studios, which is distributed on major broadcast television stations, in foreign markets, on the food and travel HD television networks owned by Entertainment Studios, on mobile devices, and online. Under the Catalist Productions banner, as an EVP and Executive Producer, Santarosa oversees all aspects of production for one-third of the HD television networks owned by Entertainment Studios and all respective programming airing on these networks. Prior to founding Catalist Productions, Santarosa has been credited on a multitude of television programs in various formats, over the last decade, including television programming respective to FOX, CBS, NBC, MTV, G4, SHOWTIME, FINE LIVING CHANNEL, VH-1 and the WB to name a few. In 2006, Cat Santarosa was nominated by the National Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences for an Emmy Award in the ‘Outstanding Special Class Series’ category at the 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in recognition of her producing role on the Emmy Award winning hit series ‘Starting Over.’ Santarosa received a second consecutive Emmy Award nomination in the ‘Outstanding Special Class Series’ category for her producing role on the hit series ‘Staring Over,’ in 2007. DR. MELISSA CAUDLE is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of On the Lot Productions, a Louisiana-based production company. Dr. Mel is an experienced producer and brings her expertise to the Screenwriter’s Expo in the area of producing and creating reality shows. She just recently produced the independent films Dark Blue and Varla Jean and the Mushroomheads. She has created five reality shows including The Baker Girls: Sealed with a Kiss and Hoops: Life off the Court, Darren: Sharper Than Ever, The Ace Mechanic, and Post Season as well as worked on The Girls Next Door and The Little Couple. She is currently in pre-production on the sitcom Under One Roof which will be distributed by Codeblack Entertainment. Besides being a filmmaker, Dr. Caudle is an author with several books and dozens of articles in magazines around the world. She just published The Reality of Reality TV: Reality Show Business Plans (ISBN – 978-1460916988), The Reality of Reality TV Workbook, and 150 Ways to Fund a Reality Show. Her next two books, Funding for Low Budget Films, and The Reality Show Handbook will hit the press in September and October respectively. Dr. Mel’s books are available on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Books A Millin, and at www.therealityofrealitytv.com. Her four part book series on reality TV are in high demand from reality show producers and creators and are fast becoming the “BIBLE” on reality show formatting, guidelines and creating business plans for reality shows. |
| Friday Networking Reception |
 MAKE CONNECTIONS - The entertainment business runs on personal relationships. We can’t emphasize this strongly enough. Don’t miss the opportunities these parties present. We suggest that you use online registration for these parties to ensure that space is still available. Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. |
| Saturday Networking Reception |
MAKE CONNECTIONS - The entertainment business runs on personal relationships. We can’t emphasize this strongly enough. Don’t miss the opportunities these parties present. We suggest that you use online registration for these parties to ensure that space is still available. Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. |
| Thursday Welcome Reception |
MAKE CONNECTIONS - The entertainment business runs on personal relationships. We can’t emphasize this strongly enough. Don’t miss the opportunities these parties present. We suggest that you use online registration for these parties to ensure that space is still available. Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. |
| Screenwriting Expo Registration Day 1-Thursday |
 EXPO REGISTRATION, staffed by Creative Screenwriting/Expo workers and a wonderful group of volunteers. |
| Screenwriting Expo Registration Day 2-Friday |
EXPO REGISTRATION, staffed by Creative Screenwriting/Expo workers and a wonderful group of volunteers. |
| Screenwriting Expo Registration Day 3-Saturday |
EXPO REGISTRATION, staffed by Creative Screenwriting/Expo workers and a wonderful group of volunteers. |
| Screenwriting Expo Registration Day 4-Sunday |
EXPO REGISTRATION, staffed by Creative Screenwriting/Expo workers and a wonderful group of volunteers. |
| Ben Ripley |
 BEN RIPLEY , writer of 'Source Code, grew up in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. A cum laude graduate of Stanford University and an honors graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema-Television, he sold his first screenplay to Fox in 2002. Since then he has worked steadily in the genres of horror, thriller and science fiction. His credits include Species III, Species: The Awakening and Source Code. |
| Shane Salerno |
 Shane Salerno is the co-writer and executive producer of ‘Savages, directed by Oliver Stone, based on the acclaimed crime novel by Don Winslow. ‘Savages’ is currently shooting with an all-star, Oscar-winning cast. Salerno is also the co-writer of the 3-D re-imagining of ‘Fantastic Voyage,’ produced by James Cameron. Both films are set to hit theaters in 2012. He is one of the few screenwriters to have found success in both film and television: he’s the co-writer of #1 blockbusters ‘Armageddon’ and ‘Shaft,’ and served as one of the writer/producers of ‘Hawaii Five O’ during its Golden Globe-nominated first season. Salerno is also one of the select screenwriters to have sold both pitches and spec scripts to studios for over $1 million. Salerno is putting the finishing touches on a seven-year labor of love, as the producer and director of ‘Salinger,’ the highly anticipated theatrical documentary on the mysterious life of ‘Catcher in the Rye’ author J.D. Salinger. The film features interviews with friends, colleagues and members of Salinger’s inner circle that have never spoken on the record before as well as film footage, photographs and other material that has never been seen. In addition to his own writing, Salerno also runs The Story Factory a company that produces the work of screenwriters and authors. The Story Factory has projects in active development at multiple studios and networks. Detour Magazine voted Salerno ‘one of Hollywood's true shapers of popular culture’ and Fade In magazine selected him as one of the ‘100 people you need to know in Hollywood’ |
| Pitch Boot Camp Scriptwriters Network |
 THE SCRIPTWRITERS NETWORK, founded in 1986, is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization created by writers for writers and industry professionals. The Network serves its members by enhancing their awareness of the realities of the business, providing access and opportunity through alliances with industry professionals, and furthering the cause and quality of writing in the entertainment industry. See the Scriptwriters Network web site at http://scriptwritersnetwork.org for success stories, membership information, a schedule of the Network’s events and programs, and more. FREE CLASS--BUT CLICK 'BUY' TO CLAIM A SEAT |
| Gary Shusett |
 GARY SHUSETT is the founder and director of Sherwood Oaks College, one of the most innovative film schools in the country. He has helped a very large number of writers become working writers. Among his former students are James Cameron, Mat Groening, Paul Haggis, Nancy Meyers and Sylvester Stallone, who made Rocky while at student at Sherwood Oaks. He takes new writers to major award shows year round to meet and learn from nominees. www.sherwoodoakcollege. com, or professor logline@gmail.com |
| Evan Smith |
 EVAN SMITH is the author of the bestselling book 'Writing Television Sitcoms' and chair of the screenwriting program at Syracuse University's Newhouse School. He has written for Paramount Fox MTM USA and various producers and worked as a VP of development. Evan also serves as a script consultant for screenwriters and entertainment companies. |
| Chris Soth |
 CHRIS SOTH screenwrriter of Firestorm that sold for $750,000. Screenwriter of Outrage (2009). Chris Soth has pitched countless Hollywood projects, including writing assignments, novel, comic book, and video adaptations, and his own original projects, 3 of which have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Lecture includes pitch basics and the 3 essnnetial elements of any logline or pitch. You can’t miss this! |
| Bryan Michael Stoller |
 BRYAN MICHAEL STOLLER, the editor of Screenwriting for Dummies' and the author of 'Filmmaking for Dummies,' has a new movie out, ‘First Dog,’ featuring original songs by Dolly Parton. He produced and wrote the movie 'Miss Castaway & the Island Girls/aka Silly Movie 2 featuring a cameo by Michael Jackson. He has had assignments with several studios including Universal and Paramount Pictures and has sold more than a dozen screenplays. He is currently finishing a book on his 20-year friendship with Michael Jackson. |
| Creative Screenwriting and The Screenwriting Expo |
 CREATIVE SCREENWRITING sponsors the AAA Screenplay Contest and the Cyberspace Open. The Screenwriting Expo is the sponsor of the Expo Screenplay Competition. |
| Bill Donovan and The Screenwriting Expo Staff |
THE SCREENWRITING EXPO is brought to you by the team who publish Creative Screenwriting Magazine: Danny Munso, Matt Godsey, Diana Khalil, Darren Gratson, and a team of contributing editors and writers. Adam Stovall is running the Golden Pitch Fest this year. Ruchika Mandhyan recruited most of the producer, agent, and manager panels and Golden Pitch executives. Tee Celise recruited and supervises the fantastic team of more than 150 volunteers who staff the Expo. |
| Producer Panel: TV Series |
 MARLENE KING is the driving force behind the breakout hit ABC Family drama ‘Pretty Little Liars.’ As head writer, showrunner and executive producer, King created and developed the series based on the popular book series from Alloy Entertainment and played a key role in making it ABC Family’s highest-rated series debut in the summer of 2010. The show received three Teen Choice Award nominations the same year and went on to win the award for ‘Choice Summer TV Show.’ The hugely popular series was the second most talked about trend on Twitter this year and returned to ABC Family on January 3, 2010 with ratings so high, it was cable’s number one series premiere of 2010/2011. Prior to writing and executive producing ‘Pretty Little Liars,’ King wrote the feature film ‘Just My Luck’ starring Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine and was a writer on the successful telefilm ‘If These Walls Could Talk’ starring Cher, Anne Heche, Jada Pinkett Smith and many others. The program received many accolades including Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture made for television. King also wrote and produced the hit film ‘Now and Then’ about a group of childhood friends who reunite in their hometown after many years. The film starred Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith, Rita Wilson and Rosie O’Donnell. In 2000, Women in Film honored King with a Crystal Lucy Award for her groundbreaking work in television and film. BARNET KELLMAN directed the feature film comedies Straight Talk (Disney) Key Exchange (Fox) and Stinkers (Sony). His highly regarded work on television includes the directing the pilots of the network series Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Suddenly Susan, Something Wilder, the George Lopez Show and My Boys. His work on television has been recognized with two Emmys Awards and seven Emmy nominations, a Directors’ Guild Award and three nominations, and a Monitor Award. He has directed twenty-one pilots that became on-air series, and continued with many of them as Executive Producer/Director. Recently he has been represented by episodes of Mr. Sunshine and the Middle, both on ABC. He is a Professor of Directing at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. JAMES C. HART’s credits include: The Wedding Bells (TV series) (co-executive producer - 2 episodes); Cracking Up (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes); Medical Investigation (TV series) (co-executive producer - 15 episodes); Mister Sterling (TV series) (co-executive producer); Pasadena (TV series) (co-executive producer - 1 episode); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV series) (co-executive producer - 5 episodes); Wasteland (TV series) (co-executive producer - 1 episode); Chicago Hope (TV series) (producer - 45 episodes, 1994-1996) (supervising producer - 26 episodes, 1996-1997) (co-executive producer - 3 episodes, 1998-1999); L.A. Law (TV series) (senior producer - 44 episodes, 1991-1993) (producer - 22 episodes, 1990-1991); A Fine Romance (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes); TV 101 (TV series) (producer); The Wonder Years (TV series) (associate producer); Hill Street Blues (TV series) (associate producer - 15 episodes); Private Eye (TV movie) (associate producer); Bay City Blues (TV series) (co-producer - 1 episode); Chicago Hope (TV series); L.A. Law (TV series). |
| Charlie Vignola |
 CHARLIE VIGNOLA graduated from the University of Miami in 1988 with a double major in Motion Picture Screenwriting and Psychology. Determined to make it in the movie business by any means necessary, Charlie moved out to Los Angeles with exactly no connections and no idea how he was going to do. While working for a temp service that catered to Disney, Paramount and MGM, Charlie learned that Simpson/Bruckheimer Films was looking for an in-house script reader and, never having read or written coverage in his life, interviewed for the position. Through luck, determination, moxie and a modicum of skill, Charlie was hired as a story analyst at Simpson/Bruckheimer in 1990. Over time, he was promoted to creative executive and is currently the Director of Development for Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Over the past twenty years, Charlie has helped to develop such films as the Pirates of the Caribbean Series, National Treasure 1 & 2, Bad Boys 1 & 2, the Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Blackhawk down and Remember the Titans. In his spare time, Charlie is still a screenwriter, having sold half a dozen screenplays and pitches to such companies as Disney, MGM and Spyglass. |
| Richard Walter |
 PROF. RICHARD WALTER, a produced screenwriter himself, has been co-chairman of the UCLA screenwriting program for 25 years. His students have written Indiana Jones III Hancock War of the Worlds Jurassic Park I II III Sideways A View from the Top Spider-Man Real Women Have Curves About Schmidt Road to Perdition The Sum of All Fears Men in Black Face/Off Charlies Angels Mission Impossible Texas Chainsaw Massacre Terminal The Simpsons The Office Beverly Hills 90210 Melrose Place and many more. |
| Victoria Westcott |
VICTORIA WESTCOTT is a teacher turned entrepreneur turned producer, who successfully raised $20101 crowdfunding for her first feature film, LOCKED IN A GARAGE BAND. 68% of the funds were raised in 10 hours on the final day of the campaign through twitter and facebook. She will be on a panel with MARTY LANG and LUCAS MCNELLY. |
| Kurt Wimmer |
 KURT WIMMER is the writer of the new. Upcoming “Total Recall” starring Colin Farrell. His other writing credits include: 2010 Salt (written by); 2009 Law Abiding Citizen (written by); 2008 Street Kings (screenplay); 2006 Ultraviolet (written by); 2003 The Recruit (written by); 2002 Equilibrium (written by); 1999 The Thomas Crown Affair (screenplay); 1998 Sphere (adaptation); 1996 The Wolves (story); 1995 Relative Fear; 1993 The Neighbor (writer); and 1992 Double Trouble (story / written by). His directing credits include Ultraviolet, Equilibrium, and One Tough Bastard, and he has a producer credit for Law Abiding Citizen. He will be interviewed by former Creative Screenwriting Editor Den Shewman. |
| Victoria Wisdom |
 VICTORIA WISDOM agent at Becsey Wisdom Kalajian for 14 years representing the writer/directors of Oscar winning films like The Usual Suspects and The Red Violin. BWK agency clients have included Oscar hits Crash Million Dollar Baby and The Fugitive. Victoria also sold the hit CBS drama series Criminal Minds and repped the Oscar winners Ernest Thompson and Christopher McQuarrie as well as director Bryan Singer. Prior to working at BWK Victoria was an agent at ICM. Victoria recently became a manager/producer setting up the Hilary Swank starrer Labyrinths. |
| Ashley Miller and Zack Stenz |
 ASHLEY MILLER and ZACK STENZ have been writing partners for almost a decade and were behind two of 2011's biggest blockbusters, X-Men: First Class and Thor. They also currently serve as writers and producers on the Fox show Fringe. Before that, they broke in with the 2003 screenplay for the family film Agent Cody Banks as well as being writers/co-producers on the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. |
| Larry Zerner |
 LARRY ZERNER is an entertainment attorney in Los Angeles representing writers actors and directors. He is a past speaker at the Screenwriting Expo and regularly speaks about legal issues affecting writers. |
| Terri Zinner |
 TERRI LYNN ZINNER, Senior VP of Development has been working with Rob over 12 years, providing story consultation and development. She is a producer, screenwriter and has provided coverage for films in production as well as being creator of the website A FILM WRITER. ROB GALLAGHER and his team at Gallagher Literary provide a full range of expertise and are open to new screenwriters. Rob rose quickly through the ranks working as a studio acquisitions & development VP, before becoming a top literary & packaging agent, then a manager & producer, and finally running the world's biggest independent film finance & distribution company which financed films for every major studio earning tens of billions and countless guild awards. |