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Thursday, October 24
 

1:00pm CDT

Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television
Thursday October 24, 2024 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC
Get in-depth answers to your questions about the art, craft, and business of writing for film and television. This roundtable session offers registrants exclusive access to screenwriters, directors, producers, executives, and studio reps in an informal setting. Come prepared with questions that focus on both the creative and business sides of breaking into and writing for film and television.
Speakers
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VJ Boyd

writer/producer Justified: City Primeval, S.W.A.T., and Justified
VJ Boyd most recently worked on the upcoming JUSTIFIED spinoff, CITY PRIMEVAL, for FX/Hulu. He previously wrote for SWAT and JUSTIFIED and co-created LINCOLN RHYME: HUNT FOR THE BONE COLLECTOR. He is also the co-author of the IDW comic book series NIGHT MOVES.
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Jovan Robinson

writer For All Mankind, Made For Love, Secret Invasion
Jovan Robinson is a writer-producer and Marine Corps veteran originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jovan participated in the CBS writers mentoring program, the inaugural Rideback TV Incubator, and the Writers Guild's Veterans Writing Project. Recent credits include the upcoming fifth... Read More →
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Nadia Abass-Madden

writer/executive story editor 9-1-1; former 911 Dispatcher
Nadia Abass-Madden, a first-generation Lebanese-American, is an inaugural member of the WGA WEST’s Middle Eastern Writer’s Committee. She was most recently an Executive Story Editor on FOX’s 9-1-1 where she drew¬¬ from her expertise as a former 911 dispatcher, putting the... Read More →
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Glenn Cockburn

President/Literary Agent, Meridian Artists
Glenn Cockburn is the founder of Meridian Artists. Along with the rest of the Meridian Artists team, Glenn currently represents a select roster of some of Canada’s most talented writers, directors and producers.Glenn’s career started in 1996 when he began working as script reader... Read More →
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Michael Fry

writer/co-creator Over The Hedge; writer/illustrator How To Be A Supervillain Series, Ghosted; co-writer/illustrator The Naughty List, Odd Squad Series
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Danielle McCarthy-Boles

VP Publicity, Magnolia Pictures; producer Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Danielle McCarthy-Boles is the VP of Publicity at Magnolia Pictures. She has overseen publicity and promotion for independent film hits including Man On Wire (winner of the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary), Melancholia, Shoplifters, The Square, and the Oscar-nominated documentaries... Read More →
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Jason Neulander

writer/playwright/filmmaker The Intergalactic Nemesis, Fugitive Dreams
Jason Neulander is an award-winning author, filmmaker, and theater artist based in Austin, Texas. Neulander received his BA and MA in theater from Brown University. He founded and was the artistic director of Austin’s Salvage Vanguard Theater from 1994 to 2008. Over his tenure he... Read More →
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Beth Serlin

AFF moderator; Associate Professor of Screenwriting, Loyola Marymount University
Thursday October 24, 2024 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
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2:45pm CDT

Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television
Thursday October 24, 2024 2:45pm - 4:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC
Get in-depth answers to your questions about the art, craft, and business of writing for film and television. This roundtable session offers registrants exclusive access to screenwriters, directors, producers, executives, and studio reps in an informal setting. Come prepared with questions that focus on both the creative and business sides of breaking into and writing for film and television.
Speakers
avatar for Josh Flanagan

Josh Flanagan

head writer & supervising producer, Elkhorn (INSP), creator/showrunner/EP Day 5 & Arizona Circle (Rooster Teeth)
Josh Flanagan is an objectively hirsute writer-director. Raised across Texas and schooled at its titular university, Josh rode the rise of digital media as a lead creative and questionably-talented cast member at Rooster Teeth Productions, where he pioneered interactive web series... Read More →
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Ese Shaw

writer Jury Duty Season 1
Ese, which means "God's gift" in the Nigerian Igbo language, or just "that" in Spanish, was taught the meaning of perspective from a young age, allowing him to create nuanced and vibrant characters across tones typically within socio-political frameworks. Ese is a dramedy writer hailing... Read More →
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Carolyn Carpenter

founder Hollywood Gatekeepers; writer You Can't Run Forever, Following Fireflies
Carolyn is a founder of Hollywood Gatekeepers, an online community training people to become expert readers for the film industry. She has worked as a Story Analyst developing screenplays with companies producing iconic films such as, JOKER, GAME OF THRONES, WALKING DEAD, GRAN TORINO... Read More →
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Mike Jones

director Pixar Animation Studios; writer/director Dream Productions; writer Soul, Luca.
Mike Jones has been a writer and story consultant at Pixar Animation Studios since June 2013, and joined the studio full-time in March 2017. Most recently, Jones wrote, directed, and executive produced the upcoming original series “Dream Productions,” inspired by the world of... Read More →
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Maya Perez

writer/producer On Story
Television producer and screenwriter Maya Perez is currently developing a pilot with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. TV and an independent sci-fi TV series. She was a co-producer on a romantic drama series produced by Ava DuVernay for Starz, an executive story editor on Showtime’s... Read More →
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Sean Presant

writer/producer The Wayne Brady Show, Happily Divorced, Wipeout, Instant Mom, Almost Paradise, Planet Sheen; Showrunner - Tab Time
Sean Presant is an Emmy-nominated and NAACP Image Award-winning writer, producer, showrunner, and director, whose work spans all genres. His credits include The Wayne Brady Show, Happily Divorced, Wipeout, Instant Mom, Tab Time, Almost Paradise, Planet Sheen, the Dean Devlin sci-if... Read More →
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John J. Strauss

writer/executive producer Mozart in the Jungle, David Makes Man, There’s Something About Mary
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Marian Yeager

director/producer Match Me If You Can; writer/director The Conway Curve, The Good Samaritan
Thursday October 24, 2024 2:45pm - 4:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
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