2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference
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Ronald D. Moore
2024 Recipient of Outstanding the Television Writer Award
Kathleen Kennedy
2024 Recipient of the Polly Platt Award for Producing
Rachel Kondo
2024 Recipient of the New Voice Award
Justin Marks
2024 Recipient of the Writer’s Writer Award
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Jade Addon-Hall
Vice President of Drama Development at 20th Television
Megan Alderson
Creative Development Executive, Pixar Animation Studios
Megan Amram
writer/producer The Good Place, The Simpsons, Parks & Rec, Silicon...
John August
co-host Scriptnotes; writer Frankenweenie, Charlie and the Chocolate...
Ross Beeley
game writer Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge, Batman: The...
Shane Black
writer/director The Predator, The Nice Guys, Iron Man 3, Kiss Kiss...
David Boxerbaum
Partner, Verve Talent & Literary Agency
Justin Boyd
writer/producer Fear the Walking Dead, Sweet Tooth, Reprisal, Channel...
VJ Boyd
writer/producer Justified: City Primeval, S.W.A.T., and Justified
Stephan Bugaj
Chief Creative Officer of Genvid Entertainment (SILENT HILL:...
Kyle Castellanet
Vice President, Development and Production – Echo Lake Entertainment
Marissa Jo Cerar
writer The Handmaid’s Tale, creator Women of the Movement, creator...
Jennie Church-Cooper
Manager/Producer, Levity Entertainment
Ryan Cunningham
Manager/Producer, Anonymous Content
Micah Cyrus
co-producer, All American
Lauren Shuler Donner
producer X-Men franchise, Pretty in Pink, Free Willy, You’ve Got...
Micah Fitzerman-Blue
writer/executive producer A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,...
Josh Flanagan
head writer & supervising producer, Elkhorn (INSP),...
Alison Flierl
writer BoJack Horseman, School Of Rock, Conan
Joe Forte
writer Firewall; director The Man Who Saved Ben-Hur
Matthew Garcia-Dunn
narrative director / principal writer League of Legends; principal...
Fred Greenhalgh
Head of Audio Production at Realm
Christy Gressman
VP Podcasts, Topic Studios; producer The Space Within, Cancellation...
Tate Hanyok
writer/producer Sex APPeal, Love and Baseball
Noah Harpster
writer/executive producer A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,...
Erica Harrell
producer Lopez vs Lopez ; writer Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion,...
James V. Hart
creator TheHartChart Story Mapping Tools ; writer Hook, Bram Stoker's...
Karl Hartman
Co-owner of Big Indie Pictures, producer Eric LaRue, Big Indie...
Chaz Hawkins
writer Fallout, The Sauce, Who Fears Death
Dan Hernandez
co-writer Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Pokemon...
Christina Hodson
writer The Flash, Bumblebee, Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey
Jen Howell
writer Baby Daddy, Lopez V. Lopez
Shanon Ingles
writer and narrative designer Judas, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, God of...
Rian Johnson
writer/director/producer Knives Out, Glass Onion, Wake Up Dead Man,...
Ryan Kaufman
writer/designer Telltale's Walking Dead, Wolf Among Us, Telltale's...
Liz Kelly
Director of Creative Talent Development at Disney
Carole Kirschner
Creator and Director Paramount Writers Mentoring Program, Director...
Adam Kolbrenner
Founder, Lit Entertainment Group
Joe Lawson
writer Poker Face, Shameless, BoJack Horseman, This is Us, Modern...
Meg LeFauve
co-writer Pixar's Inside Out, writer Netflix’s My Father's Dragon,...
Niceole Levy
writer The Banker, The Recruit
Isabella Mastrodicasa
Manager/Producer, Founder of Never Settle Media
Craig Mazin
co-host Scriptnotes; writer The Last of Us, Chernobyl, The Hangover:...
Michael McDonald
Head of Comedy and Drama Development Amazon Studios
Lorien McKenna
co-host The Screenwriting Life; writer/showrunner
Faith McQuinn
Director/Writer of Apollyon, Founder of Observer Pictures
Jordan Mechner
creator Prince of Persia, The Last Express; author Replay, Templar,...
Raamla Mohamed
creator/showrunner/executive producer Reasonable Doubt;...
Emily Mollenkopf
Head of Creative Development, Pixar Animation Studios
Rebecca Murga
writer ABC's WILL TRENT, Apple TV's SWAGGER, and Director for...
Evan Narcisse
Senior Writer, Brass Lion Entertainment
Jeff Nichols
AFF Moderator
Tiffany Paulsen
writer/director Winter Spring Summer or Fall; writer Holidate; About...
Nicole Perlman
co-writer Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel, Detective Pikachu
Julie Plec
Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer/Director
Ashley Poprik
game writer Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare...
Desirée Proctor
writer and producer Lopez vs Lopez; writer Betch: A Sketch Show, The...
Tony Rettenmaier
writer/producer They Cloned Tyrone
Pamela Ribon
writer My Year of Dicks, Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet
Jovan Robinson
writer For All Mankind, Made For Love, Secret Invasion
Alvaro Rodriguez
writer American Rust: Broken Justice, Florida Man, Machete, Seis Manos
Scott Rosenberg
writer Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle, Venom, Con Air, Beautiful Girls
Jameel Saleem
Writer, Producer (South Park, Bob's Burgers, Disenchantment)
Benji Samit
co-writer Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Pokemon...
Gursimran Sandhu
writer Fallout (Amazon), Game of Thrones (HBO), Star Wars: The Bad...
Tanya Saracho
creator & showrunner Vida, Founder of Ignition Lab & Untitled Latinx...
Matt Selman
showrunner/executive producer The Simpsons
Sanjay Shah
showrunner/executive producer Everybody Still Hates Chris (Comedy...
Ese Shaw
writer Jury Duty Season 1
Brian Siegele
writer/producer Sightings, Black Box
Justin Sloan
game writer Game of Thrones, Battlefield; tie-in author Quantum...
Mark L. Smith
writer The Revenant, Twisters, Boys In The Boat, Midnight Sky, the...
Susan Soon He Stanton
writer/producer Succession, Dead Ringers
Cela Sutton
Vice President, Drama Programming – HBO; Executive Sponsor –...
Juel Taylor
director They Cloned Tyrone
Guinevere Turner
writer Go Fish, American Psycho, Charlie Says, The L Word
Gabriel Urbina
creator Wolf 359, co-creator Zero Hours, Unseen, Time:Bombs
Jennie Snyder Urman
showrunner and executive producer Matlock, Jane the Virgin
Dana Weissman
Director of Programs at the Writers Guild of America, East
Virgil Williams
writer Mudbound, A Journal for Jordan, The Piano Lesson
Pia Wilson
writer of the Webby Award-winning fiction podcast If I Go Missing The...
Rebecca Windsor
independent producer, former Head of the Warner Bros. Television...
Kelly Younger
writer Candy Cane Lane, Muppets Haunted Mansion, Unt. Skydance...
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