2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

Evan Narcisse is the Senior Writer at Brass Lion Entertainment. He's worked as a screenwriter, producer, and narrative design consultant in video games, comic books, film, and TV, often focusing on the intersection of blackness and pop culture. As a journalist and critic, he wrote... Read More →

John August’s screenwriting credits include the live-action Aladdin, Go, Frankenweenie, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and both Charlie’s Angels movies. His feature directing debut, The Nines, premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. He received a 2004 BAFTA... Read More →

Jordan Mechner is an author, graphic novelist, screenwriter, and pioneer of cinematic storytelling in video games. He created Prince of Persia, one of the world's most beloved and enduring video game franchises, and wrote the first screenplay for Disney’s 2010 feature film adaptation... Read More →

After bonding over the fact that they were both raised in Florida by a Cuban mother and a red-state father, the writing team of Desirée Proctor & Erica Harrell went on to co-write a variety of projects including the NBC sitcom Lopez vs Lopez (Producers), single-cam dramedies like... Read More →

Desirée is a television, film, and interactive fiction writer who grew up in a multi-generational military family. She’s the bohemian black sheep, which her parents have finally accepted (or so they say).