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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 →
avatar for Ese Shaw

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 →
avatar for Mike Jones

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 →
avatar for John J. Strauss

John J. Strauss

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

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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