2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

Gursimran is an Emmy award-nominated writer, director, and producer who has worked on some of the most compelling television shows in recent memory. Most recently she wrote and produced the critically-acclaimed TV series FALLOUT on AMAZON. Other credits include HBO’s Emmy Award-winning... Read More →

After returning from Peace Corps Albania, Karl began his career in physical productionon feature films and television shows. He met veteran producer Declan Baldwin in 2009.They worked together on projects like: Still Alice, Manchester by the Sea, and CaptainFantastic. In 2016, Karl... Read More →

Mark L Smith is a North Carolina based writer and producer. Since his first produced screenplay, Vacancy (2006), some of his various projects have included The Revenant, Twisters, Overlord, The Midnight Sky, and The Boys In The Boat. He also created and produced the upcoming Netflix... Read More →

Rebecca Windsor served as the Vice President and Head of the Warner Bros. Television Workshop, the premier writing and directing program for artists looking to launch their television careers. In her role leading the Workshops, she launched the careers of over 60 writers and 45 directors... Read More →

Sean M. Butler has worked in the entertainment industry for over 15 years. His career began with a four-year stint at Scott Rudin Productions, where he progressed from intern to assistant, working under three different studios: Sony, Disney, and Paramount. Following his time with... Read More →

Jill Chamberlain is the founder of a screenwriting school, a script consultant, a screenwriter, and the author of The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret to Successful Screenwriting.The Nutshell Technique is considered the go-to manual many professionals swear by. It's on the syllabus at Columbia University, UCLA, and film schools all over the world. It's been published in Mandarin Chinese, Korean, and Italian, and in audiobook format. Oscar-winning screenwriter... Read More →

Scott Emmer is currently Development Executive at Riverside Entertainment focusing on non-coastal stories for the company’s Film and TV slate. His background includes work as a Content Curator for Meta, building a Television Division for MadRiver Pictures where he sold numerous... Read More →

Writer/EP of feature films The Fabulous Four and Golden Arm and journalist who’s written for CNN, The Los Angeles Times and Entertainment Weekly.

Jakob Pollack is the creative executive at Vertigo Entertainment (Barbarian, IT movies) and oversees Vertigo's indie film label Spooky Pictures (Strange Darling, Late Night with the Devil, Watcher). He is developing a diverse slate of projects across film and TV on the studio side... Read More →