Name: Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television
Start: 2024-10-25T13:30:00-0500
End: 2024-10-25T14:45:00-0500

Friday October 25, 2024 1:30pm - 2:45pm 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

Micah Cyrus

producer, All American

Carole Kirschner

Creator and Director Paramount Writers Mentoring Program, Director WGA Showrunner Training Program, Author, Entertainment career coach

Having worked as a senior level television development executive for eighteen years (including her posts at CBS and as head of Steven Spielberg’s first Amblin Television), Carole has read heard over 5,000 pitches, read more than 3,000 scripts, bought hundreds of projects and was... Read More →

Jen Howell

writer Baby Daddy, Lopez V. Lopez

Jen Howell grew up in Newport Beach, California before attending Northwestern University in Illinois. Her path has been circuitous: Due to an ill-timed writers' strike as she was moving to LA, Jen spent time working at the British Consulate and as a youth pastor at a local church... Read More →

Sean Butler

co-founder and President, Cultivate Entertainment

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 →

Shelby Eggers

Coordinator, Lit Entertainment Group

Shelby Eggers (she/her) works at Lit Entertainment Group, a literary management and production company based in Beverly Hills. Previously, she worked at Ellen Pompeo’s Calamity Jane Entertainment and for the Showrunner/Executive Producer of Chicago P.D., F.B.I. and Law & Order... Read More →

Kieran Fitzgerald

writer Fallout, Snowden, Wormwood, The Homesman, The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez

Kieran Fitzgerald has a BA in English from Harvard University and an MFA in fiction and screenwriting from the Michener Center for Writers. He wrote and directed the feature documentary, The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández, which was nominated for an Emmy in investigative journalism... Read More →

Jeanette Moreno King

President, The Animation Guild; sequence director Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe; director Little Demon, The Freak Brothers, Q-Force; layout Futurama, The Simpsons

Jeanette Moreno King is a Supervising Director, Director, and Storyboard Artist with aknack for bringing animated worlds to life—and having a great time doing it. Over herimpressive career, she’s made her mark on standout projects like FXX’s *LittleDemon*, Paramount's *Beavis... Read More →

Richard Dane Scott

writer Avengers of Justice, A Tooth Fairy Tale, No Time to Run, The Conway Curve; staff writer 5th Ward

Richard Dane Scott is a screenwriter and novelist with several credits, including “Avengers of Justice” (starring Amy Smart and Simon Rex), “A Tooth Fairy Tale” (starring Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher), and was a staff writer on the TV series “5th Ward” (starring Mya and... Read More →

Daniel Stewart

writer/Co-EP Sweet Tooth; writer Swamp Thing, The Mist

Daniel Stewart is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer. Most recently, he worked on all three seasons of “Sweet Tooth” for Netflix, based on Jeff Lemire’s graphic novel and Executive Produced by Susan and Robert Downey, Jr. Prior to that, Daniel wrote for DC’s highly-acclaimed... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2024 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701

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