Name: Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television
Start: 2024-10-26T09:00:00-0500
End: 2024-10-26T10:15:00-0500

Saturday October 26, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am 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

VJ Boyd

writer/producer Justified: City Primeval, S.W.A.T., and Justified

VJ Boyd most recently worked on the upcoming JUSTIFIED spinoff, CITY PRIMEVAL, for FX/Hulu. He previously wrote for SWAT and JUSTIFIED and co-created LINCOLN RHYME: HUNT FOR THE BONE COLLECTOR. He is also the co-author of the IDW comic book series NIGHT MOVES.

Kyle Castellanet

Vice President, Development and Production – Echo Lake Entertainment

Kyle Castellanet is the VP of Development and Production at Echo Lake Entertainment. Kyle manages Echo Lake’s film and television slate which includes both domestic and international co-productions. A Colorado native, Kyle began his career at Paradigm Talent Agency after receiving... Read More →

Erica Harrell

producer Lopez vs Lopez ; writer Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion, Marvel's Voices Communidades, Happyland, Telltales Walking Dead: Michonne, Skybound's Walking Dead VR, Just Roll With It

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 →

Pia Wilson

writer of the Webby Award-winning fiction podcast If I Go Missing The Witches Did It; tv writer: Genius: Aretha, Sacrifice; playwright: Sundance fellow, and member of The Public Theater’s 2008 Emerging Writers Group

Pia Wilson wrote the audio component in the Harriet Tubman Monument in Newark, New Jersey, performed by Queen Latifah. The audio - which won a 2024 Anthem Award - can be found on Audible as Monumental: Harriet Tubman and Newark's Liberation Movement. Pia is also a 2024 Johnny Mercer... Read More →

Desirée Proctor

writer and producer Lopez vs Lopez; writer Betch: A Sketch Show, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier (Telltale Games), The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners (Skydance Interactive)

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).

Rebecca Windsor

independent producer, former Head of the Warner Bros. Television Workshops, former WBTV Current Programming executive

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 →

Weiko Lin

Author Crazy Screenwriting Secrets: How to Capture a Global Audience; writer/producer 100 Days

Author Crazy Screenwriting Secrets: How to Capture a Global Audience; writer/producer 100 DaysNative fluent in Mandarin, Weiko recently developed two Chinese language Disney Plus Asia original series and a feature biopic about America’s first flying ace of World War II with Mad... Read More →

Paul Merryman

producer The Outpost, House of Abraham

Paul Merryman is a film & television producer with a focus on amazing true stories along with all things genre. He holds an MFA in Producing from the American Film Institute and a BS in Radio, Television, and Film from the University of Texas at Austin. He started his career as an... Read More →

Adam Weinstein

Partner, Verve Talent & Literary Agency

Adam Weinstein is a Partner at Verve. Originally from Philadelphia, Adam joined Verve in 2012 as a Motion Picture Literary Agent, and was promoted to Partner in 2015. He previously worked out ICM and UTA. In addition to being the Eagles number one fan, his clients include Derek Connolly... Read More →

Patrick White

Creative Executive at Lit Entertainment Group

PATRICK WHITE is a Creative Executive at Lit Entertainment Group. He graduated from Denison University and received an MA in Television, Radio and Film from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.

Saturday October 26, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701

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