Name: Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television
Start: 2024-10-26T16:45:00-0500
End: 2024-10-26T18:00:00-0500

Saturday October 26, 2024 4:45pm - 6:00pm 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

Niceole Levy

writer The Banker, The Recruit

After growing up near China Lake Naval Weapons Center in the middle of the Mojave Desert, Niceole escaped to the bright lights of Los Angeles. While studying acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she realized her true love was writing stories, not playing them out. She... Read More →

Gursimran Sandhu

writer Fallout (Amazon), Game of Thrones (HBO), Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Disney+), Expats (Amazon)

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 →

Dana Weissman

Director of Programs & Education at the Writers Guild of America, East

Dana has served WGA members for 13 years, prior to which she was in the nonprofit/arts world. Dana directs all member events and programs for WGAE including elections, fellowships and incubators, seminars, workshops, panel discussions, social events, screenings, readings, film festival... Read More →

Alvaro Rodriguez

writer American Rust: Broken Justice, Florida Man, Machete, Seis Manos

Alvaro Rodriguez has been writing since childhood and, in fact, did his best work when he was 11. Still holding out for improvement, he is a writer for film and television (and animation!) based in Los Angeles. During the pandemic, he contributed a monologue from an imaginary Chet... Read More →

Kor Adana

writer/producer Dune: Prophecy, Star Wars: The Acolyte, Mr. Robot

Kor Adana came up as a writer/producer on USA’s award-winning series, Mr. Robot. He went on to co-executive produce Lucasfilm’s live-action Star Wars series The Acolyte, which is airing on Disney+. He is also a co-executive producer on HBO’s upcoming Dune prequel series, Dune... Read More →

Christian Bersani

Vice President of Film & TV, Josephson Entertainment

Christian Bersani joined Josephson Entertainment in 2018. Currently, as Vice President of Film and TV, he helps to identify, develop, and produce projects for Josephson’s scripted slates. His recent work includes setting up a four-quadrant feature with franchise potential at Skydance... Read More →

Scott Emmer

co-producer Mr. Mercedes, Condor, Loudermilk, Hit The Road, Religion of Sports

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 →

Michael Fry

writer/co-creator Over The Hedge; writer/illustrator How To Be A Supervillain Series, Ghosted; co-writer/illustrator The Naughty List, Odd Squad Series

Scott Myers

screenwriter K-9, Alaska; host GoIntoTheStory.com; author The Protagonist's Journey; associate professor DePaul University film school

Scott has written over thirty movie and TV projects at nearly every major Hollywood studio and broadcast network. His screenwriting credits include K-9, Alaska, and Trojan War. Since 2008, Scott has hosted GoIntoTheStory.com, the official screenwriting blog of the Black List and... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2024 4:45pm - 6:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701

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2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference