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Second Rounders and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television
Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall
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
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Noah Harpster

writer/executive producer A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Transparent; creator/showrunner Painkiller, The USA vs. Vince McMahon; writer Bambi, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Beautiful Ruins; writer/director Bottomless Belly Button
Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster won the Peabody Award, the PEN Award, and the Humanitas Prize for their work as screenwriters. They've also been nominated for the Emmy, Golden Globe, People's Choice, and multiple WGA Awards. Together, they spent four seasons writing and producing... Read More →
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Micah Fitzerman-Blue

writer/executive producer A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Transparent; creator/showrunner Painkiller, The USA vs. Vince McMahon; writer Bambi, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Beautiful Ruins; writer/director Bottomless Belly Button
Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster won the Peabody Award, the PEN Award, and the Humanitas Prize for their work as screenwriters. They've also been nominated for the Emmy, Golden Globe, People's Choice, and multiple WGA Awards. Together, they spent four seasons writing and producing... Read More →
avatar for Ryan Cunningham

Ryan Cunningham

Manager/Producer, Anonymous Content
Ryan Cunningham is a literary manager, producer, and partner at Anonymous Content. He began his career in physical production on productions shooting in New Orleans while attending Tulane University. After graduating, Ryan moved to Los Angeles where he worked at New Regency, the Metropolitan... Read More →
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Virgil Williams

writer Mudbound, A Journal for Jordan, The Piano Lesson
Virgil Williams is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter who most recently adapted August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson for Netflix, which will be released in November of this year. He co-wrote the script with Malcolm Washington, who is also making his feature-film directorial debut. Samuel... Read More →
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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 →
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Sean Collins-Smith

story editor, Chicago PD; Staff Writer, Michael Schur's Field of Dreams; AFF Winner, 2018
Sean Collins-Smith (Story Editor, CHICAGO PD; Staff Writer, FIELD OF DREAMS) is a screenwriter and national award-winning journalist from Richmond, Virginia. A winner and 3-time finalist at the Austin Film Festival, Sean’s most recent pilot, SUICIDE MACHINES: A LIMITED SERIES, reached... Read More →
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Scott Glassgold

producer Tarot, Prospect, Hurricane Season
Scott Glassgold is the founder of Ground Control, a leading entertainment platformspecializing in filmed media & publishing. Scott has produced such feature films as Prospectwith Pedro Pascal, Hurricane Season with Forest Whitaker and Sony Pictures' Tarot whichjust completed a theatrical... Read More →
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Vanessa Johnston

Head of Television, Mandalay Entertainment
Vanessa Johnston is the Head of Television at Mandalay Entertainment. Founded in 1995, Mandalay has acquired over 70 Academy Award and Emmy Award nominations. Vanessa oversees both scripted and unscripted television, with a slate of over 45 projects in development and production... Read More →
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Kendrick Tan

Head of Management, Lit Entertainment Group
KENDRICK TAN is a literary manager and producer at Lit Entertainment Group. He was an Associate-Producer on PROMISED LAND for ABC/Hulu. Prior to that he was a manager at Madhouse Entertainment. He attended school at University of California, Irvine.
avatar for Ray Utarnachitt

Ray Utarnachitt

executive producer DC's Legends of Tomorrow; writer Person of Interest, The Tomorrow People, The Flash, Supergirl
Ray Utarnachitt is a TV writer/producer. He is a Michigan native and like anygood Asian student, was pre-med at the University of Michigan for 3 years. Muchto his parents’ dismay, he switched tracks and graduated with a Film degree. Raybroke into the business working in production... Read More →
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Marian Yeager

director/producer Match Me If You Can; writer/director The Conway Curve, The Good Samaritan
Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
  Script/Film Competition Session

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