2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

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 →

Tiffany Paulsen has won both the DISNEY/ABC writing and SONY TV Directing Fellowships. Her directorial debut Winter Spring Summer or Fall stars Jenna Ortega for Paramount. Her writing credits include; Holidate for Netflix and About Fate for Amazon, both were #1 globally. Additionally... Read More →

In 2015, Amy Beecroft joined Verve to start their independent film finance and sales arm, Verve Ventures. Since its inception, Beecroft has propelled the team into a major player in the independent film landscape. Beecroft has been a fixture in the film finance, sales and distribution... Read More →

Milan Chakraborty, Head of Film at Marginal MediaWorks, oversees all of the company’s efforts in independent, studio and streaming film. He is an 18 year veteran of the film industry. Milan worked at Warner Bros and New Line Cinema in production finance and accounting on projects... Read More →