2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

Justin Anthony Long

Writer-Actor

Pasadena, CA

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About me

2024 Austin Film Festival Script Comp Semi-Finalist for the animated comedy pilot NARKY & THE SATELLITES. I write comedy and musical stories for the screen and stage. It's my first time at Austin Film Festival! My writing has been recognized by Tribeca Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, Shore Script Out Here: LGBTQ+, ASCAP/DreamWorks Musical Theatre Workshop, and is available for licensing from Music Theatre International. My new musical BIG ASS SECRET is an official selection of the 2024 International Human Rights Art Festival in NYC. At the time of AFF2024, I'll have just closed GUYS & DOLLS as Nathan Detroit in Los Angeles. People can talk to me about all things film, tv, theatre, espresso, botanical gardens, annoying family members, exemplary family members, all topics are generally on the table for me! I love meeting & getting to know people over a beverage or meal. : )

11:30am CDT

Opening Remarks Austin Club

1:00pm CDT

Second Rounders and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

2:45pm CDT

Character Development in Animated Storytelling St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC Second Rounders and Above: A Producer's Perspective from the Inside Out with Lauren Shuler Donner St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

4:15pm CDT

Pitch Competition #3 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

5:00pm CDT

Opening Night Reception (Producers Badge required) Voodoo Room

7:30pm CDT

The Piano Lesson - Opening Night Film The Paramount Theatre

11:00pm CDT

Late Night Welcome Party (Producers or Conference Badge required) Vulcan Gas Company

9:00am CDT

Inside the Development Process: Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Morning Improv The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room The Screenwriter's Guide to Literary Agents Central Presbyterian Church Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC

10:45am CDT

Making Your Audience Laugh The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Writing at Pixar: Inside Out 2 Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room Pitch Competition #5 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC Second Rounders and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

1:30pm CDT

Finding Your Project's Home St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Pitch Competition #6 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC Semifinalists and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

3:15pm CDT

Short Story, Big IP: Selling an Original Idea St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary State of the Industry: Features The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom You're Repped - Now What? The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room Pitch Competition #7 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC Second Rounders and Above: Mock Writers Room St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall

4:45pm CDT

Film Texas BBQ Supper Presented by Texas Association of Film Commissions (Producers Badge required) Pease Park

7:00pm CDT

Workshop of Horrors Presented by Vertigo Entertainment and Phantom Wines (Producers Badge required) Austin Club

11:00pm CDT

Filmmakers Happy Hour (Producers Badge required) Pour Choices

9:00am CDT

Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC Second Rounders and Above: Forging a Career as a Writer and Filmmaker St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall

10:45am CDT

Personal Pitching Workshop Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room Pitch Competition #9 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Writing for Fiction Podcasts St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC Second Rounders and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

12:30pm CDT

On Challengers: A Conversation with Justin Kuritzkes The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom On English Teacher: A Conversation with Brian Jordan Alvarez Central Presbyterian Church Personal Pitching Workshop Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room The Nuts and Bolts of Development Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room What Do You Want? The Key Ingredient for Your Story and Your Writing Life St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Writing Across Mediums: Film, TV, and Video Games The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room Pitch Competition #10 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC Second Rounders and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

3:00pm CDT

Wearing Multiple Hats: Writing and Producing Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room Pitch Competition #11 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room Semifinalists and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

4:30pm CDT

Wine Reception Presented by Bogle Family Vineyards (Producers, Conference, Weekend, Lone Star, or Press Badge required) Austin Club

4:45pm CDT

Rejection: Saying Yes To All That No St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary State of the Comedy Industry presented by YMH Studios St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall The Screenwriting Life, Live! The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom The Writer-Manager Relationship Presented by Lit Entertainment Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room Pitch Competition #12 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC

6:00pm CDT

Screenwriter’s Happy Hour Presented by Nickelodeon Writing Program (Invitation only) Cooper's BBQ

6:30pm CDT

Writing a Pixar Limited Series: Dream Productions The State Theatre

7:30pm CDT

Pitch Finale Party (Producers, Conference, Weekend, Lone Star, or Press Badge required) Austin Club Writers' Tears Producers Lounge (Producers Badge required) Austin Club Game Room

11:00pm CDT

Heart of Film Conference Party (Producers, Conference, Weekend, or Press Badge required) Vulcan Gas Company

10:00am CDT

"Hair of the Dog" Brunch (Producers Badge required) Ranch 616

11:30am CDT

Get the Greenlight: Financing Your Film The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

1:15pm CDT

Art of Collaboration: The Writer-Executive Relationship Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room From Stage to Screen The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room On The Simpsons: A Conversation with Matt Selman The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Script to Screen: Battlestar Galactica Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

3:00pm CDT

Beyond the Badge Austin Club Closing Remarks The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Personal Pitching Workshop Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room What Now? Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

4:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 14: Produced Digital Series 1 The Hideout Theatre