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Thursday, October 24
 

1:00pm CDT

Pitch Competition #1
Thursday October 24, 2024 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room
This unique event allows contestants 90 seconds to pitch their best ideas to a panel of judges made up of producers, managers, and screenwriters in a constructive and friendly environment. Give your best pitch in 90 seconds and secure your spot in the finals at the Pitch Finale Party on Saturday night.
Speakers
avatar for Julie Plec

Julie Plec

Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer/Director
Julie Plec is a creator, showrunner, executive producer and director, most notably responsible for the complete Vampire Diaries Universe, which spanned 13 years and more than 300 episodes of television.She co-created and executive produced The Girls on the Bus, which recently premiered... Read More →
avatar for Evan Narcisse

Evan Narcisse

Senior Writer, Brass Lion Entertainment
Evan Narcisse is the Senior Writer at Brass Lion Entertainment. He's worked as a screenwriter, producer, and narrative design consultant in video games, comic books, film, and TV, often focusing on the intersection of blackness and pop culture. As a journalist and critic, he wrote... Read More →
Thursday October 24, 2024 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
  Pitch Competition

2:45pm CDT

Pitch Competition #2
Thursday October 24, 2024 2:45pm - 4:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room
This unique event allows contestants 90 seconds to pitch their best ideas to a panel of judges made up of producers, managers, and screenwriters in a constructive and friendly environment. Give your best pitch in 90 seconds and secure your spot in the finals at the Pitch Finale Party on Saturday night.
Speakers
avatar for Megan Alderson

Megan Alderson

Creative Development Executive, Pixar Animation Studios
Megan Alderson, a Creative Development Executive at Pixar Animation Studios supports projects in early development, scouts screenwriters, collaborates with experts and spearheads research trips. She has worked on notable projects like Inside Out, Finding Dory, Coco, Soul, Turning... Read More →
avatar for Jason Lubin

Jason Lubin

Literary Manager/Producer, First Story Entertainment
Jason Lubin is a manager-producer and the principal at First Story Entertainment, which he founded in 2018. The lit management company represents a diverse roster of talented writers and directors with fresh voices in all genres for Film and TV. The company’s clients have been staffed... Read More →
Thursday October 24, 2024 2:45pm - 4:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
  Pitch Competition

4:15pm CDT

Pitch Competition #3
Thursday October 24, 2024 4:15pm - 5:30pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room
This unique event allows contestants 90 seconds to pitch their best ideas to a panel of judges made up of producers, managers, and screenwriters in a constructive and friendly environment. Give your best pitch in 90 seconds and secure your spot in the finals at the Pitch Finale Party on Saturday night.
Speakers
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 →
avatar for Amy Talkington

Amy Talkington

writer/co-executive producer Little Fires Everywhere; Writer Valley Girl (remake); writer/director The Night of the White Pants; author Liv, Forever
Originally from Texas, Amy Talkington is an award-winning writer, director, producer and author currently living in Los Angeles.In the feature arena, Amy most recently wrote “Valley Girl” (MGM’s musical remake of the 80s cult film) and has written numerous other studio features... Read More →
Thursday October 24, 2024 4:15pm - 5:30pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
  Pitch Competition
 
Friday, October 25
 

9:00am CDT

Pitch Competition #4
Friday October 25, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room
This unique event allows contestants 90 seconds to pitch their best ideas to a panel of judges made up of producers, managers, and screenwriters in a constructive and friendly environment. Give your best pitch in 90 seconds and secure your spot in the finals at the Pitch Finale Party on Saturday night.
Speakers
avatar for Craig Brody

Craig Brody

Principal/Manager Map Point Management
Craig began his career as a corporate lawyer, specializing in intellectual property law in New York City. After practicing law for five years, Craig found that he had a deeper passion for championing creators than corporations. He decided to leave his legal career behind and moved... Read More →
avatar for Nicole Perlman

Nicole Perlman

co-writer Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel, Detective Pikachu
Nicole Perlman is best known for co-writing “Guardians of the Galaxy," “Captain Marvel,” and “Detective Pikachu." Her screenplays have won the Tribeca Film Festival's Sloan Foundation Grant for Science in Film, the Hugo Award, and the Ray Bradbury award for Outstanding Dramatic... Read More →
Friday October 25, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
  Pitch Competition

10:45am CDT

Pitch Competition #5
Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room
This unique event allows contestants 90 seconds to pitch their best ideas to a panel of judges made up of producers, managers, and screenwriters in a constructive and friendly environment. Give your best pitch in 90 seconds and secure your spot in the finals at the Pitch Finale Party on Saturday night.
Speakers
avatar for Micah Cyrus

Micah Cyrus

producer, All American
avatar for Guinevere Turner

Guinevere Turner

writer Go Fish, American Psycho, Charlie Says, The L Word
Guinevere Turner is a writer, director and actor who has been working in film and TV since her 1994 debut film Go Fish, which she wrote, produced and starred in. She teamed up with director Mary Harron to write the films American Psycho, The Notorious Bettie Page, Charlie Says and... Read More →
Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
  Pitch Competition

1:30pm CDT

Pitch Competition #6
Friday October 25, 2024 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room
This unique event allows contestants 90 seconds to pitch their best ideas to a panel of judges made up of producers, managers, and screenwriters in a constructive and friendly environment. Give your best pitch in 90 seconds and secure your spot in the finals at the Pitch Finale Party on Saturday night.
Speakers
avatar for Emily Mollenkopf

Emily Mollenkopf

Head of Creative Development, Pixar Animation Studios
Emily Mollenkopf is Head of Creative Development at Pixar Animation Studios where she has helped guide films through the development process for over a decade. Emily works closely with Pixar's directors from concept through final draft. She helps them articulate their vision, prepares... Read More →
avatar for Alvaro Rodriguez

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 →
Friday October 25, 2024 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
  Pitch Competition

3:15pm CDT

Pitch Competition #7
Friday October 25, 2024 3:15pm - 4:30pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room
This unique event allows contestants 90 seconds to pitch their best ideas to a panel of judges made up of producers, managers, and screenwriters in a constructive and friendly environment. Give your best pitch in 90 seconds and secure your spot in the finals at the Pitch Finale Party on Saturday night.
Speakers
avatar for Carole Kirschner

Carole Kirschner

Creator and Director Paramount Writers Mentoring Program, Director WGA Showrunner Training Program, Author, Entertainment career coach
Having worked as a senior level television development executive for eighteen years (including her posts at CBS and as head of Steven Spielberg’s first Amblin Television), Carole has read heard over 5,000 pitches, read more than 3,000 scripts, bought hundreds of projects and was... Read More →
avatar for Raamla Mohamed

Raamla Mohamed

writer/co-executive producer Little Fires Everywhere
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Raamla Mohamed is the Creator and Showrunner/Executive Producer for Onyx Collective’s first scripted drama series, “Reasonable Doubt,” in conjunction with ABC Signature. The hit drama is currently in production on season two. Raamla signed her... Read More →
Friday October 25, 2024 3:15pm - 4:30pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
  Pitch Competition
 
Saturday, October 26
 

9:00am CDT

Pitch Competition #8
Saturday October 26, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room
This unique event allows contestants 90 seconds to pitch their best ideas to a panel of judges made up of producers, managers, and screenwriters in a constructive and friendly environment. Give your best pitch in 90 seconds and secure your spot in the finals at the Pitch Finale Party on Saturday night.
Speakers
avatar for Meg LeFauve

Meg LeFauve

co-writer Pixar's Inside Out, writer Netflix’s My Father's Dragon, writer Pixar's The Good Dinosaur; co-story Captain Marvel; co-host The Screenwriting Life Podcast
Nominated for Best Screenplay Oscar for the Pixar blockbuster INSIDE OUT, LeFauve won an Annie Award for that screenplay. She also wrote Pixar's Golden Globe nominated THE GOOD DINOSAUR. LeFauve is currently writing a series for the new Peacock Channel as well as the animated film... Read More →
avatar for Sean Collins-Smith

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 →
Saturday October 26, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
  Pitch Competition

10:45am CDT

Pitch Competition #9
Saturday October 26, 2024 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room
This unique event allows contestants 90 seconds to pitch their best ideas to a panel of judges made up of producers, managers, and screenwriters in a constructive and friendly environment. Give your best pitch in 90 seconds and secure your spot in the finals at the Pitch Finale Party on Saturday night.
Speakers
avatar for Tiffany Paulsen

Tiffany Paulsen

writer/director Winter Spring Summer or Fall; writer Holidate; About Fate; Nancy Drew; Adventures In Babysitting
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 →
avatar for Jakob Pollack

Jakob Pollack

Creative Executive, Film Vertigo Entertainment
Jakob Pollack is the creative executive at Vertigo Entertainment (Barbarian, IT movies) and oversees Vertigo's indie film label Spooky Pictures (Strange Darling, Late Night with the Devil, Watcher). He is developing a diverse slate of projects across film and TV on the studio side... Read More →
Saturday October 26, 2024 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
  Pitch Competition

12:30pm CDT

Pitch Competition #10
Saturday October 26, 2024 12:30pm - 1:45pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room
This unique event allows contestants 90 seconds to pitch their best ideas to a panel of judges made up of producers, managers, and screenwriters in a constructive and friendly environment. Give your best pitch in 90 seconds and secure your spot in the finals at the Pitch Finale Party on Saturday night.
Speakers
avatar for Pia Wilson

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 →
avatar for Chris Callison

Chris Callison

Creative Executive at Starburns, Creative Executive Better Call Saul Presents Slippin' Jimmy, production coordinator SiR's John Redcorn, animationskoordinator Clark
Saturday October 26, 2024 12:30pm - 1:45pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
  Pitch Competition

3:00pm CDT

Pitch Competition #11
Saturday October 26, 2024 3:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room
This unique event allows contestants 90 seconds to pitch their best ideas to a panel of judges made up of producers, managers, and screenwriters in a constructive and friendly environment. Give your best pitch in 90 seconds and secure your spot in the finals at the Pitch Finale Party on Saturday night.
Speakers
avatar for Jim Burnstein

Jim Burnstein

writer Renaissance Man, D3: The Mighty Ducks, Ruffian, Love and Honor; Professor and Director of Screenwriting University of Michigan
avatar for Jodi Hildebrand

Jodi Hildebrand

Scripted Film and TV at Conde Nast, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker. Producer, Peter Rabbit and its sequel.
Jodi Hildebrand is a film and television producer and currently runs the Scripted Television and Film team at Conde Nast Entertainment, building film and television slates for global media brands such as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Wired. Previously she was partnered with writer/director... Read More →
Saturday October 26, 2024 3:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
  Pitch Competition

4:45pm CDT

Pitch Competition #12
Saturday October 26, 2024 4:45pm - 6:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room
This unique event allows contestants 90 seconds to pitch their best ideas to a panel of judges made up of producers, managers, and screenwriters in a constructive and friendly environment. Give your best pitch in 90 seconds and secure your spot in the finals at the Pitch Finale Party on Saturday night.
Speakers
avatar for Kelly Younger

Kelly Younger

writer Candy Cane Lane, Muppets Haunted Mansion, Unt. Skydance Animation Feature
Kelly Younger is a screenwriter, TV writer, playwright, story consultant, and Emmy-nominated producer. His recent work includes Candy Cane Lane, starring Eddie Murphy and Tracee Ellis Ross, Muppets Haunted Mansion, Muppets Now, and an upcoming Skydance Animation feature based on Jack... 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 →
Saturday October 26, 2024 4:45pm - 6:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room 301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
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