2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

Patrick Clayton

Writer, Producer, Animator

Los Angeles

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About me

Emerging TV writer. Two of my half-hour comedy pilots placed as an AFF Second Rounder in 2023 (hoozah external validation)!

Currently enrolled in UCLA Extension's Half-Hour TV Writing certificate along with courses at Upright Citizens Brigade and WritingPad.

Worked as a Character Animator for the Austin-based studio, Minnow Mountain, on Richard Linklater's 2022 Netflix feature-film, Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood.

The weekend of the festival will be my last weekend as a resident in Austin, then I'll be moving to LA on November 1. Wherever I am, let's get some tacos!

12:00pm CDT

Exhibit Hall Omni Austin Downtown Hotel Bridge Ballroom Foyer

11:30am CDT

Opening Remarks Austin Club

1:00pm CDT

Script to Screen: American Psycho The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

2:45pm CDT

Character Development in Animated Storytelling St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall

11:00pm CDT

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

9:00am CDT

Fiction Podcasting: Industry Insiders Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room Inside the Development Process: Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

10:45am CDT

Making Your Audience Laugh The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

1:30pm CDT

Script to Screen: Bojack Horseman Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

3:15pm CDT

Short Story, Big IP: Selling an Original Idea St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

9:00pm CDT

Scriptnotes, Live! The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

9:00am CDT

Navigating the Great Contraction St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

10:45am CDT

Inside the Writers Room: Succession Central Presbyterian Church

12:30pm CDT

What Do You Want? The Key Ingredient for Your Story and Your Writing Life St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

3:00pm CDT

Wearing Multiple Hats: Writing and Producing Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

4:30pm CDT

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

4:45pm CDT

State of the Comedy Industry presented by YMH Studios St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall

11:30am CDT

The Ins and Outs of Overall Deals Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

1:15pm CDT

On The Simpsons: A Conversation with Matt Selman The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

3:00pm CDT

Closing Remarks The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom