2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

Suzanne Griffin

Suzanne Griffin

screenwriter

Greater New York City Area

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About me

Award-winning screenwriter based in Brooklyn, NY. Black List Recommended, Stowe Story Labs/PAGE Awards Fellowship Winner, Cinestory TV Drama Fellowship Finalist, prior AFF Finalist. 2024 HerArts Film Lab, Stowe Story Labs TV Writers Room. I write drama, TV pilots and features, darkly romantic, centered in female agency and desire. Self-determination, alliances among women, and the power of empathy are my frequent themes. 4 Second Rounder scripts this year: Two drama pilots - THE AGE OF DESIRE and MONSTER ON A HILL (top 15 Digital series). Two drama features - THE ITALIAN LOVER and THE SLEEPING HOUSE. On The Black List: https://blcklst.com/profile/suzanne-griffin On Twitter and Instagram @suzannegriffin1 On Coverfly: https://writers.coverfly.com/profile/suzannegriffin18800

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

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

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 Women in the Room Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

10:45am CDT

Behind the Scenes at Lit Entertainment Central Presbyterian Church The Prestige Miniseries Austin Club

1:30pm CDT

A Conversation with Meg LeFauve The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

3:15pm CDT

On Shōgun: A Conversation with Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo Austin Club 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

9:00pm CDT

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

11:00pm CDT

Filmmakers Happy Hour (Producers Badge required) Pour Choices

9:00am CDT

A Conversation with Rian Johnson The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom The Half Hour Drama Central Presbyterian Church Second Rounders and Above: Mock Writers Room Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

10:45am CDT

Inside the Writers Room: Succession Central Presbyterian Church

12:30pm CDT

On Adapting The Piano Lesson: A Conversation with Virgil Williams Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room On English Teacher: A Conversation with Brian Jordan Alvarez Central Presbyterian Church Second Rounders and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

3:00pm CDT

On The Last Of Us: A Conversation with Craig Mazin The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

4:30pm CDT

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

4:45pm CDT

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

5:30pm CDT

The Brutalist - in 35mm! The Paramount 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

9:00pm CDT

UCLA Storybreak Live! The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

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

On Worldbuilding: How to Orient Your Audience for Sonic Storytelling The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room

1:15pm CDT

Art of Collaboration: The Writer-Executive Relationship Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

3:00pm CDT

Closing Remarks The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Throne of Blood - Presented by Justin Marks & Rachel Kondo The Paramount Theatre