Speakers
Speakers
co-executive Producer/writer New Amsterdam, The 100
writer/producer Sequestered, Law & Order SVU, The Tap; host To Live & Dialogue In LA; Faculty, Yale University
producer Prisoners, Deadfall; Literary Manager, Lit Entertainment
Officer-in-Charge, NR Navy Office of Information, West
writer The Boxtrolls, The Lego Movie franchise, My Little Pony Movie, The Stuff of Legend, Clone High, Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law, Johnny Bravo, Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends
writer/director/co-producer Bunker Burger
co-writer/director/producer Sawah
writer Nun 2, Jupiter's Legacy, Hell Fest; writer/producer Luke Cage, American Horror Story: Roanoake, producer Witches of East End, The 100, Grimm
writer/creator TV Calling; co-host Paper Team
co-creator/co-showrunner Wu-Tang: An American Saga; writer Watchmen, Superfly, Sucker Free City
moderator; AFF Shorts Programmer
writer/director/producer Everybody Hates Chris, Survivor's Remorse, Are We There Yet? (television series)
co-creator/showrunner Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, writer The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses, Morning Glory, We Bought a Zoo
writer/director Judas Collar; winner Best Short Film, Austin Film Festival 2018; director Outback Truckers
writer From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, RUST (Showtime); co-creator/executive producer Seis Manos
writer/executive producer Neverwhere, Broad Band, Counterpart, Eureka; writer Person of Interest, Leverage, The 4400
writer Tyrant, The Long Road Home, Messiah, Nightflyers
writer/executive producer Chappaquiddick
Head Writer of RT Shorts, Rooster Teeth; writer/performer, Master Pancake Theater
Creative Executive, Scripted, Stage 13
writer Dear Angelica, Stone Quackers, Recipe
Founder, The Sarah Awards
writer/director Other People’s Children; writer Anchor Baby, Someday, Ohio
writer Evel, You're The Worst, Undone, Mrs. America
moderator; Founder, Creatives Meet Business
writer Thor, X-MEN: First Class, Red Sonja; writer/producer Fringe, Black Sails, Lore
author of five books; writer/producer When They See Us, Little Fires Everywhere
showrunner/writer The Chi; writer Private Practice, Hannibal, Falling Skies
Moderator; Executive Director and Co-Founder, Austin Film Festival
writer Flint; 2013 Nicholl Fellow
co-writer/co-producer/director AUTOS FANTASTICOS
Josephson Entertainment; Film - producer Enchanted, Dirty Grandpa, The Last Boy Scout; TV - executive producer The Tick, TURN: Washington Spies, Bones
writer/producer This is Us; playwright The Cake
writer/creator Boomerang; writer Insecure, Underground; producer Step Sisters
co-Producer/editor Swing Low
creator/executive producer/showrunner Artificial, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Emma Approved
VP, Publisher Relations, Authentic
co-creator Six; writer Cast Away, Apollo 13, The Polar Express, Unfaithful, Jarhead, China Beach
writer Play It Again, Dick; iZOMBiE, Cobra Kai
co-founder/CEO, Powerhouse Animation Studios; executive producer/co-creator Seis Manos
writer American Pie: Band Camp, Crooked Arrows, Road Trip II, Slap Shot III, Other People’s Children, Back to the Grind
writer/director Sironia, Victor, Amanda & Jack Go Glamping; writer Benji the Dove; director A Single Frame
co-writer/co-director/co-producer The Wretched
writer Riverdale, Betty; author Ship It
Director, Scripted Programs at Tribeca Film Institute
Co-founder/Chief Creative Officer, Rooster Teeth; creator Red vs. Blue; writer/actor Lazer Team
writer Sinister, Marvel's Doctor Strange; novelist Sea of Rust
writer/executive producer USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage; executive producer Give 'Em Hell Malone, Speed Kills, Tokarev a/k/a Rage; development executive The Big Bang, Casino Jack
writer/producer Westworld, The Leftovers, Mindhunter, Mad Men
director The Rage of Evil: Thoughts from a Former School Shooter
actor Agent X, Castle, Love & Mercy; writer/producer Menace of Venice, Carry The World, The Vintage
Literary Manager, Lit Entertainment Group
executive producer ACCTV at Austin Community College
director The Animal People
2019 Recipient of the New Voice Award
writer Heroes, Ben 10; comic book writer
writer/director Bye Bye Body
writer/ co-executive producer Hello Sunshine/Amazon’s Daisy Jones and The Six, The 100, Netflix’s Chambers
Head Writer of Live Action, Rooster Teeth; co-creator/director Arizona Circle, Social Disorder, Day 5
writer/producer Chalk, Bobbie Sue, Free Birds
writer Curb Your Enthusiasm, The King of Queens, American Dragon: Jake Long, John Krasinski & Natasha Lyonne, Thrill Ride, Jim Henson’s Goldilocks
writer Buried, The Sea of Trees, Down a Dark Hall; writer/director Mercy, The Atticus Institute
Creative Executive, Josephson Entertainment
writer Transformers: Bumblebee, Birds of Prey (2020)
The Blondes AMC/Shudder, Fifty Universal TV, Something in the Water Effenson Entertainment, Haven Sy/Fy Channel, Missy Piggle Wiggle Freckle Films Free Willy WB, Disney Feature Fellow, Associate Professor and Screenwriting Area Head UT Austin
Literary Manager, Meridian Artists
moderator; host PRI's Live Wire 2003-2013; co-writer The Benefits of Gusbandry; author Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went From Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things
co-host Scriptnotes; writer Chernobyl, Identity Thief, The Hangover Parts II & III, The Huntsman: Winter’s War
2019 Recipient of the Outstanding Television Writer Award
Executive Vice President/Head of Features, Josephson Entertainment
writer, director, editor Treasure Trouble
writer/editor/cinematographer Rigor Mortis
writer/director The Last Supper, The Curve
Senior Vice President/Head of TV, Josephson Entertainment
Literary Manager, Fineman Entertainment; producer Park, Typewriter Days
writer/producer/actor Man Camp
writer's assistant, Euphoria; Founding member, The Clubhouse (a collection of gay LatinX screenwriters)
2019 Recipient of the Heart of Film Award
Literary Manager, Circle of Confusion
Executive Director, SAGindie
The Second City, Boom Chicago, American Crime, Machete
creator/showrunner The Terror; writer/producer Suspiria, writer/executive producer A Bigger Splash; writer True Story
2019 Recipient of the Outstanding Television Writer Award
writer Elf, The Haunted Mansion, The Spiderwick Chronicles
Partner, Verve Talent & Literary Agency
writer Tolkien, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, The Grimm Legacy, Down to a Sunless Sea; writer/director Don't Go, The Front Line, Cowboys & Angels
producer Argo, Nacho Libre
executive producer Veep, Curb Your Enthusiasm; writer Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live; writer/director Eurotrip
writer/director The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
writer Superstore, Downward Dog, Young & Hungry
co-writer Can’t Hardly Wait, Josie and the Pussycats, A Very Brady Sequel, Leap Year; co-creator Mary + Jane, Liza on Demand
writer Brian Banks; writer/director Akeelah and the Bee
co-writer/co-director/co-producer The Wretched
writer HBO’s Mosaic, Men in Black, Untitled Steven Soderbergh feature; co-writer Bill & Ted Face the Music, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, Now You See Me 1 & 2, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Untitled David O Russell feature
co-founder, The Writers Lab
director (stage): 'A Delicate Ship' by Anna Ziegler; '100 Planes' by Lila Rose Kaplan; 'Mocha' by Eleanor Burgess; (film): 'Child of Light' (feature)
Senior Creative Executive, Walt Disney Animation Studios; co-producer David Makes Man, What/If
writer Jurassic World 3, Pacific Rim: Uprising, The Black Hole
Narrative Director, Probably Monsters Games; Creative Development Associate, Pixar Animation Studios
co-executive Producer For Life, Power, Empire
consulting producer New Amsterdam; writer/producer How to get Away With Murder, The Mentalist
Macmillan Learning
Senior Program Director for Communication and College Success
writer/ producer The Good Lord Bird, The Village, Queen Sugar, Shades of Blue; writer Being Mary Jane, Ugly Betty
Moderator; Founder/Artistic Director, Story Bar; former Creative Director, Austin Film Festival
author If They Come for Us; writer/co-creator Brown Girls Web Series
editor Redningsskøyta, Nattpatruljen, Skjulte Skatter, Kari Traa Leikane, Robinsonekspedisjonen, Paradise Hotel; field director Robinsonekspedisjonen, Meglerkampen
moderator; AFF Script Competitions Manager
writer/director Wolf 359, Time Bombs; guest writer Bright Sessions, Wooden Overcoats, Outliers, Our Fair City
writer Scott’s Dead; writer/director Sweet 16; director Angels with a Cause; producer Undocumented
writer, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Book of Eli, After Earth
writer Fracture, Mad Money; writer/director Like.Share.Follow, Disfigured
Director of Talent Development & Inclusion, NBC Entertainment
moderator; Former Editor of Texas Monthly
moderator; author; Professor, Baylor University
writer American Psycho, The Notorious Bettie Page, Go Fish, Charlie Says
writer /director Salma's Home, The Camp Beauty, Nadia's Visa, Mariam's Chance
moderator; Former Film Competition Director, Austin Film Festival
co-writer Can’t Hardly Wait, Josie and the Pussycats, A Very Brady Sequel, Leap Year; co-creator Mary + Jane, Liza on Demand
writer Jupiter's Legacy; 2016 Drama, Sci-Fi, and Enderby Entertainment Screenplay Award Recipient
writer Trading Places, Brewster’s Millions, Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Space Jam; producer Falling Down, The Final Season; director Last Wishes
founder, Cleod9 Music; composer Cowboys, The Push, Massacre River
creator/executive producer The Hot Zone; writer Hook, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Contact, Tuck Everlasting, Muppet Treasure Island, August Rush, Epic, Crossbones; Creator, HartChart
President, Capital Creations Management Company
writer Pixar's Onward (2020), writer/director A Bad Idea Gone Wrong, It's Not About the Nail
Producer, Director of Script Services, Stage 32
writer/director Loving, Midnight Special, Mud, Take Shelter, Shotgun Stories
producer Cowboys, Nothing Stays The Same, Punk in Africa, No No: A Dockumentary, Through The Repellent Fence, Every Night’s A Saturday Night, Vinyl Generation, Yallah! Underground, Pirating Pirates, Mamas & Papas, Kooky
writer/showrunner Lost, Miami Medical, AIsha, NCIS New Orleans
Manager of Outreach & Member Services, WGAE
writer A Simple Favor, Nerve, American Horror Story
Manager/Producer, Silent R Management
author The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting
writer Legacies, Schooled
co-showrunner Downward Dog, Galavant; co-writer Country Musical, Black-ish, The Neighbors, Better Off Ted, My Name is Earl
moderator; actor I've Got Issues, Mustang Island, Sister Aimee
Moderator; Former Senior Editor at Texas Monthly
filmmaker/musician comedian/content creator
producer Sorry To Bother You, Light From Light, Before You Know It, The Sound of Silence, The Long Dumb Road, Hellion
producer The Truth podcast
co-executive producer Almost Family; writer/producer Empire
writer Wu Assassins, The 100, DC Comics Batgirl, Birds of Prey comic, Green Arrow comic; co-producer Untitled Star Trek Animated Series for Nickelodeon
writer Channel Zero, Reprisal, Lincoln
writer/creator The White Vault, VAST Horizon, Liberty: Tales from the Tower; writer/co-creator Liberty: Critical Research
Head of Content, Baobab Studios
writer A Christmas Prince, Christmas Camp, Every Day is Christmas, Rediscovering Christmas
co-showrunner Downward Dog, Galavant; co-writer Country Musical, Black-ish, The Neighbors, Better Off Ted, My Name is Earl
writer/director/producer Jane
Vice President of Creative, Sony Pictures Animation
founder, Indie City Films; director Crazy Ex-Girlfriend OMG I Think It's Over, All Choked Up; producer Jennifer 42, Before/During/After, Mount Joy
director/producer Tower, A Song For You: The Austin City Limits Story
writer Pause, The Jewel in the Woods; contributing writer for Final Draft
producer Sorry To Bother You, The Long Dumb Road, Light From Light, Hellion, I’ve Got Issues
Creative Executive, Josephson Entertainment
Director of US Army's Public Affairs Office, Western Region
Literary Manager, Lit Entertainment Group
literary agent; Head of Development, Meridian Artists
co-writer/director ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction, Junk, In Her Place, The Saviors
writer/director/producer A Patient Man
supervising producer Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan; producer Looking for Alaska, Runaways
The Method Gun; head of the Department of Theatre and Dance at UT; the Artistic Director of The Rude Mechanicals
Manager/Co-Founder, Fictional Entity
script coordinator The New Edition Story, Being Mary Jane, Rebel, Lovecraft Country, The Haunting of Bly Manor
writer Flip Turn, High Holiday, The Main Event
writer/producer The Loudest Voice, Here and Now; playwright Sex with Strangers
Program Manager, The Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment
creator The Bright Sessions, The AM Archives; CEO, Atypical Artists
writer/director Body Heat, The Big Chill, Silverado, Grand Canyon; writer The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens, Solo
producer; Literary Manager
producer Stranger Than Fiction, Sense and Sensibility, Nanny McPhee, Dead Again; executive producer The Firm, Sabrina; former President/COO, United Artists
executive producer Terms, 1865; host of American History Tellers and American Scandal
Moderator; manager/producer
writer/producer The Post, Long Shot, All the Bright Places, Mindhunter
writer/director Pigeon: Impossible, The OceanMaker
writer/director The Farewell
director/producer SCRiBBLES
writer/executive producer Falcon & Winter Soldier, Truth Be Told; co-executive producer Empire
Manager/Producer, Zero Gravity Management
executive producer The Polar Bears, Welcome to the Rileys, Cyrus; executive Robin Hood
creator Super Ordinary, The Sword & The Stoner
writer/executive producer Lincoln; consulting producer The Hunt
Gran Via Productions; executive producer Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, Halt & Catch Fire, Rectify; producer Downsizing, Rain Man, A Little Princess, Galaxy Quest, The Notebook, The Chronicles of Narnia franchise
director/producer Wade in the Water
Head of Creative Development, Pixar Animation Studios
writer/co-producer Triple Nine, By Way of Helena; co-writer Patriots Day
Manager, Lit Entertainment Group; Former Director of Script Competitions, Austin Film Festival
writer The Christmas Chronicles, Free Guy, Playing with Fire, The Addams Family, Meet the Machines, Scooby Doo, Monster on the Hill
writer Phreaks, Sandra, The Silent History, Super Flat Times
producer Across the Universe, Fired Up!, Joe Somebody; executive producer The InBetween, Taken, Sons of Liberty, DayBreak; showrunner/director Body of Proof; producer/director Dirty Sexy Money; producer Live Stage Musical The Sting
creator The Terror: Infamy, Untitled Showtime Lakers Project (2020, HBO), Untitled Game of Thrones Spinoff, Minority Report; writer: Godzilla (2014), Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla 2, Godzilla v. Kong (2020), What is Life Worth (2020)
writer Inside Out, Captain Marvel, Good Dinosaur
Pixar Creative Development Associate
writer/producer The Good Place, The Simpsons, Transparent, Silicon Valley, Parks & Recreation; actor/director/star An Emmy For Megan; author Science...For Her!
Counsel, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Development Executive, Entertainment Media Management; executive producer The Donors; producer Urbania; assistant director Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Castle, Bones, Lost
writers' assistant All American; consulting producer Dead Girls Detective Agency; former writers' assistant Step Up High Water, The Resident
co-writer Transparent, The Motel Life, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
creator Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med; writer 3:10 to Yuma, Wanted, 2Fast 2Furious, Catch That Kid, The Double
writer/co-creator Over The Hedge; writer/illustrator The Odd Squad series, How To Be A Supervillain series; co-writer/illustrator The Naughty List series
executive producer Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Ant-Man, Captain America: Winter Soldier, The Amazing Spider-Man
writer/executive producer Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile; writer Lost Girls
Presenter of the 2019 New Voice Award
Senior Story and Creative Artist, Pixar Animation Studios; writer Soul (2020)
Literary Manager, Seven Summits Pictures & Management
co-writer Five Feet Apart, The Curse of La Llorona
producer The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, Rearranged, My Friend Dahmer, Assassination Nation
Head Writer of Animation, Rooster Teeth; director
composer Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy, The Eagle Huntress
sound designer LeVar Burton Reads, The Bright Sessions, The AM Archives; executive producer The Whisperforge
producer Don’t Go, As if I’m not There, The Front Line, Cowboys & Angels
Director, Secretary of the Air Force Entertainment Liaison Office
Assistant Dean, UCLA Department of Film, Television & Digital Media
showrunner/creator Truth Be Told; writer/producer The Good Wife; writer Justified; novelist The Dying Ground, The Last King
writer Final Space, Littlest Pet Shop: World of Our Own; co-host Paper Team
writer Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel, Detective Pikachu
co-founder, The Writers Lab
co-writer Transparent, The Motel Life, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
writer Trial & Error, Paradise PD
writer/director Shimmer Lake; writer 22 Jump Street, Freaks of Nature, The Cloverfield Paradox
writer/director Blood Fest, Follow, Mercy Black
writer Moana, Ralph Breaks The Internet; comic book writer Rick and Morty, My Boyfriend is a Bear
producer The Women of Brewster Place; Executive Producer This is My Life; writer/director/producer The List
writer/director/producer Brothers from the Suburbs
writer, Chicago Med; Psychiatrist
writer/producer The Invitation, Destroyer; writer Crazy/Beautiful, Ride Along, Ride Along 2, Clash of the Titans
creator/showrunner Ascension; executive producer South Beach; writer/producer Smallville, Night Vision, Knight Rider
producer Oh, Hello (Broadway), Saint Frances
co-creator/star Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
writer/producer DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Director, Warner Bros. Television Workshop
writer/director/producer Felon, Snitch, Shot Caller, That Which I Love Destroys Me, Angel Has Fallen, Greenland
Screenwriter, Producer, Founder & CEO, Stage 32
Cinema Ed
moderator; Executive Director, Cinema Ed; writer; actor
President, Enderby Entertainment; producer Intrigo Anthology, An Ordinary Man, Blackway
co-producer Beverly Hills 90210, SMILF; producer Woke
2019 Recipient of the Bill Wittliff Award for Screenwriting
writer/producer Schitt's Creek, I Feel Bad, Indebted
Literary Manager, Anonymous Content; producer Slender Man
Head of Development, Rooster Teeth; executive producer Blood Fest, Lazer Team 2, Immerson: Shark Week
writer Neon Future (comic book), The Grimm World (play), Holy Unexpected (tv); Development Executive, Script Pipeline
writer Unicorn Store; writer/producer People of Earth; executive story editor Married; writer/supervising producer Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
2019 Recipient of the Polly Platt Award for Producing
creator/executive producer Girl In Space
writer/creator Blackout, Embeds; author Vote First Or Die, Sarah From Alaska
writer/director Bad Moms, writer The Hangover
moderator; President, Richter Scale Media
writer Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle, Venom, Con Air, Beautiful Girls
co-writer/director Red Rover
writer/director The Predator, The Nice Guys, Iron Man 3, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang; writer Lethal Weapon, Last Action Hero, The Last Boy Scout, The Long Kiss Goodnight
writer/co-producer Wu Assassins, The 100; writer DC's Batgirl, Birds of Prey comic, Green Arrow comic; co-producer Untitled Star Trek Animated Series for Nickelodeon
co-founder, Two-Up; producer Limetown, 36 Questions, The Wilderness
playwright; screenwriter To All the Boys I've Loved Before
moderator; Co-Chair, WGA's LGBTQ+ Writers Committee; Creator, "Intro To TV Writing" Panel, San Diego Comic Con; co-creator/co-writer Chadam; writer Grimm, Arrow
director/co-producer Against the Tides
writer Star Wars Resistance, Toy Story 4; writer/consulting producer Lord of the Rings (2019); writer/executive producer Paper Girls
Partner, Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler Feldman & Clark, Inc.
writer/creator/executive producer Perpetual Grace, LTD, Patriot; writer The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Pursuit of Happyness, The Weather Man
creator/executive producer POSE
Director of Script Competitions, Austin Film Festival
head writer/co-creator/co-executive producer 1865: the Audio Drama; writer American Scandal, American History Tellers
Director, Coast Guard Motion Picture and Television Office
Story Consultant, Netflix; Lead Writer, Torn (PlayStation VR); Story Consultant, Batman (Telltale); Lead Writer, Star Wars 1313 (LucasArts); Story Consultant, Dishonored 2 (Bethesda); Writer, Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics); Lead Writer, Far Cry 2 (Ubisof
writer/director The Shabbos Goy
Founder, TV Writing School, Script Anatomy; writer/co-executive producer Ginny & Georgia, A Million Little Things, Famous In Love, Perception, The Night Shift, The Client List, Fairly Legal
writer/executive producer Chappaquiddick; editor The Simpsons
moderator; Producer; Director, Hollins University Graduate Screenwriting Program, Co-Founder ProPath Screenwriting
Vice President Influence and Production, Authentic
co-writer Five Feet Apart, The Curse of La Llorona
writer Pete's Dragon, Peter Pan; producer Ain't Them Bodies Saints, A Ghost Story, Old Man and the Gun, Upstream Color, Listen Up Philip, Person to Person
producer/sound designer The White Vault, VAST Horizon, Liberty, Dark Dice
writer Stuber, Four Facing the Bank
Story supervisor Toy Story 4; director Lamp Life
writer/producer S.W.A.T., Justified
boutique literary manager; screenwriting instructor
executive producer The Prophet, This Is Ragtime: The Birth of American Music, Power, Return to Afghanistan, Firedancer; producer Gibran
Director at Powerhouse Animation Studios; director Seis Manos
Staff Writer, Luma Pictures
co-founder of Two-Up; writer/producer Limetown, producer 36 Questions, The Wilderness
writer/director Rattlesnake, 1922, These Final Hours