THE BLACK LIST
2016 TV WRITERS STAFFING BOOK
What is this book? We at the Black List have identified a group of writers who, based on the merits of their spec pilots, we believe have strong potential for staffing on television shows.
What’s included? We’ve included biographical information on all the writers along with information about their pilots. Additionally, we’ve provided links to their pilots on the site so you can read them where available. You’ll need to enter your industry login credentials in order to access these.
How is this organized? We’ve divided the book into drama and comedy writers. Well, technically into anything over a half hour and anything at or below a half hour.
What should I do to contact the writer? The best contact information is listed in each writer’s section along with his or her representation if applicable.
Can I pass this along to anyone? Absolutely, pass along the document to anyone who might find it useful. In order to access any available scripts though, you’ll need an industry account. You may request membership here if you do not already have it.
EPISODIC COMEDY WRITERS listed alphabetically by last name
Farhan Arshad
Farhan holds an MFA in Screenwriting from Northwestern University. He is currently in the Disney Storytellers program where he’ll be writing a pilot for the Disney Channel. Farhan has also written for ABC’s Dr. Ken and Kirby Buckets on Disney XD. Agency Agent APA Kyle Loftus
[email protected] Management Company New Wave Entertainment
Manager Michael Pelmont
CREDITS Dr. Ken
The McCarthys Webshorts
Kirby Buckets
Brownies Webseries
E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Emory University B.A. Creative Writing
Northwestern University M.F.A. Screenwriting
Adult-ish
A young Muslim-American lawyer and her slacker boyfriend must take responsibility for her adolescent cousins after their father is deported. GENRE Comedy
Family
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Fresh off the Boat, Blackish, Grandfathered
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Diversity
Erinne Dobson
Erinne’s talent for attracting personal embarrassment began with her first job as a Viagra copywriter. When it became clear her comedic talents would not be needed, she began performing standup and writing dating stories for NYC magazines. She soon moved to L.A won the ABC/Disney Fellowship. Since then she’s been staffed on several comedies, and developed a pilot with Storyline Entertainment. Management Company Metamorphic Ent.
Manager Adesuwa McCalla (310) 770-4314
CREDITS Crash & Bernstein “Parade Crasher,” “Release & The Crashen”
I Didn’t Do It Lindy in the Middle
E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Carnegie Mellon University The New School B.F.A. M.F.A. Last Man Standing Writer’s Assistant
Baby Daddy Staff Writer
Crash & Bernstein Staff Writer
The Wrongs
Two helicopter parents and their wayward teens inadvertently experience personal growth through weekly family therapy assignments. GENRE Comedy W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Modern Family, Arrested Development
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Monique Kim & Nate Grams
Monique is a Korean-American actress, singer, writer, and mashup artist. The New Jersey native graduated from Columbia University’s Barnard College with a BA in Psychology. Nate is an actor and writer from Seattle. He received his MFA in Acting from Columbia University, and BA in Theatre from the University of Notre Dame. Monique and Nate met while adapting Annie into a burlesque musical parody for a talent show, for which they won an award for “Most Pornographic.” Email Phone
[email protected] (917) 496-6442 E D U C AT I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Barnard College BA in Psychology (Monique)
University of Notre Dame BA Theatre (Nate)
Columbia University MFA Acting (Nate)
HOBOKEN INTERNATIONAL! “The Meat Cute”
Odd-couple Port Authority Police Officers, quirky Kristen Krampf and by-the-book Mark Mendez, work to solve the crazy crimes at Hoboken International Airport, consistently ranked as the TriState’s worst. Supported by the ragtag group from the ticketing desk and Chili’s To-Go, the gang might not be perfect, but they know how to get the job done. GENRE Comedy
Workplace Procedural
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 30 Rock, New Girl
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Silly Action
Andrew Hu
Andrew was born in Taiwan but raised in Louisiana, Tennessee and Washington. At 18, he was offered an associate position at a Seattle law firm but instead pursued a successful career in business sales. Now a graduate of the American Film Institute, Andrew’s television writing has been honored by The Humanitas Prize, and he recently wrote and directed the short films OK FACES (2015) and JACKPOT (2016). Management Company Benderspink
Manager Daniel Vang
E D U C AT I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D American Film Institute M.F.A. Screenwriting CREDITS Humanitas Prize - Comedy Fellowship Finalist Austin Film Festival - TV Pilot Quarterfinalist Sundance Screenwriters Lab - Semifinalist
Nine to Nine “Harvard”
At a mall cell phone store, a team of underachieving dreamers become best friends, family, and occasional exes while living the retail dream.
GENRE Comedy
Workplace Comedy
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Black-ish, Superstore, Arrested Development
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Diversity Comedy
Jacob Isser
Jacob has sold, optioned, and written projects on assignment, including feature comedy Danny Graves’ Man Cave, sold to Joe Roth and Sony Pictures, graphic novel The Expendable One, adapted for Intrepid Pictures, and How the French Do It, a short story for Nikki Finke’s HollywoodDementia. com. His pilot Hosers was presented as a live reading at the Skirball Center in New York, in association with Fast Company and Black List Live. Named to the 2015 Young & Hungry List. Management Manager Artillery Creative Tom Carter
[email protected] (323) 400-5577 E D U C AT I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Yale University B.A. Cognitive Psychology
Hosers
Parks & Recreation meets The Bad News Bears: a broad look at the mistakes, misfortunes, and misadventures of a thoroughly dedicated but utterly incompetent small-town volunteer fire department. GENRE Comedy W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Parks and Recreation, The Office, Bad News Bears
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Ben Kawaller
Ben Kawaller has worked at United Talent Agent and CBS Television Studios. His half-hour pilot The Next Best Thing was the winner of the 2015 JHRTS Pilot Competition for best comedy, ranked among the top 2% of entries in the Tracking Board’s 2015 Launch Pad competition, and was a finalist in the Austin Film Festival’s 2015 Teleplay Competition. He was an official artist at the 2015 NY TV Festival. He has a degree in sociology from Harvard University. Management Manager Bellevue Productions Jeff Portnoy Email Phone
[email protected] (917) 697-4945 E D U C AT I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Harvard University B.A. Sociology
The Next Best Thing
A middle-aged gay man faces the upheaval of his closest relationships when he decides to start dating women. GENRE Comedy Dramedy LGBT W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Transparent, Togetherness, Catastrophe
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Nick Lopez & Russ Nickel
Nick and Russ became friends at Chapman University. Nick currently works as the Writers’ Assistant/Script coordinator on IFC’s Maron, and before that, competed nationally on the tennis circuit. Russ co-wrote and co-produced Bear with Us, an independent feature starring Christy Carlson Romano and Cheyenne Jackson, and teaches screenwriting at Stanford University’s summer program. Email Phone
[email protected] (925) 451-5979
[email protected] (619) 818-2295 E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Chapman University MFA, Screenwriting (Nick & Russ) Maron Writers’ Assistant/Script Coordinator (Nick)
Bear with Us, Feature Film Co-writer & co-producer (Russ)
Graceland Showrunner’s Assistant (Nick)
Geomon, Video game acquired by Yahoo! Staff Writer (Russ)
The First Family Writers’ Assistant/Script Coordinator (Nick)
Viral Video 2, Trisha Paytas’ Youtube Channel Writer (Russ)
Graceland Online Interactive Game Writer (Nick)
Otter Space
The bullheaded Captain Maximus Otter (an actual otter...who is not literally bull-headed), commands the starship Sclerpo III and its crew of talking animals who’ve been relegated to tasks deemed too menial for the rest of the galactic federation. GENRE Comedy
Sci-Fi
Animation
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Teen Titans, Futurama, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
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Dylan Visvikis
Like many people, Dylan was born. Some time later, he graduated from USC with a Screenwriting B.F.A. In between, he played on a Grammy-nominated album as a musician and wrote several scripts awarded by the Austin and Slamdance Film Festivals. Since, he’s written and directed a feature and short, respectively, for producer Stephen Brown (Se7en) and produced an ad for Chevrolet. Now 22, Dylan would like to apologize on behalf of all Millennials. For... everything. Agency Agents Brady, Brannon & Rich Brandon Lucas & Mark Masten
[email protected] E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D USC School of Cinematic Arts B.F.A.Writing for Screen and Television
Sketch “How Can You Not Get Romantic About Sketch Comedy” A group of romantically challenged college kids endeavor to put on a live sketch comedy show every week. They’re often unsuccessful. GENRE Romantic Comedy
Workplace Sitcom
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Sports Night, Love, You’re The Worst
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Dramedy
EPISODIC DRAMA WRITERS listed alphabetically by last name
Ashley Barrett
Before turning his focus to writing, Ashley worked as an actor in film/TV for nearly a decade. He is also an established commercial photographer in the LA/NY markets. Management Manager Atlas Artists Nick Todisco Email Phone
[email protected] 310-953-1449
Death Of A Parent “Homecoming”
After accidentally killing his boss’s brother, hitman Sam Foster flees Los Angeles for Florida, where he reunites with his sister Becca to mourn the death of their mother -- and figure out what to do with their cantankerous father Frank. GENRE Family Drama
Crime
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Bloodline, Transparent, Sopranos
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Dramedy
Danielle Barros
Danielle joined the workforce full-time at an early age, thus limiting her formal education, but found the life-experiences gained invaluable to her as a writer. When not writing, Danielle holds a screenwriting workshop for low-income elementary school children and is in the process of organizing a filmmaking program for high-risk youth. Danielle has won a number of screenwriting awards and has placed in the 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015 AMPAS Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. Email Phone
[email protected] (650) 703-4534
Freud “Rose White”
The untold true story of a 29-year-old Sigmund Freud as he struggles with addiction, sexuality, love, and loss while opening his first practice. GENRE Drama
Period Drama
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E House, Masters of Sex, In Treatment
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Chris Basler
Chris worked as a copywriter for a marketing firm before receiving an MFA in Dramatic Writing from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Since then, he’s written for the Blumhouse-produced horror game show series Hellevator, and is currently the script coordinator on the A&E series Bates Motel. He’s developed scripts with Fox TV Studios and Intrigue Entertainment, and his pilot The Governess was the the first ever featured pilot script in the weekly Black List industry emails. Agency Agent ESA Antoni Kaczmarek, Varun Monga Management Company Industry Entertainment
Manager Ava Jamshidi, Micah Klatzker
Email
[email protected] CREDITS GrO w - Short film featured in 2015 Tribeca Film Festival 2
E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D NYU Tisch M.F.A. Dramatic Writing
Trinity College B.F.A. English
Bates Motel Script Coordinator
Hellevator Story Producer
The Governess “Chapter I: See to the Children”
In 1906 Newport, Clara, a young governess with a troubled past, begins a new job at a house plagued by scandal--but soon finds herself at the center of its darkest mystery. GENRE Gothic Thriller
Period Drama
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Downtown Abbey, Penny Dreadful, The Affair
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Psychological Horror
Greg Cabrera
Greg Cabrera is a Filipino-American writer from Southern California. He graduated from UCSD with a degree in Visual Arts Media. He honed his skills as a screenwriter attending Robert McKee’s famed Story Seminar as well as Jeff Gordon’s Writer’s Bootcamp, and was a semi-finalist in NBC’s Writers on the Verge Fellowship. Along with developing his TV and feature projects, Greg is currently building a presence in the digital space by writing and developing scripts and web series for digital platforms. Email Phone
[email protected] (626) 221-9886 E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D UCSD B.A. Visual Arts Media OddLot Entertainment Development Assistant
Marquee Entertainment Producer’s Assistant
Truffle “Flounder”
A former drug dealer breaks into the high-end food industry, working the lucrative, insular, and competitive career of a black market truffle dealer, in hopes of living a legitimate life and regaining custody of his daughter. GENRE Drama
Dark Comedy
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Chef’s Table, The Wire, How To Make It In America
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Action Thriller
Jaquen Castellanos
Jaquen graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English and Political Science. After college she went on to work as an NBC Page. While in their rotational program she worked at Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and The Tonight Show. After completing the program she went on to be actor Robert De Niro’s personal assistant. Most recently, she has worked as the assistant to a showrunner and writer of Showtime’s The Affair. Email Phone
[email protected], (305) 804-2158 E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Columbia University B.A. English, Political Science The Affair, Showtime Assistant to Anya Epstein
Tribeca Enterprises Assistant to Robert De Niro
NBC Universal East Coast Page Program SNL Desk Page
REM “Chapter One”
An abducted young woman wakes from a four-year coma with the information necessary to topple the galaxy’s corrupt regime — she soon discovers that in her absence, she and her childhood friend have settled into wildly disparate political camps, pitting them against each other in the fight to establish a new empire. GENRE Action & Adventure
Sci-Fi Horror
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Battlestar Galactica, Orphan Black, Firefly
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Action Comedy
Christopher Durai
Chris leads a small team of creative professionals at a successful organic coffee roasting company in Nashville, Tennessee. His diverse work experiences include commercial fishing for wild salmon in Alaska and driving an 18-wheeler across the United States. He is currently finishing work on his first independent feature film Brood XIX. Email Phone
[email protected] (615)330-4081
Solid State “M.H.CHAOS”
A disenchanted C IA officer discovers that the stressors of work are shadowed by those of family life as he becomes increasingly engulfed in both agency and family scandal during the boiling social anxiety of Nixon’s 1970’s. GENRE Historical Drama
Family Drama
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Mad Men, The Americans, The Wire
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War Drama
Chris Dymond
Chris Dymond is a writer/director born and raised in Toronto. His feature film, In Return (eOne; 2012), received audience choice awards in the US and Canada. His screenplay Schooled was in consideration for The Black List’s Martin Katz Canadian Independent Screenwriting Fellowship in 2014. His original TV pilot Cinephile is a tribute to his love for both TV and Film. Email Phone
[email protected] (416) 827-0646 E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D University of Toronto, Victoria College Hon. B.A. English Specialist CREDITS In Return, Feature (Dist. eOne) Writer/Director
Cinephile
An hour-long crime thriller about an LAPD detective that secretly battles early-onset Alzheimer’s as she hunts down a serial killer who recreates murders from iconic Hollywood films. GENRE Crime Drama
Crime Thriller
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E True Detective, Castle, Hannibal
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Mystery & Suspense
Alex Fletcher
Alex Fletcher is a Los Angeles-based novelist and screenwriter. She founded Lovestruck Literary, a boutique digital publishing company of YA/teen titles, which has released several books that have been downloaded over a million times each. Two of her pilots have been Second Rounders at the Austin Film Fest. Email
[email protected] E D U C AT I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Premedicated
An ambitious medical school student embeds herself in the chaotic world of pharmaceutical advertising—risking her life and professional dreams— as she works as a corporate spy gathering evidence for a law firm specializing in class action suits. GENRE Crime Drama
Crime Thriller
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Homeland, Damages, Mad Men
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Spy
Ed Gass-Donnelly
Ed is an accomplished writer and director. His first two films, This Beautiful City and Small Town Murder Songs, both premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and landed him on Variety’s coveted 10 Director’s To Watch list. His latest film, Lavender, stars Abbie Cornish, Dermot Mulroney, and Justin Long, and premieres at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. The Valley Dark is Ed’s first pilot. Agency Agent ICM Doug MacLaren, Harley Copen, Howie Tanenbaum Management Company Untitled
Manager Jennifer Levine (310) 601-2100
CREDITS Lavender, The Last Exorcism Part II, Small Town Murder Songs, This Beautiful City
The Valley Dark “You Are The Light Of The World” Deep in the heart of Pennsylvania’s rural Mennonite community, where religious fervency and
political corruption run deep, the apparent suicide of a troubled girl forces Jakob Rudin to return home after 15 years of exile only to find his once righteous family now entrenched in drug running and organized crime. GENRE Thriller
Crime Drama
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Breaking Bad, True Detective, Justified
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Family Drama
Brian Golden
Brian is a playwright, teacher and sometimes journalist interested in stories about the impact of politics on ‘ordinary people.’ His plays have been nominated for awards in Chicago and LA, and he served as Artistic Director of Theatre Seven for eight years, developing new plays about Chicago life. Brian’s teleplays have been honored by Acclaim TV and Screencraft Pilot Launch. He has taught active-duty US forces on four continents and reported news for both print and digital outlets. Management Company Myra Model Management
Manager Myra Model
Email Phone
[email protected] (312) 806-6577 CREDITS Cooperstown (Play) Jeff, Ovation & BTA Award Nominee
We Live Here (Play) Jeff Award Nominee
E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Washington University B.A. Drama
Columbia College Journalism
Theater Seven of Chicago Artistic Director, 2006-2014
Department of Defense Military Instructor
Quad-City Times, Rivals.com, The Scribbling Journalist
The Bang “Pilot”
A female Iraq War vet, pushed to the brink by an underfunded VA and the demands of motherhood, copes with her crippling PTSD by seeking ‘the bang’ -- filling the void war left behind with the high of crime, danger and risking it all. GENRE Crime Drama
Fish-out-of-water
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Breaking Bad, The Wire, Jessica Jones
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Female Anti-hero
Sociopolitical Drama
RC Gray
RC Gray received her MFA in English from the highly competitive Programs in Writing at UC Irvine, where she currently teaches as a Composition lecturer. She has a background in media production and operations management and, over the years, has worked as a PA and freelance editor for a myriad of independent projects, writers, and directors. Email Phone
[email protected] (310) 595-6858 E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D UC Irvine M.F.A. English (Creative Writing)
University of Alabama B.A. Telecommunication (Media Production)
Flatlands “Pilot”
A group of dysfunctional business partners struggles to salvage their courier company and humanity in a set of dangerous, dystopian territories loosely patrolled by the US government... territories formerly known as the American Midwest. GENRE Dystopia
Drama
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Firefly, Sons of Anarchy, Top of the Lake
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Sci-Fi Thriller
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Seth Harrington & Matthew Feitshans
Seth and Matt are writing partners and D&D gamers. Seth graduated from Rutgers with a degree in German Literature and has written/produced shows such as Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Emmy Nominated in 2010). Matthew is a graduate of the USC Cinema/TV School and has worked as an AD and a development executive. His first feature, Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer’s Curse, was released in 2015. They write TV dramas with grounded sci-fi/supernatural elements. Real people. Big canvass. Management Manager Rain Management Group Garrett Greer (310) 954-9520 Email
[email protected] E D U C AT I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Rutgers University (Seth)
Ludwig-Maximilians Universitaet, Munich (Seth)
USC School of Cinematic Arts (Matthew) CREDITS Project Runway Writer (Seth)
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Writer (Seth)
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerers Curse Writer (Matthew)
Prisoners
After an earthquake, the guests and staff at a luxury resort in Belize are taken prisoner by a tribe of 9th century Mayan Warriors. One astronomer will discover the truth behind their captors and rally her fellow prisoners to escape. GENRE Drama
Adventure
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Colony, Lost, Battlestar Galactica
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Sci Fi Thriller
Daniel Hogan
Daniel is a scientist turned screenwriter from La Jolla, California. Originally graduating Summa Cum Laude from UCLA, Daniel later received his MFA in Film Writing from Loyola Marymount University, where he won the annual screenplay showcase for his feature, The Preserve. Most recently, Daniel developed an EDM-oriented crime drama for Intrigue Entertainment and worked as a Writers’ PA on the latest season of Family Guy. Management Company Lee Stobby Entertainment
Manager Lee Stobby
Email Phone
[email protected] (858) 531-2759 E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D UCLA B.S. Environmental Science
Loyola Marymount University M.F.A. Screenwriting
Bad Wolf Ltd Assistant to the Executive Producers
Family Guy Production Assistant
CREDITS Film Outside the Frame Festival Best Screenplay
Locals Only
After a drug-related murder shakes the opulent and sheltered beach town of La Jolla, CA, rival teen surfers struggle with the limits of wild within their gritty surf culture. GENRE Teen Drama
Coming-of-Age
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E The O.C., Skins, Friday Night Lights
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Crime Thriller
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Bryce Hubner & Andrew Ladd
After having optioned several drama and romantic comedy features, Andrew Ladd recently began writing for television. He joined forces with high school classmate and best friend, Bryce Hubner, a former journalist whose work has appeared around the world in outlets ranging from Men’s Journal to Mac|Life and ESPN Radio. Email Phone
[email protected] (310) 463-9142
Black & White
When a brazen journalist with an embattled past chases a dubious lead, he finds himself immersed in a terror conspiracy — seeking the truth in a world governed by lies. GENRE Action Thriller
Political Drama
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Mr. Robot, Homeland, House of Cards
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Spy Thriller
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Kevin Scott Joiner, Jason McMahan & Adrian Vanderbosch Kevin and Jason’s writing partnership has spawned a rock opera, a web-series, the introductory novel for Sleepwalk, and other projects in various stages of development. Kevin, a professional musician, performs weekly and has songwriting placements across various media. As an actor, Jason has series credits with Nickelodeon and Disney. Adrian has served as writer/producer/director on multiple commercials, sketches, and short films. After writing a spec screenplay for the smashhit video game/book franchise MYST in 2010, he became a rights-holding producer. Email
[email protected]
Sleepwalk “Pilot”
In the summer of 1916, a mysterious and haunted physician arrives in an Appalachian backwater, searching for the expectant mother of a special child. Greeted with cold suspicion by the superstitious people of the valley, he finds himself caught amid an inferno of racial conflict, violent moonshiners, scores of inexplicably pregnant women, and dark forces that want the child for their own malevolent purposes. But the increasingly bizarre and disturbing episodes of “lost time” he experiences lead the doctor to doubt his own sanity and the reality of his mission. Though beset by terrors both supernatural and psychological, the doctor soon discovers the real evil he must face is all too human. GENRE Drama
Horror
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Penny Dreadful, Boardwalk Empire, Peaky Blinders
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Comedy
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Michael Koehler & Ryan Patch
Michael and Ryan met at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where they co-directed their thesis film in 2009. Since then, Michael has worked in the jungles of Southeast Asia, and Ryan has shot documentaries around the world. Currently, Michael runs Lights Film School, an online education platform, and Ryan leads Storytellers Ink, a full-service creative production company. Management Manager Buffalo 8 Steven Adams
[email protected] (310) 492-5575 Email Phone
[email protected] (303) 506-1389 E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D NYU Tisch School of the Arts B.F.A. Film & TV Production (Michael & Ryan)
Royal Holloway University of London M.F.A Screenwriting (Ryan)
CREDITS The Sheol Express: Short Film Writers/Directors (Michael & Ryan) They Came At Night: Short Film Writer (Michael)
The Offering: Short Film Writer (Michael), Director (Ryan) The Sea In Between: Feature Documentary Writer/Editor/Producer (Ryan)
Lineage “Pilot”
A young homeless woman discovers she’s one of the last surviving members of a royal family that once ruled an alternate, intertwined version of New York City. With civil war brewing and a quantum catastrophe on the horizon, she struggles to unite longtime leaders, upstart guerrillas, and embattled turncoats under the banner of a resistance she’s not sure she wants to lead. GENRE Adventure
Science Fiction
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones
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Thriller
Judith (J.C.) Lutz
Judith started as a journalist in local TV news and as a magazine editor. Soon after, she sold a longform suspense drama to ABC. Two subsequent feature film dramas were sold and optioned, several times, by several production companies. Judith then developed a drama pilot with Tartikoff/ Ebersole Productions and has been hooked on one-hour TV ever since. Judith is a graduate of the Syracuse University School of Journalism and The American Film Institute. Email Phone
[email protected] (323) 854-8200 E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Syracuse University School of Journalism
American Film Institute Screenwriting
DROP HOUSE
An idealistic woman’s seemingly perfect life is ripped apart when her husband unexpectedly dies and she discovers his downtown LA garment factory is part of a coyote smuggling route controlled by a cartel. To uncover the truth about her husband and protect her daughter, she becomes a player in a world she never knew existed. GENRE Crime Drama
Drama
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E The Bridge, Breaking Bad, Weeds
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Family Drama
Tim Mannion
Tim wants to live in a world full of truth. He expects that won’t happen. His stories tend to focus on those terms. He’s been produced once: Brake was released by IFC Films in 2012. He has extensive experience in multiple areas of production and post production, having worked at ESPN and MTV, and crewing on TV shows, including Arrested Development. Email
[email protected] CREDITS Brake (IFC Films) Writer
The Nameless & Faceless “Jordan Rules”
As riots rock the city of Detroit, a suspended cop is called back for one night only to track down a brutal gangster holding a detective hostage. GENRE Crime Thriller
Conspiracy
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Homeland, Training Day, Narc
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Drama
Lindsay McRae
Lindsay is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts with a degree in Journalism and Legal Studies, as well as a minor in Film. She interned as a PR assistant at Historic Royal Palaces in London, working closely on location with several television and film projects at the famous Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, and Kensington Palace. She received her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School and is currently working in IP law at a Boston firm. Email Phone
[email protected]
(508) 208-1320
E D U C AT I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D University of Massachusetts, Amherst B.A. Journalism and Legal Studies Certificate in Film Studies
Suffolk University Law School J.D.
Unity “The Unity”
After being banished to indentured servitude in America by Oliver Cromwell in 1650, a Scottish military commander and his men must survive seven years of oppressive ownership, wary Puritans, and the perilous work conditions of the untamed land in order to secure their freedom. GENRE Period Drama
Action & Adventure
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Outlander, Deadwood, Hell on Wheels
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Romantic Drama
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Jennifer Morris & Robbie Sublett
Jennifer and Robbie are writers/actors and members of the acclaimed New York theatre company The Civilians whose work has been produced at BAM, Playwrights Horizons, and The Public Theatre. They were the inaugural company-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015. Their play You Better Sit Down had digital partnership with NPR/WNYC during its off-Broadway run. Jennifer co-produced the feature length documentary Mentor from Academy Award winning Wider Films. Robbie has appeared in numerous TV shows/films including The Good Wife and HBO’s Codes of Conduct. Management Manager Liebman Entertainment Cory Richman
[email protected] (212) 982-6666 E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D UCSD M.F.A. (Jenny)
NYU Tisch School of the Arts B.F.A (Robbie)
CREDITS Mentor, Doc Wider Films Tiffany, Doc Short PBS Producer Producer
The Art House
An upstairs/downstairs drama set at the world’s premier auction house in New York City. Upstairs, we follow the rich and famous—art collectors, billionaires, wheelers and dealers. Downstairs we track the lives of the art handlers many of whom are aspiring artists. The series explores the intersection of class and race set against the backdrop of NY’s exploding contemporary art market GENRE Drama
Upstairs/Downstairs Drama
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Mozart in the Jungle, Flesh and Bone, Mad Men
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Workplace Drama
JS Morris
JS Morris is a screenwriter and novelist. Two of his books What Lies Within and Melophobia have been published by Amazon’s imprint Kindle Press. He’s also taught “Developing the Short Film” at UCLA Extension. In his spare time, he enjoys paddleboarding. Email Phone
[email protected] (323) 935-5790
E D U C AT I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School B.A. English Lit & TV/Radio/Film Production CREDITS Smallville
The Dead Zone
Crossing Jordan
The 4400
Pawn “Pawn”
A brilliant but abusive ego-driven ex-Grand Champion Chess Master tries to create a chess legacy through his own school before his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s takes everything away from him. GENRE Drama
Family Drama
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Six Feet Under, Better Call Saul, Whiplash
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Mystery & Suspense
Gabriel Olds
Gabriel’s first passion-project script, The Blood of The Land, got him signed at William Morris when he was 17 years old. Olds then starred in Tony award-winning Broadway plays, won two Best Actor Awards, and has appeared in over 50 TV shows and films. After studying at Yale and NYU, Olds shot and edited his first feature film, Low Story, wrote articles (Salon/NPR), TV specs (Transparent, E-Ring, House MD), and three TV pilots. His Transparent spec recently placed in two contests, and his pilot, Kane, placed in four contests, and was ranked #1 on the Black List. Email Phone
[email protected] (323) 314-0986 E D U C AT I O N A L & P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Yale University New York University B.A. Film United States Senate Research LC for Louisiana Sen. John Breaux
Over 50 TV Shows and Films On set experience
Black Dahlia Theater Founding Company
Script Doctor Freelance
CREDITS Low Story The License Writer/Producer/Director/Actor Writer/Producer/Director/Actor
Kane “Mask”
When small town mayor Tom can’t get erect and nearly loses his wife, he finds he can perform again if he secretly explores the hidden world of BDSM -- but Tom’s also in a tough re-election, and if his judgmental town discovers Tom’s secret, it’ll mean disastrous, gut-wrenching talks with his wife and children, and Tom will lose his family, his career, and maybe even his life. GENRE Drama
Dark Comedy
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Big Love, Fifty Shades Of Grey, Breaking Bad
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Family Drama
Dramatic Comedy
Jamie Parker
Jamie is a television and feature film writer with an extensive background in designing and developing digital products for a variety of platforms including web, mobile, game consoles, and streaming video devices. Most recently he helped Showtime launch their new over-the-top subscription service and is currently leading the new products team at Viacom in New York City. Jamie has also written and produced two short films and is currently producing and co-writing an independent animated series. Email Phone
[email protected] (480) 381-3111 P R O F E S S I O N A L B AC KG R O U N D Viacom Showtime Senior Director, New Products Product Manager, Showtime Anytime The Television Academy Active Member (Interactive Peer Group)
Wrong Way Home
Four hundred years after Earth was ripped apart by a catastrophic celestial event, a young woman searching for her way home must protect a mysterious child harboring a secret that could save what’s left of humanity, or destroy it. GENRE Sci-Fi
Adventure Drama
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E The 100, 12 Monkeys, Into the Badlands
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Enio Rigolin
Enio is a first generation American who spent his childhood between the shores of Chicago and the beaches of Brazil -- a cultural dichotomy that would shape his perspective and help define his voice. After graduating from New Trier High School, he earned a BFA from Syracuse University, where his 20 minute film Ravinia won best picture his senior year. Embracing his inherited wanderlust, Enio went on to study Renaissance art in Florence, music in Rio de Janeiro, and broadcast television in Sao Paulo, before settling in Los Angeles to write his first Black Listed feature screenplay, The 13th Man. Inspired by a new era of groundbreaking television, Enio has written his first TV pilot and show bible, an original one-hour serial drama titled Fiend. Agency Agent Kaplan & Stahler Agency Shan Ray
[email protected] (323) 202-1295 Management Manager Heroes & Villains Entertainment Markus Goerg & Mikhail Nayfeld
[email protected] [email protected] (323) 850-2990, E D U C AT I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Syracuse University B.F.A. Film Drama
Fiend “Hunting Monsters”
A young protege of Sigmund Freud returns to class-divided Boston, where he delves into the city’s darkest slums to hunt down America’s first serial killer, the Boston Fiend. GENRE Historical Drama
Crime-Thriller
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Dexter, Downton Abbey, The Knick
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Serial Romance
Michael Schatz
Michael graduated from Mississippi State University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. His early days in Los Angeles were spent working production at a television network. Michael’s scripts were semi-finalists in the 2011 LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival and a finalist at the 2013 Beverly Hills Film Festival. His current pilot, Five Stars, was named a semi-finalist at the 2015-16 Table Read My Screenplay Contest (Park City). Management Manager Bellevue Productions Jeff Portnoy (818) 207-8172 Email Phone
[email protected] (323) 807-3290 E D U C AT I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Mississippi State University Broadcast Journalism
Five Stars “Snap”
The trials and tribulations of Prince Harper, a much hyped high school basketball star, whose journey to a better life is threatened by the greed of others, mounting pressures and his own troubled past. GENRE Drama
Family Drama
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Friday Night Lights. Empire. Survivor’s Remorse.
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Sports Drama.
Claire Weaver
Claire is a British-American screenwriter, comic book writer, and journalist. Despite being a hardcore fan of horror and sci-fi, she was a writer on the children’s animated series Eddie is a Yeti. In 2014, she was featured on the Tracking Board’s Young & Hungry List of “100 Writers on the Verge”. She has several TV pilots and a feature in development, and she also co-hosts a comedy/talk podcast about writing, the film industry, and life in Los Angeles. Agency Agent Paradigm Martin Spencer Management Manager Grandview Merideth Bajana Email Phone
[email protected] (323) 717-9043
E D U C AT I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Chapman University
Black Hills
In 1832, a remote trading post on the very edge of the American Frontier is besieged by a dark supernatural power. While the occupants struggle to identify a murderer in their midst, old secrets and lies come to the surface and a discovery is made that will affect every man and woman in the Black Hills. GENRE Supernatural Horror
Western
W H AT I T ’ S L I K E Penny Dreadful, Salem, Twin Peaks
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Crime Thriller
