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Page 1: TO OUR LAUNCH PAD COMPETITION PARTNERS · A self-identifying fangirl of all things graphic novel and comic book, Amanda has transitioned her love of story into her own writing career,
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TO OUR LAUNCH PAD COMPETITION PARTNERS 

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*As a reminder, all writers, agents and managers are listed in alphabetical order by first initial of their first names.

THE 2018 YOUNG & HUNGRY LIST

S ince 2011, The Tracking Board has created The Young & Hungry List from the nominations and advice of

Hollywood’s most influential tastemakers to showcase up-and-coming talent: these are the most in-demand and

most buzzed about on-the-rise new writers. Whether it’s a newcomer with their first big hit, a more seasoned

veteran hitting their stride, or a writer returning to their roots, everyone on this list has one thing in common: an

unrelenting drive to make their mark.

The Young & Hungry List is meticulously assembled from the collected votes of producers, directors, executives,

agents and managers, and is a product of the combined know-how of the industry’s most experienced professionals.

Each year more voters turn out to make their voices heard, making each list more comprehensive than the last,

and opening the doors for more new writers than ever before. Without the knowledge and expertise of these

distinguished individuals, this list could not exist.

Aiming to both recognize and energize the momentum with which these young professionals are making a name

for themselves, Young & Hungry alumni have seen their work screened at every major festival, and their projects

featured on every major industry list. They’ve been Nicholl Fellows, sold franchise blockbusters, created Emmy-

winning shows, and won Oscars all after being recognized by this list. Several honorees in the past have gone on

to become household names today.

Unlike most year-end lists, The Young & Hungry List focuses not on the scripts, but on the writers themselves,

emphasizing not just a single noteworthy project, but the foundations of an impressive body of work that’s just

taking off. Now in its eighth year, The Young & Hungry List is still compiled with one goal in mind - to represent

the “best of the best” of Hollywood’s collected shortlists. We are proud to have become the premier source for

identifying new talent, emerging voices, and those with the potential to achieve greatness.

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INDEXAAaron Sala 5Adam Bloom 5Alanna Brown 5Alex Convery 5Alex Cramer 6Alina Mankin 6Allison Buckmelter 6Allison Lee 6Alston Ramsay 7Amanda Overton 7Amber Alexander 7Amy Wang 7Aneesh Chaganty 8Ari Aster 8Ari Berkowitz 8Ava Tramer 8

BBenjamin Kramer 8Betty K. Bynum 9Brandon Broussard 26Brian T. Arnold 9

CCatya McMullen 9Charlie Efron 9Charlie Wachtel 10Chris Courtney Martin 10Chris Goodwin 10Chris Kekaniokalani Bright 10Christy Hall 11Colby Day 11Cole Quirk 11Connie O’Donahue 11

DDanielle Iman 12Danny Merritt 18David Case 12David E. Vendrell 12David Rabinowitz 10Donja Love 12Donny Cates 13

EEli Horowitz 13Elissa Karasik 13Emilia Serrano 13Eric Dietel 14Erica Schreiber 14Erica Tachoir 14Ethan Solli 14

Eva Konstantopoulos 15

GGodwin Jabangwe 15Greta Heinemann 15

HHannah Rosner 15Holly Brix 16Hudson Obayuwana 26

JJack Waz 16Jake Bender 16Jake Gibson 17Jana Savage 26Jason Orley 17Jason Scott Goldberg 17Jeff Burgett 17Jeff Perreca 17Jenny Rachel Weiner 18Jeremy Michael Cohen 18Jeremy Nielsen 11Jessica Cyrell 18Jessie Rosen 18Jimmy Mosqueda 19J.J. Bailey 19John Wikstrom 19Johnny Richardson 19Jordan Gershowitz 20Jordan Kalms 20Joshua Caldwell 20Judalina Neira 17Juliet McDaniel 20Justin Calen-Chenn 21Justin Kremer 21Justin Sherin 21

KKieran Valla 21Krystin Ver Linden 22

LLarry Cohen 22Laura Donney 22Lauren Minnerath 22Lyle Friedman 23Lynn Maxcy 23

MMallory Westfall 23Marc Bloom 23Maria Sten 24

Matt Whitaker 24Matthew Firpo 24Max Maduka 24Melissa Hickey 25Micah Bloomberg 13Michael Voyer 25Michael Waldron 25Mike Gan 25

NNicolas Buckmelter 6Noga Pnueli 26

PPamela Garcia Rooney 26Patricia Ione Lloyd 26Phil Van 10

RRyan Covington 27Ryan Firpo 24

SSam Schanwald 27Sara Rose Feinberg 27Sev Ohanian 8Shaye Ogbonna 16Sofia Alvarez 27Stephanie Coggins 28Surjyakiran Das 28Sydney Mitchel 28

TTim Cairo 16Tom Vaughan 28

VVictoria Rose 29

WWard Parry 29Wenonah Wilms 29

YYael Galena 29

ZZach Dunn 29Ziba Sadeghinejad 14

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THE BEASTTHE FIFTH STAGE

VerveDavid BoxerbaumKyle JensenNicholas Mohebbi

Madhouse EntertainmentAdam KolbrennerKendrick Tan

Aaron Sala

Aaron is a Northern California native who has been writing and directing since high school. A two-time Launch Pad finalist, his most recent success THE BEAST landed him a full team of reps and quickly jumpstarted a bidding war earlier this year, with the the horror thriller landing with producer Sherryl Clark and The H-Collective and quickly moving through development. Up next he is currently in development on a new feature project set to hit in early 2019.

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GESTATIONVARIETAL

APADebbie Deuble HillSheryl Peterson

Kersey ManagementAndrew Kersey

Adam Bloom

A gemologist by trade, Adam made the leap from diamonds to development in 2018 when his first ever feature spec VARIETAL was snatched up by Universal Pictures for producer Michael De Luca. He quickly followed that up with his next spec GESTATION landing with producers Todd Garner and Sean Robins at Broken Road, and securing director Mark Meyers. Not yet done with 2018, he recently landed a writing assignment with XYZ Films and is hard at work on bringing that to life with director Ciaran Foy.

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THE 29TH ACCIDENTTREES OF PEACE

UTAAnna BertholdCharles Ferraro

Kaplan/Perrone EntertainmentAaron KaplanHannah Ozer

Alanna Brown

Alanna is a writer/director devoted to the inclusion of marginalized voices in TV and film. TREES OF PEACE, her debut feature script, was a finalist in the Tracking Board Launch Pad Features Competition, and her new feature THE 29TH ACCIDENT currently has producer Greg Berlanti and his Berlanti Productions on board to produce.

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BAG MAN EXCELSIOR

UTAJordan LonnerMichael ShereskyRamses IsHak

GrandviewFaisal KanaanZac Frognowski

Alex Convery

A Chicago native and USC grad, Alex broke out in 2018 after signing with UTA and Grandview and seeing his first spec BAG MAN catch the town by storm and garner him many new fans on its way to being put together with directors and cast. While the package for that continues to come together he is currently hard at work on a top secret new feature project entitled EXCELSIOR.

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LT. KENNEDYRAWHIDE DOWN

VerveDavid BoxerbaumKyle JensenSara Nestor

Circle of ConfusionAshley Berns

Alex Cramer

Alex kicked off 2018 with his first ever spec, the political thriller RAWHIDE DOWN, hitting the market earlier this year and swiftlybeing acquired by Global Road Entertainment for producer Mark Johnson and his Gran Via Productions. With the quick success of his first spec, Cramer returned to the political landscape and saw his next spec LT. KENNEDY quickly set up and land Scott Waugh to direct.

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ANNE WITH AN E THE FISHERMANLODGE 49

UTAAlex RinconBen JacobsonCarolyn Sivitz Mickey Berman

Kaplan/Perrone EntertainmentHannah OzerLindsay Perraud

Alina Mankin

From THE MINDY PROJECT to ANNE WITH AN E and most recently LODGE 49, Alina has navigated three completely different worlds on three completely different networks and managed to spin all of that experience into not only becoming one of the most staffable new writers today, but is also stirring a plethora of excitement for her new original pilot THE FISHERMAN, which brings four completely unique sisters back together for their father’s funeral.

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ADAM BEGAT AMERICAN REFUGEE

ParadigmEthan Neale

Allison Buckmelter & Nicolas Buckmelter

This huband and wife writing team recently locked in two coveted writing awards in two different mediums for their work in 2018, taking top spot in the 2018 PAGE Awards for their pilot ADAM BEGAT and top spot in the 2018 Academy Nicholl Fellowship for their feature AMERICAN REFUGEE. While both of these projects are now being put together, the team is hard at work on their next project for 2019.

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FIRST PERSON SHOOTER JAWBONE

GershLee KeeleMark Hartogsohn

Housefire ManagementJon Hersh

Allison Lee

Allison received her MFA in Film and TV Production from USC. She received the Media Action Network for Asian Americans Scholarship as well as an Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences Grant. She has participated in the Hedgebrook Screenwriters Lab, the Sundance Screenwriters Intensive, the Nickelodeon Writer’s Script Review and the Film Independent Screenwriting Lab.

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LITTLE GREEN MENMIDNIGHTERSMT. PLEASANT, USA

Heroes and Villains EntertainmentHenry HuangMikhail Nayfeld

Alston Ramsay

A former speechwriter for the Pentagon, Alston worked for Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, General David Petraeus, and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson. Utilizing his flair for the written word, he pivoted from politics to Hollywood, writing and producing the 2018 IFC released film MIDNIGHTERS, which his brother Julius Ramsay directed.

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THE DIVIDEMOON

UTAAbby GluskerMatt Baldovsky

Madhouse EntertainmentCarrie IsgettRyan Cunningham

Amanda Overton

A self-identifying fangirl of all things graphic novel and comic book, Amanda has transitioned her love of story into her own writing career, working on shows such as FIRST LAW and MARCO POLO for Netflix, and most recently serving as Executive Story Editor on ARCANE for Riot Games.

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BAD WITCHESJUNIPER’S POINTSNOWBLIND

Bellevue ProductionsJeff Portnoy

Amber Alexander

A graduate of UCLA’s professional program in screenwriting, Amber saw her pilot BAD WITCHES land on the Blood List in 2017, and was recently tapped to participate in The Black List’s annual Feature Writer’s Lab to develop her project JUNIPER’S POINT. Up next she will adapt Christopher Golden’s best-selling novel SNOWBLIND for Zoic Studios.

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WENDIYOUTH

Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment Cassie DuffyLindsay Perraud

Amy Wang

Amy is a Chinese-Australian writer/director who moved to LA to complete her MFA as a Directing Fellow at AFI. She was a participant in the Ryan Murphy Half Program where she shadowed on AMERICAN HORROR STORY, won the Gold Young Director Award at Cannes Lions earlier this year, and is one of the winners of the Viacom ViewFinder Emerging Directors program.

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RUNSEARCHING

CAAJon CassirNick OgionyPraveen Pandian

Aneesh Chaganty & Sev Ohanian

Their thriller SEARCHING made $26 million and won the Audience Award: NEXT and the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at Sundance 2018. Ohanian also won the Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Narrative Feature Producer in 2018. Another thriller of theirs, RUN, is currently in production at Lionsgate with Sarah Paulson starring and Chaganty directing.

PROJECTS

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HEREDITARYMIDSOMMER

WMEChristine D’SouzaDan AloniRoger GreenRyan Feldman

EliaKevin Rowe

Ari Aster

Ari, a graduate of AFI, wrote and directed the supernatural thriller HEREDITARY, his debut feature, which stars Toni Collette, Ann Dowd, and Alex Wolff. The film premiered at Sundance and was released by A24 this past June. Ari is currently in post on his next film, horror/thriller MIDSOMMER, which he wrote and directed for A24. The film stars Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, and Will Poulter.

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(PLEASE) MATERNITY LEAVEEVERYONE LOVES HAMILTONRYAN HANSEN SOLVES CRIMES ON TELEVISION

APA (Tramer) / CAA (Berkowitz)Adam Perry (APA)Darian Lanzetta (CAA)Jacquie Katz (CAA)Kyle Loftus (APA)Malcolm Hamilton (APA)

Artists FirstCasey NeumeierMaggie Haskins

Ari Berkowitz & Ava Tramer

Ari was most recently a consulting producer on YouTube Premium’s RYAN HANSEN SOLVES CRIMES ON TELEVISION. Last year, she developed the pilot VALLEY GIRLS at ABC, and she has also written on IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA. Ava just completed showrunning a digital scripted series for the AIR JORDAN brand. Previously, she was a story editor on ATYPICAL, was staffed on ANGIE TRIBECA, and set up MY FRIEND 50 with Fox.

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THE GOOD NAZIGREAT WHILE IT LASTEDPROPAGANDA

APAHalle Mariner

Benjamin Kramer

Ben grew up in Boston and graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont. He attended the USC Peter Stark Program and won top honors at multiple film festivals for his shorts and written work. He was one of five mentor recipients in the Scriptapalooza Fellowship Competition and currently works for Shawn Levy at 21 Laps.

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LOVESTARVEDWHAT DO WE DO NOW?

Rosa EntertainmentSidney Sherman

Betty K. Bynum

Betty is an actress, writer, singer/songwriter and entrepreneur. Most recently, she sold her feature WHAT DO WE DO NOW? to Fox Searchlight with Todd Black and Escape Artists producing. In addition, Betty is the best-selling author of the I’M A PRETTY LITTLE BLACK GIRL! and I’M A BRILLIANT LITTLE BLACK BOY! book series which Reggie Hudlin recently acquired to develop as an animated TV series.

PROJECTS

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REPRESENTATION

FRIEND OF THE SHOWNOT FADE AWAY

VerveDavid BoxerbaumKyle JensenNicholas Mohebbi

Romark EntertainmentDash AikenRock Shaink

Brian T. Arnold

A seasoned improv, news and story creator, Brian’s breakout year came in 2018 when he took top honors in the Launch Pad Feature Competition and saw his political thriller FRIEND OF THE SHOW land him a new team of reps and a home with producers Romark Entertainment. Up next, he is balancing his time between writing & performing to sold out shows at Upright Citizens Brigade, iO West, Second City, the Comedy Central Stage and crafting his new sci-fi drama NOT FADE AWAY for early 2019.

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AGNESDIETLANDGEORGIA MERTCHING IS DEAD

ICM PartnersAva GreenfieldDiana GlazerNiki Montazaran

Kaplan/Perrone EntertainmentHannah Ozer

Catya McMullen

Catya is a playwright and comedian whose short play, MISSED CONNECTION won the 37th Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival. She was a finalist for the City Theater National Award for Short Playwriting and is the Creator of the WE ARE ANIMALS series, a quarterly variety show. She was most recently staffed on DIETLAND for AMC and is currently adapting her play GEORGIA MERTCHING IS DEAD for Starthrower with Alison Brie attached to star.

PROJECTS

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REPRESENTATIONC

THE BACKUPISLEWORTHSHITTY DEBATES

Bellevue ProductionsJohn Zaozirny

Charlie Efron

Originally hailing from Washington, D.C., Charlie is a graduate of USC’s MFA screenwriting program and the University of Michigan, which provided him with the tools to create his web series SHITTY DEBATES for New Form Digital. He was named a Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist for his script BALLS OUT and recently completed his Tiger Woods biopic ISLEWORTH.

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BLACKKKLANSMANTHACHER ISLAND

WMEHannah DavisNick HoaglandSolco Schuit

Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz

Charlie and David are childhood friends who grew up together in New Jersey. There, they spent their time making videos instead of writing school reports, and after attending separate colleges, they eventually reunited in Los Angeles, where they wrote and dazzled audiences and critics alike with the Spike Lee directed BLACKKKLANSMAN – the Cannes 2018 Grand Prix winner. The pair is currently hard at work on THACHER ISLAND, a period crime drama, which has been acquired by Fox 2000 with Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter producing.

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CHARCUTERIETHE GLASS EMPIREPALE HORSE

The James CompanyFrederick James

Chris Courtney Martin

Chris hails from Philadelphia, where she placed in the Philadelphia Young Playwrights competition three years out of four. She continued to hone her creative storytelling skills with her feature PALE HORSE, which would go on to win the Grand Jury Prize for Best Screenplay at the Urbanworld Film Festival and land her a spot on the 2018 Bitch List. Now residing in Los Angeles, Chris freelances as a coverage analyst and is currently hard at work on a pilot for producer/director Jason Perlman.

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CALL ME MARTYTO THE EXTREME

VerveBryan BesserDavid BoxerbaumParker Davis

Industry EntertainmentSteve Crawford

Chris Goodwin & Phil Van

Chris and Phil make up two halves of the writing team that has hit the ground running with the drama TO THE EXTREME, a biopic of Vanilla Ice, which is being produced by Endeavor Content, No Trace Camping and Ramona Films, and is set to star Dave Franco. The duo is currently hard at work on their next feature set to hit the market in 2019.

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CONVICTION THE FORBIDDEN ISLANDTSURU

VerveAdam WeinsteinChase NorthingtonJenna Block

MGMTCora OlsonMichael Diamond

Chris Kekaniokalani Bright

Chris is a Hawaiian photographer and filmmaker, who saw his first ever short film TSURU open up dozens of festivals worldwide, including the Sedona International Film Festival. He continued to makes waves, resulting in his screenplay THE FORBIDDEN ISLAND becoming the 11th finalist in the 2014 Nicholl Screenwriting Contest. He has spent the past three years in story production at Walt Disney Animation, where he had the privilege of working on MOANA. His latest feature CONVICTION is being produced by Aaron and Jordan Kandell.

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DADDIOGET HOME SAFEHOLD BACK THE STARS

CAAAdam BirenDana HarrisHylda QueallyOlivia BlausteinSue Carls

LBI EntertainmentHarry Lengsfield

Christy Hall

One of Variety’s Writers to Watch, Christy’s script DADDIO was featured on the 2017 Black List with Daisy Ridley attached to star and Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger and Chris Donnelly producing. She quickly followed up with GET HOME SAFE, which made the 2018 Blood List and has Lawrence Grey and Eric Heisserer (ARRIVAL) attached to produce. If that wasn’t enough, she recently adapted the book HOLD BACK THE STARS for 21 Laps with Mike Cahill directing and John Boyega (STAR WARS) attached to star, and she’s currently writing the remake of THELMA for Craig Gillespie and FilmNation.

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CHILDREN OF TIMEIN THE BLINK OF AN EYESIMULTANEOUS

UTAAbby Glusker Alex RinconHouston CostaKeya Khayatian

LBI EntertainmentHarry Lengsfield

Colby Day

Colby is a filmmaker and playwright who abandoned Brooklyn for Los Angeles where his feature script IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE was featured on the 2016 Black List and Hit List and is presently in development with Grey Matter Productions. In addition to recently adapting Adrian Tchaikovsky’s science fiction novel CHILDREN OF TIME for Lionsgate, Colby has remained hard at work, currently adapting SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA for Free Association while also writing a pilot for Hulu.

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PRECEDENTSILVER MANAGEMENT

831 EntertainmentSonia Gambaro

Cole Quirk

After a degree from Penn State and a career in law, Cole earned an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA. She has gone on to assist writers on shows like CSI, THE 100, RESURRECTION, and SCREAM, and currently works for writer Aaron Zelman under his development term deal at Sony. Cole is a 2015 Warner Bros. Workshop finalist and appeared in the December 2016 Women in Entertainment issue of The Hollywood Reporter.

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DEVIL’S DUETICKER

Myra Model ManagementMyra Model

Connie O’Donahue & Jeremy Nielsen

Wyoming-based writing partners Connie O’Donahue and Jeremy Nielsen recently won the dramatic competition at the New York Television Festival for their sci-fi pilot TICKER, one of only two selections originating outside of the media-meccas of Los Angeles, New York, and London. This isn’t the first time the pair has found writing success, also winning a spot at the prestigious Sundance Episodic Story Lab for their dystopian western DEVIL’S DUE. Connie is an Official Artist of the 2015 New York Television Festival and alumna of the ABC Daytime Writers Development Program, while Jeremy is the only film professor in the state of Wyoming.

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ASUNDERFRACTURE

APAAdam PerryDanny AlexanderHalle Mariner

Danielle Iman

A 2018 Fox Writers Lab Finalist, Danielle is a recent graduate of the John Wells Division of Writing for Screen & Television MFA program at USC, where she was a Grillo-Marxuach Family Fellow and a participant in a Development Master class with Brian Grazer. Her thesis pilot script ASUNDER advanced to the Final Round of the 2018 Fox Writers Lab. Danielle is currently a writer’s PA on GREY’S ANATOMY and is hitting the town with her sports drama FRACTURE.

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HUGHTOPIATHE NOBLE WOMANNO CHURCH IN THE WILD

Bellevue ProductionsJeff Portnoy

David Case

David’s TV pilot HUGHTOPIA is being produced by Jon Cryer’s production shingle Discount Sushi with Jamie Widdoes attached to direct and Fax Bahr & Mike Clattenburg attached as showrunners. After being hired by Silver Pictures to write the feature HICKOCK & CODY, Silver optioned David’s feature spec NO CHURCH IN THE WILD, which now has Mora Stephens attached to direct. David’s spec THE NOBLE WOMAN won Best Drama in the 2017 Launch Pad Feature Competition.

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MONSTER IN THE CELL TEDDY BEARS ARE FOR LOVERS

CAADarian Lanzetta

Madhouse EntertainmentKate Hart

David E. Vendrell

David is the writer of the comedy horror short film TEDDY BEARS ARE FOR LOVERS, which is being made into a feature film. This project is to be produced by Endless Media, marking the directorial debut by Michael Bonvillain, the cinematographer best known for LOST and CLOVERFIELD. David is currently finishing up his next project slated for 2019.

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FIREFLIES THE LOVE TRILOGYSOFT

CAAAngela DallasOlivier Sultan

Kaplan/Perrone EntertainmentJosh Goldenberg

Donja Love

The Julliard-trained Donja R. Love is an Afro-Queer poet, filmmaker and playwright, who has written THE LOVE TRILOGY - three plays that explore queer love throughout pivotal moments in black history. Two of those plays have recently premiered in New York. His other accolades include; the 2018 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award, the 2017 Princess Grace Playwriting Fellow, The Lark’s 2016 Van Lier New Voices Playwriting Fellow, and the 2016 Arch and Bruce Brown Playwriting Award, among others. His work has been developed at Manhattan Theatre Club, Rising Circle Theatre, The Lark, and The Playwrights Realm. Donja is also the co-founder of The Each-Other Project, an organization that helps build community and provide visibility, through art and advocacy, for LGBTQ People of Color.

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COSMIC GHOST RIDERGOD COUNTRYVENOM

UTABen JacobsonJason Richman

Donny Cates

Donny Cates broke into the comic book industry launching two of Image Comics hottest new titles in REDNECK and GOD COUNTRY. As these titles continued to become some of the fastest-selling and most in demand new entertainment titles around, it was Marvel Comics that all but solidified his stance as the hottest writer in the industry in 2018, handing him the keys to several key characters and allowing him to create new characters such as COSMIC GHOST RIDER and fresh starts for VENOM and THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY. A number of his titles are set up for film and TV, including GOD COUNTRY which he is adapting himself for Legendary.

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CREATIVE CONTROLHOMECOMING

CAA (Horowitz), UTA (Bloomberg)Carolyn Sivitz (UTA)Dan Erlij (UTA) Jacquie Katz (CAA)Joe Cohen (CAA)Lauren Fox (UTA)

Eli Horowitz & Micah Bloomberg

Eli and Micah recently signed an overall deal with Universal Cable Productions, the studio behind the Amazon series HOMECOMING starring Julia Roberts, which was based on their hit podcast. Before this career-launching opportunity, Horowitz was the managing editor and then publisher of McSweeney’s, while Bloomberg began his career as a production sound mixer before switching over to screenwriting. His credits include CLEAR OF THE CLOSING DOORS, which won a Jury Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival, and the film CREATIVE CONTROL, which was in competition at SXSW.

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FRAT BOY GENIUSTAYLOR SWIFT’S ENCHANTED DINNER PARTY

UTAAmanda BurnettAnna FlickingerJordan LonnerJulien Thuan

Gotham GroupMax GoldfarbStacey Lubliner

Elissa Karasik

At Stanford University Elissa was the Head Writer of the school’s annual musical comedy and was one of ten students selected for the Creative Writing department’s prestigious Levinthal program. After graduating, Elissa went on to work for two Fox dramas as the Showrunner’s Assistant to Hart Hanson on BACKSTROM and Jonathan Collier on BONES. Elissa has continued to utilize her comedy writing chops and recently hit the town with her biopic FRAT BOY GENIUS about fellow Stanford alumn Evan Spiegel – the creator of Snapchat.

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ALL FANCYTHE THROWDOWNUNTITLED QUINCEANERA PROJECT

ICM PartnersKatie CatesNiki Montazaran

3 Arts EntertainmentJermaine JohnsonKimberly Carver

Emilia Serrano

Emilia has served as a producer on JANE THE VIRGIN and been a staff writer on shows such as MY GENERATION, THE FINDER and CRISTELA, solidifying not only her talent, but versatility. Her first move into features saw Sony snatch up two specs from her in a mega deal in 2018, one of which includes a comedy about a 30-year-old woman celebrating her Quinceanera after missing it as a teenager.

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DOOM PATROL MAGICAL GIRLS

GershAdam Van DusenSam Sekoff

Stagecoach EntertainmentEvan LewisSteve Smith

Eric Dietel

Eric’s project MAGICAL GIRLS was a Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest 2018 Quarterfinalist. Before this, he worked at Berlanti Productions on shows such as ARROW, LEGENDS OF TOMORROW and DECEPTION, where his talents for crafting stories about action heroes landed him a job as a writer on DOOM PATROL for the DC Universe platform. The show has been ordered straight to series and will hit screens in 2019.

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13 YEARS LATERAND HELL FOLLOWEDCITY OF SHADOWS

WMEHannah DavisLauren SzurgotSolco Schuit

Untitled EntertainmentJennifer Au

Erica Schreiber

After attending the highly competitive NYU Tisch’s Dramatic Writing Program, Erica worked as an assistant on MONK, NIKITA, SINGLE LADIES and the Fox film THE WOLVERINE. She continued to impress with her original female action feature ARIEL, which was optioned to an independent production company, and she was featured on the 2017 Hit List for AND HELL FOLLOWED, a modern day female lead updating of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse tale. Crackle’s IN THE CLOUD and Hasbro’s MICRONAUTS are among her credits, but this year, Erica dropped her action drama, 13 YEARS LATER, which is set up at Josephson Entertainment. She’s currently busy at work writing a feature for Blumhouse.

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SCATTERING JAKETOO SUNNY FOR SANTAUNFINISHED

MXN EntertainmentTracy Kopulsky

Erica Tachoir

Erica’s screenplay SCATTERING JAKE has hit the town at full speed, becoming an Academy Nicholl Quarterfinalist, a Final Draft Big Break and PAGE Award Finalist, a WeScreenplay winner, and a Grand Prize Winner for Table Read My Screenplay. Her short film TOO SUNNY FOR SANTA screened at festivals across the country and garnered several awards. Erica and her writing partner Corinne Caputo were named notable writers at the New York Television Festival for their pilot script UNFINISHED, proving that she is definitely a writer to be reckoned with.

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BREAKAGE MINDSET

Recon LiteraryAdrian Garcia

Ethan Solli & Ziba Sadeghinejad

Hailing from opposite sides of the globe, Ziba and Ethan met as undergraduates at UCLA and have been writing together since. Not only are they two-time Austin Film Festival finalists in both the feature and pilot screenwriting categories, but their most recent sci-fi pilot MINDSET was a finalist in the AMC Drama Teleplay Pilot and Josephson Entertainment Screenwriting Fellowship categories. The pair are diligently working on their next project.

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THE ART OF FORGETTINGCITIZEN INSANEMERIDIAN

Heroes and Villains EntertainmentJen Ray

Eva Konstantopoulos

Eva has mastered both fiction writing and screenwriting, recently adapting her novella HUSH into the horror film MALEVOLENT, which premiered on Netflix in October. Eva has also found success with several short stories and has been published in Staccato Fiction, The Salt River Review, 322 Review, SLAB and others. She’s currently adding the finishing touches to her horror project THE ART OF FORGETTING.

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R.O.V.E.R.TUNGA

VerveDavid BoxerbaumMelissa DarmanParker Davis

Madhouse Entertainment Carrie IsgettKendrick Tan

Godwin Jabangwe

Godwin is a Zimbabwean screenwriter and a recent graduate of the esteemed MFA screenwriting program at UCLA, where he won the third prize Samuel Goldwyn Dramatic Writing Award for R.O.V.E.R. He’s currently a producer of the popular Scriptnotes podcast hosted by screenwriters, John August and Craig Mazin, and recently completed the inaugural Imagine Impact Writer’s Program.

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ANATOMY OF A BREAKDOWNNCIS: NEW ORLEANS

UTAAnna FlickingerCharles FerraroMickey Berman

Bellevue ProductionsJeff Portnoy

Greta Heinemann

Born and raised in the town on the German/Austrian border that served as a filming location for THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Greta has been named a Humanitas Prize New Voices Award winner, CBS Writer’s Program mentee, and 2018 Final Draft Big Break Winner for her feature ANATOMY OF A BREAKDOWN. She currently serves as Writing-Producer on CBS’s hit show NCIS New Orleans.

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THE FESTIVALSHIFTERS

CAAAustin DenesukWilhemina Ross

Housefire ManagementJon Hersh

Hannah Rosner

Hannah previously worked as an executive assistant to Zak Penn, where she was involved in productions such as READY PLAYER ONE. From there, she accepted a writer’s assistant position on the Netflix/Di Bonaventura series JUPITER’S LEGACY, where she currently works. Hannah has continually demonstrated her own writing chops and is presently working on a new original pilot as part of the 2019 Warner Brothers writing program.

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARYGASPTHE WAKE

VerveMatthew B. DoyleSara Nestor

Holly Brix

Prior to her television career, Holly wrote the horror project FROZEN for Overbrook Entertainment. She was most recently a Co-Producer on SIREN at Freeform and spent the previous three years staffed on THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, where she perfected her skills as a television writer, making the 2018 Blood List for her pilot THE WAKE. Holly is currently rewriting GASP at Paramount and just sold her spec HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to Paramount with Platinum Dunes producing.

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THE BISCUIT NEW WARRIORSQUEEN OF POP

Bellevue ProductionsJohn Zaozirny

Jack Waz

A graduate of Emerson College and member of The Second City, Jack got his start producing reality television. He has since shifted gears and has worked on shows like Marvel’s NEW WARRIORS, USA’S SATISFACTION, AND CW’s WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?. Jack currently uses his comedic sensibility as the writer’s assistant on Epix’s GET SHORTY.

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CHELSEA & DARWINFOLLOW ME!WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S 818 LYFE

Framework EntertainmentJonathan Rakower

Jake Bender & Zach Dunn

You can catch both Jake and Zach performing together at Upright Citizens Brigade Sunset. If going outside isn’t your style, Jake’s writing has been featured in McSweeney’s INTERNET TENDENCY, while Zach was a co-producer and staff writer for Go90’s MR. STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT. Along with writing for UCB, Zach currently serves as a writer’s assistant on Fox’s BLESS THE HARTS and Jake is a contributing writer and editor for ClickHole.

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LOWLIFENIGHT PATROL

VerveChase NorthingtonMelissa FriedParker Davis

Parallel Entertainment

Jake Gibson, Shaye Ogbonna & Tim Cairo

This trio met doing sketch comedy at AFI. They have since continued on together and wrote the comedic crime story LOWLIFE, which premiered at Montreal’s Fantasia Fest and was released last year. They recently wrote NIGHT PATROL, which currently has Ryan Prows set to direct and Phantom Four attached to produce.

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BIG TIME ADOLESCENCEUNTITLED FOX SEARCHLIGHT PROJECTWE ALL LOOKED UP

UTAAmanda HymsonGreg IsersonJordan BerkusRachel Arlook

Rise ManagementJustin Letter

Jason Orley

Jason spent a portion of his career serving as assistant to director Jason Winer. Since then, he has gone on to co-write an untitled project for Fox Searchlight alongside Joe Swanberg, as well as adapt the novel WE ALL LOOKED UP for Amazon and Davis Entertainment. We will see his feature writing and directorial debut when his film BIG TIME ADOLESCENCE premieres at Sundance 2019.

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700 FEETTHE CAREGIVER FLATWOODS

Dedicated Talent ManagementMarkus LineckerMatt Prater

Jason Scott Goldberg

Jason is no stranger to awards and lists, having been named to the Top 50 of the 2018 ISA Fast Track Fellowship, the Top 20% of the Nicholl Fellowship, a quarterfinalist in the Scriptapalooza and ScreenCraft Horror competition, and a Semifinalist in Final Draft’s Big Break. His work stems across multiple platforms, including his features FLATWOODS and THE CAREGIVER, as well as his most recent credit as a story editor on E!’s hit series BOTCHED.

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DOOLEY NOTEDSATAN IN SPACE

Echo Lake EntertainmentAmotz ZakaiKegan SchellMatt Horwitz

Jeff Burgett

After graduating from the USC Critical Studies Program, Jeff started at Revelations Entertainment where he served as media coordinator for THROUGH THE WORMHOLE starring Morgan Freeman. Soon after, he found himself at Atlas Entertainment, becoming well versed in the business affairs of the feature film industry. Jeff is currently in post-production on his original stop-motion pilot that he directed, produced, and co-wrote.

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CIVIL UNRESTTHE PROMISED LANDTHE FLASH

Kaplan Stahler AgencyCindy Mintz

Kaplan/Perrone EntertainmentJosh Goldenberg

Jeff Perreca & Judalina Neira

Jeff and Judalina are a team of married writers who have put their chemistry to work on their spec THE PROMISED LAND. Each has a strong resume spreading throughout both feature and television. Judalina is currently a producer on THE FLASH and previously sold her musical-drama SPOTLIGHT to NBC with Lionsgate Studios and Christina Aguilera producing. Jeff’s most recent spec pilot, CIVIL UNREST, was a finalist for ATX-Black List 2nd Annual TV Writing program as well as ATX’s 2017 TV Pitch Festival.

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KINGDOM COMEWHO INVITED HER

Kaplan/Perrone EntertainmentJosh Goldenberg

Jenny Rachel Weiner

Jenny was the 2016/2017 Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence at the Roundabout Theatre, where she is an Associate Artist with select plays such as HORSE GIRLS, STAGEDREAM, KINGDOM COME, & DAMSELS. She recently graduated from Juilliard and is currently writing WHO INVITED HER for Universal Studios, Bruna Papandrea and Gary Foster.

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GEORGEYINZ

VerveDavid BoxerbaumPamela GoldsteinSara Nestor

Writ LargeMichael ClaassenNoah Rosen

Jeremy Michael Cohen

Jeremy is a multihyphenate creator whose script GEORGE made the 2017 Black List and Hit List, landing Romark Entertainment and John Wells Productions as producing partners. He earned his MFA in Film Production from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, recently made his first feature directorial debut with YINZ, and has directed content for major clients including DiGiorno, Honda, Toyota, and Reebok.

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DUSTWITNESS TO WAR

Luber RoklinRandy Kiyan

Jessica Cyrell & Danny Merritt

These versatile writers don’t limit themselves to one individual platform. Danny’s previous play RIDING WITH NIGHT premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and his musical CON ELLA SI is being workshopped in Medellin, Colombia. Jessica was most recently the Senior Editor of the multi award-winning and widely distributed CREATIV Magazine. Together, they are currently adapting a feature of the graphic novel WITNESS TO WAR for Jovian Lee and Caliber Comics.

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KIMCHI RAVIOLISYRIANS IN THE SPARE ROOM

APADebbie Deuble HillMax BurgosNate DeRemer

Haven EntertainmentJesse HaraRachel Miller

Jessie Rosen

Jessie is an LA-based writer whose website 20-Nothing.com has been featured on TIME’s Top 25 Blogger list as well as Forbes’ Top 100 Websites for Women. She’s recently sold her pitch SYRIANS IN THE SPARE ROOM to Warner Bros. with Jim Parsons producing. She was staffed on the YouTube Red series SINGLE BY 30.

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SCHOOLED WINNER KILLS ALL

CAAAndy ElkinJacob Schiff Jacquie KatzPete Stein

Bellevue ProductionsJeff Portnoy

Jimmy Mosqueda

A Southern California native, Jimmy earned his degree from Stanford University. In 2016, he was a participant in the Sundance Screenwriters Intensive, where he workshopped VALEDICTORIAN (aka WINNER KILLS ALL). Following that, he was accepted into the Disney-ABC Writer Program and the NHMC TV Writers Program. You can find Jimmy currently staffed on the GOLDBERGS spinoff SCHOOLED.

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THE SECOND STORYSHELTERVANISHING POINT

Heroes and Villains EntertainmentMarkus Goerg

J.J. Bailey

J.J. is the product of an India-born Brit and Yankee Naval Officer. He received his B.S. in Business and Economics from UCSB. While he started his career in Commercial Real Estate, he moved into screenwriting and has since set up his 2017 WeScreenplay winning pilot VANISHING POINT at NBC Universal TV. His feature spec THE SECOND STORY is currently set up at RatPac Entertainment with Mark Helfrich attached to direct.

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#AMA: ASK ME ANYTHINGJESSE’S GIRLTHE HATCHLING

VerveDavid BoxerbaumKyle JensenNicholas Mohebbi

Good Fear Film + Management / Romark EntertainmentDash Aiken (RE)Jake Wagner (GF)Rock Shaink (RE)Scott Stoops (GF)

John Wikstrom

John made a name for himself directing the viral tear-jerking shorts PLAYER TWO & BUT YOU DIDN’T. He hails from Florida State University where he won a Student Emmy. He’s been featured and decorated in the Launch Pad Feature Competition three years in a row, with his latest original #AMA: ASK ME ANYTHING burning up the current spec market.

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THE NEW WORLDTHE ROYALS

ICM PartnersZachary Carlisle

831 EntertainmentBryan Brucks

Johnny Richardson

Hailing from Newport Beach, Johnny got his start as a production assistant on large studio sets such as PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END, HANCOCK, and IMAGINE THAT. Since then, he has worked tirelessly and served as a staff writer on ONE TREE HILL and as a Producer on THE ROYALS. His latest project, THE NEW WORLD, is currently set up with Kung Fu Monkey Productions.

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BAR CRAWLTALENTLESS WELCOME TO THE WAYNE

Abrams Artists AgencyBrad RosenfeldDavid DoerrerManal Hammad

Jordan Gershowitz

Jordan is a seasoned television writer whose recent credits include Nickelodeon’s WELCOME TO THE WAYNE, Disney’s GIGANTOSAURUS, and Warner Bros’ BUNNICULA. His spec BAR CRAWL placed in the 2017 Launch Pad Feature Competition and sold to Pigasus Pictures. He has also produced feature films including TEMPS, TOTAL FRAT MOVIE, and THE GOOD CATHOLIC. On top of all this, Jordan is an award-winning musician and was nominated for the 2009 MTV VMA for Best Breakout Artist as a member of the pop-rock band Rushmore.

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COMMAND ALLHAPPINESS 3.0UNTITLED CRYPTO PROJECT

WMEMark Korman

Energy EntertainmentBrooklyn Weaver

Jordan Kalms

Originally from London, Jordan studied English Literature at Columbia University before settling in Los Angeles. His pilot COMMAND ALL was honored by the 2017 Launch Pad Pilot Competition and is now set up at Endeavor Content for producers Brooklyn Weaver and Rock Shaink. Jordan is currently a Staff Writer for FX’s HAPPINESS 3.0, and is developing a cryptocurrency drama for Universal Cable Productions.

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BE SOMEBODY LAYOVER SOUTH BEACH

CAAFrank Jung

Coronel GroupTom Spriggs

Joshua Caldwell

Joshua is a writer/director/producer who made his feature film debut with LAYOVER, which was nominated for a FIPRESCI New American Cinema Award and was an Official Selection at the Seattle International Film Festival. His most recent work includes BE SOMEBODY for Paramount Pictures and Studio 71 as well as directing the first season of Hulu’s SOUTH BEACH.

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MR. AND MRS. AMERICAN PIEQWERTY

UTAKatrina Escudero

Juliet McDaniel

Platform One Media recently acquired Juliet’s manuscript MR. AND MRS. AMERICAN PIE, which was the Top Comedy in the 2016 Launch Pad Manuscript Competition. It will be the first project fast-tracked under Laura Dern and Jayme Lemons’ new first-look deal with the company and will be executive produced by Rock Shaink and Inkshares’ Adam Gomolin.

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METAL & DUSTOMEGA

CAAJordan Berg

EpicenterAllard CantorAnastasiya KukhtarevaJarrod Murray

Justin Calen-Chenn

A Taiwanese-American writer, Justin put himself through school and graduated from Pasadena Art Center with a BA in illustration. He has worked as writer and script consultant for actress Michelle Yeoh, as a narrative writer for mobile games company Jam City, and as creative and security consultant for the boutique hotel and motel industry. Justin is currently working on a number of projects with companies such as Dark Castle, Kicked to the Curb and Justin Lin’s production company.

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THE ANIMAL BURY THE LEAD THE UNITED STATES VS. BILL GATES

VerveParker DavisSara Nestor

Madhouse EntertainmentAdam KolbrennerKendrick Tan

Justin Kremer

A recent transplant from NYC to LA, Justin’s feature script BURY THE LEAD was featured on The Black List and has Anthony Hemingway (UNDERGROUND, AMERICAN CRIME STORY) set to direct. He just completed THE ANIMAL, a feature script being produced by Chay Carter (ARGO, THE TOWN) based on the life of Joseph “The Animal” Barboza and the innocent man he sent to prison.

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THE ARENATHE SHALLOW END

ICM PartnersAndrew MurphyHarley Copen

ExileReed Baumgarten

Justin Sherin

A playwright and screenwriter hailing from New York, Justin grew up with a stutter, which lead to him to write more than speak. He has since kicked the stutter, but continues his writing, which has been seen at such prominent theaters as the Royal Court Theatre, the Old Vic, the Royal Shakespeare Company, 59 E59, and Yale Cabaret. He regularly publishes political analysis/humor in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, Politico, Foreign Policy, and other venues.

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DELINQUENT LITTLE DEMON

Madhouse EntertainmentKendrick TanRyan Cunningham

Kieran Valla

Kieran started in AFI’s directing program, where two of his thesis films were screened at festivals around the world. The lessons from AFI would continue to serve him through his feature film DELINQUENT, which won Best Narrative Feature, Best Film, and Best Actor at the Brooklyn Film Festival. In addition to writing and directing pilots for both TBS and Comedy Central, Kieran is developing a pilot for FX with Danny DeVito and Aubrey Plaza signed on to star.

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ALICEHEATHENRIDE

VerveDavid BoxerbaumMelissa FriedNicholas Mohebbi

Hollander EntertainmentRussell Hollander

Krystin Ver Linden

Having worked closely with Quentin Tarantino for 7 years on projects such as DJANGO UNCHAINED and INGLORIOUS BASTERDS, it’s no wonder Krystin’s work continues to shine. Her script HEATHEN appeared on the 2017 Hit List. Her latest project RIDE centers on groundbreaking astronaut Sally Ride, and is set up with Lionsgate, while her script ALICE is in development with Imperative Entertainment.

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BORGIABURNNG DOWN THE HAUSSADDAM & ME

UTAJames KearneyMilorad Dragicevic

Kaplan/Perrone EntertainmentMichael Wilson

Larry Cohen

Having served as a Producer on the Paramount/EPIX series BERLIN STATION and a staff writer on Canal+/Netflix series BORGIA, Larry has shown he’s no stranger to drama. His work stretches beyond television, having written and directed a handful of award-winning shorts along with co-writing the graphic novel, AMERICATOWN. He is currently developing BURNING DOWN THE HAUS for Apple, based on the book of the same name.

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GHOSTINGOJAI

VerveMelissa DarmanMelissa FriedRich RogersSara Nestor

Management 360Clifford MurrayJenna Sarkin

Laura Donney

Raised in Los Angeles, Laura graduated from NYU before returning to work in Hollywood. She’s served in the writers’ office on the CBS series DOUBT, and for Joan Rater & Tony Phelan under their overall deal at CBS Studios. Her pilot OJAI was purchased by Sony TV where it is being developed with Lisa Kudrow’s company Is or Isn’t It. Her original half hour script GHOSTING is being turned into a film for Freeform that is set to go into production with a cast including Kimiko Glenn and Missi Pyle.

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EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO LEAH CHEN INVASION OF GARYRED EARTH

GershC.J. Curtis

Luber RoklinRandy Kiyan

Lauren Minnerath

A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and currently a Brooklyn-based writer/director/editor, Lauren was a Nicholl Semifinalist for her script EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO LEAH CHEN and was a 2017 HBO Access Writing Fellowship Finalist. Her recently completed short film, THE MORNING AFTER, premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival and is in the middle of its festival run. She recently wrote INVASION OF GARY for End Cue Productions and has Michael Lukk Litwak attached to direct.

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LIVE INMATE BY NUMBERSYOUNGER

UTAAmanda BurnettGreg Iserson

Authentic Talent & Lit ManagementPeri Litvak

Lyle Friedman

Lyle’s most recent work can be seen on TBS’s comedy series WRECKED, where she is serving as Co-Producer. She has also served as writer for the first four seasons of Darren Starr’s TV Land Series YOUNGER. Her pilot MATE BY NUMBERS was recently set up at NBC Universal with the Jackal Group and Authentic producing.

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COVERT AFFAIRSTHE COMPLEXTHE HANDMAID’S TALE

ParadigmMatt SnowValarie PhillipsZac Simmons

Madhouse EntertainmentRyan Cunningham

Lynn Maxcy

After working as an assistant to Bruce Miller on SyFy’s ALPHAS, Lynn got the chance to write an episode of USA’s COVERT AFFAIRS before rejoining Miller on his Emmy-winning Hulu series THE HANDMAID’S TALE, where she is an Executive Story Editor. She won a Writers Guild of America Award in 2018 for her work on the show.

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CHANNEL ZEROFEAR THE WALKING DEADTHE TOE

UTAAnna BertholdAlyssa LanzCharles FerraroGrace RoyerJed Baker

Aaron Kogan ManagementAaron Kogan

Mallory Westfall

While attending the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, Mallory was nominated for Tisch’s Oliver Stone Screenwriting Award for her script, BEGOTTEN. She then took LA by storm and started from the ground up, working on television shows such as PERCEPTION and THE PLAYER, before going on to staff for Syfy’s horror anthology series CHANNEL ZERO. Mallory is currently an Executive Story Editor on AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD.

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PRAY FOR THE LIGHTRUNT

Abrams Artists AgencyRyan Levee

Housefire ManagementJon Hersh

Marc Bloom

This South Africa born, Amsterdam-based screenwriter has a passion for all things genre. His script RUNT was a 2017 BloodList Select and is now being produced by Traveling Picture Show Company, with Jonathan Desbiens attached to direct. Marc’s horror spec PRAY FOR THE LIGHT hit studios in July and is set up at Lost City and Pioneer Pictures.

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THE COURIERSWAMP THINGWHEN IT BURNS

GrandviewRachel MooreZac Frognowski

Maria Sten

Maria is a writer and actor of Danish, Swedish and Congolese ethnicity, with a passion for facilitating inclusion and female empowerment. This year, Sten starred in the title role of the fourth season of “CHANNEL ZERO: THE DREAM DOOR” for SYFY, and next she will be appearing in the DC Universe series SWAMP THING. She was a finalist for The Black List/ATX Festival Writing Program in 2017, the ABC Digital Talent Competition in 2016 and debuted her short WHEN IT BURNS at LA Shorts Fest 2016.

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THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN YOUR BOY

UTAAllan HaldermanJonathan Levy

Matt Whitaker

Matt made his mark writing on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore and The Late Late Show with James Corden and is now pursuing staffing opportunities while cooking up new TV formats. His spec YOUR BOY is set up at Marc Platt Productions with Jamie Travis directing.

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THE ETERNALSMIMI FROM RIORUIN

UTACharles FerraroRob Carlson

LBI EntertainmentHarry LengsfieldSam Warren

Matthew Firpo & Ryan Firpo

The Firpos burst onto the scene with their Year-End-List topper RUIN, which is set to start production in June 2019 and will star Margot Robbie and Matthias Schoenaerts with Justin Kurzel directing and Mad River producing. They adapted the graphic novel DANCER for Zoe Saldana to star, and their original sci-fi spec feature MIMI FROM RIO is set up at Netflix with Scott Free and Screen Engine producing. Currently, the Firpos are set to steer the next phase of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe with their adaptation of Jack Kirby’s own THE ETERNALS for director Chloe Zhao.

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THE AMERICAN READERTHREE FRIENDS

CAAAllison HironakaDarian Lanzetta

Kaplan/Perrone EntertainmentHannah Ozer

Max Maduka

Max is a Nigerian-American Princeton grad who is the editor-in-chief of the literary magazine THE AMERICAN READER and was featured on Forbes 30-under-30. She served as an assistant to Karyn Kusama on 2018’s DESTROYER starring Nicole Kidman and most recently hit the spec-market with the dramedy THREE FRIENDS.

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IT’S ABOUT BOBBY COLLUM PANIC

Melissa Hickey

Melissa has degrees from Columbia University and was one of five directors out of AFI, becoming the only woman selected to helm a commercial short for the Sony Be Moved Campaign. She participated in Ryan Murphy’s Television Half Foundation Mentorship Program and was recently named to the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. She is an Academy Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist and a fellow of the 2018 Sundance Screenwriters Intensive. Her project PANIC is currently being packaged to hit the market in 2019.

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THE BROODMARE

VerveParker Davis

Good Fear Film + ManagementScott Stoops

Michael Voyer

Michael is an actor and writer whose acting credits include ALL MY CHILDREN, MITCHELLVILLE and LAW & ORDER: SVU. His first spec script THE BROODMARE made quite the impact as it landed on the 2018 Blood List and has XYZ Films, Dark Castle and The Fyzz attached to produce.

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HEELSJACK FALCONTHE WORST GUY OF ALL TIME (AND THE GIRL WHO CAME TO KILL HIM)

CAAMatt MartinPete SteinPraveen Pandian

LBI EntertainmentChris DonnellyHarry Lengsfield

Michael Waldron

Michael’s career began under Dan Harmon and Dino Stamatopoulos at Starburns Industries, where he worked on season 5 of COMMUNITY. This year, he served as the creator and showrunner for Starz’s series HEELS. He is currently writing a LEGO sequel for Dan Lin and Warner Bros, working with Steven Soderbergh on an adaptation of JACK FALCON for Paramount TV, producing BUBBLES at Netflix for Taika Waititi, and writing for the upcoming season of RICK & MORTY.

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BURNNO EVIL

CAAChristina Chou

Hopscotch PicturesSukee Chew

Mike Gan

Mike was born in Beijing, China and moved to the US at age five. The only child of two working immigrants, he went on to graduate from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He recently wrote and directed the feature BURN starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Suki Waterhouse, Josh Hutcherson, Shiloh Fernandez and Harry Shum Jr., which just sold to eOne.

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#REALITYHIGHFRAT SWAMPMOLLY MOLLY MOLLY

Untitled EntertainmentJennifer Au

Murder Ink (Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, Jana Savage)

The writing team Murder Ink wrote and executive produced the original feature #REALITYHIGH for Netflix. They most recently wrote a feature for Will Packer, Tim Story and Universal. They also wrote THE TRAP starring Queen Latifah, T.I., Mike Epps, and Loretta Devine. Fun Fact: Hudson and Brandon met while in film school at Howard University in 2001. They met Jana in 2009 while working on the web-based sketch comedy show PURPLE STUFF TV.

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DEBORAHMEET CUTEI’M STARTING TO SUSPECT MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER IS AN ALIEN

APAChristina CampagnolaNate DeRemerSean BerardSheryl Petersen

Heroes and Villains EntertainmentChris Coggins

Noga Pnueli

Born and raised in Israel, with a BFA in Film and TV from NYU, Noga’s sci-fi comedy script I’M STARTING TO SUSPECT MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER IS AN ALIEN FROM OUTER SPACE was chosen for the 2016 Tracking Board Hit List. The Black List also did a live reading of the script starring Parker Posey and Molly Ringwald. She recently directed a short starring Scott Michael Foster (CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND) and Shakira Barrera (GLOW), which was shot by Indie Spirit Award nominated cinematographer Elisha Christian (COLUMBUS).

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K-TOWNME & TAMMY FAYE AT THE BETTY FORD CLINIC

ParadigmAntoni KaczmarekMartin To

Brillstein Entertainment PartnersKailey Marsh

Pamela Garcia Rooney

Pamela is a bilingual Mexican-American poet and playwright, hailing from the border town of Laredo, Texas. She received her BA in English from The University of Texas at Austin, and is part of the 2018-2019 NBC Writers on the Verge & National Hispanic Media Coalition writer’s program.

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EVE’S SONGPRETTY HUNGERSINNER

APABeth BlickersNathan DeRemer

Patricia Ione Lloyd

Ione has sold pilots to FX and CBS All Access as well as served as Executive Story Editor on the OWN original series LOVE IS. Previously, she worked on AMC’s original series HAP AND LEONARD and on USA’s THE SINNER. Currently, she is completing her Tow Residency at the prestigious Public Theater, where her play EVE’S SONG will premiere this fall.

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HELL’S BELLES THE SECRETS WE KEEP SPACE

Echo Lake EntertainmentAdam Riback

Ryan Covington

After being named a Nicholl Finalist in 2015 for THE SECRETS WE KEEP, Ryan set up the script with AGC Studios, DiBonaventura Pictures and Echo Lake Entertainment. This year Joel Kinnaman and Noomi Rapace came aboard the project to star, with Yuval Adler attaching to helm.

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PIDOR & THE WOLFTEENY TWIN SIZE BEDS

MXN EntertainmentTracy Kopulsky

Sam Schanwald

Sam is an auteur living in Brooklyn, and a current member of The Public Theater’s Devised Theater Working Group. His play TWIN SIZE BEDS, which he wrote and stars in, has been curated for the Under the Radar Festival at The Public this January. Sam is also a member of Pipeline Theatre Company’s PlayLab writing group, after recent residencies at Loading Dock Theater and Ithe RT Theater. As a visual artist, Sam has worked for Esperanza Spalding, Joan Baez, trumpet legend Doc Severinsen, Night Vale Presents, and the Brunel Museum.

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HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDERQUEENDOM

WMELauren Szurgot

EpicenterAllard CantorAnastasiya KukhtarevaJarrod Murray

Sara Rose Feinberg

Currently staffed on HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, Sara was a public defender for seven years in Brownsville, Brooklyn before turning to screenwriting. She holds degrees from Harvard College and Georgetown Law and recently served as a researcher/writer’s assistant on the MADAM CJ WALKER mini-room at Netflix through WBTV and LeBron James’ SpringHill.

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GHOST GRADUATION MAN SEEKING WOMANTO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE

UTAGregory McKnightJenny MaryasisMackenzie RoussosRachel Viola

Sofia Alvarez

This Baltimore native comes from a family of writers. Her father is former Baltimore Sun reporter Rafael Alvarez, who wrote for HBO’s THE WIRE. Stepping into her own light, Sofia is one of Variety’s 2018 Writers to Watch after scripting Netflix’s hit rom-com TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE. She has been staffed on USA’s SIRENS and on FXX’s MAN SEEKING WOMAN. She’s currently writing GHOST GRADUATION set up at 20th Century Fox and produced by Overbrook Entertainment.

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BLACK GIRL MAGICTRINKETS

Kaplan Stahler AgencyKatherine Riley

Stagecoach EntertainmentEvan LewisSteve Smith

Stephanie Coggins

Georgia-born and Kansas-raised, Stephanie recently wrapped up writing on TRINKETS for Netflix. Prior to that, she learned the ropes as the Showrunner’s assistant to Erica Shelton Kodish on BET’s BEING MARY JANE. She has participated in NBC’s Writers on the Verge program, had her work featured in NBC’s annual Scene Showcase in Los Angeles & New York, and had a pilot place in the 2016 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest.

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ARRANGEDTHE CONFECTION CONNECTIONOUR LIFE IN AMERICA

UTAAnna BertholdCharles Ferraro

Romark EntertainmentDash Aiken Rock Shaink

Surjyakiran Das

Surj is a tri-lingual Bronx born first-generation Asian American writer / director of mixed Indian and Chinese heritage who earned his undergrad from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and his MFA from USC School of Cinematic Arts. His script THE CONFECTION CONNECTION won Top Comedy in the 2017 Launch Pad Feature Competition and recently attached Ed Helms to star-in and produce. He was also a semi-finalist at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab / Asian-American Fellowship and winner of the Craft Award for Screenwriting, as well as the First Run Festival for his short THE MORNING AFTER.

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NCIS: NEW ORLEANSTOO OLD FOR THIS SHITVERBATIM

Abrams Artists AgencyManal Hammad

Sydney Mitchel

Sydney’s script VERBATIM landed her on the 2016 WriteHer list as “One to Watch” while also winning her the JHRTS Drama Pilot competition. She was also recently announced as a Humanitas Fellow. She’s sharpened her skills working as a Personal Assistant to Michael Karnow (co-creator of ALPHAS on Syfy), a Writers’ PA on Freeform’s TWISTED, and a Showrunner’s Assistant on Cinemax’s OUTCAST and CBS’s NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, where she will be co-writing an episode this season.

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DADDY’S GIRLMOST WANTED WINCHESTER

GershDanny TothMark Hartogsohn

Brillstein Entertainment PartnersKailey Marsh

Tom Vaughan

Tom’s film debut was UNSTOPPABLE, starring Wesley Snipes, and he has since gone on to write for Phoenix Pictures, Spelling Films, Rysher Entertainment, TNT, MTV Films, Castle Rock Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers and Disney/Touchstone, to name a few. He also wrote WINCHESTER starring Helen Mirren and is currently writing VESSELS, the Queen Mary movie produced by Ubiquity Studios and NINE/8 Entertainment.

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CANDY LADYRIDE TUNNELS

UTAAmanda HymsonCharles FerraroGeoff Morley

First Friday EntertainmentDevon ByersKrista Sipp

Victoria Rose

Victoria hails from USC, where she received numerous accolades for her short A DIFFERENT TREE, most notably the HBO Best Short at ABFF, leading it to air on HBO and HBOGO. Victoria is currently writing TV movies for Larry Levinson Productions and features for Circle of Confusion, Select Films, Inkubate Entertainment, and EMA.

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FABLEDMCQUEEN

GershDanny TothMichael LoSasso

Zero Gravity ManagementJeff Belkin

Ward Parry

Having spent several years at the Guardian newspaper, Ward is a former Hollywood marketing exec turned screenwriter whose debut feature, CURTIZ, won best film at the 2018 Montreal Film Festival. Earlier this year he set up his first TV pilot at Legendary with Tom Hardy producing and Atlas Entertainment has come on board his newest feature project, a biopic of Steve McQueen. Fun Fact: Ward is also an actor, who was pictured on the cover of the 2003 MUSE album ABSOLUTION.

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HORSEHEAD GIRLS SUNSHINE

UTAAlyssa LanzAnna Flickinger

Wenonah Wilms

Wenonah is a 2018 Nicholl Fellow and Austin Film Festival winner for her feature HORSEHEAD GIRLS, as well as a two-time McKnight Media Artist Fellow and was a finalist in the Sundance Episodic Lab and Sundance Screenwriters Lab. She is a proud member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and her film SUNSHINE garnered accolades including the Kumeyaay Award for Best Native American Film at the San Diego Film Festival and Best Native American Film at the 2018 Copa Shorts Film Festival.

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1-900-BITCHIN’WAWA I FUCKIN’ LOVE YOU

APAMaude ReillyTasha Brown

Rain Management GroupCorrine AquinoJohn Tomko

Yael Galena

Raised in a macrobiotic modern-orthodox Jewish home, Yael sharpened her teeth producing docu-reality television in New York City, before moving to Los Angeles to follow her true passion, writing. Yael is drawn to strong female-driven dramedies gleaning from her overly-involved Jewish family. Yael is a Philly native and currently works as a Writers’ Assistant on TNT’s CLAWS.

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B Y T H E N U M B E R S

A Closer Look At The Reps

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AGENCY

20 – UTA14 – Verve13 – CAA08 – APA05 – Gersh05 – WME04 – ICM Partners03 – Abrams Artists Agency03 – Paradigm02 – Kaplan Stahler Agency

25 – Unrepresented

MANAGEMENT COMPANY

9 – Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment7 – Madhouse Entertainment6 – Bellevue Productions4 – Heroes and Villains Entertainment4 – LBI Entertainment3 – Housefire Management3 – Romark Entertainment2 – 831 Entertainment2 – Brillstein Entertainment Partners2 – Echo Lake Entertainment2 – Epicenter2 – Good Fear Film + Management2 – Grandview2 – Luber Roklin2 – MXN Entertainment2 – Stagecoach Entertainment2 – Untitled Entertainment1 – 3 Arts Entertainment1 – Aaron Kogan Management1 – Artists First1 – Authentic Talent & Lit Management1 – Circle of Confusion1 – Coronel Group1 – Dedicated Talent Management1 – Elia1 – Energy Entertainment1 – Exile1 – First Friday Entertainment1 – Framework Entertainment1 – Gotham Group1 – Haven Entertainment1 – Hollander Entertainment1 – Hopscotch Pictures1 – Industry Entertainment 1 – The James Company 1 – Kersey Management1 – Management 3601 – MGMT1 – Myra Model Management1 – Parallel Entertainment1 – Rain Management Group1 – Recon Literary1 – Rise Management1 – Rosa Entertainment1 – Writ Large1 – Zero Gravity Management

16 – Unrepresented

the reps COMPANIES

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AGENTS

8 – David Boxerbaum6 – Charles Ferraro5 – Parker Davis5 – Sara Nestor4 – Kyle Jensen4 – Nicholas Mohebbi3 – Anna Berthold3 – Anna Flickinger3 – Darian Lanzetta3 – Jacquie Katz3 – Melissa Fried3 – Nathan DeRemer2 – Abby Glusker2 – Adam Perry2 – Alex Rincon2 – Alyssa Lanz2 – Amanda Burnett2 – Amanda Hymson2 – Ben Jacobson2 – Carolyn Sivitz2 – Chase Northington2 – Danny Toth2 – Debbie Deuble Hill2 – Greg Iserson2 – Halle Mariner2 – Hannah Davis2 – Jordan Lonner2 – Lauren Szurgot2 – Manal Hammad2 – Mark Hartogsohn2 – Melissa Darman2 – Mickey Berman2 – Niki Motazaran2 – Pete Stein2 – Praveen Pandian2 – Sherly Peterson2 – Solco Schuit1 – Adam Biren1 – Adam Van Dusen1 – Adam Weinstein1 – Allan Halderman1 – Allison Hironaka1 – Andrew Murphy1 – Andy Elkin1 – Angela Dallas1 – Antoni Kaczmarek1 – Austin Denesuk1 – Ava Greenfield1 – Beth Blickers 1 – Brad Rosenfeld1 – Bryan Besser1 – Christina Campagnola1 – Christina Chou1 – Christine D’Souza1 – Cindy Mintz1 – C.J. Curtis1 – Dan Aloni1 – Dan Erlij1 – Dana Harris1 – Danny Alexander1 – David Doerrer1 – Diana Glazer1 – Ethan Neale

MANAGERS

4 – Hannah Ozer4 – Harry Lengsfield4 – Jeff Portnoy4 – Kendrick Tan3 – Dash Aiken3 – Jon Hersh3 – Josh Goldenberg3 – Rock Shaink3 – Ryan Cunningham2 – Adam Kolbrenner2 – Allard Cantor2 – Anastasiya Kukhtareva2 – Carrie Isgett2 – Evan Lewis2 – Jarrod Murray2 – Jennifer Au2 – John Zaozirny2 – Kailey Marsh2 – Lindsay Perraud2 – Randy Kiyan2 – Scott Stoops 2 – Steve Smith2 – Tracy Kopulsky2 – Zac Frognowski1 – Aaron Kaplan1 – Aaron Kogan1 – Adam Riback1 – Adrian Garcia1 – Amotz Zakai1 – Andrew Kersey1 – Ashley Berns1 – Brooklyn Weaver1 – Bryan Brucks1 – Casey Neumeier1 – Cassie Duffy1 – Chris Coggins1 – Chris Donnelly1 – Clifford Murray1 – Cora Olson1 – Corrine Aquino1 – Devon Byers1 – Faisal Kanaan1 – Frederick James1 – Henry Huang1 – Jake Wagner1 – Jeff Belkin1 – Jen Ray1 – Jenna Sarkin1 – Jermaine Johnson1 – Jesse Hara1 – John Tomko1 – Jonathan Rakower1 – Justin Letter1 – Kate Hart1 – Kegan Schell1 – Kevin Rowe1 – Kimberly Carver1 – Krista Sipp1 – Maggie Haskins1 – Markus Goerg1 – Markus Linecker

the reps INDIVIDUALS 1 – Frank Jung

1 – Geoff Morley1 – Grace Royer1 – Gregory McKnight1 – Harley Copen1 – Houston Costa1 – Hylda Queally1 – Jacob Schiff1 – James Kearney1 – Jason Richman1 – Jed Baker1 – Jenna Block1 – Jenny Maryasis1 – Joe Cohen1 – Jon Cassir1 – Jonathan Levy1 – Jordan Berg1 – Jordan Berkus1 – Julien Thuan1 – Katherine Riley1 – Katie Cates1 – Katrina Escudero1 – Keya Khayatian1 – Kyle Loftus1 – Lauren Fox1 – Lee Keele1 – Mackenzie Roussos1 – Malcolm Hamilton1 – Mark Korman1 – Martin To1 – Matt Baldovsky 1 – Matt Martin1 – Matt Snow1 – Matthew B. Doyle1 – Maude Reilly1 – Max Burgos1 – Michael LoSasso1 – Michael Sheresky1 – Milorad Dragicevic1 – Nick Hoagland1 – Nick Ogiony1 – Olivia Blaustein1 – Olivier Sultan1 – Pamela Goldstein1 – Rachel Arlook 1 – Rachel Viola1 – Ramses IsHak1 – Rich Rogers1 – Rob Carlson1 – Roger Green1 – Ryan Feldman1 – Ryan Levee1 – Sam Sekoff1 – Sean Berard1 – Sue Carls1 – Tasha Brown 1 – Valarie Phillips1 – Wilhemina Ross1 – Zac Simmons1 – Zachary Carlisle

1 – Matt Horwitz1 – Matt Prater1 – Max Goldfarb1 – Michael Claassen1 – Michael Diamond1 – Michael Wilson1 – Mikhail Nayfeld1 – Myra Model1 – Noah Rosen1 – Peri Litvak1 – Rachel Miller1 – Rachel Moore1 – Reed Baumgarten1 – Russell Hollander1 – Sam Warren1 – Sidney Sherman1 – Sonia Gambaro1 – Stacey Lubliner1 – Steve Crawford1 – Sukee Chew1 – Tom Spriggs

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THE TOP 100

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Top 100 LAUNCH PAD PILOTS of 2018

101 WAYS TO BECOME A BETTER PERSON by Megan Bacharach A HOUSE DIVIDED by Geoff Bakken   A TRAIN, THE by Julie Sayres AETERNUM by Heidi Nyburg AGENDER by Dale Winton AMERICAN MOTOR by Sam Tofsted AMY ARNOLD: LADY DICK by Tillery Johnson AN OUTSIDER'S GUIDE TO RICH PEOPLE by Gabriel Lichstein and Jennie Chamberlain ARCANUM by James Mulholland and Jennifer Krueger BAD THINGS by Jon Bachmann and Katherine Griffin BETWEEN THE EYES by Gregory Levy, Story by Gregory Levy and Gabriel Berlind BITCH by Gary Sewell BOARD, THE by Sarah K. Moss CANCER OF THE EVERYTHING by Adam Nadler CLEANUP CREW, THE by Curtis Retherford COMEDIAN ENCOUNTERS by Linnea Sage COMMONS, THE by Laura E. Davis COMMONS, THE  by Bobby Hankinson CONCRETE JUNGLE by David Michael Kushner CONNECTOME by Josh Chesler CONTENDER by Travis Seppala CRIMINALS by Joey Siara DARK EMBASSY, THE by Sloane Korach DARK FORCES by Jonathan A. Mooney DARK HORIZONS by Carlo Carere and Erin Carere DEAL WITH JENNY SHIELDS, THE by Colton Lawrence and Shannon Van Dorn DESERT 10 by Zachary Tomlinson DO IT YOURSELF by Margaret Lebron DO RIGHT WOMAN by Catherine Coyne EXPATS by Paul L Dietz EXPLORERS GUILD, THE by Cody Pearce FIRST GENERATION by Sophia Zolan FLUNKIES by Micah Leslie FOUNDERS by Molly Miller FUN CENTER by Anna Menta and Sarah Soderquist G.I. VOGUE by Alyson Weaver Nicholas GARDEN, THE by Douglas Stark GIRL IN TROUBLE by Alan W. Porter GREY AREA, THE by Danny Shelby GROUND AND POUND by Joshua V. Gilbert HANNIBAL AT THE GATES by Adam Korenman and Sam Khushal HATCHET PLAINS by Angela Jorgensen HEL(L.A.) by  Timothy Grant HER MAJESTY'S SPYMISTRESS by Marcus Goodwin HIGH POCKETS by Chad Callaghan HIGHWIRE by Gareth Smith HOLLYWOODLAND by Lisa Bao I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR by Craig Ugoretz INFLUENCE by Melissa Cassera INSIDE OCEANSIDE by Tate Elizabeth Hanyok 

JACKRABBIT by David Schlow JOSH AND EMMA ARE NOT DATING by Zach Heltzel JUMP AROUND GANG, THE by Kevin Kelly LAURA IS A LAKER GIRL by Thesy Surface LEGACY by Ben Samuels and Oliver Samuels LIFERS ANONYMOUS by Sean Collins-Smith LIONHEARTS by Tobin Addington LITTLE LEAGUE by Jake Bernstein and Tyler Eaton LOST EDEN CANYON by Alan R. Baxter LOVE SCENES, LLC by Lira Kellerman LOW-ACHIEVING CHILDREN by Ben Kawaller MARBLE TOMB, THE by Devi Gowni MYTHTAKEN by Molly Shalgos NISEI by Eliot John Hagen, Created by Eliot John Hagen and Richard Allen NOTTINGHAM y Callie C. Miller OS (AKA THE FOUNDERS) by Dustin Clendenen OUT OF THE STONE AGE by Joe Tyler Gold PALM SPRINGS by Paul Ditty PANTHERS by Eric Glover PARTNERS by Alan W. Porter PEARL by Kimberly-rose Ka'iulani Wolter PG 30 by Vidhya Iyer PHENOMS by Erica Eastrich PLASTICS by Deborah Tarica POINT ROBERTS by Jeff Patneaude PREMATURE EVANGELIZATION by Mark Kosin PRODIGAL SON by Ezra W Nachman PROGRESSIVE, OHIO by Aaron R. Smith PULP by Raphael Loucadellis PYRAMID by Sebastian Davis RACKET by Adam Sleper RED DIRT by David Sullivan RELATED by Ben Agron and Brandon Feldman RELATIVE by Michael Apgar RESURRECTIONIST, THE by Josh Katz and Josh Thorud RESURRECTIONISTS, THE by Travis Opgenorth SATELLITE by David Williams SHAY'S WAY by Yasmine Cadet SHITSTORM by David H. Luz SONS OF WITCHES by Eugene Ramos SPIN CYCLE: THE DOCUMENTARY by Meredith Hambrock TIME FAIL by Marian Meidel and Stefan Tihanyi TOWPATH, THE by C. J. Wells TWO LOSERS by Leigh Joel Scott, Created by Leigh Joel Scott and Maddison Silva UNPROHIBITED by Jordyn Giddens VALUE SHOPPING NETWORK, THE by Meg Favreau VINEYARD, THE by Teresa Huang WEFEED by Frank Spiro WHISTLE-BLOWER, THE by Bill Taub and Scott Ritter YEARBOOK OF REVELATION, THE by Peter Sherer

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Top 100 LAUNCH PAD FEATURES of 2017

...'SCAPE THE LIGHTNING BOLT! by Gary Morra 405, THE by Patrick Byrne A GHOST AMONGST MEN by Cliff Simmons A GIANT NAMED ANDRE by John Halligan A ROYAL COMPANION by Karolyn Szot A WINDMILL IN CHINATOWN by Mike McGee ADVENTURES OF FOX, THE by Nicholas Fox Robbins and Vincent Robbins ASHES by Sarah Hulsman ATOM BRAVO by Rob Rex AUSTENTATIOUS by Charmaine Colina BADLANDS, THE by Andrew Ladd and Leif Lillehaugen BAMBOOZLED by Randall Knox BAR CRAWL by Jordan Gershowitz BASTARD OF ROBERT E. LEE, THE by Aaron Benjamin BEAST by Aaron W. Sala BIG FUTURE AHEAD by Rick Mashburn BLUE FALCON DAYS by Vincent Vargas BOAT, THE by Robert Wooldridge BOY BANDS TO MEN by David Ngo CALIFORNIANAS by Eve Symington and Robin Zamora CAREGIVER, THE by Joelle Luman CHURCH OF PARTY, THE by Jon Pack CONFECTION CONNECTION, THE by Yuval Stein CONGRATULATIONS, IT'S AN ALIEN by Nathan Davis COWBOY BOB by Melissa Emery DAGON by David Quiroz Jr. DARK LOGISTICS by Benjamin Finkel DEVIL'S PROPHET, THE by Jason E. Deparis DOBSON FIELD INITIATIVE, THE by Vince Bailey DRAGON AND THE LOTUS, THE by Elissa Huang ESPERANZA by Bret Polish EVE by Josh Renfree EVIL JOSH by Jesse Johnston EXILE ON WALL STREET by Karl Richter FALSE COMFORTS  by Steven Mills FEED THE MONSTER by Rob Rex FINDING FLETCHER'S FINGERS by Shannon Mier FLASH CRASH by Brian Wohl FORSAKING ALL OTHERS by Alex Hardcastle and Vance Stringer FRIEND OF THE SHOW by Brian T. Arnold FRONTIERSMEN by Ben Feuer FUNNY COLORED LOVE by Alex Thomas GETAWAY by Jamie Napoli and Joshua Paul Johnson GOING FOR TWO by Kathleen Welch Markel HATCHLING, THE by John Wikstrom HENCHMAN by Andrew Wood HESSE by Jill Bayor HI LINE by Migizi Pensoneau HOLIDAY MAGIC by Rex Carter HUGE IN JAPAN by Alberto Valenzuela

I WANNA F*** ADOLF HITLER by Dylan Visvikis IF I WERE YOU by Joseph Muszynski IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT by Shane Weisfeld INSTANT LOVE by Juanjo Moscardo, Maria Laura Gargarella and Maria Minguez JELLYFISH SUMMER by Sarah Jane Inwards JENNIFER LAWRENCE'S EVIL DOPPELGANGER by Kelly Byrnes LIFE AT SANDY'S by Aleksandra Hansen LONE WOLF by Joe Swafford LOS NINOS SICARIOS by Joe Varkle and Robert Lambert LOVE & HOSTILITY by Michael Mirabella MAGGIE ROCKS by Guy Francisco Polin MERCY by Geoff Bakken MILWAUKEE ROULETTE by Glenn Rabney MISSING ALICE by Chris Preyor MOON RUSH by Matt O'Reilly NIX by Evan Muehlbauer and Jesse Keller NO SWEETNESS IN THIS by Robert Zameroski NOBLE WOMAN, THE by David Case NOBODY LIVES FOREVER by Emily Blake OIL AND WATER by Alfred Thomas Catalfo and Morgan Webster Dudley ONES LEFT BEHIND, THE by Ashley White PAIGE DARCY: FORMER TEEN DETECTIVE by Alice Moran PARALLEL by Jonathan Flicker PARIAH by David Lynch and Keith Lynch PETER AND THE WOLVES by Conor Kyle POINT NEMO by Bradley Starr PRESIDIO by Eric Martin PRISONER, THE by Brad Lubin PURPLE HEART BATTALION, THE by Ken Miyamoto RE-ENTRY by Dave Mango REBELLION by Sergio Kopelev RED DIVE by Alexander Gustaveson RELENTLESS by Jeffrey Durante RUN TO YOUR SOUL by Gil Hizon RUNNER, THE by Matthew Minson SAVING WASHINGTON by Jane Hampton Cook SERAPHIM by Peter Mitchell SHADOW BEFORE, THE by Martin McSweeney THIS IS ME LEAVING YOU by Ellie Bambach Morello TIME FLIES by Max Rissman TO HARPO FROM WOOLLCOTT by Joshua Aichenbaum TOWER 9 by Ryan Lee TRAPLINE by Brett Treacy and Dan Woodward TRIP, THE by Caroline Hoover TRUTH AGAINST THE WORLD by Denise Meyers TUNDRA KILL by Kevin Bachar UNMAKING LOVE by Evan Laughlin VINNY LUPTON by Adam Benic WAGNERS AND THE WILDFLOWER, THE by Elias Markos WAY OUT IS THROUGH, THE by Tyler Theofilos   

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