SCREENPLAY COMPETITION JUDGES

Comedy Feature

-Herschel Weingrod (Trading Places, Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Space Jam)
– Andrew Logan (Chappaquiddick)
-Paula Pell (SNL, Sisters, Wine Country (actress))

Sci- Fi Feature

-Christina Hodson (Bumblebee, Unforgettable, Shut In)
-Gary Whitta (After Earth, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Book of Eli)
-Nicole Perlman (Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy)

Horror Feature

-Steven De Souza (Die Hard, Judge Dredd, Commando)
-Owen Egerton (Mercy Black, Blood Fest, Follow)
-Guinevere Turner (American Psycho, BloodRayne)

Drama Feature

-Laura Eason (Sex with Strangers, House of Cards, Here and Now)
-Heywood Gould (Cocktail, Streets of Gold, One Good Cop)

Drama & Comedy Specs

-Amy Berg (Counterpart, Person of Interest, Shut Eye, Eureka)
-VJ Boyd (SWAT, Justified)
-Steve Conrad (Perpetual Grace, LTD, Patriot, Walter Mitty, Pursuit of Happiness)

Comedy Pilots

-Ben Cory Jones (Boomerang, Underground, Insecure)
-Jameel Saleem (Whiskey Cavalier, Manhattan Love Story, Telenovela)
-Rupinder Gill (Schitt$ Creek, I feel Bad)

Shorts

-Herschel Weingrod (Trading Places, Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Space Jam)
-Ya’Ke Smith (Wolf, Katrina’s Son, Hope’s War)

PLAYWRITING COMPETITION JUDGES

-Sofia Alvarez (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Man Seeking Woman, To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You)
-Chisa Hutchinson (Chance of Rain, Staging Film)
-Eisa Davis (She’s Gotta Have It, Bulrusher)

SCRIPTED DIGITAL SERIES COMPETITION JUDGES

-Rebecca Windsor – Warner bros (Director, Warner Bros. Television Workshop)
-Kathleen Grace – New Form (CEO of New Form) (RePlay)
-Kesila Childers – Powederkeg (VP of Development for Powderkeg Media)(Co-executive Producer: Chachi’s World, Best Ink: Redemption)
-Stage 13

Fiction Podcast Script COMPETITION JUDGES

Lauren Shippen, creator The Bright Sessions, The AM Archives; CEO, Atypical Artists

Tim Street, Vice President, Influence & Production, Authentic

Rob Herting, QCODE

Jonathan Mitchell, producer The Truth podcast

Matthew Derby, writer Phreaks, Sandra, The Silent History, Super Flat Times

-Jason Lubin (Literary Manager at First Story Entertainment)
-Shelby Rachleff (Program Manager at Westridge Foundation)
-Meta Valentic (Producer: The Donors, Urbania; AD: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Nixon)
-Kathleen Grace (CEO of New Form) (RePlay)
-Tony Gil (Literary Manager at The Gotham Group)
-Karen Kirkland (Literary Agent and Founding Partner at Culture Creative Entertainment)
-Jamund Washington (Random Acts of Flyness; Co-director/producer: First Baptist; Producer: Gimme the Loot)
-Stephan Dubreuil (Co-founder, Owner at Woolf + Lapin Agency) (L’Anniversaire)
-Sonya Gauthier (Representative, President, Co-founder at Woolf + Lapin Agency)
-Samantha Shear (Mommy Group Murder, A Deadly View, Road Less Traveled)
-Daniel Seco (Literary Manager at Schemers Entertainment)
-Chris Burney (Guitarist for ‘Bowling for Soup’, theme songs for Jimmy Neutron, Phineas and Ferb)
-Brin Lukens (Senior Vice President of Programming at Awesomeness) (Executive producer: pen15, Trinkets, Light as a Feather)
-Chris Coggins (Manager at Heroes and Villains Entertainment) (Co-produced: The Back-Up Plan, Hope Springs)
-Zack Zucker (Creator/Executive Producer at Swamptown) (Creator/Executive Producer of Zach & Viggo)
-Evan J. Cholfin (Evan Cholfin on IMDb) (Head of Development and Production at Stories International, Inc.) (The Garlock Incident, Three Nights of a Dreamer; Producer: Beyond the Sky, Higher Power)
-John Zaozirny (Literary Manager at Bellevue Productions) (Executive producer: Parallel, Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story)
-Jeff Portnoy (Literary Manager at Bellevue Productions)
-Kate Sharp (Producer/Founder at Daughter Films) (Co-Producer: Madame Bovary; Co-Executive Producer: Behind the Mask; Executive Producer: The Hallow)
-Lee Stobby (Literary manager/producer and founder of Lee Stobby Entertainment) (Executive Producer: Wildling; Co-producer: Making the Rules)
-Ray Utarnachitt (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Tomorrow People)
-Joyce San Pedro (Co-producer: Troop Zero; Associate Producer: Salomé, Wild Salomé)
-Mark Marshall (Associate producer: Free Willy, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home; Co-producer: Free Willy 3: The Rescue)
-Cami Delavigne (Blue Valentine, Homecoming, Quantico)
-Joe Pirro (Associate Producer: A Prayer Before Dawn; Executive Producer: The Tomorrow Man, Producer: Driveways)
-Samantha Kern (Writer/Actress: The World of Cory and Sid; Executive Producer: Manson Family Vacation; Co-producer: G.B.F.)
-Hannah Ozer (Director of Development at Mad Chance Productions, manager)
-Daniela Gonzalez (Literary Manager at Circle of Confusion)
-Lindsay Goffman (Producer at Gratitude Productions) (Co-executive Producer: The Good Doctor; Producer: Dumbstruck)
-Liz Kelly (Manager, Creative Talent Development at Walt Disney ABC Television)
-Casey Minella (Feature Coordinator and Executive Assistant at Circle of Confusion)
-Jay Wade Edwards (Creative Editor at Kino-Edwards, Inc.) (Stomp ! Shout ! Scream!; Editor/Producer: Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
-Alessandra Maman (Manager of Development at Universal Content Productions, NBCU) (Co-director: Food for Thought)
-Kate Ryan (Playwright) (The Beebo Brinker Chronicles, Cavedweller, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother)
-Nick Oleksiw (Producer at Mischief Entertainment) (Executive Producer: Welcome to Mercy)
-Briggs Hatton (Love, Beta, Africa; Writers Assistant: Community)
-Adam Kolbrenner & Lit Entertainment (Founder of Lit Entertainment Group) (Producer: Prisoners, Free guy; Executive Producer: The Christmas Chronicles, Slender Man, Deadfall)
-Andrea Dimity; (Literary Manager/ Producer at Pannon Entertainment, Inc.) Writer/producer: Halloween Knight; Producer: Emma)
-Laura Goodfriend (Coordinator at United Talent Agency) (Producer: You Are Here; Executive Producer: Bay State)
-Garrett Anderson (Director: The November War; Director/Producer: And Then They Came Home)
-Alexandra Boylan (Co-founder at Mustard Seed Entertainment and Mirror Tree Productions) (Wish for Christmas, Catching Faith)
-CJ Curtis (Agent at Gersh Agency)
-Angelina Chen (Literary Manager at Energy Entertainment)
-Ross Saxon (Head of Development at Braven Films) (Executive on Production: Magic Magic)
-Conrad Sun (Associate at Meridian Artists) (Writer/Producer: Sir John A, Giri)
-Glenn Cockburn (Founder of Meridian Artists) (Executive producer: Unspeakable, YPF; Associate Producer: The Go-Getters)
-Elizabeth Cutbirth (Original Series Development Coordinator at Cartoon Network)
-Mikki Daughtry (Xevius) (The Curse of La Llorona, Five Feet Apart)
-Tobias Iaconis ( Xevius) (The Curse of La Llorona, Five Feet Apart, Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia)
-Nathan Miller (partner at Manage-Ment)
-Renee Tab (President of Sentient Enterntainment) (Executive Producer: Peppermint, Map to the Stars; Producer: Feud: Bette and Joan)
-Jamie Wager (Literary Manager)
-Jesse Silver (Manager/Producer at Mindframe Films & Management)
-Chris Cook (Literary Manager & Producer and Founder of Skyway Entertainment)
-Jewerl Ross (Manager, Owner of Silent R Management)

Film Competition Jurors

Narrative Feature

• Ashley Miller, writer Thor, X-MEN: First Class, Big Trouble in Little China; writer/producer Fringe, Black Sails
• Garineh Nazarian, Festival & Non-Theatrical Event Coordinator, FilmRise
• Megan Alderson, Creative Development Executive, Pixar

Comedy Vanguard Feature

• Ben Kabialis, Development Executive – National Lampoon
• Manuel Delgado, EVP, Strategy & Corporate Affairs, Six Foot
• Brian Flanagan, Exhibitor Relations. Amazon Studios – Original Movies

Dark Matters Feature

• Dave Kajganich, creator/showrunner The Terror; writeproducer Suspiria, writer/executive producer A Bigger Splash; writer True Story
• Gina Welch, writer/producer Castle Rock, The Terror, Feud: Bette and Joan
• Sean T. Collins, Film & Television critic, Rolling Stone, Vulture, A.V. Club, The New York Times

Documentary Feature

• Adam Neuhaus, Director of Development, ESPN Films and Original Content
• William Nix, Chairman/CEO, Creative Projects Group
• David Ninh, Director of Press & Publicity, Kino Lorber

Narrative Short

• Mike Vanderhei, Seven Summits Literary Manager
• Felicia D Henderson, writer Family Matters, Moesha, Soul Food; Executive producer The Punisher; Creator The Quad.
• Andrew Veeder, Creative Executive – Scripted, Stage 13

Narrative Student Short

• Kevin Hamadani, co-writer/director ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction, Junk, In Her Place, The Saviors
• Matthew Dartnell, Writ-Large Literary Manager
• Ross Putman, Agent, Verve; producer Plus One, Straight Up, The Violent Heart

Documentary Short

• Chloe Gbai, Shorts & Streaming Producer, POV
• Jeffrey Sigmund, Controller, IDA
• Chris Lane

Animated Short

• Mary Coleman, Head of Creative Development, Pixar
• Adam Pava, writer The Boxtrolls, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, Johnny Bravo
• Robyn Meisinger, Producer and Manager; Anonymous Content

Produced Digital Series

• Kathleen Grace, CEO, New Form Digital
• Rebecca Windsor, Director, Warner Bros. Television Workshop
• Kesila Childers, VP, Development, Powderkeg