All speakers and events are based on permitting schedules and subject to change and/or cancellation without notice.

Taylor Allen – writer/executive producer Chappaquiddick; editor The Simpsons

Megan Amram – writer/producer The Good Place, Transparent, Silicon Valley, Parks & Recreation; writer The Simpsons; author Science…For Her!

John August – writer Frankenweenie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, Go; co-host ScriptNotes

Christopher Boone – moderator; writer/director Cents; contributor No Film School

Alisha Brophy –  co-writer License to Drive (2017), White Girl Problems, Swiped, United States of Fuckin’ Awesome

Bill Broyles – writer Cast Away, Apollo 13, The Polar Express, Unfaithful, Jarhead, China Beach

Tripper Clancy 

Stephen Clark – Partner, Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler & Feldman

Mary Coleman  – Head of Creative Development at Pixar Animation Studios

Alexandra Cunningham 

Lisa Ebersole 

Lee Eisenberg – writer/co-executive producer The Office; co-creator Hello Ladies; writer Bad Teacher; executive producer SMILF

Stephany Folsom – writer Thor Ragnarok, Toy Story 4 (2019)

Jason Fuchs – co-writer Wonder Woman, Ice Age: Continental Drift; writer Break My Heart 1000 Times, Pan

Greg Garrett – moderator; author; Professor, Baylor University

Mick Garris – executive producer Unbroken; writer/director/executive producer Masters of Horror; director/producer Bag of Bones; writer The Fly II, Hocus Pocus

Carrye Glazar – Head of Original Content/Producer/Partner, Mighty Coconut

Lindy Goldstein

John Hamburg – writer/director Along Came Polly, I Love You, Man, Why Him? (2016); co-writer Zoolander, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers

Kevin Hamedani – moderator; co-writer/director ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction, Junk

Courtenay Hameister – host/head writer PRI’s Live Wire Radio 2003-2015; co-writer of The Benefits of Gusbandry (web series)

James V. Hart – writer Hook, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Contact, Tuck Everlasting, Muppet Treasure Island, August Rush, Epic, Crossbones; creator of HartChart story mapping tool

Phil Hay – writer/producer The Invitation, Destroyer; writer Crazy/Beautiful, Ride Along, Ride Along 2, Clash of the Titans

Chuck Hayward – writer Dear White People (television show), Fat Camp, Step Sisters, Cooper Barrett’s Guide To Surviving Life

Jason Headley – writer/director A Bad Idea Gone Wrong, It’s Not About the Nail, At the Bar, F*ck That: A Guided Meditation

Felicia D. Henderson – writer/executive producer Gossip Girl, Sister, Sister; writer Family Matters, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Aaron Hilliard – writer HBO’s Life and Times of Tim, Amazon’s BETAS, Producer of Scripted Fiction Audio Series, Audible, Inc.

Christina Hodson – writer Transformers: Bumblebee (2018)

Nicole Holofcener – writer/director Land of Steady Habits, Enough Said, Please Give, Friends with Money, Lovely and Amazing, Walking and Talking

Ellen Horne – Executive Producer, Audible

Rick Jaffa  

Adam Kolbrenner – producer Prisoners, Deadfall; literary manager

Ali LeRoi – writer/director/producer Everybody Hates Chris, Survivor’s Remorse, Are We There Yet (TV Series)

Andrew Logan – writer/executive producer Chappaquiddick

Marc Manus – Manager/Producer, Zero Gravity Management

Peter Mattei – creator/showrunner Outsiders; novelist, playwright, director

Craig Mazin – co-host Scriptnotes; writer Chernobyl, Identity Thief, The Hangover Parts II & III

Scott Miles – co-writer License to Drive (2017), White Girl Problems, Swiped, United States of Fuckin’ Awesome

Troy Anthony Miller – writer/director Severance; writer The Hitch (2013 AFF Darkwoods Productions Horror Award Winner)

Emily Mollenkopf – Development Executive at Pixar Animation Studios

Scott Myers – writer K-9, Alaska, Trojan War; Assistant Professor, DePaul University School of Cinematic Arts

Lauren Neustadter – Hello Sunshine

Scott Neustadter – writer Disaster Artist, (500) Days of Summer, Spectacular Now, Fault in Our Stars

Tom Nunan 

Nicole Perlman – writer Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel (2019), Detective Pikachu (2019)

Daniel Petrie, Jr. – Partner, Enderby Entertainment; writer Beverly Hills Cop, The Big Easy; director Dawn Patrol, Toy Soldiers; executive producer An Ordinary Man, Blackway; former WGAW President

Frank Pugliese 

Maresa Pullman – executive producer The Polar Bears, Welcome to the Rileys, Cyrus, Robin Hood

Pamela Ribon – writer Moana, Smurfs: The Lost Village, Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, Bears, Samantha Who?; comic book writer Rick and Morty, SLAM!

Scott Rosenberg – writer High Fidelity, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Con Air, Beautiful Girls

Ted Schilowitz – Futurist, Paramount Pictures

Amanda Silver 

Ed Solomon – writer HBO’s Mosaic (dir: Steven Soderbergh), Men in Black; co-writer Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, Now You See Me; for TV: also for TV: It’s Garry Shandling’s Show.

Anthony Sparks – co-executive producer Queen Sugar; writer/producer, The Blacklist, Undercovers

Bill True – writer Runaway

John Turman – writer Hulk, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Ben 10: Alien, MacGyver

Oren Uziel – writer/director Shimmer Lake; writer 22 Jump Street, Freaks of Nature, The Cloverfield Paradox

Jake Wagner 

Michael H. Weber – writer The Disaster Artist, (500) Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now, The Fault In Our Stars

Herschel Weingrod – writer Trading Places, Brewster’s Millions, Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Space Jam; producer Falling Down, The Final Season; director Last Wishes

Cormac and Marianne Wibberley – writer National Treasure, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Bad Boys 2

Graham Yost – writer Justified, The Pacific, Band of Brothers, Boomtown, Speed

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