Patricia Resnick

Screenwriter, Playwright, Mentor

BAFTA, Tony and Writers Guild nominee, Patricia Resnick has enjoyed a successful and varied career in film, television, and theatre. She wrote the original screenplay for the film 9 to 5, a comedy classic and one of the top-grossing films of all time. Under the tutelage of her mentor Robert Altman, she co-authored A Wedding (BAFTA and Writer’s Guild nominations) and Quintet starring Paul Newman. Other films include Maxie (Glenn Close) and Straight Talk, which reunited her with Dolly Parton. She has written numerous pilots for television for networks including Showtime, CBS and FX and her seven produced made for television movies include The Battle of Mary Kay starring Shirley MacLaine and Parker Posey who both gave Golden Globe-nominated performances. She was the exec producer and head writer of a series based on the children’s book Olivia for the Nick Jr. network. Her theatre work includes her Drama Desk nominated book for the Broadway Musical “9 to 5” which garnered four Tony nominations, sketches for Lily Tomlin's first one woman Broadway show Appearing Nightly, and a stage musical adaptation of her own PBS movie Ladies in Waiting. She was a consulting producer on the final season of Mad Men, co-executive producer on Netflix's Armistead Maupin’s Tales Of The City starring Laura Linney and co-EP on season four of Emmy nominated Better Things. She is currently writing a feature for Kenya Barris’ company Khalabo Ink.

Lauren O'Connor

Librarian, Writers Guild Foundation

In addition to working the library reference desk, Lauren is one of WGF’s go-to event moderators, helping to create regular event series like WGF Library Script Breakdown and Research Methods for Writers. Before joining the Foundation in 2017, Lauren worked as a video preservationist at the Bay Area Video Coalition in San Francisco. Originally from Alabama, she holds a B.F.A in Screenwriting from University of North Carolina School of the Arts and an M.A. in Moving Image Archive Studies from UCLA. In her spare time, she (slowly) writes plays and enjoys live music.

Justin Kuritzkes

Writer, CHALLENGERS

Justin Kuritzkes is a playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Kuritzkes most recently wrote CHALLENGERS, directed by Luca Guadagnino, produced by Amy Pascal and Rachel O’Connor, and starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist. The film was released in theaters and Prime Video earlier this year. Justin also wrote QUEER, adapted from the William S. Burroughs novel of the same name, which marks his second collaboration with director Guadagnino. The film, starring Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey, played at Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival, and will be released by A24 later this year. Productions of Justin’s plays have been staged by The New Group, JACK, and Actors Theatre of Louisville, and he has been awarded residencies from Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the Edward F. Albee Foundation. His debut novel, FAMOUS PEOPLE, was published by Henry Holt in 2019.

Tim Saccardo

Writer, AMERICAN DAD, VICE PRINCIPALS

Tim is currently a Co-Executive Producer on the writing staff of Seth MacFarlane’s American Dad (TBS), his other TV comedy credits include Vice Principals (HBO) starring Danny McBride, Dan Harmon’s Community (NBC), and 10 Items or Less (TBS) A graduate of the Writers Guild’s Showrunner Training Program, Tim created the animated pilot Car Sandwich: Time Fugitive for Adult Swim, and was an Executive Producer/showrunner on the Fox pilot Ocean Village. Neither of those shows were ordered to series because executives feared they were too funny and viewers might injure themselves laughing, leading to costly lawsuits. His first industry job was as an intern for the NBC affiliate in Providence, RI. This invaluable experience taught him that the kind of TV shows he wanted to write weren’t actually made in Rhode Island. So he moved to Los Angeles and spent way too much time at Hollywood’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, writing and directing countless comedy shows including the monthly Sketch Cram and the innovative talk show What’s Going On? with Mike Mitchell, which was also shot as a TV pilot for FX. He also wrote and directed dozens of videos for the theatre, one of which won him a coveted Stony Award from High Times Magazine. The awards ceremony was exactly what you think it would be like.

Ali Laventhol

Writer, BEL AIR, A MILLION LITTLE THINGS

Ali Laventhol is currently a Co-Executive Producer who sold 5 TV shows, been hired to write 3 movies and has written on over a dozen shows including Bel Air (Peacock), A Million Little Things (NBC), My Life With The Walter Boys (Netflix) and Ginny & Georgia (Netflix). She got her start in show business working on huge movies like Terminator: Salvation and Pirates of the Caribbean. Only not as a writer. She was a Visual Effects Compositor while privately pursuing a dream to write for TV. She soon teamed up with Tawnya, her writing partner, and their careers have gone from strength to strength. The break came when their Nurse Jackie spec was selected for NBC’s Writers On the Verge Program in 2010. The writing team is currently serving as writers/co-executive producers for Season 2 of the hit Netflix show, My Life With The Walter Boys. In 2023, they completed the prestigious WGA Showrunner Training Program and have written on multiple series including: My Life With The Walter Boys, Season 1 (Netflix), Bel-Air (Peacock), Ginny & Georgia (Netflix), A Million Little Things (ABC), Famous in Love (Freeform), The Night Shift (NBC), Perception (TNT), The Client List (Lifetime) and Fairly Legal (USA), as well written in several mini-rooms for Amazon and Apple TV+. Tawnya and Ali have also written the Lifetime TV movies, The Disappearance of Cari Farver, based on Leslie Rule’s true crime book, and Torn From Her Arms based on Ginger Thompson’s breaking story for ProPublica which ended Trump’s zero tolerance policy and family separation at the border. Torn was nominated for 3 Imagen Awards and garnered a win for actress Judy Reyes. Laventhol is a former competitive equestrian and yoga teacher, she’s worked for the gun control lobby, rescued dogs, climbed pyramids and held her Dad’s hand as he took his last breath. It’s a life she now puts into her writing. Bhattacharya & Laventhol are repped by Morris Yorn and Range Media.

Lorien McKenna

Showrunner, TAB TIME

Lorien McKenna is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer. She was the Showrunner for the Emmy-winning YouTube/Kids at Play preschool show TAB TIME, the Co-Executive Producer for CURIOUS GEORGE, and has written and developed for NBC, Hulu, Comedy Central, Disney, and Netflix. As a Story Manager at Pixar Animation Studios, Lorien worked on UP, BRAVE, INSIDE OUT, and THE GOOD DINOSAUR. She is a Script Editor for Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, and Screen Ireland and is a mentor at the Cinestory and Nostos Screenwriting Retreats.

Meg LeFauve

Writer, INSIDE OUT 2, CAPTAIN MARVEL

Meg LeFauve is an Oscar-nominated writer and Peabody award-winning producer, as well as the co-writer on Pixar’s billion dollar movie, Inside Out 2. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for co-writing the script for Pixar's INSIDE OUT. She also wrote the script for Pixar’s THE GOOD DINOSAUR which was nominated for a Golden Globe. She wrote the story for Marvel’s CAPTAIN MARVEL, and wrote the script for Netflix/Cartoon Saloon film MY FATHER'S DRAGON which was nominated for two Annie Awards. As a producer with Jodie Foster’s company, she was nominated for an Emmy, a Golden Globe and the IFP Spirit Award. She has taught at AFI and served as the co-chair of the Graduate Producers Program at UCLA's School of Film and Television, where she taught master level story and development classes for over seven years.

Aly Feltes

Writer, THE ALIENIST: ANGEL OF DARKNESS, OZARK

Alyson Feltes (Aly) has been a writer/showrunner in Canada, South Africa and the U.S, with stellar credits in each country. Aly is currently developing her pilot based on Peter Bogdanovich’s The Killing Of The Unicorn for Paramount Studios and Kennedy/Marshall, and an original series set in post-Apartheid South Africa. She was most recently a Consulting Producer on Mosquito Coast (Apple), and prior to that, an Executive Producer on First Lady (Showtime), an EP and writer on The Alienist: Angel of Darkness (TNT), and a Co-Executive Producer and writer on the award-winning Ozark (Netflix) for two seasons. In Canada, she co-created Flash Forward for The Disney Channel and The Associates for CTV. She co-ran Traders for three Gemini award-winning seasons (including its two best dramatic series nods). In South Africa, Aly developed, wrote and was Showrunner of JOZI-H, for CBC, BBC and SABC, living in Johannesburg with her two young children for the duration of filming. After relocating to Los Angeles, Aly became a Co-EP on Mental, a one hour-drama produced in Bogota, Colombia for FTVS and Fox and was a Consulting Producer for the The Firm (NBC/Sony International). Aly is very interested in encouraging, developing and promoting writers. As a showrunner-in-residence at The Canadian Film Centre, creating a mock story department for the students there using a one-hour drama based on her original pilot script. In Los Angeles, she has taught television writing for Script Anatomy for many years. Most of her students have been accepted to fellowships and have been staffed. The recent Gordita Chronicles, written by Script Anatomy alum Claudia Forestieri, was developed in her class.

Chris Maddox

Writer, BULL, A MILLION LITTLE THINGS

At fourteen, Chris left a lower-middle-class black neighborhood in Ohio to attend boarding school in an affluent white community in Massachusetts. As a drama writer, he has drawn his “fish-out-of-water” stories from these two disparate worlds. He attended Tufts University, triple-majoring in Child Development, Drama, and Spanish Literature, and received his MFA in Acting from Columbia University. There, he honed the craft of character and story development. After living in Spain and working with children with language disorders, touring the United States, performing Shakespeare’s canon, and landing numerous acting roles in half-hour comedies and dramas, he wanted to write diverse stories from his unique perspective. So he applied to the CBS/Paramount’s Writers Mentoring Program, was accepted, and after finishing the program in 2016, he got his break staffing on the first season of the CBS series “Bull.” He continued to move up the ranks by joining ABC’s hit drama “A Million Little Things,” and after two seasons there, he joined Fox’s “Monarch” and most recently served as Writer/Producer for CW’s “Dynasty.” You can find Chris on social media: IG: @chriserric X: @chriserric.

Howie Kremer

Writer, LET'S GET PHYSICAL, GIGI DOES IT

Growing up in St. Louis, Howie wanted to be like the Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith. After many failed backflips, he decided to become an astronaut instead. Howie is a comedy writer who has been staffed on Let’s Get Physical (Pop) and Gigi Does It (IFC), written jokes for the TBS game show The Misery Index (TBS), and did a punch-up on Stephen Merchant‘s feature, Fighting With My Family (2019). Howie currently works with Judd Apatow on writing and producing his TV & feature projects. Howie has been a part of mini-rooms for two upcoming projects as well. Before comedy, he was a commercial real estate broker. When the market tanked in 2008, he moved to his friend’s couch in Chicago to begin life as a sketch and improv comedian. After writing and performing in countless sketch shows with The Second City Theater, iO Chicago, and Annoyance Theater, Howie took the plunge and moved to Los Angeles, where he started out as a writers assistant on Community (ABC), Hello Ladies(HBO) and Trophy Wife (ABC), the last of which got him his first script. Howie was selected for the Young & Hungry List in 2019 and was a Fox Writers Lab finalist in 2016. His latest short film, which he wrote and directed, is enjoying a nice festival run. Howie also as a half-hour comedy in development with a Blackish producer. Still a big baseball fan, Howie plays in two men’s leagues, is an avid PEZ dispenser collector, and dotes on his kitties: Musie, Bunnypenny, Freckles, and Winnie. You can follow him @howieekremer.

Thane Economou

Writer, THE WEDDING PARTY

Thane Economou is a screenwriting nerd, who could discuss theories on opening pages and midpoints for hours. After graduating from Southern Methodist University, Thane moved out to Los Angeles and worked in development at a 20th Century Fox-based production company. There, he read hundreds and hundreds of scripts. Some were great. Some were awful. But most were mediocre, and Thane wanted to figure out why. He analyzed structures, character arcs, thematics, and the industry itself. And he applied it to the screenplays he was writing at night. One of these screenplays became THE WEDDING PARTY, a feature film he directed in 2017. The Wedding Party is a romantic comedy filmed in one-continuous 119-minute take. More recently, Thane sold his spec musical feature script MEET ME IN NEW DELHI to Lionsgate. In 2019, he was featured on both the Hit List and the Young and Hungry List. He’s repped at 3 Arts Entertainment and can be found on Instagram @thaneeconomou.

Sebastian Shepard

Writer, WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD

In 2018, Sebastian’s horror-comedy Welcome To The Neighborhood landed on The Black List and was later sold to Amazon Studios with Brad Fuller attached to produce. It all started with his father. The night before Sebastian went to overnight camp for the first time, his dad showed him The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Sebastian was nine. He never went to camp again. Perhaps because of his horror-loving (and very irresponsible father), Sebastian has carved out a feature career with thrills, chills and things that go bump in the night. A native of San Francisco, he attended UC Berkeley where he met his future writing partner and current Script Anatomy instructor, Ross Lazar. After college, they started writing TV scripts together — one of which was developed by Hypnotic, Doug Liman’s production company, and got them signed to a major agency. But it wasn’t until the duo transitioned to features in 2018 that they got a real break. After Welcome to The Neighborhood landed on The Black List and was sold to Amazon Studios, they sold a horror feature to Fifth Season with Katz Smith attached to produce, and did uncredited rewrite work for a Netflix film. They are currently adapting a horror film for Screen Gems, as well as developing a horror feature with Point Grey Pictures and Vertigo Entertainment.

Denis Villeneuve

Writer/Director, DUNE: PART TWO

Denis Villeneuve is an Academy Award®-nominated French-Canadian filmmaker whose astute attention to detail and unique visuals have established him as one of the premier filmmakers working today. His most recent film, DUNE: PART TWO, the highly anticipated sequel to DUNE: PART ONE, was released to critical acclaim on March 1. Featuring returning stars Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Charlotte Rampling, Stellan Skarsgård as well as new cast Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Léa Seydoux and Christopher Walken, the film achieved massive box office success, surpassing the $700 million mark less than two months after its release and has been named the “best sci-fi epic of the century.” DUNE: PART ONE, the highly acclaimed film that begins Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel, Dune, was released in October 2021. It has since received six Academy Awards®, three Critics’ Choice Awards and Producers Guild, Directors Guild, Writers Guild, and BAFTA nominations. Additionally, it was recognized by AFI, NBR, and critics circles across the globe for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film stars Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem. Villeneuve’s additional directing credits include BLADE RUNNER 2049, ARRIVAL, SICARIO, PRISONERS, ENEMY and INCENDIES.

Jon Spaihts

Writer, DUNE: PART TWO

Jon Spaihts is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter of high- concept films and elevated science fiction, dedicated to exploring human nature and human passions through the lens of extraordinary stories. He is best known for “Prometheus,” “Passengers,” “Doctor Strange,” and of course, “Dune: Part One.”

Taraneh Mansouri

Coordinator, Membership, WGAW

Taraneh Mansouri is going nine years strong at the WGAW, spending most of her time at the Guild as Coordinator in the Membership Department. Her work is primarily focused on identifying eligible writers, advising and facilitating membership admission. She has been an educator, traveler, human rights advocate, and promotes social justice in all areas of life. Her favorite phrase to be able to type on an email to a writer is “Congratulations!”

Rahul Neuman

Organizer, WGAW

Rahul Neuman recently started working at WGAW and will work primarily with Screenwriters as an Organizer/Representative. He previously worked as a Field Rep for the American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT) and the American Federation of Musicians (AFM)

Mike Schur

Creator/Showrunner, A MAN ON THE INSIDE, THE GOOD PLACE

Michael Schur created the critically acclaimed NBC comedy “The Good Place,” and co-created "Parks and Recreation," "Brooklyn 99," and the Peacock series “Rutherford Falls." He is also an Executive Producer on HBOMax’s “Hacks” and Netflix’s "Master of None." Prior to “Parks,” Michael spent four years as a writer-producer on the Emmy Award-winning NBC hit "The Office." His first TV writing job was at "Saturday Night Live," where he spent seven seasons, including three as the producer of "Weekend Update" with Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon

Jim Donnelly

EVP, Comedy Development, Universal Television

Jim Donnelly is Executive Vice President of Comedy Development at Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. In this role, he is responsible for the studio’s comedy series development across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms. He reports directly to Erin Underhill, President of Universal Television. Donnelly and his team support a slate of ambitious storytellers, including Tina Fey, Michael Schur, Nahnatchka Khan, Amy Poehler, Dan Goor, Michael Che, Justin Spitzer, Larry Wilmore and more. He has been instrumental in the development of several Emmy® Award-winning series, such as “Hacks” (Max) and “Russian Doll” (Netflix), as well as the critically lauded and commercially successful “Never Have I Ever” (Netflix), “Girls5eva” (Netflix), “Little America” (Apple TV+), “Loot” (Apple TV+) and “The Good Place” (NBC). Additionally, he is overseeing the development of numerous highly anticipated series, including “A Classic Spy” (Netflix), “The Four Seasons” (Netflix), “St. Denis Medical” (NBC) and “Laid” (Peacock). He began his tenure at Universal Television in 2015 as Senior Vice President of Comedy Development. Prior to that, Donnelly was Vice President of Comedy Development at CBS Studios, where his credits included “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (Netflix) and “Everybody Hates Chris” (The CW). Donnelly has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Dartmouth College. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and children.

Hilary Swett

Archivist, Writers Guild Foundation

Hilary joined the Writers Guild Foundation in 2014 and works toward the preservation and promotion of WGA history and the craft and business of writing for the screen.  She earned a BA in Film Production and worked in a variety of roles in the entertainment industry before completing a Master’s in Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. She is thrilled that she gets to use her combined entertainment and archival knowledge every day to the benefit of writers, historians, movie buffs, and lovers of the written word. When she is not researching obscure vintage TV shows, she is visiting local parks with her husband and preschooler, or trying to get a little more sleep (thanks to the preschooler).

Sierra Teller Ornelas

Creator/Showrunner, RUTHERFORD FALLS

Sierra Teller Ornelas has previously staffed on: Loot, Brooklyn Nine-Nine,Superstore, Happy Endings, Splitting Up Together, Surviving Jack and Selfie. She is the co-creator and show runner of the Peacock show Rutherford Falls, starring Ed Helms, Jana Schmieding and Michael Greyeyes. Sierra’s work has been featured on This American Life, the New York Times Opinion Section and the Hollywood Reporter’s Guest Column. A graduate of the University of Arizona, she previously worked as a film programmer for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, helping to create ridiculously entertaining programs about Native film and media. Raised in Tucson, AZ, she is also an award winning sixth generation Navajo tapestry weaver, a fairly good mom, and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Moisés Zamora

Creator, SELENA: THE SERIES

Moisés is the creator, executive producer, and co-showrunner of global-hit Selena: The Series on Netflix (Best Dramatic Series, Imagen Awards). He has sold four TV shows and written for American Crime, Star, and Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Moisés has always believed in the power of storytelling to connect people. An award-winning Mexican-American writer and filmmaker, Moisés is the creative mind behind the global sensation Selena: The Series on Netflix. This series, which he created, executive produced, and co-showran, debuted at number one in both the U.S. and Latin America, captivating 25 million households in its first four weeks. Before his rise to showrunner, Moisés was a staff writer on acclaimed series like American Crime and Star. His journey began with literary acclaim, winning the Binational Literary Prize for Young Novel Border of Words for his coming-of-age novel written in Spanish at just twenty-five. Not one to wait for opportunities, Moisés creates them. He directed Young+Mexican, which earned him the Best Documentary by a Mexican Director at the Oaxaca FilmFest. Recently, Moisés adapted The Diary of Anne Frank into a short film featuring a series of TikToks titled Anne Frank’s First Kiss, showcasing his innovative approach to storytelling. His talents have led to the sale of five TV series, writing for Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and preparing to direct two feature films. Born in Mexico and a graduate of Brown University, Moisés immigrated to the U.S. at eleven. He splits his time between Los Angeles and Mexico City.

RaMell Ross

Director/Co-Writer, NICKEL BOYS

RAMELL ROSS is an artist, filmmaker, writer, and liberated documentarian. He has been awarded an Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer’s Fellowship, Howard Foundation Fellowship, a USA Artist Fellowship and was a 2022 Solomon Fellow at Harvard University. His feature experimental documentary Hale County This Morning, This Evening won a Special Jury Award for Creative Vision at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and 2020 Peabody Award. It was nominated for an Oscar at the 91st Academy Awards and an Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Film. RaMell holds degrees in Sociology and English from Georgetown University and is an associate professor in Brown University’s Visual Art Department. His work is in various public and private collections such as the Museum for Modern Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the High Museum. His book Spell, Time, Practice, American, Body was shortlisted for the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation photobook award.

John Horn

Entertainment Corrrespondent, 1A on NPR

John Horn is a veteran arts journalist and the entertainment correspondent for the National Public Radio show 1A. He previously covered entertainment, arts and culture for NPR’s KPCC/LAist 89.3, where he hosted the podcast Retake and the shows and podcasts The Frame and Hollywood: The Sequel. Before joining KPCC, Horn was a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, where he covered the film business; a senior writer at Newsweek; a senior editor at Premiere magazine; and an entertainment reporter for The Associated Press. He and his wife, Linda Burrow, are the parents of Charles Horn ’18 and Henry Horn ’22.

Peter Cameron

Supervising Producer, AGATHA ALL ALONG

PETER CAMERON. Peter was recently a Supervising Producer on Marvel's AGATHA ALL ALONG. He also co-wrote the Marvel Halloween special feature, WEREWOLF BY NIGHT. He adapted the Charles Burns graphic novel, EL BORBAH, for UTV and Paramount+ with Maximum Effort and Seven Bucks producing, and developed a Universal Monsters project for Illumination Entertainment. He previously served as a Producer on MOON KNIGHT and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series for his work on WANDAVISION. He began his career working on Netflix's THE MAGIC ORDER with Atomic Monster producing and Amazon's CARNIVAL ROW with Guillermo Del Toro producing with Legendary TV. He has an MFA from USC and loves grounded, character-forward genre.

Jason Rostovsky

Writer, AGATHA ALL ALONG

Jason Rostovsky was most recently a writer on the upcoming Marvel series Agatha: All Along. Previously, his feature script Hare was on the Black List. After graduating from Chapman University, he began his career working in post-production at Blumhouse. When he’s not staFing or developing genre-bending features, he’s playing video games and worrying about the end of the world.

Laura Monti

Writer, AGATHA ALL ALONG

LAURA MONTI was most recently a Staff Writer on Marvel’s WANDAVISION spinoff series AGATHA ALL ALONG. She previously assisted Jac Schaeffer at Marvel Studios/20th and worked alongside Jac on the Marvel/Disney+ hit WANDAVISION. She also wrote on Netflix Animation’s TRASH TRUCK. Prior to that, she worked in development on Disney’s FROZEN II and OLAF’S FROZEN ADVENTURE. Laura often taps into her loud, New England/Italian upbringing to find surprising moments of comedy in flawed female characters. She’s an alumni of Boston University’s business school.

Laura Donney

Co-Producer, AGATHA ALL ALONG

Laura is currently a Supervising Producer on the upcoming Raphael Bob-Waksberg's project, LONG STORY SHORT, at Netflix. She recently served as a Co-Producer on the Marvel series AGATHA, a spinoff of their hit WANDAVISION. She served as a Story Editor on the latter, earning an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series for her episode, "Previously On." She is a Los Angeles grown writer who returned to Hollywood after graduating with a BFA in acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She developed CO-OP with Lisa Kudrow's company Is or Isn't It & Sony TV, and turned her original 1/2-hour GHOSTING into a film for Freeform, premiering in December 2019. Laura was also invited to join the IAMA Theatre Company's inaugural Under 30 Playwrights Lab. In her spare time, Laura over-analyzes every feeling she has ever had or might have.

Gia King

Writer, AGATHA ALL ALONG

Gia King is a Los Angeles-based writer who has worked on series including HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show and Marvel's Agatha All Along. An LA native, she was immersed in the entertainment world from an early age and quickly found a passion for writing. As a trans woman of color, she seeks to elevate marginalized voices in her work and write stories that would inspire her younger self and others like her.

Cameron Squires

Producer, AGATHA ALL ALONG

Cam Squires is currently developing a series adaptation of THE CONJURING for Max alongside Peter Cameron, and served as a Supervising Producer on Amazon’s hit spin-off of THE BOYS entitled GEN V. Before that he was hired as the first writer in on a Pixar feature and also rewrote the next STAR TREK feature film for Paramount / Bad Robot. He previously served as Producer on Disney+ / Marvel's series AGATHA: ALL ALONG and was Co-Producer for Disney+ / LucasFilm's Star Wars series THE ACOLYTE before that. He was notably on staff of Disney+ / Marvel’s Emmy-nominated series WANDAVISION, as well. Other credits include Story Editor on Netflix’s animated series AGENT ELVIS and Staff Writer on TBS’s animated series FINAL SPACE. Cam also wrote an animated feature with HBO Max / Warner Bros. Animation and previously developed an animated pilot with HBO Max. An Indiana native who played collegiate baseball at Yale, Cam moved to LA to pursue writing. He got his start in the ICM mailroom before getting a crash course in comedy working with Ed Helms.

Joanna Robinson

Cultural Critic, The Ringer

Joanna Robinson is a cultural critic for The Ringer appearing on several podcasts including House of R, Prestige TV, and Trial by Content. Formerly a senior writer at Vanity Fair from 2014-2021, she is the author of the New York Times bestselling book MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios.