Nominated for a Best Screenplay Oscar for the blockbuster INSIDE OUT, LeFauve won an Annie Award for that screenplay. She also wrote Pixar’s Golden Globe nominated THE GOOD DINOSAUR and is currently writing a series for Hulu as well as the animated film MY FATHER’S DRAGON for Netflix and Cartoon Saloon. She wrote on Marvel’s box office hit, CAPTAIN MARVEL. She began her career as a producer and President of Egg Pictures, Jodie Foster's film company. Her produced films were nominated for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and she was awarded a Peabody for the Showtime film, THE BABY DANCE. LeFauve has taught at AFI and served as co-chair of the Graduate Producers Program at UCLA's School of Film and TV, where she taught master level story and development classes for over seven years.

Stephany Folsom has written on Marvel’s THOR: RAGNAROK, Lucasfilm’s STAR WARS RESISTANCE series, and co-wrote the Academy Award-winning TOY STORY 4. She also created and executive produced PAPER GIRLS for Amazon Prime. She serves as consulting producer and writer on LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER. In her spare time, she is executive producing, showrunning and writing a KING KONG series for Disney+ with James Wan also executive producing.

Samuel D. Hunter is the recipient of a 2014 MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship for his work as a playwright. His full-length plays include The Whale (Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, GLAAD Media Award, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play). A film version of The Whale, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Brendan Fraser, was released by A24 Films. His other full-length plays include, A Case for the Existence of God, A Bright New Boise, Greater Clements, The Few, and Lewiston/Clarkston, among others.

ZACH COX

Manager, Circle of Confusion

Zach Cox is a Sierra Nevada-loving Chico State graduate and Northern California native who’s been at Circle of Confusion for over 14 years. He started as an intern in the Fall of 2006 and became a manager by the Fall of 2010. Zach has an unquenchable thirst for character-driven stories regardless of genre and believes great storytelling is a gift that can be honed but not outright taught.

JESSICA ZOU

MP Lit Agent, Verve

Born and raised in China, Jessica holds a Master in Communication Management from USC. During school years, she interned at Legendary and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. She started in the mailroom at UTA, moving on to assist agents in the Motion Picture Literary department who represent writers, directors, and producers. She also focuses on finding diverse voices and bridging different cultures within Hollywood. In 2020, Jessica joined Verve as an MP Lit agent.

Eric Appel co-wrote, produced and directed WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY, which premiered to rave reviews at TIFF and won the TIFF People’s Choice Award in the Midnight Madness section. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe and Evan Rachel Wood. He’s currently in post on DIE HARTER, the follow up to DIE HART for Roku. The sequel stars Kevin Hart and Jon Cena. He recently directed episodes of season 2 of the Lord Miller produced Sony/Apple+’s series THE AFTERPARTY. Eric has also directed episodes of SON OF ZORN, HAPPY ENDINGS, SILICON VALLEY, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, NEW GIRL, THE OFFICE and many other hit shows.

KRISTEN KIASALEH

Original Series, Drama Development team at Netflix

Kristen Kiasaleh is currently in the Original Series, Drama Development team at Netflix. Prior to Netflix, she worked in feature development at Denver & Delilah Productions, Charlize Theron's productions company. She also worked for the head of casting at Amblin Partners where they oversaw the casting process for both film and TV. Kristen began her career at ICM Partners working for a motion picture talent agent. She's a graduate of New York University.