Tess McGuinness is the Creative Executive at Red Wagon under Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher, where she runs point on and produces projects across Red Wagon’s film and television slates. Originally from New Jersey, she graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College with a BA in Art History and Classics and a minor in Theater. She worked as a production assistant for two seasons of “Saturday Night Live” as well as an Associate Producer for MIRMADE Productions — where she helped produce music videos for Danny Brown and Weezer and commercials for Michael Kors, the NBA, Robitussin, and Away Luggage. In 2020, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue scripted film and television, where she worked for Janet Yang and Inspire Entertainment prior to joining the Red Wagon team. Her most recent film credit will be as the executive on Ridley Scott’s GLADIATOR 2, starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Denzel Washington. She will also serve as Co-EP on a television adaptation of Peter Swanson’s THE KIND WORTH KILLING for Hulu/A+E. Tess is also an award-winning playwright and has had her plays performed at Northern Stage, New York Fringe Festival and Off-Broadway.

Born and raised in Mexico, Saúl started his career as an assistant at Endeavor Content and worked in International TV sales and the indie film group. Additionally, he worked at CAA media finance group specializing in projects with LATINX attachments and projects from LATAM and Spain.

Quincie Li is a literary manager at Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment, where she represents writers and directors in film and television. Her clients work across all genres at all of the major studios and streamers. She began her career as an assistant in the television literary department at ICM Partners and worked at Thruline Entertainment before joining Kaplan/Perrone. Quincie grew up in Orange County, California, and graduated from Vanderbilt University.

Marc Manus is a former award-winning photojournalist who attended USC film school before entering the field of artist representation. His first job was with manager Cathryn Jaymes, who represented Academy Award-winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino, among others. Over the last twenty years, Marc has held positions at various management companies including Zero Gravity (Netflix’s OZARK) and, most recently, World Builder Entertainment (DreamWorks Animation’s TROLLS franchise) as a founding partner. Now at Persistent, Marc continues to guide a select roster of creators from around the globe who have book, film and television projects at the major networks, streamers and studios. His credits as a producer include JOSIE, starring Sophie Turner, and the forthcoming horror-thriller DON’T MOVE, alongside Sam Raimi (EVIL DEAD) and Hammerstone Studios (BARBARIAN).

After graduating from the Radio-Television-Film program at The University of Texas at Austin, Adrian started as an intern at Culture Creative Entertainment and quickly worked his way up to EA, promoted to a literary coordinator, and then an agent at the agency. He was instrumental in developing the agency’s well regarded internship program, built a rapport with numerous execs across the industry, and has developed a passion for storytelling. Driven by his love for his clients and their material, he took a step back from the agent world and stepped into being a manager at Yak Yak MGMT; which has allowed him to immerse himself into the talent’s world and foster a community while redefining story telling for a global audience.

21 Laps Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded and run by director-producer Shawn Levy. The company is best known as the producers of Deadpool & Wolverine, All the Light We Cannot See, Shadow and Bone, and Stranger Things.

Cynthia Adarkwa is a Ghanaian American TV writer and producer. She’s written for Legacies (CW), Saint X (Hulu) and the Forrest Whitaker starring Emperor of Ocean Park (MGM+). You’ll next see her work on Max’s upcoming medical series, The Pitt.