Mentorship Matters |
2024-2025
Mentorship Matters is an intensive, year-long mentorship program that pairs diverse emerging writers with working TV showrunners.
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· Comedy
· 31 Pages
Merritt, a 28 year-old, single woman with the scheming mind of a hopeless romantic, grapples with the realization that she's asexual.
Los Angeles, CA
Casey spent most of her adolescence staying up late to read one more chapter. She worked as a "slush pile" reader and assistant book scout in NYC. Her recommendations would be published with starred reviews and she was praised by clients for her cinematic eye. Casey graduated with degrees in English & Film Studies from the University of Nebraska and...
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· Historical
· 58 Pages
An assassin escapes Edo-era Japan’s civil war and his family’s “untouchable” caste by joining the American Confederacy, but his legacy catches up with his modern-day descendant, who seeks to cure his own misfortune amidst Tokyo’s criminal underworld.
Los Angeles, CA
Mentorship Matters, RespectAbility Fellow, WB Finalist, Paramount Finalist, Soho House Script lab, ISA Fast Track Thriller winner, CA Individual Artist Fellow. Stephen is a biracial Japanese/Jewish military brat who cut his teeth in New York’s theater scene. After graduating NYU/Tisch, he was an artist at the Flea Theater (Drama Desk). Locksmith, ...
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· Sci-fi
· 60 Pages
When a megalomaniacal CEO invents a dangerous technology that allows humans to experience "physical empathy," the disgraced co-inventor teams up with a grieving journalist to take down the woman who took everything from her.
Los Angeles, California
Sejal is an award-winning TV and film writer who has experience in both Hollywood and Bollywood writer rooms; her credits include Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Tooth Pari (Netflix), and Bandish Bandits (Amazon). She enjoys writing dramas that explore darker themes - mental health, addiction, and grief - with a hint of absurdity. Her stories center ...
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· Comedy
· 33 Pages
In the midst of genre-bending fantasy sequences, Wally runs his family's movie theater into the ground and is forced to hire a headstrong assistant manager who insists on changing everything he loves about his theater.
Austin, TX
A Filipino Iranian American filmmaker originally from Houston, TX. Josh graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in Radio-Television and Film. He has since made a name for himself as a writer/director with credits that range from independent feature films, short films, web-series, podcasts, and more.
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· Comedy
· 35 Pages
When Ebony’s breast cancer relapses, she takes a more selfish approach to life when she decides that life is too short not to get good orgasms. Her journey of self-discovery leads her to embark on an adventure of wild sexual escapades all while trying to mend a strained relationship with her daughter and ex-husband.
Los Angeles, CA
Mahalia Latortue-Pridgett is a Haitian American writer from West Hempstead, NY. She received her Bachelor's in Broadcast Journalism at a small HBCU called Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama. She then attended the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, GA graduating as the Excelsus Laureate in 2020 where she earned an MFA in Film and ...
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· Drama
· 55 Pages
Monsters, ghosts, and family curses—welcome to Hometown, where sixteen-year-old Faith Gunn must confront ancestral magic, corrupt power, and shape-shifting haints before they claim her blood—and her future.
Bronx, NY
Michael Wells is a South Bronx-based screenwriter known for crafting character-driven dramas with supernatural or fantastical elements. He writes healing Black narratives that challenge the white gaze through speculative fiction.
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· Comedy
· 37 Pages
When a failed novelist moves home with his estranged cat-loving parents, he embroils them in a ketamine drug ring on the cat show circuit and races to pay back a vicious kingpin, redeem his dignity, and save his family’s lives - all while vying to win the Cat Fancy Association’s National Championship.
West Hollywood, CA
Philippe Bowgen is the most irreverent white-passing Latinx comedian and writer in Los Angeles. And as a queer, multi-racial, multi-national, multi-lingual millennial he also hates overusing labels. Philippe writes Latinx and queer stories about culture clash and family dynamics with an offbeat comedic sensibility. After a decade as a working actor...
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· Drama
· 59 Pages
In the 1950s Golden Age of Hollywood, ROGER CORMAN––a genius Stanford-educated engineer––is hell-bent on making a name for himself in showbiz. But when the mainstream studios reject him, Roger decides if he can’t make it IN Hollywood, he’ll have to make it AROUND Hollywood… by getting down and dirty in the world of B-movies.
Los Angeles, CA
DAVID AGUILAR RODRÍGUEZ is a bisexual Mexican-American writer & director.
After breaking into the industry assisting B-movie legend Roger Corman, David earned his MFA at USC's School of Cinematic Arts.
Currently, David works for writer/producer Alex Kurtzman. He lives in LA with his wife and writing partner Jamie and their dog Humphrey Bogart...
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· Drama
· 59 Pages
When kids from the sleepy town of Mayfield keep defecting to a terrorist organization, Homeland Security recruits an 18-year-old girl to infiltrate the high school and stop a 9/11-sized attack like the one that killed her parents.
Los Angeles, CA
Jackie Akiko Cloud is a half-Japanese writer whose high-concept dramedies aim to show that hope can be found in even the darkest of circumstances. She recently graduated from the 2024 WGAE Support Staff Training Program (Writer's Assistant Track) is currently participating in Mentorship Matters and the Story Incubator Lab. Jackie is a proud alumna o...
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· Drama
· 60 Pages
Following the unexpected death of a state senator, two lovers: a beguiling political heiress and a credulous outsider with no political savvy, battle in the vipers nest of state politics to stake their claim as the leader of Maryland's next generation of politicians. Can they find their way into office, and into one another’s hearts?
Lakewood, CA
Richard Scott is a former politico, who had White House clearance and was loosely investigated by the Russian FSB.
He loves writing, but his dream is to be the 6th Backstreet Boy.
He got his MFA from the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.
He writes stories about flawed people navigating uncomfortable journeys ...
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See You In My Dreams
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· Fantasy
· 54 Pages
Two girls fall in love in their telepathic dreams, but they are enemies in the real world, because they're both closeted trans girls who only live as girls in their dreams.
Los Angeles, CA
Miida Chu is a writer-director who writes high concept sci-fi fantasies of queer experience. Her short film EUREKA won the prestigious Golden Reel Award at the 38th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, which qualifies the film for award consideration for the Academy Award. Miida holds a BA in philosophy from New York University and an MFA in fil...
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The Innominate
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· Action
· 60 Pages
Killing Eve meets Alias in the world of John Wick. Sent to recover from white torture in her birth country of South Korea, a CIA operative begins to reluctantly question her own adoption. Her search for answers pits her against a madcap assassin to whom her past and present is inextricably linked — and turns her into a pawn between her home and birt...
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The Ledge
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· Comedy
· 38 Pages
A rag-tag group of newspaper journalists do their goddamn best to cover Miami in the nineties.
Los Angeles, CA
Adriana Ducassi is a Mexican/Italian actor, writer and director from Chicago. Her numerous television appearances include favorite roles on "Snowfall," "Grey’s Anatomy," "The Wilds," "Alternatino," and the upcoming "Pumas." In addition to her acting work, Ducassi was the co-creative director and head writer for Netflix’s hit digital sketch series “G...
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THE MONTANA
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· Sci-fi
· 57 Pages
During her inaugural tour of duty as the first woman ever placed in command of a US Navy submarine, a rigid, by-the-books officer attempts to wrest back the loyalty of her crew and her teenage daughter after an unprecedented emergency renders the sub lost at sea.
Los Angeles, CA
Monica received her MFA in Writing for Screen and Television from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. She has her first hour-long pilot in development and has had the pleasure of working as an assistant on the Amazon limited series The Banker's Wife. Before moving to LA, Monica worked as a political activist in Washington, DC.
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· Drama
· 53 Pages
After her father’s tragic death at sea, a headstrong sailor joins an underdog crew of rejects, daredevils, and masochists to win an infamously dangerous, round-the-world race and finish what her father started.
Memphis, Tennessee
Originally from Memphis, Samantha Lee received her dual degree in screenwriting and history from USC. After graduating, she accepted a Fulbright grant to teach at a Vietnamese university for a year. Once stateside again, Sam worked as an agency assistant at WME before landing her current job as a writers’ PA and interim writers assistant on ABC’s Gr...
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What About Bree?
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· Comedy
· 33 Pages
An unlucky-in-love copywriter confronts her shame around being a late bloomer when she leads the campaign for her agency’s newest client: a sex toy company, all while chasing her first orgasm in a quest to prove she is worthy of love…and pleasure.
No bio available.
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· Drama
· 50 Pages
Kendra Calloway is an ambitious executive assistant at Zimecki Med, a global leader in medical device production. Teased by the promise of a promotion by the ruthless CEO, Kendra goes on a mission to coerce a disgruntled, well-connected client into retracting her allegations against the company. After learning there may be merit to the client's clai...
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Los Angeles, CA
No bio available.
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· Fantasy
· 63 Pages
In the mythical colonial city of Baidao, a young woman goes missing and it's up to her brother and her best friend to unravel the mystery of what happened to her.
Los Angeles, CA
Jacy Duan is a Chinese American writer and actress born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley on a diet consisting (almost) entirely of boba. She currently serves as the Showrunner’s Assistant on Season 2 of CBS’s TRACKER after previously working on the Hulu Originals and 20th Television Series teams. A graduate of Princeton University, her writing a...
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· Historical
· 60 Pages
Based on true events chronicling the extraordinary life of Bayard Rustin and his role as an openly homosexual Civil Rights activist and mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King.
Los Angeles, California
Dondré Taylor-Stewart is an LA-based dramedy writer who tells stories about Black and queer characters challenging oppressive systems. His writing is shaped by his experiences growing up as a gay Black man, raised by conservative Jamaican parents while navigating the contrast between his progressive New Jersey gayborhood and his family’s Christian v...
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Best Friend
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· Comedy
· 36 Pages
A troubled young man returns to his hometown to give his estranged childhood best friend an unusual ultimatum: rekindle their friendship, or die. BEEF meets BARRY.
Los Angeles, CA
Kevin is a Chicago (suburb) born, Taiwanese comedy writer who freed himself from his misguided decision to work in politics. He is Showrunner’s Assistant to Stephen Falk and also worked on Apple TV's "Little America." He writes about the absurdism inherent in tragedy, broken families, and love and heartbreak, and always centers Asian American voices...
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· Comedy
· 30 Pages
After an "accidental" suicide attempt, 20-something Trinity Clarke is forced to take a sabbatical from college and move back in with her strict Southern Baptist family... just in time for Resurrection Sunday.
North Hollywood, CA
Hailing from San Antonio, TX, Kiana is no stranger to inordinately long highways. A daily 30-minute commute gave Kiana plenty of time to read stories and create some her own. Eventually Kiana followed that passion and traveled up I-35, attending UT Austin, graduating in 2018 with a B.S. in Radio-TV-Film.
While at UT, she co-founded the Black Film St...
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· Fantasy
· 59 Pages
After discovering her husband's betrayal, Prim joins forces with Jolene and her group of empowered sex workers. Together, they embark on a daring quest to find a legendary treasure and reclaim their destinies on the high seas.
Los Angeles, CA
Maddie Chavez, a Chicana writer based in LA, was raised by a single conservative father alongside her 3 spirited and outspoken sisters in a household where opinions clashed, but stories were plentiful. She further crafted her voice at Chapman University, studying TV Writing & Production, BFA. Most recently, she was a part of the 2024 National Hispan...
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· Historical
· 59 Pages
From humble Indian roots to American literary icon, the inspiring true story of Dhan Mukerji. In the roaring 1920s, he crossed oceans to chase his dream of uniting East and West - but as he rises to national acclaim, the pressures of fame and cultural displacement lead him down a tragic path, revealing the high cost of living between two worlds.
Los Angeles, CA
Runjeev Ignatius studied screenwriting at NYU's Tisch, performing script coverage for production companies including Miramax Films. He moved to LA working in VFX for artists including Nicolas Cage and Sia. Runjeev writes in several genres including historical fiction and sci-fi. In 2022, Runjeev was recognized as one of the top ten South Asian scre...
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· Comedy
· 34 Pages
After the sudden death of his wife, an African American people-pleasing single father begrudgingly starts his life over while living with his in-laws in the English suburbs of Liverpool.
New York, New York
From the vibrant streets of New York City to the scenic landscapes of the North West of England, my journey has been a tapestry of unique experiences that fuel my storytelling. Specializing in character-driven comedy-dramas that delve into themes of identity and belonging, I craft narratives that resonate deeply and entertain thoroughly. My diverse ...
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Daughter of Heaven
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· Drama
· 59 Pages
When the Emperor of China dies, a cunning young concubine stops at nothing to obliterate the remains of his feeble imperial court, paving the way for a more modern China with herself on the throne.
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
No bio available.
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· Drama
· 60 Pages
True Story-Ish! After the seedy owner of a prestigious Miami sports med clinic falls into a coma, his four estranged children are forced to come together when they learn he’s implicated them in his legacy of fraud, laundering, and of course, the underground steroid network of Major League Baseball.
Los Angeles, CA
Cuban-American, black belt in Tae kwon do.
Writer-Director of dark magic, dirty romance, and existential desperation.
MFA - USC Screenwriting. College Professor in Film and TV.
Currently: Writer for Nickelodeon Animation
Do I Know You From Somewhere?
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· Thriller
· 60 Pages
Saddled with the medical debts of her dementia-suffering mother, an out-of-work actor with an identity crisis finds herself embroiled in the lucrative and diabolical plottings of a clandestine ring of professional stand-ins.
Forest Hills, New York
Angela Wong Carbone is a decorated actor and writer. Her work has been featured by AT&T's HelloLab, The Gotham, Slamdance, Mixed Asian Media and others. A New Yorker with an immigrant mom, Wong Carbone’s curiosity toward identity is defining. She has starred in NBC's Chicago Med, IFC Films' Resurrection, and ABC's Talent Showcase. She holds a degree...
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Doc Team
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· Comedy
· 38 Pages
We love true crime. We love documentaries. Our society has become more nosy than ever and docs are a view behind the scenes of real moments and real lives. But what if we went behind the scenes of the behind the scenes? A doc within a doc? A look at the people who bring these shows to life. In Doc Team an unseen filmmaking team follows the crew of m...
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- Verified WGA Member
No bio available.
Drop Dead Funny
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· Comedy
· 36 Pages
The life and career of a Black standup comedian implodes when she discovers she's dying and has five years left to live. With nothing left to lose (but her life), she goes rogue on and off stage.
Los Angeles, CA
Ama writes dark comedies about characters wrestling with the intersecting identities of race, motherhood, and inconvenient love. Her work finds the light in the dark comedy of life.
Many of the themes, settings, and characters in Ama’s scripts are inspired by her community work. She’s been an educator in the prison and public school system and a ...
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Graduates (2024)
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· Drama
· 56 Pages
A group of underpaid, underfunded, and over-exerted teachers double as therapists, parents, and more as they attempt to shepherd middle school students to graduation in the poorest congressional district in the United States.
Los Angeles, California
Luis was born and raised in the Bronx, NY to a business-man Father and a white-collar worker Mother who’s a closeted writer. As a child, Luis observed his father’s strong business acumen by day & snuck around the house to find his mother’s beautiful-yet-hidden writings at night. This juxtaposition is what sparked Luis’ obsession with developing a st...
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· Drama
· 51 Pages
An anonymous Egyptian-American sex therapist struggles to treat her conservative community while hiding her work from her biggest critic, her husband.
Iman Ahmed is a first generation drama writer from NYC who enjoys telling provocative and surprising stories about ambitious women that flip expectations.
Her pilot HARAM DOCTOR won the Hour Long Pilot Category in the 2024 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest. She wrote and produced the off-Broadway play BANNED at Theatre Row in 2021. Im...
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Heir Apparent
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· Historical
· 60 Pages
Robert F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson must adjust to the gaping hole left in American politics after Nov 23rd, 1963, while simultaneously trying to attend to the Civil Rights movement and the Communist threat in Vietnam. The two men couldn’t be any more different, but they do have one unifying characteristic: their absolute contempt for each other...
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No bio available.
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· Drama
· 60 Pages
A jewel thief escapes Communist Vietnam by becoming the handmaiden to her mysterious auntie in America…only to find herself at the center of a power struggle between the founding families of a refugee boomtown that will become Little Saigon.
Anaheim, CA
Richard Nguyễn is a Little Saigon native raised by Vietnamese refugees, monks, and gangsters. Witnessing his gang leader's arrest inspired Richard to reinvent himself. From helping to launch a Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant to advising Fortune 500 executives on how to be less racist, Richard became well-versed with the moral grays of business and ...
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· Fantasy
· 55 Pages
After her mother passes away, disgraced psychiatrist Dr. Sofia Cherry returns to the infamous ghost town of Jerome, Arizona — to take over her mom's family business only to discover she’s now inherited her mother’s supernatural abilities.
Phoenix, Arizona
Amena Kheshtchin-Kamel is a mixed Persian-Egyptian-American writer, producer, director, actress, and lawyer. Currently developing projects with PlayStation, Dark Horse, and Anvil Pictures across TV, Film, and Comics. Amena has a debut YA graphic novel MY YEAR AS EMMA with Dark Horse. As an executive producer, Amena has a sports biopic feature with...
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Jersey Devils
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· Comedy
· 33 Pages
When an elderly woman falls prey to an online romance scam, an unlikely trio (her estranged daughter, son-in-law and Airbnb tenant —who also happens to be an OnlyFans star) — joins forces to save her.
Los Angeles, CA
Lynn Chen made her filmmaking debut with "I Will Make You Mine," a feature film she wrote, produced, directed and starred in. The movie premiered at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival and is streaming on Paramount Plus with a 100% Rotten Tomato Rating. She is best known as an actor, for her roles as "Vivian Shing" in Sony Pictures Classics' "Saving Face," ...
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Lady Killer
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· Comedy
· 62 Pages
Waitress meets What We Do In The Shadows.
A dark dramedy about the dangers and pitfalls for women who date men in prison.
Tonally similar to Barry, Fargo, and The Great. This show explores true crime and true love from the female POV.
Los Angeles, CA
Ali's been a nationally-ranked cheerleader, punk rock radio DJ, and on Mr. Show. Ali has written for Hollywood Darlings, Celebrity Death Match, Random Play, etc.
Her work examines adversity and violence, using gallows humor as a Trojan horse. She won the David Sedaris Humor Prize, Stowe Story Lab Fellowship, 1in4 Writers Coalition fellowship, Re...
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Last Great American
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· Drama
· 52 Pages
In drought-ravaged Central California, a struggling Sikh-American farmer's life is forever changed when he shoots and kills an armed robber. Facing legal jeopardy and media scrutiny, he forges a dangerous alliance with a Hollywood action hero turned renegade politician.
No bio available.
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· Drama
· 57 Pages
A down-on-her-luck but resourceful nail salon worker recruits her con-artist father and hot-headed half-sister to plunge into the world of counterfeit goods but find themselves up against New York’s most dangerous Chinese crime group and hunted by NYPD’s most tenacious detective as they rise to the top.
Jon Lazar is a Los Angeles-based Latino writer/director from NY. He is one of four children -- the only boy surrounded by three sisters and was a Zamboni driver before obtaining his MFA in writing from Columbia University. His work tends to focus on character-driven crime drama and mysteries with themes of mental illness and examining familial roots...
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Obsessed
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· Drama
· 56 Pages
In the world of women's college sports, a fiercely competitive rowing team battles the oppressive weight of injury, poor grades, and romantic failure, all in pursuit of victory – no matter what the cost.
Los Angeles, CA
Since graduating from the American Film Institute with an MFA in Screenwriting, Asch has worked various odd jobs around the city, including bartering at LA's only lesbian bar. Asch has also worked several jobs across the film industry most notably as a Writer's PA, Writer's Assistant, and now as a Script Coordinator while continuing to develop their...
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· Comedy
· 36 Pages
When a recluse bingewatcher is mixed up with another Asian during a police lineup, the real suspect targets her as the perfect solution to prove her innocence.
Kianni Keys is a writer who's watched so much media from around the world that all she can do is use that knowledge to create unique stories for people to enjoy.
With a focus in diverse representation, mostly of the loser, Kianni is passionate to make every part of life an adventure so audiences can continue to find sanctuary in the screen.
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· Comedy
· 31 Pages
Desperate for cash, a status-obsessed fashionista turns her fortune around by building a replica bag empire out of her Upper East Side apartment, with a new streetsmart partner.
INVENTING ANNA meets HACKS
Los Angeles, CA
Yagmur Tok is a Turkish immigrant and comedy writer based in Los Angeles. A graduate of Northwestern University’s theatre department, Yagmur writes irreverent coming-of-age stories with global appeal, centered around misfit female protagonists. When she’s not using humor as a coping mechanism, Yagmur can be found producing Webby award-winning market...
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RIDGEWOOD
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· Comedy
· 35 Pages
When a disgraced Ivy League graduate must move back to his gentrifying inner-city neighborhood, his misguided ambitions put him at odds with his crude family, stagnant childhood friends, and his own identity.
No bio available.
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· Adventure
· 38 Pages
A cynical space junkyard owner teams up with an eager-to-please nepo baby to search for an undiscovered trillion-dollar asteroid. Little do they know, she’s been smoking it the whole time.
Los Angeles, CA
Quincy Cho is a bi writer/filmmaker/actor and the WA on Season 5 of Netflix's Sweet Magnolias, where she got a freelance script. As a first-gen, elder daughter to Korean immigrants, she writes about absurdity and complex relationships through a queer, AAPI lens—wrapped in familiar cultural reference points. In her spare time, she enjoys pole dancing...
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· Drama
· 59 Pages
Sixteen-year-old Saira has her hands full as the youngest doctor in America, a real life Doogie Howser. But when she falls for a patient with cancer, she'll risk her lifelong dream to improve his chances—and it could cost her everything.
New York, NY
Sona Charaipotra is the author of Symptoms of a Heartbreak, How Maya Got Fierce, and coauthor of Rumor Game and Tiny Pretty Things, now a Netflix series. She cofounded book packager CAKE Literary, focused on high concept, diverse books. A working journalist, Sona has written for publications including PEOPLE, the NY Times, Cosmopolitan, Vulture, and...
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The Diva Society
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· Drama
· 60 Pages
After being pushed to the limit in their relationships and finances, three women start a secret for profit erotic social club for women of a certain age.
Los Angeles, CA
No bio available.
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· Drama
· 54 Pages
In a high-stakes international art restoration mission, an Ismaili art conservator is hired by a controversially wealthy Indian family to hunt down a lost collection of rare Mughal miniature masterpieces that unexpectedly start to unravel dangerous secrets from her own royal ancestry.
Los Angeles, CA
Farah is a graduate of the Drama Centre London. She has performed on stage and on screen across North America, Europe and Russia. Screen credits include: the new Quantum Leap on NBC, Season 3 of AppleTV’s SEE , Shadowhunters, and Nikita. Presently, she is developing multiple television series, as well as writing a children’s graphic, and stars in th...
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· Drama
· 59 Pages
THE SHOW WOMEN is a heartwarming family dramedy series in the tone of THIS IS US and GILMORE GIRLS, about three generations of Chinese sisters: their lives, their loves, and the inherited psychic connection prophetic dreams they share.
Burbank, CA
Kelly Eisenbrand is a Los Angeles native, and a comedy and animation writer. She loves to write about characters who unlock their truest selves through connection to family — chosen or biological — and long journeys that end in homecoming.
She was accepted into the highly selective Disney/ABC Writing Program in 2022 and is currently represented by ...
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· Drama
· 60 Pages
After winning a prestigious fellowship at Boston Symphony Orchestra, unknown violinist Paco Rosario must learn to navigate the callous and shady world of classical music, where the only way to the top is to trust no one.
Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Hernandez Zapata is a bilingual, Mexican immigrant raised in small-town Missouri. He writes about outsider, code-switching characters and the sacrifices they make in order to achieve their dreams.
His one-hour pilot, The Soloist, was selected for The Black List’s 2024 Latine List, is an Austin Film Festival semi-finalist, and a Nantucket ...
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Unbound
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· Drama
· 46 Pages
In 1937, on the brink of a Japanese attack, two sisters are forced to flee Shanghai as they learn the truth about the Nationalist government, the incoming Revolution, and the sacrifices it takes to keep a family together.
Huntington Beach, CA
No bio available.
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· Drama
· 58 Pages
After the brother he betrayed goes missing, and his grifter niece shows up on his doorstep, an ex army cop hits the road with her to solve his brother's disappearance while solving offbeat crimes along the way.
A Coen-esque procedural in the vein of POKER FACE.
Los Angeles, California
Raised by a hypercritical, single Mexican immigrant mom in a working class small town north of Chicago, Jon turned to horror to make sense of his fears and insecurities. Jon is former Army Military Police and an alumnus of Illinois State University (BA), the WGF Support Staff Training Program, and the WGF Veterans Writing Project. He was most recent...
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