2010 Conference Panelists

2010 Conference Panelists*

William Akers screenwriter, author of bestselling Your Screenplay Sucks!, 100 Ways To Make It Great – Akers’ participation at AFF is sponsored by Austin Cats!

Sterling Anderson writer "Medium," "The Unit"

Michael Arndt writer Toy Story 3, Little Miss Sunshine

John August Screenwriter Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels

Amanda Austin co-owner of Megaphone Comedy, co-producer for Dallas Comedy Festival, and training center director for Dallas Comedy House

Richard Bever Chill Entertainment

Adrienne Biddle Unbroken Pictures

Maggie Biggar Vice President, Fortis Films

Shane Black Screenwriter/Director Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Screenwriter Lethal Weapon, The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Last Boyscout, AFF board member

David Boxerbaum Vice President, APA, Inc.

Michael Brandt Screenwriter Wanted, 3:10 to Yuma, 2 Fast 2 Furious

Melissa Breaux Washington Square Arts

Bryan Brucks Brucks Entertainment

Curtis Burch President, Latitude Productions

Kat Candler screenwriter / director / UT RTF lecturer, Jumping off bridges, Love Bug, The Spider in the Bathtub, Love Me

Greg Carter writer/director Fifth Ward, Resurrection: The J.R. Richard Story, Waters Rising, Dysfunctional Friends

Mary Coleman Senior Creative Development Executive, Pixar Animation Studios

Kathleen Conkey, Esq.

Matthew Cook Triple Nine, By Way of Helena (2009 Black List)

Tom Copeland Professor at Texas State University, former director of the Texas Film Commission

Henry Corra director The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan

David Denby The New Yorker

Larry Doyle screenwriter I Love You, Beth Cooper, Duplex, "The Simpsons," "Beavis and Butt-Head," author Go, Mutants

Diane Drake screenwriter What Women Want, Only You

Charles Ealy Austin American-Statesman

Jason Eaton Ice Age 3, Spartacus Lobster, The Facttracker

Marjorie Eber Owner and Eco-Coordinator, Green Set - a division of Miscellaneous Rentals

Jay Wade Edwards television producer and editor "Aqua Teen Hunger Force", writer/director/editor of Stomp! Shout! Scream!

Owen Egerton screenwriter Henchmen, Bobbie Sue

Michael Elliot screenwriter Just Wright, MTV’s Hip-Hopera: Carmen, Like Mike, Brown Sugar

Warren Etheredge founder of The Warren Report, president and head of development for Lockspring Pictures

Carlo Eugster Development Executive, Out of the Blue Entertainment

Rebecca Ewing United Talent Agency

Lisa Fragner Head of Feature Film Development, 20th Century Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios, Inc.

Dan French screenwriter “The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson", “Dennis Miller”, “The Best Damn Sports Show Period”, “Wanda Sykes”

Jeff Gorin William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

Jen Grisanti story consultant, independent producer, writing instructor for NBC's Writers on the Verge, blogger for The Huffington Post and author, Story Line: Finding Gold In Your Life Story

Derek Haas screenwriter Wanted, 3:10 to Yuma, 2 Fast 2 Furious, author The Silver Bear, Columbus

Andrew Halbreich Trace Elements / Shrub Music

John Lee Hancock writer/director The Blind Side, The Alamo, writer A Perfect World, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, director The Rookie

James V. Hart screenwriter Hook, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Contact, Tuck Everlasting, The Last Mimzy, August Rush

Noah Hawley creator/writer/executive producer “My Generation,” writer/executive producer “The Unusuals,” writer/co-producer “Bones”

Phil Hay screenwriter Clash of the Titans, AEon Flux, crazy/beautiful

Pat Hazell writer “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”, “My Life In 3D”, “Showtime’s Aspen Comedy Special”, “Seinfeld”

Chris Huntley Academy Technical Achievement Award-winning co-creator of Write Brothers, Inc. and the Movie Magic series of software products

Dano Johnson founder Collection Agency Films, an animation collective of comedy writers, animators, and musicians, co-writer/co-director Flatland: The Movie

Barry Josephson Josephson Entertainment, AFF board member

Jessica Julius creative executive of development, Disney Animation Studios

Deena Kalai PLLC

Michael Katchman President, Rivercoast Film Distribution

Leah Keith independent producer

Kyle Killen “Lonestar”, The Beaver (2008 Black List)

Simon Kinberg screenwriter Sherlock Holmes, X-Men: The Last Stand, Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Susan Kirr line producer/production manager The Killer Inside Me, The Tree of Life, A Scanner Darkly

Alma Kuttruff line producer/production manager Raising Arizona, Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink, Dazed and Confused

Angela Lee Director of Creative Affairs, Vox3 Films

Franklin Leonard Director of Development, Universal Pictures, creator of the Black List

Brent Lilley Lit/IP Manager, Mosaic Media

Warren Littlefield Founder/President, the Littlefield company (“My Generation,” “Keen Eddie”), former President of NBC Entertainment

Allan Loeb screenwriter Cheaters, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, The Switch, 21

Jeff Lowell screenwriter Hotel for Dogs, Over Her Dead Body, John Tucker Must Die, "Just Shoot Me," "Spin City," "The Drew Carey Show"

Jon Lucas screenwriter The Hangover, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Four Christmases

Alison Macor author Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids (March 2010, University of Texas Press), former film critic for The Austin Chronicle and the Austin American-Statesman

Maggie Malone director of creative development, Disney Animation Studios

Chris Mass screenwriter and producer Chalk 2006 AFF Narrative Feature and Audience Award Winner, Bobbie Sue, Henchmen

Craig Mazin screenwriter The Hangover 2, Scary Movie 4, Scary Movie 3

Andrew Miano Depth of Field

Jimmy Miller screenwriter Slugger, winner of the Adult/Family category of the 2007 AFF

Neil Miller filmschoolrejects.com

Scott Moore screenwriter The Hangover, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Four Christmases

Victor Moyers CCO, Reversal Films, Producer Mississippi Chicken, Skateland, Echotone

Peter Murrieta showrunner and creator "Hope and Faith," "Greetings from Tucson," "Wizards of Waverly Place”

Gayla Nethercott Nethercott Agency

Grant Nieporte screenwriter Seven Pounds, “8 Simple Rules”

Signe Olynyk President/CEO of Protagonist Pictures Inc. in Los Angeles, and Twilight Pictures, Inc. in Canada, founder Great American PitchFest and the Great Canadian PitchFest

Joyce San Pedro Creative Executive for Alex Siskin and with Escape Artists at Sony

Dan Petrie, Jr. writer Beverly Hills Cop, The Big Easy, Shoot to Kill, writer/director “Framed”

Nancy Pimental writer “South Park”, The Sweetest Thing

Dominique Preyer Music Supervisor, Hear It - Clear It

PJ Raval cinematographer/director/producer Trinidad, Holding Patterns, A Boy’s Mouth

Graham Reynolds composer A Scanner Darkly, Gretchen, I'll Come Running

Pamela Ribon writer "Samantha Who," "Romantically Challenged," "Mind of Mencia", 2001 AFF Finalist for the Sitcom Category

Alvaro Rodriguez writer Machete, Shorts, From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter, Allied Forces

Jennifer Salt screenwriter Eat Pray Love, “Nip/Tuck”

Bob Schultz The Great American Pitch Fest

Alex Smith co-writer/director Dance With the One, The Slaughter Ruler, Son of the Gun

Bob Soderstrom screenwriter, winner of the 2002 AFF Screenplay Competition; www.FlickBitz.com

Malcolm Spellman writer Family Wedding, Soul Train, Johnson Family Vacation 2, Balls Out (as The Robotard 8000 with Tim Talbott) which made the 2009 Black List

Paul Stekler documentary filmmaker George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire, Vote for Me: Politics in America, Last Man Standing: Politics Texas Style, Frontline's The Choice 2008; teaches documentary film production in the Radio-Television-Film Dept. at the University of Texas.

Matt Summers VP of Film and TV, 821 Entertainment

Tim Talbott writer “South Park”, Balls Out (as The Robotard 8000 with Malcolm Spellman) which made the 2009 Black List

Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times film critic

John Turman screenwriter/producer Hulk, Fantastic Four II: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Ben 10: Alien Swarm

Mark Vahradian President of Production, di Bonaventura Pictures

Meta Valentic Assistant Director "Bones," "Lost," Producer of independent films

Randall Wallace director Secretariat, screenwriter/director We Were Soldiers, The Man in the Iron Mask, writer Braveheart, AFF board member

Tiffany Ward Creative Artists Agency

Herschel Weingrod writer Trading Places, Brewster’s Millions, producer Falling Down

Chase Whale gordonandthewhale.com

Dawn Wolfrom producer The Perfect Man, Never Again, Accidental It Girl

Jorge Zamacona creator/writer “Wanted”, “10-8: Officers on Duty”, writer “Homicide: Life on the Street”, consulting producer/writer on ABC’s “The Unusuals”, writing/ producing “Outlaw”, airing this fall on NBC

Emily Zulauf Creative Development Associate, Pixar Animation Studios

*Confirmed 2010 Conference panelists, schedules permitting.

2010 Conference Moderators

Steven Arvanites founder of NYCscreenwriter.org

H.W. Brands author Traitor to His Class, Andrew Jackson, The Age of Gold, The First American

Aadip Desai writer

Robert Draper writer for GQ, The New York Times Magazine, author of Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush, Rolling Stone Magazine: The Uncensored History, and Hadrian's Walls

Greg Garrett Professor, Department of English, Baylor University

Stuart Kelban Department of Radio-Television-Film University of Texas at Austin

Clay Smith Literary Director, Texas Book Festival

Fred Strype Professor / Chair Screenwriting, Filmmaking/New Media Arts Program at Sarah Lawrence College; Adjunct Assistant Professor Columbia University – Graduate Film Program

Dawn Wiercinski independent producer

Drew Yanno Adjunct Associate Professor, Film Studies Department, Boston College, author of The Third Act: Writing a Great Ending to Your Screenplay (Continuum 2006)

*Schedules Permitting