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In just 6 years The Launch Pad Competition went from being the newcomer on the block to the most successful writing competition in the world. With an emphasis on helping start careers, and not simply giving a writer a few dollars and putting their names on a list, we’ve seen our writers land with some of the largest representation in town, sell their projects to several elite outlets, and land on every major annual “best of” list since our launch. Now with over 403 writers signed, 134 projects set up, and more than two dozen staffed on shows, we’re incredibly proud of the work our team has done, but we’re even more so with the writers we’ve had a chance to work with to make their dreams become realities.
Jess Harris-Distefano
THE DISAPPEARANCE set up at Warner Bros TV and Castle Rock.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Fresh off her Top 10 placement in the 2019 Pilot Competition for her script THE DISAPPEARANCE, Jess Harris-Distefano signed with agent Brad Rosenfeld at Culture Creative Entertainment and manager Adrian Garcia at Recon Literary. THE DISAPPEARANCE went on to be set up at Warner Bros. TV with Castle Rock producing and Rob Reiner attached to executive produce.[/bg_collapse]
Preston Walker
Staffed on a TV Series for CBS.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Preston Walker’s Launch Pad Pilot MITZVAH led to him being signed by Verve and he went on to be staffed on the series B POSITIVE for CBS. [/bg_collapse]
Gabriel Feinberg
Staffed on CHICAGO MED
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Gabriel’s 2019 Launch Pad Top 75 feature LEVIATHAN led to him being signed by Romark Entertainment and was selected as the Vertigo Entertainment Guaranteed Option winner. He went on to be staffed on NBC’s CHICAGO MED. [/bg_collapse]
Elizabeth Storm
Set up feature SHELLEY at Ian Bryce Productions starring Awkwafina and Karen Gillan.
Set up pilot MER with Awesomeness TV and Avalon TV
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Liz Storm’s Top 25 pilot IMPACT led to her signing with managers at Romark Entertainment. She went on to set up her project SHELLY with Ian Bryce Productions at STX, with Awkwafina and Karen Gillan attached to star and Jude Weng set to direct. She also set up her pilot MER with Awesomeness TV and Avalon TV.[/bg_collapse]
Cate Honzl
Signed with manager Andrea Dimity
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After being named to the Top 10 of the 2020 Launch Pad Feature Competition for her script DUST TO DUST, Cate caught the eye of juror Andrea Dimity, who signed her as a management client.[/bg_collapse]
Schyler Martin
Signed with manager at Everyday Films
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Schyler signed with manager Brendan Kenney after being named a Launch Pad finalist for her pilot THE CAREGIVER.[/bg_collapse]
Brit Wigintton
Signed with Artillery Creative
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ] Brit Wigintton’s pilot EXIT STRATEGY won the Guaranteed Signing Prize in the 2020 Launch Pad Pilot Competition, leading to her being signed by Tom Carter of Artillery Creative. [/bg_collapse]
Alexandra Amadio
Signed with Artillery Creative
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After being named the Overall Winner of the 2020 Launcb Pad Pilot Competition for her pilot ALOHA STATE, Alexandra Amadio signed with manager Tom Carter of Artillery Creative Collective.[/bg_collapse]
Natalia Temesgen
Staffed on Dear White People for Netflix
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Soon after placing in the Top 50 of the Launch Pad Pilot Competition for her script BEA ROSE, Natalia was staffed on Season 4 of Netflix’s DEAR WHITE PEOPLE and signed with Daniel Vang and Zack Waxenberg at 3 Arts Entertainment.[/bg_collapse]
Sarah Lampert
Sold pilot GINNY & GEORGIA to Netflix.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Following her Top 25 placement for her pilot I LOVE COLLEGE, Sarah Lampert signed with UTA and Writ Large and went on to sell her original pilot GINNY & GEORGIA to Netflix. [/bg_collapse]
Jackie Cloud
Signed with Bellevue Productions
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ] Jackie Cloud’s 2019 Launch Pad Feature Competition Top 25 script BIG GIRLS led to her being signed by Zack Zucker at Bellevue Productions [/bg_collapse]
Gillian Muller
Staffed on SyFy series THE SURREALTOR
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Gillian Muller’s 2019 Launch Pad Pilot script THE PLAYER’S SON led to her signing with Romark Entertainment and The Characters Talent Agency and she was soon staffed on the SyFy series THE SURREALTOR. [/bg_collapse]
Dennis Curlett
Sold Launch Pad finalist JUST. ONE. KISS to Netflix
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Dennis Curlett’s Launch Pad script JUST. ONE. KISS. not only landed him representation with Verve and Romark Entertainment, but set the town on fire, eventually selling to Netflix in a bidding war.[/bg_collapse]
Heather Spiegel
Signed producer attachment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After being a finalist in both the Launch Pad Pilot and Feature Competitions, Heather signed a producer attachment agreement for her pilot script SILVERWOOD. [/bg_collapse]
Manfred Lopez Grem
LP Script optioned by AlteredLA
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After being named to the Top 25 of the 2019 Launch Pad Feature Competition, Manfred’s comedy script MAD RUSH was optioned by Launch Pad judge Jorge Garcia Castro of AlteredLA.[/bg_collapse]
Alex Tranquada
Signed shopping agreement for LP script
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Alex’s Launch Pad script “Underdog” was discovered by actor Will Ropp through Coverfly, and Alex signed a shopping agreement with Will, who is attached to direct, produce and star in the film.[/bg_collapse]
Chris Dennis
Signed with Romark Entertainment and Verve
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]The only writer with multiple projects in the 2019 Feature Top 100, Chris Dennis signed with Romark Entertainment and Verve off the strength of his projects MAELSTROM and THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER. [/bg_collapse]
John Wikstrom
His Black List script AMA: ASK ME ANYTHING has attached Zelda Williams to direct with Assemble Media’s Jack Heller producing.
Hired to write DOSE for AGBO producers Joe & Anthony Russo.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]A three-time Launch Pad Finalist, John Wikstrom’s latest project AMA: ASK ME ANYTHING made the Black List and now has Zelda Williams attached to direct with Assemble Media’s Jack Heller producing. He was recently hired to write DOSE for AGBO producers Joe & Anthony Russo. [/bg_collapse]
David Kushner
Signed with Jeff Belkin of Zero Gravity Management.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]David Kushner and Joshua Bullock have signed with literary manager Jeff Belkin of Zero Gravity Management. Kushner and Bullock grabbed Belkin’s attention with their Launch Pad Finalist script THE DREAMER OF DREAMS – which has since been retitled PURE IMAGINATION. [/bg_collapse]
Paul Chang
Staffed on Disney Channel series THE CURSE OF MOLLY MCGEE
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Paul leveraged his Launch Pad Top Comedy PLEASE LET EVERYTHING BE ALL RIGHT into representation with Romark Entertainment and a staffing on Disney Channel’s THE CURSE OF MOLLY MCGEE.[/bg_collapse]
Jeffrey Field
DON’T GO THERE was optioned by Woolf + Lapin.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]A three-time Launch Pad finalist, Jeffrey Field leveraged his Overall Winner status to see his script DON’T GO THERE optioned by Woolf + Lapin. He has recently signed with Zero Gravity Management alongside his NO MAN’S LAND co-writer Michelle Davidson. [/bg_collapse]
Emily Duke
Signed with Romark Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Emily Duke’s 2019 Launch Pad comedy pilot MIDDLE GENTRY led to her being signed by managers at Romark Entertainment. [/bg_collapse]
Surjyakiran Das
THE CONFECTION CONNECTION set up at Pacific Electric Company with Ed Helms producing.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Surj’s Launch Pad Top Comedy script THE CONFECTION CONNECTION caught the eye of reps at UTA and Romark Entertainment, as well as actor Ed Helms and his production company Pacific Electric Company, who are on board to produce. He followed that up by landing on the 2018 Young & Hungry List and Hit List, and is now currently in development on multiple studio projects, including an untitled project for Sony Pictures. [/bg_collapse]
Brad Starr
Signed with Romark Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Brad Starr’s Top 10 Launch Pad Feature caught the eye of management company Romark Entertainment, who signed him soon afterwards.[/bg_collapse]
Brian T. Arnold
Hired for a rewrite with Prime Universe Films
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After being named Overall Winner of the 2017 Feature Competition for this script FRIEND OF THE SHOW, Brian T. Arnold signed with Verve and Romark Entertainment. He has since gone on to be hired to rewrite the script FRONTIERSMEN for Prime Universe. [/bg_collapse]
Annabel Seymour
Staffed on a new Netflix series
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After being named the Top Comedy in the 2016 Pilot Competition for her script #1 FAN, Annabel Seymour went on to be staffed on a series for Netflix. [/bg_collapse]
Jenny Deiker Restivo
Staffed on Fox’s THE RESIDENT.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Jenny won the Launch Pad Pilot Competition in 2016 and landed on the Young & Hungry List later that year. She was selected for the 2018 Fox Writers Lab and is staffed on Fox’s hit show THE RESIDENT. [/bg_collapse]
Juliet McDaniel
MR. AND MRS. AMERICAN PIE in development as a TV series with Platform One Media and Laura Dern’s Jaywalker Pictures
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Juliet McDaniel’s first novel MR. & MRS. AMERICAN PIE was the Top Comedy in the 2016 Launch Pad Manuscript Competition. The book is currently in development as a TV series with Platform One Media and Laura Dern’s Jaywalker Pictures.[/bg_collapse]
Scott Thomas
Project in development at Showtime with Scott Derrickson and Misha Green attached.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Scott Thomas is the Stoker-nominated author of KILL CREEK, which reached the Top 10 of the 2016 Launch Pad Manuscript Competition and was selected by the American Library Association’s reader committee as the top horror book of 2017. His second novel, VIOLET, was named by Library Journal as one of the Best Books of 2019. He is also the creator/executive producer of Disney Channel’s RANDY CUNNINGHAM: 9TH GRADE NINJA, BEST FRIENDS WHENEVER and RAVEN’S HOME. Scott was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for his work on R.L. STEIN’S THE HAUNTING HOUR and a BAFTA for MALIBU RESCUE. [/bg_collapse]
Irina Ivanova
Set up with Ridley Scott and 20th Century Fox.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Irina Ivanova’s Launch Pad Manuscript HUMAN, ANEW reached the Top 10 of the 2016 competition as was set up with Ridley Scott and 20th Century Fox. [/bg_collapse]
Katie Golden-Brady
Signed with Romark Entertainment and Recon Literary
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Katie’s thrilling and moving feminist western UNASSIGNED LANDS impressed Launch Pad partners Romark Entertainment and Recon Literary, who co-signed her soon after the competition.[/bg_collapse]
Sebastian Davis
Signed with Romark Entertainment and Verve
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After placing multiple times as a Launch Pad Finalist, both as a part of a writing team and as a solo writer, Sebastian Davis placed in the Top 10 of the Pilot Competition with his project PYRAMID, and signed with Verve and Romark Entertainment. [/bg_collapse]
Eric Koenig
Signed with Paradigm and Good Fear Film + Management
Set up with Paramount, Red Wagon Entertainment, Romark Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Until recently Koenig could only boast about serving in the military, being a federal law enforcement agent, a massage therapist, or a dentist. But after his script, MATRIARCH, placed in the Top 10 of the 2014 LPFC he has found something new to brag about, selling a spec script for mid six figures to Paramount Pictures with Red Wagon Entertainment and Romark Entertainment producing. His reps, David Boxerbaum from Paradigm and Daniel Vang and Jake Wagner from Good Fear Film + Management first noticed Koenig from the contest and helped him set up the project and make the 2014 Hit List and Blacklist.[/bg_collapse]
Michael Perri
Signed with Kaplan Stahler Agency and Echo Lake Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Once his pilot, NEXXUS, became a TB Recommended script Perri quickly found himself with representation. To follow that up he made his way onto a Young & Hungry List, the 2013 National Hispanic Media Coalition’s Television Writers Program, became the 2013 Storyboard National TV Pilot competition Winner, and entered the 2013 Writers on the Verge Program at NBC Universal. Since that time he has been staffed on NBC series’ STATE OF AFFAIRS and BLINDSPOT.[/bg_collapse]
Ahmadu Garba
Sold pilot to AMC.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]In 2015, Garba placed in the Top 5% of both the Pilots and Features Competitions with THE ELEVENTH HOUR and AUGUSTUS, respectively. His work garnered a lot of interest, leading to him signing with Allard Cantor and Jarrod Murray of Epicenter. Garba was then chosen for the 2016 FOX Writers Intensive Program. Sold pilot NIGERIA 2099 to AMC. Has previously written for DR. DEATH, HAPPY! and THE SINNER. [/bg_collapse]
Cody Pearce
Smart Entertainment is on board to produce his Launch Pad script
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After prominent placements in both the Feature and Pilot competitions for 2018, Cody saw his Top 25 pilot THE EXPLORER’S GUILD have Smart Entertainment come on board to produce.[/bg_collapse]
Christina Pamies
Signed with Good Fear Film + Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Fresh off her Top 25 placement in the 2018/19 Launch Pad Features Competition, Christina Pamies has signed with Jake Wagner and Scott Stoops of Good Fear Film + Management.[/bg_collapse]
Ivan Tsang
Signed with 3 Arts Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Following up on his Top 50 placement in the 2018 Launch Pad Features Competition as well as his selection to the HBO Access Writing Fellowship, Ivan Tsang has signed with Jermaine Johnson and Luke Maxwell of 3 Arts Entertainment..[/bg_collapse]
Joshua Bullock
Signed with Jeff Belkin of Zero Gravity Management.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]David Kushner and Joshua Bullock have signed with literary manager Jeff Belkin of Zero Gravity Management. Kushner and Bullock grabbed Belkin’s attention with their Launch Pad Finalist script THE DREAMER OF DREAMS – which has since been retitled PURE IMAGINATION. [/bg_collapse]
Eric Gross
Signed with Verve and Lit Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Hot off being named to the Top 100 of the 2018/19 Launch Pad Feature Competition, newcomer Eric Gross has not only landed a powerhouse representation team in agent David Boxerbaum of Verve and manager Adam Kolbrenner of Lit Entertainment Group.[/bg_collapse]
Pete Barry
LP script set up at Sony Pictures and Pascal Pictures
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Following a heated bidding war, 2016 Launch Pad Feature Competition writer Pete Barry has sold his competition script MARIAN to Sony with Margot Robbie attached to star and produce alongside Amy Pascal, Donald De Line and Rock Shaink.[/bg_collapse]
Elizabeth Guest
Signed with Romark Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Elizabeth Guest’s 2019 Launch Pad Pilot finalist FRIENDS 4 EVER led to her being signed by Romark Entertainment..[/bg_collapse]
John Paul Murphy
Signed with Romark Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Following a Top 50 placement with his feature THE FOOL’S ERRAND, John signed with Romark Entertainment.[/bg_collapse]
Gannon Kenney
THE MAGUS WORLD is set up with Michael De Luca.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Gannon Kenney’s manuscript THE MAGUS WORLD was named the Overall Winner of the 2017 Launch Pad Manuscript Competition, and was set up with Michael De Luca productions. [/bg_collapse]
Michelle Davidson
Signed with Zero Gravity Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Alongside her co-writer on Launch Pad finalist NO MAN’S LAND, Michelle has signed with Zero Gravity Management.[/bg_collapse]
Helena Zhen
Signed with Romark Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Helena Zhen’s Top 25 Launch Pad Pilot EX HUMANA led to her being signed by Romark Entertainment.[/bg_collapse]
Charlie Neubauer
Signed with Bellevue and ESA
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Following being named the Overall Winner in the 2016 Launch Pad Feature Competition, Charlie signed with Bellevue and ESA.[/bg_collapse]
Laura Bensick
Sold drama pilot to Fox
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Bensick’s success in the Launch Pad pilot competition led to her finding reps at UTA, and she went on to sell drama pilot “Everyday Insanity” to Fox with Sterling K. Brown attached to produce. [/bg_collapse]
Talia Gonzalez
Signed with UTA and Thruline Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]20 MINUTES SOUTH placed in the Top 25 in the 2013 LPFC and after being signed by Greg Iserson at UTA as well as Danny Sherman and Jeff Chiabattary at Thruline Entertainment, Gonzalez earned a job as a staff writer on MTV’S TEEN WOLF. She followed it up by being staffed with writing partner Bisanne Masoud on The CW’s iZombie.[/bg_collapse]
Bisanne Masoud
Signed with UTA and Thruline Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After her feature script, 20 MINUTES SOUTH, placed in the Top 25 in the 2013 LPFC, Masoud found representation with Greg Iserson at UTA as well as Danny Sherman and Jeff Chiabattary from Thruline. Since then Masoud landed a staff writing position on MTV’s TEEN WOLF. She followed it up by being staffed with writing partner Talia Gonzalez on The CW’s iZombie.[/bg_collapse]
John Kelley
Signed with Stephanie Rogers & Associates
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]STERLING was a 2013 LPFC Top 25 script, which brought Kelley to the attention of Stephanie Rogers. He also won the PAGE International Gold Prize in Science Fiction, while placing as a semifinalist in the American Screenwriting Competition and currently lives in New York where he works for NBC Universal.[/bg_collapse]
Alexander Vargas
Signed with Adrian Garcia of Recon Literary.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]A two-time Launch Pad Top 25 finalist, Alexander Vargas signed with Adrian Garcia of Recon Literary based on the strength of his 2018 Feature Competition script THE FIGHTING GIRLFRIEND.[/bg_collapse]
Meg Favreau
Signed with Industry Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Fresh off her Top 10 placement in the 2018 Launch Pad Pilots Competition for her hilarious sitcom THE VALUE SHOPPING NETWORK, Meg Favreau has signed with Sarah Dodge of Industry Entertainment.[/bg_collapse]
Ben Feuer
Script optioned by Prime Universe
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Ben Feuer’s script FRONTIERSMEN was selected as the Prime Universe Guaranteed Option winner.[/bg_collapse]
Eric Glover
Signed with Zero Gravity Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Fresh off landing a finalist spot in the Launch Pad Pilot Competition for his script PANTHERS, Eric Glover signed with Joe Riley of Zero Gravity Management.[/bg_collapse]
Devi Gowni
Signed with Artillery Creative
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]A two-time Launch Pad finalist for her scripts THE MARBLE TOMB and THE LIMPING LADY, Devi Gowni was the Artillery Creative Guaranteed Signing selection.[/bg_collapse]
Daniel Turkewitz
Signed with APA and Energy Entertainment
Set up with 20th Century Fox, Energy Entertainment, Romark Entertainment, Scott Free Productions
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Turkewitz’s script, TRANQUILITY BASE, made the Top 10 in the 2013 LPFC and got him onto that year’s Hit List and Young and Hungry List. After picking up David Saunders at APA and Brooklyn Weaver at Energy Entertainment as his reps, they were able to set up the project with 20th Century Fox and Scott Free Productions with Ridley Scott producing.[/bg_collapse]
Lily Blau
Signed by CAA and Washington Square Arts
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Her 2014 Top 10 LPPC pilot, SIDE BY SIDE, drew Blau to Olivia Blaustein at CAA and Bruce Miller at Washington Square Arts as her reps. Prior to that she had been a runner up in the ScriptChix Pilot Contest and a finalist in Final Draft’s Big Break Contest.[/bg_collapse]
Greg Scharpf
Signed with Verve and Industry Entertainment
Set up with MXN Entertainment, Wonderland Sound & Vision
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Bill Weinstein and Tanya Cohen of Verve and Micah Klatzker and Steve Crawford of Industry Entertainment now rep this 2014 LPFC Top 25 writer. ONE FELL SWOOP also helped Scharpf get onto the 2014 Hit List and Blacklist before having the script set up at McG’s production company, Wonderland Sound and Vision.[/bg_collapse]
Dan Benamor
Signed with Paradigm and Energy Entertainment
Set up with Anonymous Content, Energy Entertainment, Romark Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]The first of 2016’s TB Recommends scripts, Benamor’s feature ONWARD, THROUGH THE NIGHT garnered the interest of several representation companies following his selection, and he signed with Adrian Garcia and David Boxerbaum of Paradigm, and Energy Entertainment’s Brooklyn Weaver. The spec is now being packaged by Oscar-winner Michael Sugar and Ashley Zulta for Anonymous Entertainment, with Energy and Romark Entertainment producing.[/bg_collapse]
Melissa Emery
Signed with Recon Literary
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Melissa’s Launch Pad script COWBOY BOB led to her being signed by manager Adrian Garcia of Recon Literary.[/bg_collapse]
Heidi Nyburg
Signed with Pollinate Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Just after being named to the Top 50 of the 2018 Launch Pad Pilots Competition with her script AETERNUM, Heidi Nyburg has become the latest Launch Pad writer to find representation, signing with Sonia Gambaro of Pollinate Entertainment.[/bg_collapse]
Alan Baxter
Signed with Recon Literary and Abrams Artists Agency
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Baxter’s pilot LOST EDEN CANYON made it to the Top 50 in the 2018 Launch Pad Pilots Competition and led to Alan signing with Recon Literary and Abrams Artists Agency.[/bg_collapse]
Denise Meyers
Signed with Woolf + Lapin
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]With her brilliantly drawn Frank Lloyd Wright spec TRUTH AGAINST THE WORLD leading the way, Denise Meyers has become the latest Launch Pad Alum to land representation, signing with Woolf + Lapin Agency partner Sonya Gauthier.[/bg_collapse]
Megan Bacharach
Signed with Stagecoach Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Megan Bacharach has signed with Stagecoach Entertainment soon after being selected for one of three prestigious Launch Pad Pilots Mentorships for 2018 and reaching the Top 100 of our 2018 Pilots Competition for her script 101 WAYS TO BECOME A BETTER PERSON.[/bg_collapse]
Conor Kyle
Signed with Elevate Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Following his Top 10 Appearance in the 2017 Launch Pad Feature Competition, Conor Kyle has signed with manager Raquelle David of Elevate Entertainment..[/bg_collapse]
Nicolina Torres
Her Launch Pad Manuscript THIS RED FIRE is set up with Stampede Ventures
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ] Following a Top 10 placement in the 2017 Manuscript Competition, Nicolina Torres saw her Launch Pad finalist THIS RED FIRE set up with Stampede Ventures, Greg Silverman and Freddie Skov attached.[/bg_collapse]
T.A. Snyder
Launch Pad script acquired by Endgame Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Endgame Entertainment has acquired T.A. Snyder’s DEAD MEN, the Overall Winner of the 2017 Launch Pad Pilots Competition. He has also signed with Zero Gravity Management.[/bg_collapse]
Alanna Brown
Signed with Paradigm and Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Her top 25 2014 LPFC script, TREES OF PEACE, helped her find representation with Adrian Garcia and David Boxerbaum at Paradigm as well as Aaron Kaplan and Sean Perrone from Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment. They are currently shopping the script to multiple interested parties.[/bg_collapse]
Kate Trefry
Signed with UTA and Lee Stobby Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After being announced as the overall winner of the 2013 LPFC, Trefry was signed by Lee Stobby of Lee Stobby Entertainment and soon after Amanda Hymson, Keya Khayatian, and Tim Phillips at UTA. She also managed to make all three major lists in 2013, showing up on the Young and Hungry List, Hit List, and Black List.[/bg_collapse]
Max Perry
Signed with Madhouse Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Perry had been working in the industry in various rolls for years without representation. But when his pilot, PROSPECT, made the Top 10 in the 2014 LPPC, he found himself with two new managers, Adam Kolbrenner and Chris Cook of Madhouse Entertainment.[/bg_collapse]
Daniel Algarin
Signed with UTA and Good Fear Film + Management
Set up with Blumhouse Productions, Chapter One
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]His script, CAESURA, made the Top 25 during the 2014 LPFC which found him representation with Jon Huddle at UTA along with Daniel Vang and Jake Wagner at Good Fear Film + Management. Shortly after the contest ended the project was set up at Blumhouse for development.[/bg_collapse]
Shira Hoffman
Staffed on LOUDERMILK and THE FREAK BROTHERS
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]When Hoffman’s pilot LATE BLOOMER placed in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPPC, she was quickly signed by CAA’s Jacquie Katz and Praveen Pandian, and Jennifer Au of Untitled Entertainment. She went on to write for the shows LOUDERMILK and the upcoming animated series THE FREAK BROTHERS starring Pete Davidson and Tiffany Haddish.[/bg_collapse]
Ryan Trevino
Signed with APA and Circle of Confusion
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Making the 2014 LPFC Top 10 and 2014 Nicholl Finals, ARCADIA brought Trevino a lot of attention. The project is now out to the town and in the hands of producers and talent. Trevino also placed on the 2015 Young & Hungry List, and he’s represented by APA’s Adam Perry, Alex Johnson, David Saunders, and Zach Cox at Circle Of Confusion.[/bg_collapse]
Curtis Retherford
Signed with Woolf + Lapin
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Curtis Retherford’s Launch Pad Pilot finalist THE CLEANUP CREW led to him being signed by Stephen Debreuil of Woolf + Lapin. [/bg_collapse]
Mike Van Waes
Signed with ICM and Grandview
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Van Waes saw his script, THE SHIVERS, make the Top 10 of the 2014 LPFC. He is also a 2014 Nicholl finalist and made the 2014 Hit List, as well as the 2015 Hit List and Black List. He is represnted at ICM by Allie Berkowitz and Doug Johnson, and at Grandview by Zac Frognowski.[/bg_collapse]
Homa Mojtabai
Signed with Heroes and Villains Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Mojtabai’s pilot BAIT was chosen by Henry Huang of Heroes and Villains Entertainment for the 2015 LPPC Guaranteed Signing contest. She wrote her first screenplay while earning her MBA from Wharton, which went on to advance as a quarter-finalist in the American Zoetrope competition. Her work has also appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, VanityFair.com, and the Los Angeles Times.[/bg_collapse]
John James Halligan
Signed with Recon Literary
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Following the Top 10 Finish in the 2017 Launch Pad Feature Competition for his script A GIANT NAMED ANDRE LP Alum John James Halligan has signed with Adrian Garcia of Recon Literary.[/bg_collapse]
Eleonore Gachet
Signed with Paradigm
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Following her script FIRST LADY being chosen as the Overall Winner of the 2015 LPFC, Gachet quickly signed with Adrian Garcia and David Boxerbaum of Paradigm, who are helping develop the feature with an eye of taking it out on the market soon. Gachet has worked in the European film industry for a decade, giving her the opportunity to work with talented independent filmmakers, and she’s directed a short film and two documentaries herself.[/bg_collapse]
David Hoffman
Signed with Paradigm and Artillery Creative
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Hoffman enjoyed an amazing 2015, from being named the LPPC Overall Winner for his pilot RUNNING MONEY, to his feature spec THE GREAT DEBATE being named a Semifinalist at the Austin Film Festival, and then landing him on both the Young & Hungry List and Hit List. THE GREAT DEBATE was also awarded AFF’s Enderby Entertainment Award, and Hoffman was quickly swooped up by Adrian Garcia, David Boxerbaum, Ellie Schiff, and Zac Simmons at Paradigm and Artillery Creative’s Tom Carter.[/bg_collapse]
Kaitlin Kelly
Set up with Demarest Films
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Together with her writing partner Andy Heriaud, Kaitlin Kelly’s pilot WINTER placed in Top 10 of the 2014 LPPC. In addition to placing in the contest she saw herself on the 2014 Young and Hungry List while WINTER is currently set up with Demarest Films.[/bg_collapse]
Andy Heriaud
Set up with Demarest Films
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Heriaud’s pilot WINTER, written with his writing partner Kaitlin Kelly, placed in the Top 10 of the 2014 LPPC. After the contest he made the 2014 Young and Hungry List. Their pilot is currently set up with Demarest Films.[/bg_collapse]
Eric M. Brown
Signed with CAA and Madhouse Entertainment
Set up with 3311 Productions
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]HEMINGWAY BOY was a TB Recommended script and helped Brown secure Chelsea Reed and Matt Martin from CAA and Madhouse Entertainment’s Ryan Cunningham as his reps. They would all go on to see Brown make the Hit List and Young and Hungry List in 2012.[/bg_collapse]
Dan Shea
Set up with Under the Stairs Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]The script made the Top 25 in the 2013 LPFC and has gone on to be optioned by Under The Stairs Entertainment.[/bg_collapse]
Benjamin Kawaller
Signed with Bellevue Productions
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]A Harvard graduate and recent veteran of the industry, Kawaller has worked for both CBS TV Studios and UTA. After his pilot THE NEXT BEST THING placed in the Top 5% in the 2015 LPPC, Kawaller signed with Jeff Portnoy of Bellevue Productions. The pilot was a finalist at the 2015 Austin Film Festival, and Kawaller also landed a place on The Black List’s 2016 TV Writers Staffing Book, which predicts the writers who have the best potential for being staffed of the year.[/bg_collapse]
Michael Stagliano
Signed with Good Fear Film + Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Perhaps best known for his stint as a fan favorite ABC’s THE BACHELORETTE and BACHELOR PAD 2, Stagliano’s pilot NEVERLAND finished in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPPC, quickly leading to him signing with Good Fear Film + Management’s Jake Wagner.[/bg_collapse]
Sarah McChesney
Signed with Kaplan Stahler Agency and Good Fear Film + Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Besides finishing in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPPC with her pilot SHUDDER HOLLOW, McChesney is also a 2015 HBOAccess Writers Fellowship winner. After placing in the LPPC, she was signed by Cindy Mintz and Katherine Riley at Kaplan Stahler, and Good Fear Film + Management’s David Baggelaar and Scott Stoops. An improv actor in Los Angeles, McChesney is an alumni of both The Groundlings, the Upright Citizens Brigade, and a member of the Jim Henson Company’s PUPPET UP!, and has served as a story producer on a number of reality shows for networks including MTV, E! and Bravo.[/bg_collapse]
Brian Shin
Signed with Dialed-In Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Before Shin’s pilot LEGACY placed in the 2015 LPPC, he’d worked as everything from a sushi chef to a professional poker player. After the contest, Shin was quickly scooped up by Alex Creasia of Dialed-In Entertainment. He has also written for a live theater sketch show, the 2014 CBS Diversity Showcase, and currently works as a writers’ assistant for FOX’s GRANDFATHERED.[/bg_collapse]
Jared Ferrie
Signed with Paradigm and Black Box Media
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Written with partner Peter Klausner, Ferrie’s feature spec BUCK OFF was a finalist in the 2015 LPFC. The pair have been signed by Gersh’s Greg Pedicin and Noah Jones, who are currently shopping the pilot to multiple interested parties.[/bg_collapse]
Jacob Isser
Signed with Artillery Creative
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After his comedy feature, H.O.V., made the Top 10 in the 2014 LPFC, Isser was quickly signed by Thomas Carter of Artillery Creative. They are currently shopping the town with the spec. Isser was featured on the 2015 Young & Hungry List, and he is rewriting THE EXPENDABLE ONE for Intrepid Pictures.[/bg_collapse]
Titus Heckel
Signed with Lee Stobby Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Titus Heckel’s drama pilot ADRIFT led to him being selected by Lee Stobby Entertainment as Guaranteed Signing Winner.[/bg_collapse]
Elena Song
Signed with APA and Echo Lake Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Represented at APA by David Meese and Ryan Saul, and Echo Lake Management’s Dave Brown and Matt Horwitz, Song’s pilot ECHO LAKE finished in the Top 25 of the 2015 LPPC. Currently Song is writing TV movie A CINDERELLA STORY: IF THE SHOE FITS for Freeform. She penned both BRING IT ON 4 & 5, and her script AFTER MINDY FLIPPED OUT also placed on the 2005 Black List.[/bg_collapse]
Dylan Brod
Signed with Energy Entertainment
Set up with Imperative Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]PARADOX, Brod’s Top 10 pilot from the 2014 LPPC, garnered him the attention of Brooklyn Weaver at Energy Entertainment. Since that time he has seen his name appear on the 2014 Young and Hungry List. His pilot was set up for production at Tim Kring’s Imperative Entertainment.[/bg_collapse]
Leon Langford
Signed with UTA and Energy Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Langford and writing partner Collin Watts’ RED PASS placed in the 2015 LPFC, leading to the pair being signed by Energy Entertainment’s Brooklyn Weaver. Weaver is currently developing the feature with them and plans to shop it soon. Langford is also signed by UTA’s Charles Ferraro and Geoff Morley, and began his career as a novelist, before switching focus to pursue screenwriting, where he’s placed in a number of contests. His spec BLACKLASH was bought by Parkside Pictures’ Danny Roth and Michael Tadross Jr. of Tadross Media Group.[/bg_collapse]
Dani Bailes
Signed with Echo Lake Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Following placing in the Top 5% of the LPPC with her pilot THE LETTERS, Bailes signed with Chelsea Benson and Zadoc Angell of Echo Lake Management. Her first screenplay, TWENTY-FOUR SEVEN JAPAN, placed in the 2014 Austin Film Festival.[/bg_collapse]
Rohit Kumar
Signed with ICM and Good Fear Film + Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Kumar’s GREYSHORE not only finished as Top Drama in the 2015 LPPC, but another pilot by him, UNBECOMERS, also earned a spot as an honorable mention. He’s worked at CAA, Davis Entertainment, and True Pictures, and earned a spot on the 2015 Young & Hungry List. He’s represented by Andrew Murphy, Brandy Rivers, and Matt Baldovsky at ICM, and David Baggelaar and Scott Stoops of Good Fear Film + Management.[/bg_collapse]
Christopher Basler
Signed with ESA and Industry Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Basler’s THE GOVERNESS placed in the Top 25 of the 2015 LPPC, and just a week later was also a featured pilot on The Black List site. He’s represented at ESA by Antoni Kaczmarek and Varun Monga, and by Ava Jamshidi and Micah Klatzer at Industry Entertainment.[/bg_collapse]
Kassia Miller
Signed with New Wave Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Miller found representation with Matt Ochacher of New Wave Entertainment after her pilot, DOUBLES, made the Top 10 in the 2014 LPPC. She quickly followed that up by making the 2014 Young and Hungry List. She also created the NBC Pilot IMAGINARY FRIEND, which is filming a pilot starring Sean Hayes.[/bg_collapse]
Brian Michael Scully
Signed with Verve and The Muraviov Company
Set up with Producers Jason Irizarry and Tani Marole
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After his screenplay, COUNTERPOINT, became a TB Recommended script back in 2012, Scully found himself with representation at Verve with Melissa Solomon and at The Muraviov Company with Kathy Muraviov. Later that year he made both the Hit List and The Young and Hungry List and since that time his script has been optioned by Tani Marole and Jason Irizarry.[/bg_collapse]
Daniel Hogan
Set up with Zoic Studios.
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Daniel’s Launch Pad finalist script WEEKEND WARRIORS has Zoic Studios on board to produce.[/bg_collapse]
Geoff Bakken
Signed with Woolf + Lapin
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ] Three time Launch Pad Alum Geoff Bakken has now signed with Stephan Dubreuil and Sonya Gauthier of the Woolf + Lapin Agency.[/bg_collapse]
Alex Carl
Signed with ESA and Kailey Marsh Media
Set up with Altered.LA, Punch Media
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Carl’s script FASCINATION 127 made the Top 25 in the 2013 LPFC and has gone on to be optioned by Altered.LA and Punch Media. He is represented by ESA’s Varun Monga and Kailey Marsh’s own Kailey Marsh Media, and was featured on the 2015 Hit List and Young & Hungry List.[/bg_collapse]
Donovan Yon
Signed with Romark Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Donovan Yon’s exciting thriller script MOTHERBIRD caught the eye of the team at Romark Entertainment after it placed in the Top 25 of the Launch Pad Feature Competition, leading to a signing a few months later.[/bg_collapse]
David Case
Signed with Heroes and Villains Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Signed with Heroes and Villains Entertainment’s Markus Goerg and Mikhail Nayfeld, Case’s feature ROOK placed in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPFC. His spec THE PASSENGER is set up with Joel Silver’s Silver Pictures.[/bg_collapse]
Andrea Janakas
Signed with Paradigm and Infinity Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Writer-director Janakas placed in the 2015 LPPC with her pilot BLUE BOOK, a judges’, and landed a spot on the 2015 Young & Hungry List. Represented by Paradigm’s Jennifer Good and Seth Nagel at Infinity Management, she also has pilot SEARCH FOR LIFE in development at eOne Television, Cinema Gypsy Productions and Energy Entertainment with Laurence Fishburne attached to produce.[/bg_collapse]
Garrett Lander
Signed with Good Fear Film + Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Along with writing partner Joel Dorland, Lander’s pilot THE BELT finished in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPPC. The duo were subsequently signed by Daniel Vang and Scott Stoops of Good Fear Film + Management.[/bg_collapse]
Kaitlin Fontana
Signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Her pilot CASEY CAN’T placed in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPPC, and Fontana quickly signed with Brad Petrigala of Brillstein Entertainment Partners. An award-winning music journalist and essayist living in Brooklyn, NY, Fontana’s work has appeared in SPIN, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, and Entertainment Weekly, and more. She is the co-creator, executive producer, and director of WE LOVE TV, an acclaimed episodic television live tribute show and original series pilot reading program, she is currently the head writer of the VH1 show THE 20.[/bg_collapse]
Esther Celia Finkelstein
Signed with Rothman Brecher Agency
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]An actress and writer, Celia was scooped up by Rina Brannen, Robb Rothman, and Stephanie Rothman at the Rothman Brecher Agency shortly after her pilot BETTER placed in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPPC. Her television acting credits include guest-starring roles on RIZZOLI AND ISLES, THE MENTALIST, HOUSE M.D., AMERICAN HORROR STORY, DON’T TRUST THE B* IN APARTMENT 23, THE MIDDLE, NCIS: LOS ANGELES, and MY BOYS. Her film credits include the award-winning short STIGMA, CONTRACTED, YOU OR A LOVED ONE, and HORRIBLE BOSSES.[/bg_collapse]
Ryan Stack
Signed with Energy Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Once his pilot BENEATH garnered attention after placing in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPPC, Energy Entertainment’s Brooklyn Weaver quickly signed Stack. Energy is currently developing the pilot with Stack, looking to shop it on the market soon. Stack has also developed projects with 20th Century Fox, Nu Image, and Beneficial Entertainment, and as a freelance producer has worked on shows like THE DAILY 10, E! NEWS, and LIVE FROM E!.[/bg_collapse]
Mukilan Thangamani
Set up with Enderby Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]The 2012 TB Recommends script DIVORCE PARTY! was set up for production with Enderby Entertainment, and Thangamani was featured on the 2012 Young & Hungry List.[/bg_collapse]
Graham Funke
Signed with Paradigm and Heroes and Villains Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]With co-writer Zack Kaplan, Funke’s DARK AND BROKEN CODE placed in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPPC. Funke is represented by Jennifer Good of Paradigm, and the pair is signed with Mikhail Nayfeld of Heroes and Villains Entertainment. The duo’s first feature script THE GREAT TRAIN ADVENTURE was a hot spec and a Finalist in Final Draft’s Big Break, while DARK AND BROKEN CODE also finished as a Semi-Finalist in Final Draft’s Big Break and was a Second Rounder in Austin Film Festival’s TV Competition.[/bg_collapse]
Nic Lishko
Signed with Energy Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]A 2014 TB Recommends script, HENCHMAN (AKA: EVILISH), led to Lishko being signed by Energy Entertainment’s Brooklyn Weaver. He would later go on to make the 2014 Hit List.[/bg_collapse]
Annah Feinberg
Signed with Grandview
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Her Top 5% 2015 LPPC script, BY DEGREE, helped her find representation with Merideth Bajana and Zac Frognowski of Grandview.[/bg_collapse]
Adam Goldstein
Signed with Management SGC
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After years of being a creative director/copywriter, Goldstein’s 2014 Top 3 script, INTRO TO CREATION, finally found him representation with Scott Carr. In addition, it helped him find his way onto the 2014 Young and Hungry List.[/bg_collapse]
Sarah Acosta
Signed with Madhouse Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Following on the heels of Acosta’s script ECLIPSED placing in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPFC, she was signed by Madhouse Entertainment’s Robyn Meisinger and Ryan Cunningham. Acosta was also accepted into the NHMC Television Writers Program, co-sponsored by ABC and NBC. She also co-created a dramedy pilot acquired by Relativity, which has garnered interest from major networks. She is currently writing and directing two shorts for the horror anthology FUN SIZE HORROR.[/bg_collapse]
Ben Watts
Script optioned by Bad Idea
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Not only did Watts’ script WHEN THE DEVIL’S LOOSE place in the 2015 LPFC Top 10 and get him representation with Mark Lawyer’s Markerstone, his Launch Pad placement also led to another of his scripts, IN CASE OF RAPTURE, being optioned by production company Bad Idea.[/bg_collapse]
Adam Goldstein
Top 3, 2014 LPFC
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]When I submitted to the LPFC, I thought I was entering a competition – only to discover I had landed in an expertly curated screenwriting showcase. Thanks to the LPFC I have gone from being yet another schmuck with a script to being promoted, celebrated, supported, and embraced as a screenwriter. You’ve given me attention, guidance, support, and access. More than that, you’ve given me a career. Whatever else happens from here on out, it is a direct result of the LPFC and all your work.[/bg_collapse]
Trevor Mayes
Signed with Zero Gravity Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]One of the first Launch Pad finalists, Mayes’ script FIRE FIGHT placed in the Top 25 of the 2013 LPFC. The feature also landed him a quarterfinalist spot on the 2013 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, and Mayes was signed by Eric Williams of Zero Gravity Management.[/bg_collapse]
Robert Dunn
Signed with APA and Circle of Confusion
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]ARCADIA was both a 2014 LPFC Top 10 and a 2014 Nicholl Finalist. The project and the writers have gained more exposure since these accomplishments and the script is now out to the town and top-level producers.[/bg_collapse]
Tristan Thai
Signed with Jon Kanak Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]He had written for G4TV and AOL Studios, but it was not until his pilot, BLOOD TIES, took Top Drama in the 2014 LPPC that Thai found himself with a manager: Jon Kanak of Jon Kanak Management. Later that same year he found his name on the 2014 Young and Hungry List.[/bg_collapse]
Dave Miller
LP script optioned by Bad Idea
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Dave Miller’s Top 25 Launch Pad script OFFICE 39 was selected as the Guaranteed Option Winner by Bad Idea.[/bg_collapse]
Anthony DeCapite
Signed with Energy Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Anthony’s Top 25 Launch Pad manuscript BURNOVER led to him being selected as the Energy Entertainment Guaranteed Signing Winner.[/bg_collapse]
Mark Ganek
Signed with Rothman Brecher Agency and Principato/Young Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Ganek’s script 106 made the Top 25 of the 2014 LPFC, while his BEYONCE’S HUNGRY placed in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPPC. He was featured on the 2015 Young & Hungry List, and is represented by Andrea Kavoosi and Rina Brannen of Rothman Brecher Agency, as well as Maggie Haskins at Principato/Young Entertainment.[/bg_collapse]
Dylan Visvikis
Signed with Echo Lake Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Dylan’s provocatively titled feature I WANNA F*** ADOLF HITLER was selected as the 2017 Feature Competition’s Echo Lake Entertainment Guaranteed Signing Winner.[/bg_collapse]
Julia Batavia
Signed with 42 Management and Zero Gravity Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]A NYU Tisch School of the Arts graduate, Batavia placed in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPPC with her pilot USE YOUR WORDS, and the script was also a Top 3 finalist in Final Draft’s Big Break Competition. She is represented by Kate Prentice at UK company 42 Management, and Jeff Belkin at Zero Gravity Management. She has worked for writer/director David Wain as a PA on his award-winning web series WAINY DAYS, as an associate producer for MTV Networks, and in the editorial department at Penguin Random House. She has read for international scouting firm Maria B. Campbell Associates, the exclusive literary representative of Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, and Warner Bros. Television.[/bg_collapse]
Zack Kaplan
Signed with Heroes and Villains Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Along with co-writer Graham Funke, Kaplan’s placed in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPPC with their pilot DARK AND BROKEN CODE. They are signed with Mikhail Nayfeld of Heroes and Villains Entertainment. The pair’s first feature script THE GREAT TRAIN ADVENTURE was a hot spec and a Finalist in Final Draft’s Big Break, while DARK AND BROKEN CODE also finished as a Semi-Finalist in Final Draft’s Big Break and was a Second Rounder in Austin Film Festival’s TV Competition.[/bg_collapse]
Peter Klausner
Signed with Paradigm and Black Box Media
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Along with writing partner Jared Ferrie, Klausner’s feature BUCK OFF was a finalist in the 2015 LPFC. The duo soon signed with Gersh’s Greg Pedicin and Noah Jones, who are currently shopping the pilot to multiple interested parties.[/bg_collapse]
Andrew Bluestone
Signed with ICM and Silent R Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]PILLS earned Bluestone a spot onto the 2014 Hit List, the 2014 Young & Hungry List as well as making the Top 10 in the 2014 LP Feature Competition. He is represented by ICM’s Cullen Conly, Bryan Diperstein, and Laura Gordon, and Jewerl Ross at Silent R Management.[/bg_collapse]
Kate Trefry
Winner, 2013 LPFC
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]This contest legitimately changed my life. It was amazing to have my work set out and actually taken seriously. Right away, I got a ton of emails from people requesting to see the script![/bg_collapse]
Nti Aning
Semifinalist, 2014 LPPC
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Within 3 weeks of discovering that I placed in the Top 25, I’d met with managers and had a number of agencies request to read my pilot. The reaction was definitely better than I could have imagined.[/bg_collapse]
Paul McLalin
Signed with CAA and Lee Stobby Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]His 2015 Tracking Board Recommends script YOU’RE DEAD TO ME caught the attention of a number of representative bigwigs, and McLalin signed with Chelsea Radler, Jacquie Katz, Olivia Blaustein, and Rob Coleman of CAA, and Lee Stobby Entertainment’s own Lee Stobby. He currently works as a writers’ assistant on CBS’s ANGEL FROM HELL, and was previously written for Comedy Central’s TRIPTANK.[/bg_collapse]
Joel Dorland
Signed with Good Fear Film + Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Written with writing partner Garrett Lander, their pilot THE BELT finished in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPPC, and the team was quickly signed by Good Fear Film + Management’s Daniel Vang and Scott Stoops.[/bg_collapse]
Tony Pitman
Signed with Niad Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]A teacher at the University of Melbourne in Australia, Pitman now has a manager in Hollywood after his script THE SINGULARITY placed in the Top 25 of the 2014 LPFC.[/bg_collapse]
Asmin Pathare
Signed with Vision Arts Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Working as a planetary scientist for the majority of his life, Pathare has had many accomplishments, including having one of his calibrated robots roam the surface of Mars. He added to his list of accomplishments with his pilot, COSMO’S, which was named one of the Top Comedies in the 2014 LPPC and earned him representation with manager, Scott Schwartz, and a place on the 2014 Young and Hungry List.[/bg_collapse]
Lauren W. Stenmoe
Signed with Jon Kanak Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After her script FIREFLIES placed in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPFC, Stenmoe was signed at Jon Kanak Management by Jon Kanak himself. She has a BFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and has completed the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting in both Film and Television.[/bg_collapse]
Don Grail
Signed with Zero Gravity Managment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]With a BA from Berkeley and a Screenwriting MFA from USC, Grail’s LAST REFUGE placed in the Top 5% of of the 2015 LPFC. LAST REFUGE was also a Quarter Finalist in this year’s Script Pipeline screenplay contest. Another Grail script, GRIZ, won Best Action Adventure at Screenplay Magazine’s Screenwriter’s Expo 3, and his project TJ was optioned by Chris Coen (SINGLE SHOT, FUNNY GAMES) at Halcyon Entertainment. His script WAREHOUSE NO. 7 won Best Horror script in Fade-In Magazine’s 2014 screenplay competition. Grail is represented by Eric Williams at Zero Gravity Managment.[/bg_collapse]
Sean Costello
Set up with Energy Entertainment, Vertigo Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After PARADISE CITY won the first annual Launch Pad Pilot Competition, Costello was quickly signed by Brooklyn Weaver who set up the project at Vertigo Entertainment. Costello later saw himself on the 2014 Young and Hungry List.[/bg_collapse]
Paul Sheridan
Semifinalist, 2014 LPFC
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]The Launch Pad competition has been an awesome, thrilling ride. Ever since my script “Darklands” placed in the Top Ten, Chris has been hustling to get it into as many hands as possible (forty-one on the first day alone!). In my experience, getting my scripts read by the right people has been nearly as difficult as writing the scripts themselves, so it’s been a great feeling just knowing that some of the best and brightest in the industry have given “Darklands” a shot. I cannot praise Chris’s professionalism enough, and if you’re an aspiring screenwriter, entering the Launch Pad competition should be a no-brainer. It really can lead to your big break![/bg_collapse]
Alain Soussokho
Signed with Energy Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Soussokho’s placement in the 2015 LPFC contest with his script THE SHADOW OF GOD led to him being signed by Energy Entertainment’s Brooklyn Weaver. Soussokho is currently developing the project with Weaver in anticipation of shopping it around town soon.[/bg_collapse]
Paul Zeidman
Signed with The Mikael Group
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]DREAMSHIP made the Top 25 of the 2013 LPFC and found Zeidman representation with The Mikael Group in the process. He has also been in the top 15% of the Nicholl competition on two separate occasions.[/bg_collapse]
Robert Weinberger
Signed with Preferred Artists
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Weinberger incorporated his own personal stories and angst into his 2014 LPPC Top 25 pilot, LONG ISLAND. He has also found recognition in the feature world by placing in the Nicholl competition and receiving the grand prize in the Scriptapalooza screenwriting contest. He is represented by Roger Strull at Preferred Artists.[/bg_collapse]
Guy Francisco Polin
Signed with Markerstone
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Polin’s feature HEMOPHILIA placing in the Top 5% of the 2015 LPFC garnered the attention of Mark Lawyer, who subsquently signed Polin to his management company Markerstone. The script was also recognized as a Second Rounder in the 2015 Austin Film Festival.[/bg_collapse]
David K. Wazsko
Signed with Jon Kanak Management
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Shortly after Wazsko’s script SPORT placed in the Top 10 of the 2015 LPFC, he was scooped up by Jon Kanak’s own Jon Kanak Management. A USC graduate with his MFA, he has created several indie projects such as the award-winning short film THE LAST TIME I SAW RACHEL and the underground comedy feature DEMOCRACY AT WORK.[/bg_collapse]
Danny Newell
Signed with Energy Entertainment
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]2016 Launch Pad Manuscript Overall Winner Danny Newell won the Energy Entertainment Guaranteed Signing Prize for his script FILICIDE.[/bg_collapse]
Santa Sierra
Signed with ICM and Luber/Roklin
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Receiving a TB Recommends for her script GROWING UP MORALES, Sierra has since been signed by Brandy Rivers at ICM and Bryan Brucks from Luber/Roklin and went on to make the 2013 Young and Hungry List. She is now working on the project CHICO GRANDE for Amazon Studios.[/bg_collapse]
Tony Lippera
Signed with Chemical Imbalance Productions
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]Lippera has always dreamed of working in television since he was a child, and Manager Matt Bass took him one step closer when he signed Lippera after his pilot ANOTHER/WORLD placed in the Top 25 of the 2014 LPPC.[/bg_collapse]
Timothy Jay Smith
Signed with Recon Literary
[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Their Story” collapse_text=”Their Story” ]After reaching the Top 10 of the 2017 Launch Pad Manuscript Competition for THE FOURTH COURIER, Timothy was also selected as the Recon Entertainment Guaranteed Signing Winner.[/bg_collapse]
